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Written by Chris C on January 5th, 2009
So deli meats that are “Natrual” have a different weight factor? Clearly .72 is not .50 and also nearly two dollars more. If this is what giving 110% is about these days we need to go back to the drawing board.
On a camping trip a few months ago, my cousin’s husband Billy suggested that everything is made to almost work. A company makes a product to 80% then leaves it up to the consumer to finish the other 20%. His words I might add, to give him proper credit.
So we had those fancy tarps with the poles and framework built in, the ones that fold up into a neat accordian-like form ready to be slid back into the nylon bag it comes with and thrown into the trunk.
Of course it never ever fits back in the bag. That is a laughable annoyance compared to the crux of the issue: the tarp doesn’t work 100%.
When it rained, which of course it always does when you are camping because that is how vacations work, the water built up on the edges…and pooled…and grew until you have to burst the sac or face the whole thing collapsing.
I might be a little off-base here but I was under the assumption that the tarp’s main function was to ensure the rain flowed off of it. Sure, it works 80% of the time but the other 20% is forcing the rain off the tarp, thus soaking everyone’s shoes.
I changed out my shower curtain recently and it barely touched the base of the shower. It was 70 inches long and the standard is 72 inches. So naturally my bathroom floor gets flooded and eventually I have to buy a new rug too.
I can’t figure out if the people making everything are geniuses or really stupid. It is probably a combination of both.
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I know that I rely on my readers to add 30% of the humor in their heads when reading my posts.
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It’s definitely a combination of both, but thats the true genius.
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You always gotta stay one step ahead of these people. Tarp only works 80 percent of the time? Don’t go camping. Shower curtain only keeps water from leaking 80 percent of the time? Stop showering.
etc, etc.
Turn that 20 percent into null by avoding any and all physical activity.
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@prefers: At least you aren’t selling tarps for camping.
@Alex: Scary isn’t it?
@Tune: You scare me. hehe
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It’s planned obsolescence, but they’re planning it sooner and sooner. In half a year, everything will be obsolete before it’s even sold.
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For the love of all that is good and holy, if you wanted .72 of a pound you would ask for it!!!!
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@offramp: At that rate they might decide to scrap an idea in development because of it’s obsolescence. hehe.
@rusty: yup pretty much how I felt. Good thing I’m not crazy because at that point I imagined myself with this big gun in my hand spraying bullets all over the deli section like Rambo yelling “I just wanted half a pound!” AAAAAHHHHH!!!
Only because I’m Sylvester Stallone nobody would understand what I was saying. That snapped me back to reality right quick.
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Since when did Sara Lee start baking turkey breasts?
What kind of honey isn’t “natrual”? And how did the honey get 1% fat?
I gotta get out more often.