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Moving to the quasi-suburbs next week. Will have a garage, soon. Need to fix the garage-door opener. Went to Sears website looking for the part. Found this, for $5.99, and started cracking up:
What is it? It's an object on a string. You dangle it from the ceiling of your garage so it bumps on your windshield when your car is far enough in. A useful idea-- but do people actually buy these, rather than tie an object to a string and dangle it from the roof of the garage? Particularly amusing is that the product is advertised as being "completely automatic" (much in the way that, say, a coffee mug is "automatic") and that "complete installation instructions are included". (I am envisioning the "troubleshooting" section of the "instructions" as being especially potentially amusing.)
What is it? It's an object on a string. You dangle it from the ceiling of your garage so it bumps on your windshield when your car is far enough in. A useful idea-- but do people actually buy these, rather than tie an object to a string and dangle it from the roof of the garage? Particularly amusing is that the product is advertised as being "completely automatic" (much in the way that, say, a coffee mug is "automatic") and that "complete installation instructions are included". (I am envisioning the "troubleshooting" section of the "instructions" as being especially potentially amusing.)
posted by Turbo at 6:28 AM
6 Comments:
Seeing as my mother has both backed through the garage door and crashed into the house, I'd say it's $6 well spent.
You bought one, Turbo. Admit it.
i did NOT buy one. I did buy the IDEA of tying a 2¢ piece of string, which I already have, to a 14¢ used tennis ball, which I also already have, and hanging this "completely automatic" system from my garage ceiling.
i did NOT buy one. I did buy the IDEA of tying a 2¢ piece of string, which I already have, to a 14¢ used tennis ball, which I also already have, and hanging this "completely automatic" system from my garage ceiling.
Yes, people do buy these and they totally work. Not everyone can tye a string around a tennis ball.
Very funny!
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