# That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen for sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860 "2006-08-08T14:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/21 "2006-08-08T17:46:27Z")
The first time I saw it, I was astounded that anyone would buy a tossed salad in a bag. Now I buy it just like everyone else. I’ve seen: sliced onions, and red and green bell pepper for fajitas chopped/sliced raw potatoes frozen chopped onion Frozen mashed potatoes Frozen peanut butter sandwiches chicken pieces pre-slathered in BBQ sauce (raw) all of these make me wonder who is buying them. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/22 "2006-08-08T17:55:59Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] You paid money for an apple slicer? I don’t even know WTF an apple slicer is. I slice my apples with a knife. A dull knife. Carved from the femur of my enemy. [/QUOTE] No, I inherited it when my roomate moved out without it. Anyway, [apple slicers](http://www.amazon.com/CHR-Apple-Wedger-Slicer/dp/B000BPG1H0/sr=8-5/qid=1155059101/ref=pd_bbs_5/002-9320611-3803228?ie=UTF8) are cheap, and small and convenient. On preview, I buy those bags of salad too. I’m all for paying for convienence within reason. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/23 "2006-08-08T18:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] Baking potato-wrapped in plastic “microwave ready” [/QUOTE] That’s a top for my list. $1 for a shrink wrapped potato compared to 50 cent unwrapped. The plastic doesn’t improve the cooking in a microwave either. I don’t know why somebody would buy a $3 apple injected with artifical grape flavoring. I guess nobody did buy it, because none of the stores carry it anymore. I am leary of buying meat with vegetables in the same container. I worry that food poisoning is greater in that situation. Side note: I see food stored by meat like chicken with a sign that says try this with this. I think good way to contaminate the other item with simonilia. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/24 "2006-08-08T18:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] Have you seen the pre-made peanut butter slices, that come packaged like American cheese food slices? Those struck me as weird. Apparently they were invented by someone at Oklahoma State University. So while some scientists are trying to cure cancer, others are coming up with … well, that. [/QUOTE] Was that developed as a convenience food, or as part of the research to provide decent food for military in field conditions. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/25 "2006-08-08T18:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] Baking potato-wrapped in plastic “microwave ready” [/QUOTE] I used to buy those when I lived in dorms. I didn’t want some dirty potato rolling around my desk stinking up the place. Plus most places sell like 5 lb bags of potatoes, which are not suitable for such a small, cramped space with another person in it. I took the plastic all the way off before microwaving it even though you’re not supposed to. Am I the first one to mention bottled water? Okay, bottled water. Not necessarily the concept, since I used to drink it when I lived somewhere where the water was contaminated (not a princess and the pea thing, everyone agreed that the tap water sucked), but the fact that there are different brands and bottled water brand wars and people claiming they can taste the difference. Like when I was getting over a kidney stone a few months ago I was reading up on how to make it pass and there was a website with reviews of different brands of bottled water and the reviewer claimed that if you drank Aquafina you might as well be drinking battery acid. I mean, come on, it’s all purified H2O. That water ain’t getting any cleaner. Also that there are people who will pay 2x more for Aquafina/Dasani etc. I just don’t get it I guess. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/26 "2006-08-08T19:02:15Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Was that developed as a convenience food, or as part of the research to provide decent food for military in field conditions. [/QUOTE] It started off as a joke that then became a serious idea, and then a commercial product. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/27 "2006-08-08T19:28:54Z")
I figured the peanut butter slices are as to peanut butter, as wrapped cheese slices are to real unadulterated cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/28 "2006-08-08T19:36:07Z")
Trivia: Did you know that the first few years Wisconsin cheese was sold, it was rated a poor quality by other states, because they were using a cheaper process? They state came up with some standards that made Wisconsin cheese a great product world wide. The original method must have tasted like those awful plasticised individual slices. ---
**Author:** ![myrnajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@myrnajean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myrnajean)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/29 "2006-08-08T19:49:44Z")
Okay, what about those ridiculous commercials touting some product that makes your life “simpler” and to prove their point, they use demonstrators they obviously selected from the brain damaged ward at the local hospital. A woman, hopelessly tangled in saran wrap. A couch potato, with legs twisted painfully under a dinner tray, struggling to eat their meal while doing contortions. Fumbling hands angrily shredding a helpless boiled egg Many squashed tomatoes, flattened loaves of bread, soup cans cut in half… I mean really… Just watching these commercials makes me vow to NEVER buy their product. ---
**Author:** ![myrnajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@myrnajean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myrnajean)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/30 "2006-08-08T19:51:05Z")
But wait, thats not all! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/31 "2006-08-08T19:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Oh you. Seriously – apple slicer thingies are fabu! One WHUMP and you’ve got an entire apple, sliced in wedges, without the core. Another WHUMP, two apples. It’s great for making kids’ snacks. [/QUOTE] I don’t know about that… I think by about the third WHUMP I’d need stitches. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/32 "2006-08-08T20:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Here’s what I can’t believe is for sale. This is not food. On eBay there’s a lively market for well-worn women’s shoes. And stockings. Three guesses as to why. [/QUOTE] A friend of mine was clearing her closet and doing a brisk business among the foot fetishists on eBay. She’d often have five or more private offers for several times more than what she was asking for the shoes if she’d include polaroids of her actually modeling the shoes… not whole body shots, mind you, just her feet. One dude wanted her toenails painted a specific color if it wasn’t too much trouble. She’s open-minded, so she figured what the hell. She decided to start posting photos of the shoes actually being worn in the auctions themselves to sort of speed the process along, and eBay began to ban her auctions. They are apparently aware of the phenomenon and had some sort of rule about you can only show the shoes in photos just sitting there and not actually on feet. I believe this emoticon sums up my reaction to the entire story: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/33 "2006-08-08T20:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=myrnajean] Okay, what about those ridiculous commercials touting some product that makes your life “simpler” and to prove their point, they use demonstrators they obviously selected from the brain damaged ward at the local hospital. A woman, hopelessly tangled in saran wrap. A couch potato, with legs twisted painfully under a dinner tray, struggling to eat their meal while doing contortions. Fumbling hands angrily shredding a helpless boiled egg Many squashed tomatoes, flattened loaves of bread, soup cans cut in half… I mean really… Just watching these commercials makes me vow to NEVER buy their product. [/QUOTE] To be fair, I occasionally do dump half the pasta down the sink while trying to drain it. :smack: Call in the next half-hour and we’ll double your order! Just 19.99! “But wait” said in that hopped-up voice is one my mom’s and my favorite expressions! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/34 "2006-08-08T20:35:00Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] A friend of mine was clearing her closet and doing a brisk business among the foot fetishists on eBay. She’d often have five or more private offers for several times more than what she was asking for the shoes if she’d include polaroids of her actually modeling the shoes… not whole body shots, mind you, just her feet. One dude wanted her toenails painted a specific color if it wasn’t too much trouble. She’s open-minded, so she figured what the hell. She decided to start posting photos of the shoes actually being worn in the auctions themselves to sort of speed the process along, and eBay began to ban her auctions. They are apparently aware of the phenomenon and had some sort of rule about you can only show the shoes in photos just sitting there and not actually on feet. I believe this emoticon sums up my reaction to the entire story: :eek: [/QUOTE] Search on “well worn” on eBay. Nearly all the auctions show the shoes in feet. Most with painted toenails. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/35 "2006-08-08T21:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] A friend of mine was clearing her closet and doing a brisk business among the foot fetishists on eBay. She’d often have five or more private offers for several times more than what she was asking for the shoes if she’d include polaroids of her actually modeling the shoes… not whole body shots, mind you, just her feet. One dude wanted her toenails painted a specific color if it wasn’t too much trouble. She’s open-minded, so she figured what the hell. She decided to start posting photos of the shoes actually being worn in the auctions themselves to sort of speed the process along, and eBay began to ban her auctions. They are apparently aware of the phenomenon and had some sort of rule about you can only show the shoes in photos just sitting there and not actually on feet. I believe this emoticon sums up my reaction to the entire story: :eek: [/QUOTE] I’m hearing a song. Your too sexy for your shoes, too sexy for your shoes. So sexy that it hurts. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/36 "2006-08-08T21:25:28Z")
I liked the sliced apple things. They sell them in bulk at Costco. I have produce issues. I greatly dislike most forms of produce and the very few that I am ok with, I cannot select. I’ll stare and stare and stare and find tiny little faults with each individual apple/pear/pepper/etc. to the point where I can’t actually purchase anything and then walk away and buy a bag of cheetos instead. For some reason, I believe that the people who make the apple slices have already done the selecting part for me and gotten rid of all the bad apples. Plus, they’ve done the slicing part (I can’t eat unsliced apples). It’s wonderful all around. Plus, they don’t turn brown & they’re portable. But the pre-made PB&J sandwiches are just too far. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/37 "2006-08-09T01:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Search on “well worn” on eBay. Nearly all the auctions show the shoes in feet. Most with painted toenails. [/QUOTE] This was a few years ago… maybe eBay has given up that particular fight. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/38 "2006-08-09T12:44:25Z")
They are extremely convenient for feeding the ankle-biters. When you’re looking around for _anything_ that’s gonna shut the kids up. Much better than cookies, crackers or anything else IMO that’s an easy snack. And it most likely won’t end up with you defending yourself in the [Stop Feeding Your Kids!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382433&page=1) thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/39 "2006-08-09T14:15:50Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] Have you seen the pre-made peanut butter slices, that come packaged like American cheese food slices? Those struck me as weird. Apparently they were invented by someone at Oklahoma State University. So while some scientists are trying to cure cancer, others are coming up with … well, that. [/QUOTE] I’ve only seen them in pet stores, sold as dog treats. I buy them for that purpose-- they’re wonderful for giving pills. I fold and squish the slice around the pill and my dog eats it without objection. (Took me\* years\* to find a way to get her to eat pills!) I’d never heard of this product sold for human consumption and I’m a little squicked by it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/40 "2006-08-09T14:17:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Oh you. Seriously – apple slicer thingies are fabu! One WHUMP and you’ve got an entire apple, sliced in wedges, without the core. Another WHUMP, two apples. It’s great for making kids’ snacks. [/QUOTE] I adore Whumped apples! I could whump 'em for the whole neighborhood! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860.md?page=3)