How lazy have we become

[Edwina's Secretary]

. Also, you have to microwave them....how can the bread and hotdog be done at the same time without the bread turning hard ??? Ewwwww

Better (and faster) living through modern chemistry.....

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Yeah the hot dogs do sound pretty gross.

My dad is someone (actually the only person I know) who buys the most ridiculous gadgets out of catalogs and off infomercials for the novelty of it. I get to see lots of these creations. Most of them are completely useless for what they were designed for- buyer beware of anything that promises such convenience!

[Husky15]

If you don't have time to put a hotdog on a bun, you don't have time to eat anything LOL. Also, you have to microwave them....how can the bread and hotdog be done at the same time without the bread turning hard ??? Ewwwww

Haha, exactly! If someone does not have time to put a hot-dog in a bun, then they don't have time to eat! And all I can picture after microwaving them is slightly soggy bread from all the steam. -Gag-

[areias]

Have you ever seen the toaster that does hot dogs and the buns at the same time? Let's see..here it is...


Kinda neat, but..why don't you just cook it yourself? I think those are for people with too much money.

And then the automatic soap dispenser...

I can push the soap dispenser thing myself, thank you! I can see this for elderly and handicapped people, though.

And this is a bug vacuumer.


...come on, why do you need a tool that kills bugs? That's hubby's job!

[Twisterdog]

Personally, I think a pre-lit Christmas tree is one of the best things I've ever spent my money on. I LOVE that tree. The lights are far, far more evenly spaced than I ever have the patience to do. It looks so much better.

As far as us being lazier now, I don't think that's necesarily true all the time.

We used to be a agricultural society. Dad worked the family farm, and mom raised the kids, cooked, etc. Neither parent worked outside the home. There was practically NO spending money, or cash or any kind, but there was a lot of time. Time to make homemade bread, plant a garden, etc. Those kind of time consuming chores WERE the woman's job, all day long.

Then came the industrial revolution, and dad went to work in a factory. He now had much less time at home, but mom still stayed home and worked in the house. They had a little more spending money, but not much, and mom still had a lot of time. So they might buy a gas oven instead of a coal stove, and a vacuum cleaner instead of a rug beater ... but there was probably still homemade bread.

Fast forward to now ... both parents work full-time outside the home. There is a LOT of disposable income, relative to any time before this. But there is practically no time. So, because mom now works away from home, her income basically pays someone else to bake the bread ... and bun the hotdogs, I suppose.

I was reading about this somewhere, and it was noted that even the expressions used relative to time have changed. It used to be said that one was "killing time" ... now it said that we are "spending time." Time has become the new scarce commodity, in lieu of money. Interesting.

[WolvesRawk]

I saw those hot dogs in teh store the other day. It was like, 4 dollars for three prebunned hot dogs. Although I like the prelight trees. Mine is pre light since its a 13 ft tall artificial one. Its saves alot of time, but it also takes about 5 hours to decorate as it is with all of the ornements we have. And the soap dispensers are fun! In the hospital my dad works at, the bathrooms are completly automatic, so you don't have to touch anything except the toilet paper!

[mruffruff]

I'm sure someone it working on THAT!