This year he gets the Banana Saver (guess Boing Boing found it before I did).

I have a quibble with the next item though: Spreadable Bacon is awesome, although not quite what you initially expect: it’s a bit citrusy, at least the brand I had.  But cruel, cruel Costco no longer stocks it, and I’ve never found it elsewhere.

Look, that $26 wall socket has USB plugs built in! That would be a great idea if every single USB device ever made didn’t already come with a 120v-to-USB adapter, and ifreplacements didn’t literally cost pennies, and if every computer everywhere didn’t have 3 USB plugs on them too.

I find USB Chargers annoying because they’re bulky. I can’t plug my ipad into my imac because when I sleep my iMac, it turns off the power, a trait it shares with many other computers both desktop and laptop, Besides, recharging something from a battery powered laptop is dumb. So the ac outlet with the usb plugs would seem like a dandy solution, were it not for the fact that the USB sockets don’t adhere  to the “USB Power Delivery Specification.”

He questions the usefulness of a garbage disposal– well, my Mom has to cart her own garbage to the dump. So it’s rather convenient for her– though perhaps composting is more responsible. 

I did notice that he picked up on the $600 game “Advanced Civilization”. IIRC, that game is a expansion to Avalon Hill’s Civilization– your empire can now be twice the size, but you have to own a copy of the original game It’s a classic, and very different than the Sid Meier games, but it’s probably not worth $800.

http://theworstthingsforsale.com/post/36812621847/pretty-much-anything-cuts-a-banana-but-a-banana

But…

There’s a fancy banana cutter on there.

Just look at it?

At first I was pissed off, but now I sort of enjoy the fact that I’ve perverted their targeted advertising system into a dadaist parade of meaningless desire and empty dreams.