[1292] in Humor
HUMOR: Bobby Charlton?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Mon Feb 5 09:43:56 1996
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 09:39:27 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 17:41:14 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From: "Mark (Wolfy) Blattel" <foxwere@lucasarts.com>
From: Mark Haigh-Hutchinson <mhh@lucasarts.com>
This was sent to me by a friend in England. It's a list of product
descriptions from one of those gift catalogue shops....
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From: Paul Holmes[SMTP:pholmes@unlimited.com]
After trying to figure how we accurately advertise the ever evolving DMS
bundles, we remembered that list we found in 1992, residing filed, unread
and unloved on Lesley's Mac. Until now that is. Enjoy...
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Fifteen Argos catalogue descriptions.
1) Monsters may vary
2) Ship does not float
3) Stable has the sound of a horse walking
4) Bears not included
5) Push the knob and the animals dance
6) Includes mirror, silky tail and carrot teether
7) Slide easily under mattress
8) Cassette goes 'boing'
9) Three drastically deformed action figures
10) Can act as guard-dog (does not walk)
11) Rabbit-shaped connectors
12) Slimline throatpiece
13) Recommended by Bobby Charlton
14) Side-mounted scum suckers
15) Colourful magnetic bees do head-to-head battle to collect the moist
pollen from the wobbly flower
