In this month's installment of Selling It:
Meat that got lost in translation | D'oh, a deer misnamed | Offers that never end | Blink and you miss this | A mark of unexceptional worthlessness | Sweat that's protected from stink | Disappointing on so many levels | See more Selling It items
‘Oinkobble,’ says the pigurkey
“Am I missing something here?” a New York reader wonders. Look past “Dried Pork Meat” to the word “pavo.” It’s Spanish for “turkey.”
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Oh, deer
There’s some debate as to whether this member of St. Nick’s posse is called Donner or Donder, but it’s sure not Donna.
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Endless offers
A reader who recalled seeing a collection of credit-card pitches in this column some time ago has submitted his own, gathered during the last three years. Sir, we now give you permission to recycle all this paper and move back into your house.
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Twinkle twinkle, little . . . hey!
When are 60 twinkling lights not 60 twinkling lights? When the back of the package says there are only 10.
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An honest mistake?
“So far,” says the Texas reader who bought the digital converter box bearing this sticker, “it works pretty well, whether or not there was any quality control.”
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Let ’em see you sweat
This Right Guard weighed a bit less than another version a reader found, but he was counting on that “48 hour protection.” When he saw the asterisk he concluded, “I only need to put up with wet armpits every other day.”
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Aim low
Who knew that Barnes &Noble had an inferiority complex?
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