# The Secret - Now I finally understand **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727 "2009-01-10T23:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/21 "2009-01-11T21:05:32Z")
Some day I will own a bucket of that quality. Oh yes, someday… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/22 "2009-01-12T00:38:26Z")
best review ever!! i also agree with the citizen kane comment. leirs all of them. bad spellers of the world untie! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/23 "2009-01-12T00:55:06Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Some day I will own a bucket of that quality. Oh yes, someday… Well, if you’re really serious about owning a quality bucket, you should read the reviews of the other bucket owners. All in all, it does seem like an impressive bucket. [Link.](http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B00002N85A/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/24 "2009-01-12T00:55:33Z")
Sorry, but [this](http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_cr-mr-title) product has the best overall reviews of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/25 "2009-01-12T01:38:59Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Some day I will own a bucket of that quality. Oh yes, someday… I know of [someone else](http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/2001982351398543517_rs.jpg) who might be interested in that product. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/26 "2009-01-12T01:52:23Z")
Browsing his other reviews, I find myself wondering not only why there is demand for a book on _The 2007-2012 Outlook for Public Building Stacking Chairs Excluding Bar, Bowling Center, Cafeteria, Library, Restaurant, and School Stacking Chairs in India_, but why it costs [$495](http://www.amazon.com/2007-2012-Building-Excluding-Cafeteria-Restaurant/dp/0497503093/ref=cm_cr-mr-title). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/27 "2009-01-12T02:11:21Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Browsing his other reviews, I find myself wondering not only why there is demand for a book on _The 2007-2012 Outlook for Public Building Stacking Chairs Excluding Bar, Bowling Center, Cafeteria, Library, Restaurant, and School Stacking Chairs in India_, but why it costs [$495](http://www.amazon.com/2007-2012-Building-Excluding-Cafeteria-Restaurant/dp/0497503093/ref=cm_cr-mr-title). It costs $495 because only three people in the world wanted a copy, and two of them were the author and the National Library. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/28 "2009-01-12T02:20:17Z")
Thanks for posting this link, Lucretia. His reviews are a joy. Just want to remind people to vote at Amazon (say the review helped you) in order to keep it at the top of all the reviews for the Secret. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/29 "2009-01-12T02:24:57Z")
I’m thinking we should all chip in and buy Ari the uranium ore that is on his wishlist. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/30 "2009-01-12T03:40:23Z")
Yeah, some of the comments by people who bought the uranium are funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/31 "2009-01-12T03:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Being an afficianado and collector of buckets, I was ecstatic when I came across this 2 Gallon Galvanized wonder. It’s beauty and wonder cannot be overstated. It is quite simply the Mercedes-Benz of buckets, if I may say. I ordered this amazing product and the days spent waiting for it were probably the longest of my life. That’s what I’m talkin’ about! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/32 "2009-01-12T04:32:02Z")
Awesome! Just the title of [this one](http://www.amazon.com/2007-2012-Building-Excluding-Cafeteria-Restaurant/dp/0497503093/ref=cm_cr-mr-title) - the book title, not the review title - made me laugh so hard my wife asked if I would be OK. Joe ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/33 "2009-01-12T04:39:24Z")
I voted “yes, this review was helpful.” Gotta do that. The Amazon AI needs to learn. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/34 "2009-01-12T04:55:12Z")
It was totally helpful - I needed a good laugh. 😃 We need this man as a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/35 "2009-01-12T05:49:22Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Have you seen [Mr.Brouillette’s other reviews](http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3R7PU67SRMD1E/ref=cm_pdp_rev_more?ie=UTF8&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview#R8H8YIMYHGQZF)? A short list, but a worthy one. I wonder if he’s perhaps [Henry Raddick](http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AA9IP6AYACFK5/102-4649572-3084161), who inspired [a number](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=134095) [of threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=133715&highlight=Raddick) [on the Dope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=141753&highlight=Raddick) [or comments about his reviews](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=66032&highlight=Raddick) hijacked threads. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/36 "2009-01-12T05:55:42Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Sorry, but [this](http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_cr-mr-title) product has the best overall reviews of all time. We live in the greatest times in all of human history. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/37 "2009-01-12T06:11:00Z")
And we use technology for good, not for evil. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/38 "2009-01-12T13:08:19Z")
When Mario Puzo’s _Fools Die_ came out, I read a brief review that said “Fools buy.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/39 "2009-01-12T17:25:30Z")
I ordered the book-on-tape version of this as a gift for someone, but it came without the shiv, so I had to beat them to death with the packing material. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-now-i-finally-understand/480727/40 "2009-01-14T00:52:18Z")
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