On Sat 28 Jun 2008 11:18:27a, sf told us...

> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:57:48 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri 27 Jun 2008 08:45:37p, Leonard Blaisdell told us...
>>
>>> In article 0>,
>>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Somehow I think it would be rather difficult to make smoothies and
>>>> shakes with it.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, it's the father of every mass produced gadget out there
as
>>> sold on TV. I'd be happy to concede to an earlier example. I just can't
>>> think of one. Perhaps that would have been the day that they drug a
>>> blender out of a bar and unto us.
>>>
>>>
>>> leo
>>>
>>
>>Popeil Pocket Fisherman
>
> The Chop-O-Matic predates the Veg-O-Matic. It was actually his
> father's invention, but Ron sold it on TV in the '50s.
> http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...02/june/ronco/
>
> The Ronco Spray Gun was Ron Popeil's first product.
> http://www.popeilfamilystore.com/roncoproducts.html
> (Wow! His daughters are knockouts!)
>
>

At first I read, "His daughters are knockoffs!" But of what, I wondered.
:-)

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