Comments on: And I Thought the $225,000 Watch was Extravagant http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html Independent. Conservative. Unruly. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: auspatriotman http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105306 auspatriotman Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:24:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105306 <p>The funniest part Maynard is what's below this listing:</p> <p>What do customers ultimately buy after viewing *this* item?<br /> 66% buy <br /> Swiss Army Ranger Pocket Knife (Red) <br /> $29.99<br /> <br /> 12% buy <br /> Wenger Lugano 16- by 10-Foot Two-Room Eight-Person Family Tent with Canopy <br /> $149.99<br /> <br /> 9% buy <br /> Kensington 33169 Digital FM Radio and Transmitter for iPods <br /> $39.99<br /> <br /> 6% buy <br /> WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile <br /> $35.99</p> <p>Bawahahahahah---66%, after spending a half million dollars buy a Swiss Army Ranger Pocket Knife $29.95 cause that's all they got left and now they want to kill themselves!!! The other items are as funny. Sound like street people now.<br /> <br /> </p> The funniest part Maynard is what’s below this listing:

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing *this* item?
66% buy
Swiss Army Ranger Pocket Knife (Red)
$29.99

12% buy
Wenger Lugano 16- by 10-Foot Two-Room Eight-Person Family Tent with Canopy
$149.99

9% buy
Kensington 33169 Digital FM Radio and Transmitter for iPods
$39.99

6% buy
WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile
$35.99

Bawahahahahah—66%, after spending a half million dollars buy a Swiss Army Ranger Pocket Knife $29.95 cause that’s all they got left and now they want to kill themselves!!! The other items are as funny. Sound like street people now.

]]> By: Dave J http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105305 Dave J Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:48:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105305 <p>And inside, a $75 quartz movement. LAME! If you're going spend that much on a watch, spend it on the WATCH, not the jewelry on it.</p> <p>Almost a year away from retail and I definitely still Audemars Piguet.</p> And inside, a $75 quartz movement. LAME! If you’re going spend that much on a watch, spend it on the WATCH, not the jewelry on it.

Almost a year away from retail and I definitely still Audemars Piguet.

]]> By: HutSutRaw http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105304 HutSutRaw Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:37:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105304 <p>Did you guys read the reviews for this item? Some of them are hilarious! :o)</p> Did you guys read the reviews for this item? Some of them are hilarious! :o)

]]> By: Jeannette http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105303 Jeannette Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:02:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105303 <p>It used to be said that cocaine was nature's way of telling you that you made too much money. Now, since cocaine is illegal, we have watches. B-)</p> It used to be said that cocaine was nature’s way of telling you that you made too much money. Now, since cocaine is illegal, we have watches. B-)

]]> By: robert108 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105302 robert108 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:21:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105302 <p>Excuse me. That should be "...mistaken impression..."</p> Excuse me. That should be “…mistaken impression…”

]]> By: robert108 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105301 robert108 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:20:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105301 <p>"Maybe the urge to acquire this sort of junk is inextricably conjoined with whatever drives us to build the Sistine Chapel, and you can't rein in the former without neutralizing the latter."</p> <p>I agree with you, Maynard, and not because I'm under the mistaked impression that you are talking about watches here. It is the freedom of expression, made possible by the freedom of our economic system, that makes this watch possible, along with better and cheaper computers and other electronic goodies every few months. They are, as you say, inextricable from the human spirit.</p> “Maybe the urge to acquire this sort of junk is inextricably conjoined with whatever drives us to build the Sistine Chapel, and you can’t rein in the former without neutralizing the latter.”

I agree with you, Maynard, and not because I’m under the mistaked impression that you are talking about watches here. It is the freedom of expression, made possible by the freedom of our economic system, that makes this watch possible, along with better and cheaper computers and other electronic goodies every few months. They are, as you say, inextricable from the human spirit.

]]> By: Frost http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and_i_thought_the_225000_watch.html#comment-105300 Frost Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:04:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/12/and-i-thought-the-225000-watch-was-extravagant.php#comment-105300 <p>An interesting question, but I’m still not sure I’d grant that connection between (drumroll please) High Art and these trifle trillionaire trinkets like the Mother Of All Watches on Amazon. After all, Michelangelo didn’t paint pictures of the Timexes and (God forbid) color-coded Swatches on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, did he? Thank goodness for that, it would led to all sorts of theological and philosophical complications that I frankly don’t have time for. Pun intended. <br /> </p> An interesting question, but I’m still not sure I’d grant that connection between (drumroll please) High Art and these trifle trillionaire trinkets like the Mother Of All Watches on Amazon. After all, Michelangelo didn’t paint pictures of the Timexes and (God forbid) color-coded Swatches on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, did he? Thank goodness for that, it would led to all sorts of theological and philosophical complications that I frankly don’t have time for. Pun intended.

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