# What were the designers of this radio thinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108 "2005-08-29T15:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/1 "2005-08-29T15:46:46Z")
[FM radio, for use in shower, with soap dispenser](http://www.elta.de/de/artikel.asp?Artikel=3148&Artikel1=3148&x=21&y=52). From the web site of consumer electronics company elta GmbH. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/2 "2005-08-29T15:51:32Z")
Exactly what you’re thinking. That it’ll make for an excellent back massager. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/3 "2005-08-29T16:07:20Z")
Does the soap come shooting out of the tip? 'Cause that would be HOT. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/4 "2005-08-29T16:39:55Z")
Geez…I was thinking to myself, “They’ve had shower radios for YEARS…what’s the big deal?” Then I clicked on the link. Oh, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/5 "2005-08-29T16:42:44Z")
I am so getting one of these. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/6 "2005-08-29T16:50:22Z")
That they would make a lot of money. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 29, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/7 "2005-08-29T17:19:56Z")
It goes to eleven! At the base of the shaft, it has _three_ round objects! A great conversation starter! Get one for the kids! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/8 "2005-08-29T18:28:51Z")
I always wondered what happened to that German Industrial Design student I had that dated. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/9 "2005-08-29T19:56:14Z")
For those (like me) having trouble with the link in the OP, [here](http://www.happy-spots.de/shopping/produktdetails/Electronics/3468061/B0000D81K0/elta-3148-dusch-radio-ukw-mono-transistorradio?PHPSESSID=4879307cf47aa7503f7008ed064aa37b). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/10 "2005-08-29T21:59:05Z")
I can’t find the tagline “available at your nearest Spencer Gifts” anywhere in that ad! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/11 "2005-08-29T22:17:56Z")
Blue. Now I understand why Smurfs always seem so happy. Of course, I can think of several talk radio shows where it could be fun to have the sound coming out of your ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/12 "2005-08-31T00:08:11Z")
Looks like the [punchline](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6472676&postcount=8) finally got its joke: What did the woman say when she found her _elta 3148_ to be empty? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/13 "2005-08-31T04:35:23Z")
And now, the perfect gift for all those people who think the sun shines out of their ass. Sound effects. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-radio-thinking/319108/14 "2005-08-31T05:54:45Z")
This part from the description _probably_ doesn’t mean what it _looks like_ it means. > [@](#): > > VPE: 6 Stück