The Banana Guard. Really.
While reading an email from a member of the New York/New Jersey Puzzlers mailing list, I noticed that, for some reason, the Gmail ad server had elected to include an ad for something called the "banana guard."
Here it is. My question: can this possibly be real? And what word could Gmail have seized on to make it think, "someone reading this email will probably want to guard their bananas"? (All the email said was, "I'd like to put together a little mini-meeting of puzzlers in the area, and would you show up?")
Also, how do you know the banana-holder you've designed has a curvature that really is one size fits all? And shouldn't there also be a tomato guard? The more I think about it, the more my brain hurts.
UPDATE: Check out the Testimonials for some rather underwhelming praise. And it turns out that my curvature question is covered in their FAQ. So I guess they're on top of things.
Here it is. My question: can this possibly be real? And what word could Gmail have seized on to make it think, "someone reading this email will probably want to guard their bananas"? (All the email said was, "I'd like to put together a little mini-meeting of puzzlers in the area, and would you show up?")
Also, how do you know the banana-holder you've designed has a curvature that really is one size fits all? And shouldn't there also be a tomato guard? The more I think about it, the more my brain hurts.
UPDATE: Check out the Testimonials for some rather underwhelming praise. And it turns out that my curvature question is covered in their FAQ. So I guess they're on top of things.
Labels: humor and whimsy
posted by Cowboy Dave Dickerson | 1:34 PM
1 Comments:
Well, Dave, those are British testimonials, after all.
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