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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 07:37 AM
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Seriously hilarious Amazon product reviews!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002CYTL2/ref%3Dnosim/eschaton-20/103-1891865-6998227

Here's a good one (link courtesy of Atrios):
"I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger's shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger's scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said "that's the worst security ever!". But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids about the realities of living in a high-surveillence society. My son said he wants the Playmobil Neighborhood Surveillence System set for Christmas. I've heard that the CC TV cameras on that thing are pretty worthless in terms of quality and motion detection, so I think I'll get him the Playmobil Abu-Gharib Interogation Set instead (it comes with a cute little memo from George Bush). "
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don954 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 07:43 AM
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1. this is even funner, look right below that review
What similar items do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?
14% buy this item (Playmobil - Security Check Point by Playmobil USA Inc (Rate it))
11% buy Playmobil - Getaway Car by Playmobil USA Inc (Rate it)
2% buy Playmobil Bank Counter by Playmobil USA Inc (Rate it)
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goddess40 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 07:43 AM
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2. will the next one be based on one of the prisons we have in Iraq
The kiddies can learn how to torture innocent prisoners - wouldn't that be fun.
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Debau2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 08:11 AM
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3. I have not had my coffee yet...
Please tell me this is a joke and not something THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BUY THEIR CHILDREN!

I have had enough, I am leaving, you can find me on a Caribbean Island!
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 08:26 AM
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4. The pictured product is real.
The customer-suggested products are from a fevered imagination.
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Debau2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 10:27 AM
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5. Even better
Edited on Wed Oct-12-05 10:28 AM by Debau2005
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Fescue4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 10:49 AM
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6. Hey Thats NO TOY
Thats a certified TSA training kit.

TSA agents have to get certified on that before they move on to the real thing with real passengers.
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:28 AM
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7. i used to work at Amazon editing customer reviews
back when they were just books and records and before they got software to do the 'editing'. Our small editing team used to read seriously hysterical reviews out loud and pass them around the internet. We had quite a collection going. I wish i still had them.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:38 AM
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8. The reviews for The Pet Goat were masterful.
Amazon removed most of them but left a few good ones, I think.
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