# The stupidest thing I've seen for sale... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965 "2003-09-01T14:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/41 "2003-09-04T19:42:04Z")
A nasty little big that bites and makes you itch. [http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html](http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html) Be glad you aren’t familiar with them. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/42 "2003-09-04T19:48:40Z")
You may call them “noseeums”. They are the little invisible bugs that eat up your legs when you walk in the woods or through tall grass. Chiggers, that is. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/43 "2003-09-04T19:52:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autz \* > \*\*A nasty little big that bites and makes you itch. > > [http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html](http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html) > > Be glad you aren’t familiar with them. \*\* No we aint got them or ‘noseeums’ we have ex-wives though and they bite and make you itch 😃 Honestly you Yanks you have everything doncha? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/44 "2003-09-04T20:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*That would be ALZARE: Hands down the WORST infomercial ever made. The smarmy guy from the Alzare Institute \*\* Is that the greasy-looking guy? You’da thunk they’d have at least hosed him off before the commercial. C’mon people…I know _somebody_ out there has a “Flowbee” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/45 "2003-09-04T20:04:51Z")
AUTZ: I read the article, nasty little buggers aint they ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/46 "2003-09-04T20:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by newcrasher \* > \*\*You may call them “noseeums”. \*\* “Good things don’t end in '-eum,” they end in ‘-mania’ or ‘-teria.’" ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/47 "2003-09-04T23:31:53Z")
\ One of the funniest things I’ve seen for sale was an ebay auction for an “imaginary girlfriend”… the kit came with pictures and personal items you could place around your house, some love letters and a whole bunch of other things so that your friends/family would think you actually had a girlfriend. I’m not doing it justice here, but the whole writeup for the item was hilarious. If anybody else knows what I’m talking about, or could provide a link (I can’t find it on ebay), I’d appreciate it. SDMB was where I heard about it. \ **Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965/48 "2003-09-05T02:53:39Z") > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*No we aint got them or ‘noseeums’ we have ex-wives though and they bite and make you itch 😃 > > Honestly you Yanks you have everything doncha? \*\* Pretty much. Wanna buy some chiggers? How about Blackflies? I’d be happy to put them up on eBay for you… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-ive-seen-for-sale/198965.md?page=2)