From Deseret News archives:
Dave Barry's 2003 Holiday Gift Guide
Suggested by Ed Kavanaugh of Durham, N.C.
Each year, we like to include some kind of sportsperson item in the Holiday Gift Guide, because we frankly cannot believe the amount of thought that sportspersons put into the problem of how to outwit animals with the intelligence of cheese mold.
This year, we're pleased to present the "Love Triangle" flock of turkey decoys, which consists of three decoys, named (we swear) "Aggressive Jake," "Passive Jake" and "Three-Position Hen."
That's right: It's two guys and a gal, and the idea is that the sportsperson can position them in various ways, depending on which part of the mating season it is, to make the decoys appear more realistic to actual turkeys, which will then approach and be shot in a sportspersonalike manner by the sportsperson.
Talking Toilet-Paper Dispenser
Suggested by Victor Schwartz of Austin, Texas.
Just when you think we have already discovered every possible benefit that technology can give us, somebody comes up with an idea that makes you realize that you are correct.
This is just such an idea. This is a toilet-paper dispenser that contains an electronic device, so that you can record a message on it. When a person pulls on the toilet-paper roll, the device plays the message back, with a level of fidelity so low you have to hear it to believe it.
© The Miami Herald
Dave Barry is a humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Write to him c/o The Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami FL 33132.
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