Selling It

In this month's installment of Selling It:

Mall? What mall?

The message on this stone fabricator’s truck was clear, but the photo’s sender revealed that “just like me, it was leaving the mall.”

Take a stab at it

“Sometimes the pin pricks of a voodoo doll won’t do,” notes Fab.com, which sells this knife holder. Still, we’re not sure we’d want to dine with a chef who owns one.     Back to top

O say can you see . . .

 . . . where this shirt was made? China, it says inside.    Back to top

Half-baked idea

First, buy a really teeny thermometer.    Back to top

Grrrrrr

In a contest among these wild animals, we’d say Lassie loses.    Back to top

About time, Doris!

“Bet her husband enjoyed it more!” a Tennessee reader writes.    Back to top

Hair, barely there

“Undetectable results,” a New York reader points out, “might not be worth the price.”    Back to top

Speak Spanish? Sit in the dark.

Asked to shed light on these claims, a GE lighting specialist said, “I’m not sure why it would say a different amount in Spanish.” He assured us the bulb would last 22.8 years.    Back to top

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