Footy fans are snapping up toasters in club colours which brand slices with their team’s initials at the touch of a button.
Ipswich Town was the first club to stock the £45 novelty appliance and sold out in two days.
Ipswich’s head of retail Elaine Hull said: “I knew it would be a winner as soon as I saw it.”
Can you guess what I just suggested to the toaster company?
Update, 12/26: Rec’d an email back, this morning, saying they’d consider my suggestion for the next holiday season. :)
For Kindle and with free ePub version. Only $9.49 Great reading.
Here is what Gary Shapiro CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said: Dvorak's writing sings with insight and clarity. Whether or not you agree with John's views, he will get you thinking and is never boring. These essays are worth the read!
Subscribe to Main Blog feed here:
Subscribe to Comments too (below):
Bad Behavior has blocked 7501 access attempts in the last 7 days.
“Can you guess what I just suggested to the toaster company?”
Hmmm, does it have anything to do with a certain lovable virgin and her “Reason for the Season,” miracle-working son? Well, hark ye herald angels, I was thinking the very same thing, Eideard!
Jesus toast — slather it with plenty of real butter and get to see the savior even sooner!
Slaps forehead…
Image of the Blessed Virgin™ toast, of course!
Got to get my mind out of the gutter…
Here I was thinking they should brand the toast with “STFU” or “Eat Me”
More stupidity out of fucked up old England.
#1 – you could sell these things by the truckload in Atlanta. Suitably branded, of course.
Great there goes the Catholic market on after market toast. Is it a virgin slice once it gets buttered?
#3….sorry, but the toaster or an American version was being advertised on t.v. the other night. Our version comes with slide out plates that have different thing’s on them to brand the toast. If I remember correctly, sport’s teams weren’t one of them but heart’s and saying’s like **I love You** and animal head’s were the plates shown. You could have a Mickey Mouse head on your toast(or your kid’s) if you like. 🙂
Soccer is an idiotic sport anyway. Stands to reason tht it’s fans would buy an idiotic product.
Germany’s St.Pauli FC has been selling a toaster that burns a skull & crossbones into the toast for years.
This is one of those simple, cute ideas that will take off and leave me shaking my head saying why didn’t I “invent” that?
BTW: Did the Pez MP3 player ever get marketed?
SJP
Love that pez mp3
If you just can’t wait for your toast, check out this wonderful device:
http://cagematch.dvorak.org/index.php/topic,3160.0.html
“Can you guess what I just suggested to the toaster company?”
What? That ITFC are a bunch of wankers? 🙂
I’ll order the one that pops up a sacreligious image of the Prophet.
Islam = Religion of Pieces of Toast