All,
As several of you know (well, JB) I frequently check theworstthingsforsale.com. Which led me to The Egg Minder. Which led me to the Quirky Quorporation, a vendor of expensive plastic crap for your kitchen. This being the holiday season, I thought I'd link you to a few potential gifts which I
guarantee will make the recipient say "really, you shouldn't have!"
The Egg Minder (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Eggminder- ... B00GN92KQ4), Quirky's banner product, is a $100 egg tray which tracks how many eggs it has and how old they are so it can beam that information to your iPhone. As one reviewer says: "The Eggminder will set all of our hearts and minds at ease. Our dreams of a more peaceful world are at hand."
Ventu Serving Bowl (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-PVTU1-WHBM ... B00CXFF050): it's a combination strainer and "serving bowl" ... for $50.
Loopits Storage thing (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Loopits-St ... B00DSNQP4Q): if anyone figures out what this is actually for, let me know. As far as I can tell, it's a thing you attach to your wall in order to keep your collection of giant rubber bands. And, apparently, plastic dinosaurs.
Multi-Position Cheese Grater (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-GRP-1-CW1- ... B005PP95NS). This might actually be a good cheese grater (I doubt it, though). But $25? Really?
Silo Portion Control Container (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Portion-Co ... B00E5H9Q5O) This is a tupperware cannister, with a built-in special pour spout to make it dispense stuff in a premeasured amount. Only the size of the premeasured amount is completely dependant on the size of the container, and it costs $20. How could you go wrong?
Knife Cleaner (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-PGLD1-2P01 ... B00CX086J2). It's a green thing you can use to push klingons off your knife. Wait, no -- that's Spock.
Quirky, a company staffed entirely by separated former Siamese twins, is obsessed with providing us multiple utensils which share only one handle. Such as these cleaner thingies (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Groove-Kit ... B00F0MQ9BM) or better, this "set" of spatulas which come in 5 different sizes with only one handle (
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-CNC-1-CW1- ... B004NSUCUI) because of course, nobody would ever want to use more than one spatula at the same time. Or, you know, lose the handle.
But the product which really makes me say "why, God, why?" is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Cyclone-Ho ... B00E7YGZ4A Truly, the end of Western Civilization cannot arrive too soon.