On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 perfectly good old product is obsolete?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 > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > Back in the early days of SNL (the '70s) they did a mock commercial for a cartridge with 3 blades. IIRC, the first grabbed the hair, the second pulled it further, and the third ripped your skin off. Very frakkin funny at the time, now less so. john never quite got the hang of shaving with pop's old cut-throat maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
