Sebastian [Cute baby]
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| Lamest Fetish Items Ever: When Gearheads Go Wrong, 1996 - ‘98 |
Jan 1996 Free (if you steal them)
We regret advocating theft. Richard Branson is still pissed.
: Mar 1996 $699
Travel gently down the trail.
: July 1996 Nail Enamel: $11
Novelty wore off before the polish did.
: Sep 1996 $3,900
Are you lying now? Are you lying now?
: Sep 1996 $34
This was before your IT people started yelling at you for losing these things.
: Oct 1996 $N/A
Replaced the less evolved Sound Slug.
: Dec 1996 $1,556,000
The most expensive item ever in Fetish.
: Feb 1997 $349
Just like recipe cards, but with a tiny screen and awkward keyboard.
: Jun 1997 $49.95
110-dB laptop-protecting alarm foils thieves, enrages neighbors.
: Jun 1997 $12,230
Camera + microphone + GPS + computer + cell phone + backpack = nerd.
: Sep 1997 $59.95
It will wake me when I start to snore. Isn’t that what my wife does?
: Oct 1997 $6
When a regular Pez dispenser isn’t enough.
: Dec 1997 $39
Fake damaged PowerBook case from Mythbusters‘ Adam Savage.
: Feb 1998 $60
Remote-controlled Mylar balloon launched a thousand X-Files jokes.
: Mar 1998 $34.99
A boon for orthopedic surgeons, as fathers tried to impress their sons with a fastball.
: Sep 1998 $50
How could you ever eat such cute breakfast food?
: Sep 1998 $4,995
This wearable computing thing will be huge.
: Oct 1998 $19.95
Because nothing said 1998 like a PDA stylus attached to your finger.
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Premiere Issue 1993 $12,000
Holds 100 CDs. Costs 12 grand.
: May/June 1993 Under $100
Back stock snapped up by Jaron Lanier.
: Nov 1993 $699
Most misunderstood gadget ever? Or biggest flop? Both.
: Feb 1994 $400
Keyboard neck and “strummer veins” did not rock.
: Feb 1994 $5,000
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