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- dtfinch, on 03/24/2008, -3/+67Leaf blowers are good for chasing cats around the house.
- slapded, on 03/24/2008, -6/+62i think that entire article is crapola. dugg down for leaf blower. if they want to use a rake, have fun at my 2 acre front lawn. ill give you $10 bucks and you can buy some penny candy and moon pies when you are done
- Shaving, on 03/24/2008, -8/+53Leaf blowers are much faster than rakes and often run on electricity, not just gas.
- HiKevinRose, on 03/24/2008, -2/+43While I admit that most of these are impractical, the first two have very good uses in certain situations. The auto-adjusting wrench is useful when the bolt you seek is in a tight location and you can't fit your thumb between an obstacle and the wrench in order to tighten it. Banana hangers are actually quite practical because they prevent bruising of the fruit. Bruised bananas draw fruit flies which only further decompose your food.
- doctechnical, on 03/24/2008, -1/+35Your cat takes batteries? I guess that would save on kibble.
- Nerfdude, on 03/24/2008, -1/+34half of these items are useful. this is a stupid submission.
1. leaf blower: i have two electric leaf blowers. i live on an acre of land with plenty of trees. i use the leaf blowers to shoot leaves off of the deck, porch, driveway, walkway, stairs, etc into the yard. then i use a riding mower with the bagger on to pick them all up while i mow. i also use the leaf blower to dry my car after i wash it.
seriously, rake an acre some time, olivia zaleski.
2. auto adjusting wrench: i have one of these as well. i work on my own cars, and if you've ever used a monkey wrench, you know how adjusting from nut to nut can take FOREVER to get just right. not any more. although i'd rather just use a vice grips and get it over with, sometimes it makes more sense to use this.
3. banana stand/banana case: keeps bananas from bruising before you eat them. what's wrong with that?
4. paper weight: was invented hundreds of years ago. who cares.
5. melon wedger: i guess if you eat a lot of melon, this would be nice, wouldn't it?
seriously, just because you've never used something doesn't make it useless. what a ridiculous article. - inactive, on 03/24/2008, -5/+36another question . . . how does every banana fit into the guard. It is a very specific shape.
- PoopOnPaul, on 03/24/2008, -1/+27***** you, I like banana holders.
- InfamousAtheist, on 03/24/2008, -1/+24Isn't that a leaf vacuum in the picture? Sure looks like it with that bag attached...
- dgulbran, on 03/24/2008, -2/+25#11 - Top 10 Lists
- nemofish704, on 03/24/2008, -3/+25this article was crapola,
- UberNick, on 03/24/2008, -2/+24Well, you see, that's the genius of God's design. It fits perfectly into the human hand, right down to the number of folds corresponding to banana sides. Surely, surely this greatness can only be encapsulated into an intelligently-designed banana guard!
- fahrvergnuugen, on 03/24/2008, -1/+21Raking leaves is for suckers. Setting the lawn on fire FTW.
- xevidentx, on 03/24/2008, -1/+20agreed, wtf were they thinking when they said leaf blower. the writer must live in the city
- Danikar, on 03/24/2008, -0/+17I think there are far more than 10 items more useless than an auto adjusting wrench and a leaf blower.
Perhaps instead of "Top 10 Most Useless Items" the title should say "10 Random Items That Are Sort Of Useless" - Tokyosexwhale, on 03/24/2008, -2/+18No joke. Leaf blowers are a godsend and I'll be damned if I'm gonna spend my whole weekend raking.
- kingbrasso, on 03/24/2008, -4/+18#11 - Dumb broads who write dumb articles for dumb internet newspapers.
- tankster522, on 03/24/2008, -1/+15My wife has a banana guard I was going to use it one day, but she uses it to hold batteries.
- Ecochick, on 03/24/2008, -9/+23Hilarious! Though I have to say, infomercials can convince me to buy ANYthing for some reason. I mean, I've never actually bought anything from the TV, but I'm always convinced that I really, really should.
- serif69, on 03/24/2008, -1/+15Christ, HuffPo manages to politicize every useless piece of crap.
- SNIPE07, on 03/24/2008, -1/+15I have to disagree with the leaf blowers, as many of the have the ability to suck up leaves, since when can a ***** rake do that?
- krahzee, on 03/24/2008, -0/+13Just don't ask where the plug goes......
- animeguru, on 03/24/2008, -0/+12Yeah, I've got a leaf blower... I'll admit it. But, my leaf blower (and sucker) chops the leaves as I suck them up making for some nice compost. I watch the rest of the neighbors with rakes shoving those leaves into plastic bags and putting them out for garbage.
You tell me which one of us is more wasteful? - candafilm, on 03/24/2008, -3/+15I'd much rather spend an hour getting the leaves off my lawn (and yes I do bag them) rather than spending a whole day on it. It's not laziness it's time saving. You don't mow your lawn with scissors do you?
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 03/24/2008, -1/+13My Electric leaf blower has a SUCK function that allows me to chop up a large pile of leaves into mulch for my compost pile. Chopped up leaves decompose nicer than a plain old pile of leaves.
- saikyan, on 03/24/2008, -0/+12Useless? NONE of these items are useless. All have a specific purpose... some are actually extremely useful (leaf blower, auto-adjusting wrench) products which the author has just obviously never used. Want to see a bunch of useless crap? Go into a Hallmark store, or one of those home decor outlets... most of those are loaded with hideous decorations made in foreign countries that literally do nothing but collect dust.
And hey, who couldn't use a melon wedger?! - pdevries, on 03/24/2008, -1/+12And the one shown also sucks the leaves and puts them in a bag. Much quicker than raking them. I agreed with the list up until that point.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 03/24/2008, -1/+11Rakes are powered by humans which require food. Food that takes the form of plants brutally ripped from poor earth or from animals savagely butchered into chunks.
/sarcasm - Nerfdude, on 03/24/2008, -1/+11that was my first thought, after seeing both a wrench and leaf blower. she probably lives in an apartment, so who is she to comment on tools for physical labor?
- MattB123, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10I have a friend who skis and cycles a lot. He swears by the banana protector because it allows him to stuff the fruit into his pack without squashing it. I usually just bring an orange instead.
- ubuwalker31, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10@animeguru and sqtpppr:
I think that most infomercial products are crap. But the problem isn't the idea behind the product (portable fishing rod or food dehydrator) but the crappy product being sold at an insane markup. If you visit one of those "As Seen on TV" stores at the mall, and actually look at the products in person, you can instantly see the shoddy construction and poor design of these supposedly useful gadgets. The huckster/shill factor here is that these TV products are just poor imitations of expensive products (knives, food processors, fishing lures, rotisseries) that a TV audience may have never heard of. For example, I own an inexpensive stick blender that I picked up for $30 to make creamy soups and sauces. Guaranteed that some TV shill will eventually try to sell a cheap version with a cheap motor to an uneducated TV audience for 4 easy payments of $10.
I, for one, have a quality collapsible fishing rod and reel that I keep in my backpack in case I come across a stream or pond that looks worthwhile, and I also have a quality dehydrator to dry beef jerky and fruit at 1/100th of the cost of buying it in the store. The difference is that I bought my stuff after doing research and from a legitimate source. - animeguru, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10Man, I used to watch that one for the dehydrator and just imagine all the jerky I could be eating.
I wish I could say that common sense prevailed, but actually, my laziness paid off and I never shelled out the money for one.. - jbmcb, on 03/24/2008, -0/+9I have almost an acre of land and a few dozen trees. If I raked my leaves by hand, I'd spend pretty much all of my spare time in the spring and summer on the project, and have no time for the garden, or pretty much anything else. I blow them into big piles and bag them up as the city requires. If I left the leaves down the mosquitoes get so bad I can't bare to be outside for more than a few minutes at a time.
Also, the little two cycle engine on leaf blowers are very efficient, it only takes a quarter gallon or so to do most of my yard.
Whenever I read someone railing against powered lawn equipment, I get the feeling they live in an apartment, or have a postage-stamp sized lawn. If you do everything by hand, more power to you, but the 40-odd trees on my property more than offset my leaf blower's puny carbon footprint. - doctechnical, on 03/24/2008, -2/+11I think this article is self-referential, and borderline recursive.
- dtfinch, on 03/24/2008, -0/+9Ours is battery powered.
- supersonicjim, on 03/24/2008, -1/+9Ehhh?!
- wphj, on 03/24/2008, -0/+8The products were pretty funny, but I could have gone without the preachy tone...
I mean, Mechanized Egg Crackers and Melon Wedgers aren't what's squandering our resources. - delmar14, on 03/24/2008, -0/+8I completely agree. This would be top of my "most useless lists" list.
- BillyTIdaho, on 03/24/2008, -0/+8Now, I don't actually own a Banana Guard, but it seems that if a banana enthusiast was frequently taking bananas in his sack lunch, then a Banana Guard would come in very useful. No more smushed bananas in your bag?
- RabbitAbout, on 03/24/2008, -4/+11Good Funny Article. Yep, we are all guilty of rubbish that sits in a cupboard until it's thrown away during the next big clean.
Some of the stuff we buy isn't even rubbish, but things we would love to use, but never seem to have the time.... - ApokalypseNow, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Also, nothing like a leaf blower to push a large volume of air through the coals of a home-made forge.
- inactive, on 03/24/2008, -3/+10I nominate the Jingle Cats as 'useless crap':
http://www.bofads.com/stories/gifts.htm - Carmilla07, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Me too. That's why I love those As Seen on TV stores in the mall so I can see all those products I've been convinced that I need. The only thing I've actually ever bought though was a Turbie Twist (which is awsome by the way). I'm still feel the need to get a powerjuicer every now and then.
- DeskFlyer, on 03/24/2008, -4/+11Carbon monoxide poisoning FTW! ;P
- Duositex, on 03/24/2008, -1/+8She's gone from suck to blow!
- gutterboy, on 03/24/2008, -1/+8As a student in Product Design, I cringe at ***** like this. This list could have easily been 300+ pages long. Time and time again I find myself with assignments that just feel like I will be adding more useless ***** to peoples lives with a new spin. Great, I can make something new with sustainable materials, but it would be even more eco-friendly if you didn't have to buy anything new to begin with. If I become a professional product designer (I sure hope to) I promise I will not make pointless ***** like this.
- Duositex, on 03/24/2008, -1/+8Don't they sell those with jump-to-conclusions mats?
- moletimer, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7There are lots more useless stuff than this. Most of these don't deserve to be in this list.
- CYG101, on 03/24/2008, -1/+8I actually use the banana guard everyday, it was impossible to pack a banana with my lunch before. Just try putting a banana in your backpack. BTW its one size fits all.
- andycr512, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7They also ripen more slowly when hung up (they aren't perfect one day and far too ripe the next). I do not know why, but from experience I can say that it is definitely the case (though I just use a regular hook in the side of a cabinet).
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