Things that make you go, what?

A fun part of marketing is plugging products, or coming up with unique products to slap a logo on and give away. Here are some of the recent items I have come across that have completely rendered me speechless.

Enjoy -

This is just sick, but funny. A USB drive is in the bear's neck, the head pops right off to expose the plug end of the drive.

Pro - Keeps kids out of your work area.

Con - You look like a sicko, because let's face it, who doesn't like cuddly teddy bears. You're the whack job at the office that plugs it into a computer.

For the company thinking about this, it could be a wash. On one hand people will talk about you, on the other, it may not be very nice. 
 

I'm not sure I even want to touch this one.

There are zero pros to this piece and the cons, well, it could be a complete blog on its own.

Yikes, I hope someone lost their job over this.

Hand warmers, for folks who work out of the Fargo, N.D., home office. I understand the hand warmer aspect, what I don't understand is the stupid cartoon. These plug into the USB drive and heat the hands for optimum productivity.

Pro - Tough one here, I guess if you're 12, this would be okay - maybe. Then again if you're 12 and working at a computer for the Fargo home office you may have bigger problems - like a child labor lawyer.

Con - These are just dumb.I don't have enough bandwidth to list them all.

Another "warming" gem, only this one if for your eyes (or face). This must have been a spin off from the genius project dubbed "cartoon hand warmers". This mess also plugs into your USB port. Perhaps the Fargo, N.D., office should invest in space heaters.

Pro - You can't see your co-workers.

Con - You can't see to work. Then again, that may actually be a pro...



Here a just a couple things that made me scratch my head, and wonder just who thinks of such things...

I'm going to go ahead and say it. Sitting on Santa in this fashion has to put you directly on the naughty list - and nobody wants to be there. Sure, I'm sure somebody thinks it's cute, but the entire outfit? This is not only confusing for adults, but kids will be flat baffled. However, maybe it would help for those potty training. Every time you sit on Santa's 'lap' you get to make a Christmas present request.

I have a request. Get rid of toilet Santa.

It's scary and probably cost way to much money.

Here's an idea, use that money you spent on this monstrosity and send it to a charity - better yet, send this ensemble to the charity. Surely they can pick it apart at Goodwill. I see four sales, buying the separates is far less creepy than buying the entire getup.

A fruit keeper. Um, really? Let's be honest here. You buy this to keep fruit from bruising, I get it. However, chances are if you bought said fruit at a grocery store somebody has already tossed it around. There is no amount of cushioning is going to keep it from bruising.

You have to blow it up! It's bound to become a weapon at the school lunch table. Especially when your kid is spotted by the bully. That bully sees this nerdy contraption - it's over. Save yourself the trip to the principal's office. They're just tossing the apple anyway, and sharing Cheetos the cooler mom packed with the kid sitting next to them.

I saved the best for last. It really took me a long time to wrap my head around this. Is it me, or does it look like it should belong in "The Shining".

"Here's little Johnny!"

That baby's face is still exposed, and not only does mom look like she's suffocating the little guy - she looks weird.

Besides, how do you get the little guy out of that thing? It looks way to complicated, and just...wrong.

This is basically a sleeveless vest with a kid pocket. Yikes.

I see this on the street I'm snapping a photo and blogging about it anyway. Then again, maybe I'd be luckier and see this crazy and her future crazy in Wal-Mart. You're dang right it's going to be submitted to the peopleofwalmart.com.