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Wacky Product of the Week: Rejected Memorial Day Items

By snarkydeals(view all posts by snarkydeals)
at 7:58AM Saturday May 28, 2011
under Loose Change

This Memorial Day, you're probably ready to spend the day outdoors at a barbeque with your friends and family, roasting hot dogs at a beach bonfire SoCal style, or taking a long weekend trip to your favorite vacation destination. Memorial Day can be super fun and relaxing, as long as you are well prepared with the tools you need to host a successful BBQ, bonfire, or weekend getaway. Of course, you know exactly what you need--how about all the useless but kind of interesting rejected Memorial Day products available this holiday weekend?
In the land of "Things That Are So Expensive You Wonder If Anybody Actually Buys Them Let Alone Uses Them," I bring you the Outdoor Inflatable Theater ($999 from Hammacher Schlemmer). Because, you know, I worry all the time that my inflatable theater looks a little weird sitting in the middle of my living room. I can't wait to put this in the middle of my pool and invite all my friends over to kick back with some wine coolers and watch "The Hangover" in style.

Despite how silly this may look, it supposedly gets a good picture on its inflatable screen and comes with waterproof speakers so you'll never have to worry about your electronics getting wet. Still, for $999, I'll leave it in the category of "Things I'd Only Buy From In-Flight Magazines While On a Plane"...if even that.



Now say you're relaxing by the pool and watching TV on your new Outdoor Inflatable Theater. It's noon on a bright, beautiful, cloudless summer day. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, your stomach is just starting to growl, and you know it's time…to scare the bejeezus out of the kids with the Cthulhu Roaster ($35 from RoastMyWeenie.com).

Yep, you can stand back and let the master of darkness hold your hot dogs in his tentacle-like clutches (doesn't that just make you want to scarf down some wieners?) while the burning fires of your charcoal barbecue set grill these babies to perfection.

Randomly, this is an useful product...just scary as all get out!



Or if you're just looking for a WTF moment this Memorial Day, try the Portable Watermelon Cooler (and Heater???) straight from Japan ($250 from JoyBond.co.jp and not available in the US).

I don't know about you, but I know that whenever I need to carry a watermelon it's always for a distance of at least several miles. So thank you, Japan--for now I will no longer have to fumble with a watermelon in my arms trekking up the hill six miles to get to my barbecue party. Now I can let it chill in a comfortable little portable cooler…or, if you, like me, enjoy your watermelon scalding hot, this baby'll keep it warm, too.

Mmm, hot watermelon on a muggy summer afternoon by the Cthulhu grill. Paradise!

 
Obviously, these are all rejected products for a reason, but the theme still stands.  This Memorial Day, I'm going to be roasting some hot dogs (veggiedogs, to be precise!), watching TV, and possibly partaking in some delicious watermelon, fresh for the summer season. How about you guys?