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    "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"

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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    Oooh, this would actually be really good when my dad has another hip surgery.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    No- the part that was the best is where the old dude is trying to wrench off the woman's white pumps- fetishy AND funny!!
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    Image of clevernamehere clevernamehere
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    While the ad is silly, it seems like the product could be really useful for people with limited mobility/paralysis.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    Mr. Badmutha has had three back surgeries, and putting on his shoes is damn near impossible. Such a thing could actually help him!
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    Image of SUNNY1 SUNNY1
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    I wish it was my job to watch or make infomercials. I really do. It seems so easy.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    11/25/09

    @SUNNY1: I disagree. I would jam ice picks into my ears if I had to watch these things all day.
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    Image of SUNNY1 SUNNY1
    11/25/09

    @badmutha: But they make me feel so much better about myself! Not this one so much, because it seems targeted towards those with back problems/the elderly, but the ones that portray simple things as problems (ie the Snuggie commercials) make me feel less incompetent.
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    Image of o-line o-line
    11/25/09

    In reply to "Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"
    Slippers, people. If you aren't willing to bend over and put on shoes, you probably aren't going to leave the house either.
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    Image of DarcyMcCarbomb DarcyMcCarbomb
    11/25/09

    @o-line: Yeah, they're totally marketing this wrong as it's clearly not for able-bodied people. Someone I love has hip/leg injuries and sometimes getting her shoes on for work is difficult, but they couldn't show that scenario because it wouldn't be *TV glam* enough to sell shit!
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/25/09

    @DarcyMcCarbomb: Yeah, they really should have branded it differently - they kinda threw in a nod to it, but... not enough.
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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    If that came in adult sizes, I would trade my car in for that thing in a heartbeat.


    Yes, it would take me forever to get anywhere. Yes, it would be totally worth it.

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    Image of sybann sybann
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    I think most kids will LURV this to pieces.
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    Image of Cole23 Cole23
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    I guess we can start fucking them up sooner and sooner.
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    Image of Samanthrax Samanthrax
    06/23/09

    @Cole23: Not for nothing, but I loved stuff like this when I was a kid and I turned out okayish. It doesn't have to be butterflies and dinosaurs for every kid...
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    Image of LatinaMasFina LatinaMasFina
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    I wouldn't give it to my child to play with. I would mount it on a long pole and, then at night, use it to "peek" in the windows of my kids if they were bad that day.


    See? When you're bad, the monsters get hungry. That's what I call effective discipline.

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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    06/23/09

    @LatinaMasFina: I just laughed so hard a big wad of spit flew out of my mouth. That is fucking awesome. And yes, very effective.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    That looks exactly the way a hangover feels.
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    This is what my boyfriend would deem the perfect toy for our hypothetical-someday children. If he could, he'd have Tim Burton decorate the nursery.


    Not that I'm complaining. He says he wants our children to be fearless.

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    Image of Zombies make the heart grow fonder Zombies make the heart grow fonder
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    Holy shit. I would have been terrified of that thing as a child.
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    Image of sportz.star sportz.star
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    Fine, you don't want to wear your glasses or go to the dentist? You don't have to. But remember, this is what you'll look like when you grow up.
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    Image of WashingMyHair WashingMyHair
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wild Ride
    Only one occasion comes to mind for use of this thing - Halloween.
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