Four words. Happy Hot Dog Man

Okay so I totally stole the title of this post from my friend Kim.  Yep, outright theft.  But it's okay, because you see - she still loves me.

What is the "Happy Hot Dog Man?" - I thought it was a part of the set of weenie roasters I posted here.  Turns out I'm wrong.

Turns out I'm not even  in the same ballpark. Still not sure what it is?  Here are the tag lines from the commercial...

"The Happy Hot Dog Man makes a Happy Imprint on your Hot Dog."

um, what?

"Just boil him in water to start the fun!"

Because I always consider boiling water the precursor to anything fun.

"Safe for kids"

Boiling water and sharp plastic knives. Um kay.

"Take your family's food from boring to scoring!"

I dare the next Master Chef participant to use this one on Ramsey.  Double Dog Dare.

"Make your meal a weiner."

Totally my personal favorite.

Yay!  Happy Hot Dog Man!

It's not a Fork...It's not a Spork...

It's a "Fork/Knife/Spoon thing" - or the "Light My Fire Spork" depending on which website you find it on.


I love it when the ridiculousness of the product is only outweighed by it's name.

Get Your Own Tots…

No seriously – get your own.  Mine are protected by Fridge Locker…I double dog dare you to attempt it.

That’s right, Fridge Locker.  Dorm rooms and office refrigerators have never been safer.

It’s Hot.

And no, I’m not trying on my best Paris Hilton impression…

Rather – it’s actually hot.  Here in Phoenix it is slated to be about 112 degrees today.

Did I mention our Air Conditioner is out?

Yea, fun times here in the valley of the sun.

So I started looking for free and cheap ways to stay cool…

I didn’t really find anything useful, but I did find this…

You see – it’s motorized so you don’t have to waste your valuable energy to lick your ice cream.  Nope.  Just stick out your tongue and push the button. 

Is it just me or did anyone else hear the warning in physics class where Mr. Hengesbach said to keep all body parts away from the moving machinery?  Suppose your tongue doesn’t count…

EZ Cracker

When I was little my mother taught me a lesson that every mother teaches her child at some point in life.

How to crack an egg.

It’s a fairly simple task in life for me now, but I remember the struggles.

Now mothers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief…no more having the “talk” with their daughters regarding eggs…of the chicken variety anyway.

What is it?

Good question.  It’s a do-hicky that you stick an egg in and then squeeze the handles together and it cracks the egg for you into a bowl….

I admit, it’s kinda smart, for those who are egg cracking challenged.  But my favorite part of every infomercial…

BUT WAIT – There’s MORE!

That’s right, if you call right NOW (seriously, call now, the offer is only good for another 5 minutes…) you’ll get the EZ SCRAMBLER.

What is it pray-tell?  Well,  it’s another do-hicky, only this one has a dilly-bob on the top that punctures through the egg…then you push a button and it scrambles the yolk INSIDE the egg so that when you put it in the EZCRACKER and release it into the bowl you have perfectly scrambled eggs…EVERY TIME!

Hey, you know what else scrambles eggs???

A fork.

Thanks Mom for finding this one, AND for teaching me the proper way to crack an egg early in life.  I don’t know where I’d be today without that skill…possibly twenty dollars poorer after buying this thing.

HamDogger

Oblong is the new Round.

Because Round was soooo last season.

And before any of you start making comments – it’s a device to shape your HAMBURGER in the shape of a HOTDOG.  I suppose it’s so you can use up those extra leftover buns?

Yes, I’m perfectly aware of how it looks.

Get yours here.  Because you know you want to.

Tired of Twirling?

I hear a lot in the media these days about how Americans have gotten lazy.

If there’s any easy way out, we take it.

If there’s a way to lighten our load, we find it.

Even when it comes to feeding ourselves…if there’s a way to get out of twirling our own spaghetti on  our fork….

Oh geez.  Yes, that’s going too far.  I mean – think about the energy wasted in searching for the batteries alone!

Fabulous Finds Friday - The Demy

Ok, SWBI fans – here’s the deal…my husband seems to think that I will eventually run out of witty and interesting things to say about the weird and unusual products out there.  He also seems to think that there is going to come a day that I’m going to run out of products to um…discuss.  SO – he suggested a new weekly feature…Fabulous Finds Friday.

One day a week we’ll feature one really cool product – something I wish someone would buy for me.  *hint hint, husband dear…I know you are reading this*

So – our inaugural post …The Demy.

No, it isn’t a push up bra.

If you like to cook, bake, or generally make messes in the kitchen with food – this thing may just be right up your alley.  It’s kind of like a Kindle for the kitchen.  It holds 2,500 recipes, available at your finger tips – it’s splash resistant, has a touch screen…and the pages will NEVER get stuck together causing an inability to be able to read the recipe in the future. 


I SOOOO want to buy one of these.

Commericals that Shouldn't - Episode I

There is a group of products that might very well be fine products - and have no strangeness about them whatsoever...okay, well maybe a little...but the commercials that have been created to advertise such products are worthy of mentioning.

Here is one such product.

That's right, The SLAP CHOP - I have to admit, I own one of these - or at least the pricier version from The Pampered Chef - and I love it, however one thing that I've never said while using this product is:

"You're Gonna Love My Nuts..."

That's right. Listen carefully.

Here's the original infomercial:




And here's the part in question:




Shaking my head endlessly---who exactly wrote this anyway, or did poor Vince adlib? Either way, it's commercial gold...

Peter Petrie Egg Separator

Do you have a hard time getting your kids to eat eggs?

Me too. 

I started searching for some tips on helping kids to enjoy eggs more – thereby eating them more, and I found this on Youtube:



This has got to be a gag right?  Nobody in their right mind….oh wait, this site isn’t for people in their right mind that invent things…that’s right!  Okay, so it isn’t a gag.  Nope, you can own this little gem for $12.99.



Now, not only will my kids not eat eggs…but I’m second guessing my ability to do so.

One thing is for sure, I will never eat egg whites again.  Really, never.