Untruth in Nonadvertising

by Kieran Healy on March 2, 2007

Via “Gruber”:http://daringfireball.net/, comes a post about “The Boring Store”:http://www.methodsreporter.com/2007/02/27/826chi-boring-store-eggers/1/, which sells nothing of utility and definitely does NOT contain assorted spy equipment. Here’s a part of the awning:

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1

swampcracker 03.02.07 at 6:33 pm

Subversiveness after my own heart. Add not a penny to our capitalist economy (while making fun of crassholes at the same time).

2

Chris Bertram 03.02.07 at 7:04 pm

Casati & Varzi?

3

Richard Zach 03.02.07 at 7:04 pm

Looks even better than the Pirate Supply Store.

4

abb1 03.02.07 at 7:31 pm

What the hell is an underwater voice amplifier?

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eudoxis 03.02.07 at 7:32 pm

Great website, too.
TheBoringStore.com

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Claire M. 03.02.07 at 7:49 pm

This could be used as aversion therapy for compulsive spenders.

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Richard 03.02.07 at 8:33 pm

This is the best one so far. Even better than the superhero supply store in Brooklyn.

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Uncle Kvetch 03.02.07 at 9:26 pm

And the Grot was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

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bill in Turkey 03.05.07 at 2:56 pm

So what exactly am I supposed to do if I need a gimlet (or other boring tool)? Contact a civil engineer, as the Yellow Pages used to suggest in Britain?

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ajay 03.05.07 at 5:04 pm

Boring – see Civil Engineers

And the other Yellow Pages joke that Erection Engineers are found between Escort Agencies and Earth Moving.

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