Unbagging the Crap
Today is a very special day at the Unit office. Until two weeks ago none of us had ever been able to snag that most elusive of tantilizing treats from our long-time and close client, Woot: the Random Bag of Crap. Yet, I persevered and today my wonderful crap arrived.
The crap in all its unopened glory.
The box (they don’t actually send bags) was curiously unemblazoned with Woot’s logo, a situation that was quickly handled with a dry-erase marker.
Woot! should take more pride in its crap.
With trembling fingers I carefully made my initial incision and laid bare the innards of my crap. Lying atop the glorious pile was a Chop and Grate Set from Thinktank Technology. Slack. Jawed. Amazement. I mean, I chop things! I also grate things! A dream come true!
Also loose inside the box were two Excalibur BurpMaster pens and one Excalibur Arcade Pen Game (Jam Fest Basketball). We just can’t wait to, you know, sign stuff while our pens make burping noises.
Our first look inside the bag (box) of crap.
Why don’t ALL pens make burping noises?
All the remained in the box were two mysterious packages. One, an unmarked bubble-wrap mailer bag, I initially took for a random, RMAd product (a frequent feature of the crap bags). It actually turned out to be three DVD movies, though I use the term lightly. I’ll be honest, I would never sully my DVD player with any of these pieces of cinematic garbage. (Note: These opinions are mine alone and do not reflect the opinions of Unit Interactive. Apparently my co-workers like a couple of these. Go fig.). Hopefully I can trade them for one decent disc down at Entertainmart.
The other package was marked “Belkin” and contained four (FOUR!) Belkin Zipper Cases for XM Express satellite radio receiver. None of us own one of these receivers but I forced Andy and Nathan each to take one off of my hands anyway.
What treasures hide inside these packages?
Movies so bad they have to give them away.
Who couldn’t use four protective cases for a rare and expensive tech toy?
The Final Tally
- (1) Thinktank Technology Chop and Grate Set
- (1) Excalibur Arcade Pen Game (Jam Fest Basketball)
- (2) Excalibur BurpMaster Pen
- (4) Belkin Zipper Case for XM Express Satellite Radio Receiver
- (1) DVD Three Pack (Team America, Superbad, Blades of Glory
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Craptacular!
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