On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
>>>> What else is like this... endless "upgrades" to convince people
>>>> that
>> their
>>>> perfectly good old product is obsolete?
>
>> The one that really gets me is razor blades.
>
>> Does anyone really need 5 blades vibrated by a small motor to shave?
>> Is the new Gillette FusionPower Phenom with 5 blades and "onboard
>> microchip for consistent power" that much better that the 4 blade
>> model from last year or the 3 blade SensorExcel from a couple of
>> years ago?
This reminds me of two multi-bladed-razor bits of comedy:
The first is a commercial by Philips for their Coolskin 2005 electric,
which begins with a fake ad for "Quintippio" with 15 blades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV42I26tx2s
The second is an Onion piece, "F*** Everything, We're Doing Five
Blades",
from the era when the idea of a razor with five blades was, in itself,
comic:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930
Dave
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