Coming soon to a late-night comedy monologue near you: The Amazing Nut Milk Bag (http://www.localforage.com/local_forage/2007/09/gadgets-the-ama.html).
I thought it was a joke at first, but apparently "nut milk" is the health food fad du jour, hence this bag for storing one's "nut milk."
And yes, I readily admit I have the sense of humour of a 12-year old :lol:
Just looking at the Luddite comments below the product is enough for me to lose sympathy for these nut jobs and their amazing ability to be milked by the latest fad.
[edit]Not that there is anything wrong with almonds or almond milk. But, yeesh![/edit]
Quote from: stumpy on January 04, 2008, 04:14:51 PM
Just looking at the Luddite comments below the product is enough for me to lose sympathy for these nut jobs and their amazing ability to be milked by the latest fad.
[edit]Not that there is anything wrong with almonds or almond milk. But, yeesh![/edit]
And speaking as a reformed granola-munching "nut job" (kept the vegetarianism, threw much of the associated baggage out), the ones posting on there are probably the "faddy" types... any real Luddite-types wouldn't be caught dead using a computer (with all its plastic and refined metal parts) to post on the evil evil internet regarding a mass-produced consumer product that's sold for profit... unless, of course, they've managed to make the world's first wooden microprocessor that runs on solar power and have been keeping it a secret from all of us.
I found the comment asking if there was a plastic-free version (because "nylon is a plastic") hilarious. Using a computer to ask that question probably cost as much in carbon dioxide emissions as the manufacture of a small nylon bag.
All that said, almond milk (or almond juice or whatever you want to call it) actually tastes good.
Yeah, me too. That's why I edited to clarify. I've had it and like it.
And, good point about the unlikelihood of true Luddites on the Internet. But, for whatever reason, there is no shortage of people online who maintain all sorts of mystical beliefs about various technological bogeymen. I just saw a myspace page where someone has given up her cell phone (and, of course, indignantly exhorts others to do the same) because she misunderstood a preliminary report that looked at a similar-sounding, but very different technology and its effects on bee navigation.
No, Ballz is still the worst name ever.
Ranks right up there with National Military Establishment (N.M.E.).....Department Of Defense works much better.
Quote from: captainspud on January 04, 2008, 05:53:46 PM
No, Ballz is still the worst name ever.
You mean these Ballz (http://www.inflateachair.com/100-Intex-49600E-Ball-Toyz-Fun-Ballz-Ball-Pit-jimmies-With-Carrying-Case-P132C0.aspx)?
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on January 04, 2008, 06:23:40 PM
Ranks right up there with National Military Establishment (N.M.E.).....Department Of Defense works much better.
Good one, just as funny as the most ironic organization acronym I've ever come across, which is ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives).
When I was in Japan a few years ago, there was this really good candy called "Cream Colon".
I still get a chuckle whenever I hear a commercial for "Nads (http://www.nads.com/)" and their spinoff product "Naughty Nads".
Canadian history briefs: When the Reformed party and the Alliance party become one, they named themselves the Canadian Reformed Alliance Party. They changed it quite soon afterward.
Quote from: Tortuga on January 04, 2008, 09:21:46 PM
Canadian history briefs: When the Reformed party and the Alliance party become one, they named themselves the Canadian Reformed Alliance Party. They changed it quite soon afterward.
LMAO!
There's a drink in Japan named Calpis. Say THAT fast!
In China you can walk into the store and buy packages of "[Donkey] meat"...and that is the advertised name of it. There is an old saying that goes "In heaven there is Dragon meat and on earth there is [donkey] meat".
Quote from: Pyroclasm on January 04, 2008, 09:19:01 PM
I still get a chuckle whenever I hear a commercial for "Nads (http://www.nads.com/)" and their spinoff product "Naughty Nads".
I'm scared to ask what part of the human body the "Naughty Nads" hair removal product is supposed to work on.
Quote from: zuludelta on January 04, 2008, 04:39:50 PMI found the comment asking if there was a plastic-free version (because "nylon is a plastic") hilarious. Using a computer to ask that question probably cost as much in carbon dioxide emissions as the manufacture of a small nylon bag.
All that said, almond milk (or almond juice or whatever you want to call it) actually tastes good.
I think the question was not due to the use of plastics but the fact that nut milk has the potential to leach chemicals from the nylon, which was pointed out to be a minimal hazard due to the limited time for use and the temperature.
Until I think of something funny...
I think Wallz Ballz is a pretty close second..
Quote from: GhostMachine on January 04, 2008, 09:28:02 PM
There's a drink in Japan named Calpis. Say THAT fast!
HAHHA in Korea that drink is phoenetically pronounced "coolpiss" hahaha i think its a type of iced tea.
theres another one called "Pocari Sweat" when i first had it, i asked "WTF's a pocari?" the response: "sort sort of gerbil-type creature i think."
Quote from: detourne_me on January 06, 2008, 05:25:20 AM
theres another one called "Pocari Sweat" when i first had it, i asked "WTF's a pocari?" the response: "sort sort of gerbil-type creature i think."
Ha ha ha, I think whoever you were talking to mistook the Japanese word
pocari (which means something like "relief," which makes sense in the context of the name of the drink... it refreshes you when you drink it after working up a "sweat") with that zoological curiosity, the peccary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary) (is it a pig? is it a mini-hippo?).