Published: January 8, 2009
Modified: March 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Oklahoma inventors have developed a product that helps people remove shoes and boots without bending or excessive pulling. The product went on sale in 2005. Photo provided
As economies around the world struggle and America’s leadership undergoes sweeping change, it’s hard to find time to peel a boiled egg. But wait, with the Eggstractor, that’s no longer a problem!
Advertisement
This amazing invention is so amazing, it should be on TV! Hey, it is. See, right on the box: "As Seen on TV.” And, as we know from watching "Celebrity Circus,” if something is on TV, it must be good. And it deserves an exclamation point! Or two!!
The egg machine is one of many magically miraculous products demonstrated on TV by people who love espresso and superlatives. This cornucopia of entrepreneurial garage sale material was launched decades ago by Ron Popeil, a visionary who realized that what America needed to become the world’s dominant superpower was the ability, at a moment’s notice, to make julienne fries.
And before you could cut your hair with a vacuum cleaner, America had entered the age of Ginsu knives, commemorative coins and spray-on hair. If we needed spray-on nylons, the "Slanket” or a boxed collector pocket knife set featuring presidents from George Washington to George W., all we had to do was dial the 800 number on our screens.
Inventors solved so many problems that Americans ran out of problems, other than health care, energy, global warming, war and that economy thing. So, inventors invented more problems so they could invent stuff to solve them. How do you carry a piano in your pocket, stash a vegetable strainer in a briefcase or cook 14 pieces of bacon at once in a microwave? (The rollup piano, the folding colander and the Bacon Wave.)
Today, America can awaken to an electric-shock alarm clock, get healthy with an electric-stimulating ab belt and stay that way with a UV toothbrush sanitizer.
But, that’s not all. Act now and you also get tickets to "Celebrity Circus”! Hurry, the first 400 callers get a garage sale permit!!
Thank you for joining our conversations on newsok. We encourage your discussions but ask that you stay within the bounds of our terms and conditions. Please help us by reporting comments that violate these guidelines. To review our rules of engagement, go to Commenting and posting policy.
0
Prev
Something to say about this topic? Submit a Letter to the Editor online
Thank you for joining our conversations on newsok. We encourage your discussions but ask that you stay within the bounds of our terms and conditions. Please help us by reporting comments that violate these guidelines. To review our rules of engagement, go to Commenting and posting policy.
Log in below or sign up (it's free).