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A few very odd reviews in this week’s Funny Friday…

"Good to send to the man who has everything. High Five! Hey may send you pictures… give me a labotomy" Borat Mankini Swimsuit

"Takes a little time for anybody with average computer skills and over 40 to get to grips with…And Since losing my "super cool" position within the family i have been forced to remove my underwear from the fridge!" APPLE I-MAC 24 - we weren’t too sure what this review was all about but it did make us chuckle

"the SEXIEST way to turn on a TV ever!" Samsung LE40F86BD

"the glass screen is far too reflective so its like your watching a half tv half mirror. useful for doing your hair in" Hitachi 15WDVB

"the muscles are a tad big- my kid can hardly eat when he’s got it on" Spider-Man Reversible Costume

"dust just takes over in about 2 seconds! I don’t care much, but my wife does…." Atacama Equinox HiFi Stand

"Control panel can be a little complicated - more than my other half could cope with (But may have just been an excuse not to do the laundry!)" Zanussi ZWD14581W

"My 18 month old son absolutely loves this lawnmower, if only it had a working blade, our lawn would be like a bowling green!" Chad Valley JCB Lawnmower

"Fantastic Bespoke Stylish Design, with an ultra funky name (Believe it or not the name inspired me to throw a big summer back garden BBQ Party 3 weekends ago now, called ‘Lloyd’s Mojito Party") Mojito Glasses

"Piano Black finish collects dust like Zsa Zsa Gabors wedding albums" LG 37LG3000

Those shoppers over on Reevoo have been making us chuckle this week…

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when freshly charged it is bursting with energy like a frisky mare" Picooz Insecta Night R/C Helicopter

"Spent the best part of a month staring at the screen blankly, being totally lost without the "Start Bar" before i finally cracked and spent 10 mins reading the built in help…And poke me sideways with a large mucky stick if its not all starting to make very pure and perfect sense. Apple I-MAC 24

"I have never been attracted to Yoga until I started Wii Fit…I like the personal trainers, (especially when a handsome young man tells me my "form is fantastic"!!!) Nintendo Wii Fit

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Powerful Blow. Weak suck" Black & Decker GW370 Electric Blower Vac

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dosn’t like to take ferries" Garmin Nuvi 250

Some gems from the reviews over on Reevoo

"Utterly hopeless instructions (imagine Ikea on steroids)" Vogels Projector Wall Solution

"Fashion-wise, they’re possibly a bit risky…I think I get away with it because I have wild hair and a convertible, but I could be fooling myself" Cowboy Glasses

"Encourages children to saw things - legs, trees, etc" Chad Valley JCB Chainsaw

"I can only go what my wife says, The dust collects easier and more visible, So I have bought her an anti static duster and told her to dust more ofter……Whiner" Samsung LE19R88BDX

"Fridge magnets doin’t stick - now what are we going to do with them all … !" LG GR419BSCA

"It doesn’t make me breakfast in bed. That’s disappointing. I’m not asking for much, just a cup of tea and maybe some toast and Marmite" Logik HDWTH FR EADAP

"nobody cares like you do, phoning me to say one pair might be delayed a day…and the no-quibble refund policy. I don’t know how you do it; come on, share the secret… child slave labour…? prison industries…? stolen goods…?" Judge Glasses

"Best screen i have ever seen, makes our 2 Vista based laptops and desktop PCs look like satchels of Yak dung" APPLE I-MAC 24

"much quicker than battering them to death or using fly spray. Ethically by far the best option for the flies who refuse the option of leaving a clean kitchen of their own free will" Shock Bug Zappa

"Well lets face it, there’s only so much fun that you can have with a
plastic boomerang! I cant promise that it will change your life, but
you’ll have a few minutes fun a day with it" Indoor Boomerang

Here’s a gadget for those of you that need a little help in the kitchen department. This digital pasta timer spoon will make sure you produce a perfect plate of pasta, every time. You key in the type of pasta you’re cooking - from one of its 11 pre-programmed varieties - the weight of the pasta you’re cooking and even your preferred texture. An alarm will sound when your pasta is coked and then Bob’s your uncle - Perfect pasta! (well, in this case, Roberto’s your uncle, if we’re being authentically Italian ‘n all).

You can pick one up for £16.20 from Premier Cutlery, who ship globally.

If you think this is a cool gadget, you can vote for it in Coolest Gadgets’ weekly competition.

"Buying decent cables is addictive once you start you’ll want more, it
could be detrimental to your bank balance. The wife doesn’t get it and
wants me committed" Chord Crimson Subwoofer

"It worked well for nearly 5 weeks. It stopped working completely after 5 weeks" Hotpoint RLA84

"Gear system bad, Brakes worse. Seat hurts bum" Universal Boys 24" Dual Suspension Bike

"I think all toys with wheels should come fitted with a bell" Pink Nebulas Scooter

"It’s very much a lady’s camera (or thick-skinned man’s)" Fujifilm Finepix Z5

Here’s a handy gadget for your holidays, or anytime really. It’s a watch that can also give you mini weather forecasts for the next 12 to 24 hours – you need never be caught out when deciding what to wear again.

The Meteo Weather Forecast Watch works by measuring barometric pressure trends and then converts all the complicated stuff into four easy-to-read icons – sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy and rainy.

There’s also a stopwatch, calendar and alarm functions. And if you get caught in the rain? No worries! It’s water resistant up to 30 meters – I think it would just about get you through even the most tropical storms.

You can pick one up for £39.99 at Oregon Scientific.

…on a Saturday. Bit of a manic day yesterday…

"They seem to fall off easily when bending over, therefore not suitable for recreations of Brokeback Mountain" Cowboy Glasses

"It was the funniest thing I have seen for so long when my friend put it on and had his curly bits sticking out either side of it!!"
Borat Mankini Swimsuit

"It’s the service that’s spectacular" Judge Glasses

"The product was set up in German. If only I knew what "change language" was in German I would have saved myself some grief!!!" TomTom One XL Great Britain

"only lasted a day; propeller chipped and propeller shaft bent.. which resulted in my picoo z remote control helicopter looking like it had a drunken pilot with an obsession with my dining room floor" Picoo Z Remote Control Helicopter

Possibly the strangest gadget ever. It’s got a rating of 9.1/10 on Reevoo from a whopping 67 reviews and everyone raves about it. But what is it??

It’s a Zoundz. An “Interactive Fusion Of Light And Sound”. Well there you go then.

For those of you who are still none the wiser, it’s a base unit that comes with a variety of figures. Each figure, when placed on the unit in different positions, plays a different beat or riff – so you can create your own classic tunes.

You can then use your tunes to wake you up by using its alarm function or you can play your iPod through its built-in speakers. It’ll even give you a nice light show at the same time.

People really are quite literally raving about this thing. Here are some of the reviews:

“Quite simply the best present I have ever purchased for anyone ever!”
“it is simp[ly], the best fun you can have with your clothes on”
“Very cool addictive gadget - a must have”
“A very silly way for even the most ham-fisted numpty to make music”

There are more Zoundz reviews here, if you want to get caught up in the madness. You can pick one up for around £15 but funnily enough, they’re out of stock in both the Gadgetshop and Firebox and Amazon!

We’ll let you know when they’re back.