Why did I buy that?#%!

NeneCakies

Another week, another product!

Today's Item: The Clapper

Did you share a room with a sibling and fight every night about who would turn off the light because the switch was across the room? Did you cave every time because you need it dark to sleep and your annoying sister could sleep through a solar flare? Do you find yourself having the same argument with your hubs and wish for a magic wand to flick off the damn lamp with zero effort and gloat, hahaha take that motherfuckaa!?! Well the Clapper is for you. Or is it? At first the novelty is fun. You each will want to be the first to do it, so you'll have a clapping war. Then you figure out the Clapper is fickle. Sometimes you need to clap twice slow, later twice fast, and sometimes 3 times in case you clap wrong. How do you clap wrong, you ask? It must be loud. Loud enough that your palms sting from trying different clap sequences and heaven forbid you have guests that hear the cacophony from your room and think you are crazy...or spanking each other in there when you really just want to sleep already. And you finally walk over to the lamp and turn it off. Or get really smart and buy bedside table lamps. Problem solved!

Verdict: fuck you Clapper!

Any clapper fans? What's your favorite convenience item?

TechieGirl1

My husbands moshi alarm clock. It is awesomely funny. It is a voice activated alarm clock. So for example if you say "turn the alarm off" to it it will (or should) turn off the alarm. Well if its below 60 degrees outside it goes kind of dumb, doesn't hear the command and then it keeps going off. So frequently I will hear my husband screaming at the alarm at the top of his lungs.  Also if you laugh certain ways or if you are like me and snort occasionally, the clock turns on the nightlight mode, and other such nonsense.   Its actually quite funny. :-) 

NeneCakies

Oh we had moshi too and banished it to the guest room long ago. I don't like to argue with my technology.

CourtneyEeps

I effin the clapper! I bought my nephew one for Christmas last year and re-lived my childhood vicariously through him.

BatDaughter4Eva

I always wanted a clapper. With a baby in the room next to us, it probably wouldn't be great.

BTW, you should write infomercials. I love the way you "narrate" your reviews.

NeneCakies

BatDaughter4Eva said:

BTW, you should write infomercials. I love the way you "narrate" your reviews.

Thank you. I like writing skits and had a knack for it when I was young. I'm a horrible actress though so I preferred to be behind the scenes.

alrighthamilton

The Gyrobowl. It works as it claims, but Kate quickly realized that when she couldn't dump the food out, she could take handfuls and throw it instead. I think this will work better in a year or so when she realizes that snacks are better eaten than thrown.