A Blog About Nothing » As Seen On TV http://www.blogaboutnothing.net Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “As Seen On TV” Products Series: The Coconut Scraper http://www.blogaboutnothing.net/2009/07/03/as-seen-on-tv-products-series-the-coconut-scraper/ http://www.blogaboutnothing.net/2009/07/03/as-seen-on-tv-products-series-the-coconut-scraper/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:54:59 +0000 The Homo Economicus http://www.blogaboutnothing.net/?p=276 Walking in the aisles of a Bangalore Supermarket we found a must be “As Seen on TV” product: The Coconut Scraper. I can just imagine the TV add of the product: a B&W scene of a woman trying to scrap a coconut with her bare hands without success, making a big mess in the [...]]]> IMG_0148Walking in the aisles of a Bangalore Supermarket we found a must be “As Seen on TV” product: The Coconut Scraper. I can just imagine the TV add of the product: a B&W scene of a woman trying to scrap a coconut with her bare hands without success, making a big mess in the kitchen; while the voice in the back says: “Tired of scraping coconuts without success? Would you like to scrap a coconut every day in just 5 minutes? So you should get THE COCONUT SCRAPER!”.

Then we see a color scene with the same woman (now she has make-up, 10 lbs less and probably just got out of the beauty saloon) scraping the coconut very easily with the Coconut Scraper.

And the voice keeps going “If you buy the Coconut Scraper in the next 10 minutes you’ll get an additional Coconut Scraper for FREE, so that you can scrap two coconuts at the same time! In addition, you’ll also get the coconut milk extractor plus three straws with special form to drink Coconut Water, FOR FREE!!! Call now to 1-800-COCONUT!”

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