Having the flu this past week, I spent two full days at home resting. Our ever-loyal housekeeper, Mrs Danvers (pictured left) took excellent care of me, pushing tea and fresh fruit all week. In between mad fits of coughing, she and I had plenty of time to ponder this week's installment of The Saturday Seven: Top Useless Gadgets (listed in no particular order)
#1 Salad Spinner: How hard is it to wash and shake lettuce? Besides doesn't everyone buy that pre-bagged, pre-washed stuff nowadays?
#2 Cherry Pitter: Why spend $4.99 on this? I have a better idea...pop the cherry in your mouth, spit out the pit.
#3 Electric Toothbrush: Was all the rage in the 70's..seemed to fade away but for some strange reason have come back again. How lazy can you be? It's for your teeth...put a little elbow grease into it and brush them clean!
#4 Presto Fry Daddy: Does anyone REALLY need this much fried ANYTHING?
#5 Inside the Shell Egg Scrambler: I prefer the old tap-the-egg-on-a-bowl and scramble with a fork method.
#6 Pop Up Hot Dog Cooker: What, is it too much trouble to boil a pot of water?
#7 Ronco Pocket Fisherman: I watched some crazy Hawaiian woman try to fish with this ridiculous contraption once in Maui. That sealed its doom for me.
-Rick Rockhill
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