Ideal Bite

Are the people behind SkyMall joking?

02.14.2008

Submitted by tmeronek on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 1:11am.

The Bite:

With gizmos like the Vocal Recognition Grocery List Organizer, we sure hope so. Take the complexity out of basic tasks like opening cans, and stick with old-school, non-electric devices instead of unnecessary gadgets. You'll save energy and burn a few calories while you're at it.

The Benefits:

Saving on energy bills. Example: If everyone in the United States used electric can openers instead of manual ones, it'd cost us a collective $36 mil per month. (You read that right: million.)
Less landfill. At the end of their useful lives, old-school gadgets generally take up less space at the dump than the contraptions advertised in your seatback pocket on the plane.
It's really not that hard. Fact: People opened wine bottles with non-Rube Goldbergian contraptions for, like, centuries (plus the speed is practically the same, and bonus - you can open cans during blackouts).

Personally Speaking:

A business acquaintance gave Jen a Rabbit Deluxe Wine Opener Gift Set one Christmas. She took one look at the complicated apparatus and regifted it immediately.

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