# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/41 "2006-08-09T14:29:16Z")
[QUOTE=scr4] But not everyone has an apple slicer. I don’t have room in my apartment to store every kind of specialized kitchen tool… [/quote] They let you have a knife though, don’t they? > [@](#): > > …and even if I did, it wouldn’t be cost-effective… I’d bet one of my kidneys that ‘pre-sliced apples’ are not cost-effective either. > [@](#): > > Also, I’d guess the pre-sliced apples are sold in convenient plastic tubs, and perhaps treated to prevent it turning brown. Perhaps the slightest smidgen of a valid point here; not everybody has easy access to lemon juice. > [@](#): > > It’s convenient if you don’t use a whole apple at once. Apples aren’t exactly a precious commodity though, are they? If you use a quarter of an apple and just throw the rest away(or… eat it… ), I’ll bet it’s still cheaper (not to mention fresher and all-round _nicer_ than ‘pre-sliced’ apples. What has happened here is that the geniuses of marketing have managed to convince us that _convenience_ is such a desirable thing, or rather, that our spare time and effort are such terrible things to waste. I’d be convinced if all the customers of pre-sliced apples were those sort of folks whose feet never seem to touch the ground, but I’ll bet most of them are sold to people for whom inconvenience is defined as ‘having to get up during the commercial break and walk to the kitchen to get the tub of pre-sliced apples from the fridge’. ---
**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, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/42 "2006-08-09T15:03:35Z")
The Apple Whumper is about as big around as a CD and about 1/2" thick. It easily fits into the silverware drawer. [http://www.magma.ca/~barkhm5/slicer.htm](http://www.magma.ca/~barkhm5/slicer.htm) It’s not like a food processor or a bread machine. Real simple design. ---
**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 9, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/43 "2006-08-09T15:43:43Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] 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. [/QUOTE] We had a dog that loved cream cheese balls for the pills. ---
**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 9, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/44 "2006-08-09T15:49:22Z")
Once I saw the individualy wrapped jelly beans and tic tacs, I relized there was a very messed up sector of people out there. A couple onces of individual jelly beans for the price of a almost a pound of the same brand not wrapped. The cost and size of individual portions has become rediculous. ---
**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 9, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/45 "2006-08-09T17:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] 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. [/QUOTE] Yep, [here they are](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_cat.asp?c=31&p=1&id=1425&newp=). I think the last time I saw some it was in a convenience store. I’ve never seen them in a pet store. Our stores carry those Pill Pockets instead. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/46 "2006-08-09T18:37:30Z")
Several years ago there were ads in TV Guide for “Junk”. It was exactly what the name says – a collection of Junk, such as you’d find if you plunged a hand into your junk drawer at home. Push pins, old rubber bands, corks, weird plastic tops from something or other. Old balloons. Somebody, at least, thought some would buy this. I’ll bet at least a few people did. At least you can _eat_ sliced-up apples, pre-made PB&J sandwiches, or individually-wrapped candy. Junk isn’t necessarily good for anything. ---
**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 9, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/47 "2006-08-09T19:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Several years ago there were ads in TV Guide for “Junk”. It was exactly what the name says – a collection of Junk, such as you’d find if you plunged a hand into your junk drawer at home. Push pins, old rubber bands, corks, weird plastic tops from something or other. Old balloons. Somebody, at least, thought some would buy this. I’ll bet at least a few people did. At least you can _eat_ sliced-up apples, pre-made PB&J sandwiches, or individually-wrapped candy. Junk isn’t necessarily good for anything. [/QUOTE] That sounds like [woot.com](http://woot.com)’s [Bag O’ Crap](http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=80)! 😛 ---
**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 10, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/48 "2006-08-10T14:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] The Apple Whumper is about as big around as a CD … [/QUOTE] 😃 I wish they would sell it by this name. ---
**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 10, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/49 "2006-08-10T14:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] Yep, [here they are](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_cat.asp?c=31&p=1&id=1425&newp=). I think the last time I saw some it was in a convenience store. [/QUOTE] What an odd abbreviation for homemade that site is using. Unless their jellies really are “ho-made” > [@](#): > > I wish they would sell it by this name Yes, they really should. You and \*\*myrnajean \*\* could get together and make a paid commercial for it. I’m envisioning some poor soul going at an apple with a butter knife, and somehow managing to slice through several fingers before purchasing her Whumper. ---
**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 10, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860/50 "2006-08-10T17:23:22Z")
The good thing is with the Apple Whumper you don’t need those fingers. You can just whump it with the stub hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-most-ridiculous-thing-ive-ever-seen-for-sale/367860.md?page=2)