The list for March 5, 1998
The Top 16 Worst-Selling Hardware Store Items
(Part II)
(Part II)
- The Gilbert Gottfried Vibrating Showerhead
- The Whoopsie Brothers’ “WidowMaker” Nonlocking Stepladder
- Black and Decker Nipple Sanders
- Lee Press-On Nails
- Approximo Knives
- The Black and Decker Power Router with Home Circumcision Attachment
- “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Asbestos!”
- The Limb-Mangler 6500 Wood Chipper (“Bucket O’ Coagulant” and “Man, That’s Gotta Hurt! Tourniquet” sold separately)
- Bob Villa’s “Lovemaking, Sensitive Man Style” Video
- Emo Phillips Head Screwdriver
- Swiss Army Demitasse Spoon
- Nine Inch Tacks
- Monkey Wenches
- “Crackle” buttcrack spackle – “Keeps the weather out!”
- Tommy Lee Foot-Long Tape Measure
And the Number 1 Worst-Selling Hardware Store Item…
- The “Make Your Own Fertilizer!” kit
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CREDITS
Selected from 185 submissions from 66 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — 1 (5th #1)
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 2
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 3, 10
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 3
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 3 /
- Peg Warner, Exeter, NH — 3
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 4
- Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — 5, 15, Topic
- Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 6
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 7
- Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 8
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 9
- Michelle Burke, San Francisco, CA — 11 (Rookie!)
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 12
- Matt Moore, Fresno, CA — 13
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 13
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY — 14
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 15
- Yoram Puius, Bronx, NY — 16
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — RU list name
- Robert Sullivan, Salem, OR — Banner Tag
- Nine Inch Nails, Cleveland, OH — Ambience
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