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onager

(9,356 posts)
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 02:26 AM Jul 2013

OK, I LOL'ed...

And what does this have to do with atheism/religion? Over on the right, read the description of the "8-Function Electronic Multi-Tool."

For non-Americans, this is a jab at Harbor Freight Tools. That's a chain of discount hardware stores selling everything under the sun, all made in China AFAIK.

Which doesn't keep me from shopping there. Except once, when I needed a 6-inch hole saw. Harbor Freight offered a complete set of these saws at a very low price. Then it occurred to me that I might not want to go cheap on a sharp-toothed object that would be spinning at 1200 RPM uncomfortably near my various body parts.

Link to the whole "catalog" (4 pages) in PDF: http://www.flutterby.com/images/2012/10/01/hf_tool_sale.pdf

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OK, I LOL'ed... (Original Post) onager Jul 2013 OP
Carpenter's Dreidel?! Hissyspit Jul 2013 #1
For the guy who has the... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #18
That is hilarious LostOne4Ever Jul 2013 #2
That was funny! bravenak Jul 2013 #3
Holy crap! progressoid Jul 2013 #4
OK, I'm printing this and sending it to a couple people. progressoid Jul 2013 #17
I <3 harbor freight Heddi Jul 2013 #5
When in LA, you should visit "MR. STUFF!!!" onager Jul 2013 #16
that ad reminds me of old Mad Magazine Heddi Jul 2013 #6
Good stuff! I want mr blur Jul 2013 #7
Lol TxDemChem Jul 2013 #8
LMAO! trotsky Jul 2013 #9
hahahaha! frogmarch Jul 2013 #10
I had not noticed that! Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #13
"Remember, it's always good to have some spare bungee cords around!" deucemagnet Jul 2013 #11
ouch !.. I admit. I do buy tarps there (2.99 for 6x9) other than that...not much. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #12
OMG, I am crying Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #14
Take a close look at the handle of the mohel's tool .... dimbear Jul 2013 #15
For the hard to find car parts... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #19

LostOne4Ever

(9,289 posts)
2. That is hilarious
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 03:03 AM
Jul 2013
"if it can be manufactored cheaply in safety regulation free china and shipped without having to adhere to any import requirements, we carry it!"


That had me in stitches! Then the cordless hammer, manual chainsaw, garden hose extension cord combo!

Heddi

(18,312 posts)
5. I <3 harbor freight
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 05:21 AM
Jul 2013

they have a variety of mildly useful things for very cheap prices. We got a bug zapper that looks like a tennis racket for $3 last week. it's awesome!

onager

(9,356 posts)
16. When in LA, you should visit "MR. STUFF!!!"
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 09:57 PM
Jul 2013

This amazing place is right in my general neighborhood.

It's like a bizarro, post-Apocalypse version of Harbor Freight Tools. Everything from tiny drill bits and dental picks up to huge wrenches and giant honking axle pullers.

Over at Boing Boing, Laura Cochrane described it far better than I ever could:

The store lived up to its name: Mr. Stuff is filled with bizarre, random inventory, each object more ridiculous and hilarious than the last...

Among Mr. Stuff’s treasure trove: Extra short screwdrivers and hammers, pots of fake dirt and moss (presumably for fake plants), talking Dr. Laura and Dennis Miller dolls, Colgate brand soap (?), blonde tape measures (with drawings of feet on them), unidentifiable Japanese hygiene products, scented canned oxygen, lots of tools, dusty TVs, $10 jeans, a mug that says "Ring bell for more coffee" (that had a bike bell attached to the handle), a mug that says “I have a crush on you!” (A mug seems like the wrong vehicle to convey that message), a wide selection of bolt cutters, machine oil (it must have been poured from a bulk container into many small containers because each label was hand-written), and lots of dishes that look like they had lead in them.


More here. For a map etc., just Google the name and it will come right up. Sort of like Betelguese...

http://boingboing.net/2009/09/11/a-visit-to-a-store-c.html

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
11. "Remember, it's always good to have some spare bungee cords around!"
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 11:31 AM
Jul 2013

Actually, I find this to be good advice.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
14. OMG, I am crying
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 07:22 PM
Jul 2013

over the 80 piece rotary nose picking kit. OMG.

You win the "it didn't belong in A&A, but who gives a shit" award.

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