At 03:18 PM Thursday 4/24/2008, Dave Land wrote: >On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: > > >>>> What else is like this... endless "upgrades" to convince people > >>>> that > >> their > >>>> perfectly good old product is obsolete? > > > >> The one that really gets me is razor blades. > > > >> Does anyone really need 5 blades vibrated by a small motor to shave? > >> Is the new Gillette FusionPower Phenom with 5 blades and "onboard > >> microchip for consistent power" that much better that the 4 blade > >> model from last year or the 3 blade SensorExcel from a couple of > >> years ago? > >This reminds me of two multi-bladed-razor bits of comedy: > >The first is a commercial by Philips for their Coolskin 2005 electric, >which begins with a fake ad for "Quintippio" with 15 blades. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV42I26tx2s > >The second is an Onion piece, "F*** Everything, We're Doing Five >Blades", >from the era when the idea of a razor with five blades was, in itself, >comic: > > http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930 > >Dave
Also, there's "The Space Age Razor Race" in _MAD_ #208 (July 1979), p. 37-39, which in addition to the Trac LXXVI with "seventy-six cutting edges on a flexible head that will wrap around an entire face and shave it close and clean in two or three effortless moves" also introduced the Quick-Freeze Razor, the Flame-Thrower Razor, the Microwave Razor, the Laser Razor, the Neutron Razor ("the ultimate razor of the space age . . . like the great neutron bomb—kills whiskers but doesn't harm face") and others . . . Too Bad I Can't Attach The Article From The CD Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l