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I think these posts will be a regular feature of my Livejournal. Their entertainment and probative value is incalculable. If I can save just *one* person from buying any of these hideous items, it will be worth while!

First however, I must provide you with a sample of a hotel review that made me laugh uncontrollably. The hotel in question is the Saint Anderson, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Notice Saint Petersburg, Russia. The review of the hotel was largely positive but ended with this gem:

One thing you aren't told is that everything is in the Russian script. Of course. The maps and guide books we had were not. So when you go down the underground to get to Nevski Prospect you can't tell which is the correct stop because Nevski Prospect is written in Russian.

Horrors, poodles! This could not be true! The signs were all in RUSSIAN! In RUSSIA of all places!! I could not make this stuff up, people. Believe me I wish I could.

Moving on to items of dubious and often terrifying origin:

Everyone needs some fake diamond Hello Kitty jewelry in their wardrobe. What else do you wear to the mall to show the teenagers you've finally arrived?

This bangle bracelet isn't overly hideous if that is something you enjoy. A reviewer who purchased another bangle as well commented:

Both bangles were very pretty but they kept sliding around my wrist The clasp opened on this one, too, and I almost lost it in my "friend's driveway".

Why the quotation marks? Is "friend's driveway" some baroque new euphemism for fisting?

Moving on from QVC to Cabela's, I present a product that must surely be on someone's Christmas wish list: a fanny pack concealed handgun holster! Because nothing says manly and stylish like pulling your trusted .38 out of your fanny pack! It even comes with a quick access lanyard! Now if only it came in other colors...

When wandering the wild, it is important to protect yourself from snake bites by wearing these stylish Snake Chapz, for those Leaping Lower Mississipi Disco King Snakes. Apparently they don't bite in the groin or buttocks, so you are free to let it all hang out in the breeze.

Finally, I give you a product notable for its completely awesome name: Deer Herd In A Stick. Not to be confused with Deer Herd On A Stick found at the county fair. Use appropriately.

Date: 2008-09-26 12:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bodlon.livejournal.com
Why the quotation marks? Is "friend's driveway" some baroque new euphemism for fisting?

It is now.

Date: 2008-09-26 11:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mielikki.livejournal.com
Seconded!

Date: 2008-09-26 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silentjack.livejournal.com
I'll take a stab, but could Nevsky Prospect, if transliterated, just be Невский Проспектъ? I mean, I only really know the Russian alphabet, but you would think someone travelling to a place where, say, a foreign language is spoken that adequate preparations would be made to, say, get guidebooks that are at least helpful or learn the alphabet. In my case, it will never be "I have a week to kill, I'll go to Ulaan Baataar right now" -- it will be months or even years in advance, and hey presto, I just got myself a handy-useful Mongolian phrasebook. That's just me. Then again, I may never get off the North American continent.

Date: 2008-09-26 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Haha, that is right on the money. However I am now picturing some terrible tourist saying "Heeb-key pocket? What the hell is that?"

Date: 2008-09-26 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] n-o-m-i-c.livejournal.com
Why the quotation marks? Is "friend's driveway" some baroque new euphemism for fisting?

ROFLCOPTER.

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I'm gonna see how this Deer Herd In A Stick does when worn as deodorant for a night out at the club. It's obviously got teh magic of teh pheromoanz.


From the fanny pack:
Simply pull top lanyard to quickly expose your weapon.

This is actually a feature of a pair of soccer shorts that I'm wearing right now.

Nothing says, "rob me because I'm a tourist and I'm probably carrying cash" like a fanny pack. This holster is almost like thug-bait.


I will say that snake bites are most likely to happen below the belt. It's like chainsaw chaps. Sure, you can still disembowel yourself if you're having a bad day, but you're more likely to end up with the chain getting into a brutal confrontation with your tibia.

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