Comments on: Dumbest Product of the Week, 8th Edition, Neiman Marcus’ Portable Espresso Maker http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/10/dumbest-product-of-the-week-8th-edition/ The Online Magazine of Austin Cycling Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dumbest Product of the Week- Twas the Week Before Christmas | Austin Bike Blog http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/10/dumbest-product-of-the-week-8th-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Dumbest Product of the Week- Twas the Week Before Christmas | Austin Bike Blog Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:59:20 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1084#comment-1130 [...] Austin Bike Blog’s Dumbest Product of the Week.   I had looked at things Japanese and from Neiman’s but was baffled, what ho’ I found just the thing from posh cycling cloths maker [...] [...] Austin Bike Blog’s Dumbest Product of the Week.   I had looked at things Japanese and from Neiman’s but was baffled, what ho’ I found just the thing from posh cycling cloths maker [...]

]]> By: frye http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/10/dumbest-product-of-the-week-8th-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-339 frye Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:04:50 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1084#comment-339 LOOKS LIKE -old school hand pump chemical spayer -a "tobacco"pipe -Futuristic weapon LOOKS LIKE

-old school hand pump chemical spayer
-a “tobacco”pipe
-Futuristic weapon

]]> By: Greg http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/10/dumbest-product-of-the-week-8th-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Greg Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:59:03 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1084#comment-317 Thank you. Someone *finally* saw through the French PR firm's onslaught on this expensive hunk o' plastic. And it uses only coffee pods, for crying out loud: pre-ground beans left oxidizing for weeks before they're even sold (let alone consumed) placed in about the most environmentally wasteful packaging possible. I mean -- seriously?? Thank you. Someone *finally* saw through the French PR firm’s onslaught on this expensive hunk o’ plastic.

And it uses only coffee pods, for crying out loud: pre-ground beans left oxidizing for weeks before they’re even sold (let alone consumed) placed in about the most environmentally wasteful packaging possible.

I mean — seriously??

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