Turn on HSN for laughs

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Biginboca

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The home shopping network is offering some junk at great prices. But you better act fast. The show ends at midnight. Good for laughs though!

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Al

P.S. If you are looking for a hand made "type" knife in 440 series steel with a "hand painted poly-type" handle for $100, then you must act fast! They are encouraging dealers to act fast too!



[This message has been edited by Biginboca (edited 11 October 1999).]
 
I get so much crap from people because of that #$%&^#@ show- Here in NYC anybody w/ a southern accent is automatically an idiot. Put a cheap Klingon boarding cutlass in his hands on a cheesy 3:00 am infomercial & yee-haw: instant bumpkin. So, as a Native Virginian (yess suh!) this pisses me off to no end- (insert skull & crossbones emoticon here)

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That show gives me a chuckle as well, although I admit that I've been tempted by some of their deals.
I've seen them offer 20+ knives for less than $100, and thought that they could probably be marked up fairly and sold at flea markets. $10 for a disposable knife ain't too bad.

The bumpkins (no offense meant from this Joisey Boy, Rugger) are a sight to see! The way they constantly flick the knives open and then throw them into the tree stump is ever so exciting.
The best, absolute BEST is when you hear an off camera "ouch!", then see someone with bandaids on their fingers!

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Vampire Gerbil: similar to a domestic gerbil, except for the odd accent and little black cape.

 
Ever since Mencken's Scopes Trial editorials in the twenties a southern accent has equalled 'idiot.' And national media's unanimous refusal to use southern accents amongst its talking heads perpetuates the stereotype today. Moreover, major media often seem to deliberately use a disproportional number of southern accents for their "I was right over there when it come up and blew down m' barn" kind of reporting.

Thankfully, reality sets in when we see interviews of real people like Mississippi Marine colonels, Houston space center scientists, Duke law professors, and Atlanta businessmen (and master blade makers).

On the flip side, I think a lot of the stuff on TV wouldn't be there if it didn't appeal to a lot of people. They may not all have southern accents, but there do appear to be a lot of idiots out there. (Not all white trash speaks with a drawl.)
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Without them, those Singapore knife makers would be out of business. As would those yard ornament guys who make the flamingos and round glass ball things.

HSN! What a show!




[This message has been edited by Uncle Bill (edited 12 October 1999).]
 
10 for a dollar pakastani knives need bashing but jeez, palstic lawn flamingos are an american tradition as close to home as apple pie....

(ok yes it was another long day, sorry)

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'Till next time,
Rich the kite guy
 
Going back to the "accents" issue- there's a guy at my local flea market here(Queens, NYC) w/ a table full of cheap knockoffs who would make such a nice counterpoint: "hey kid- put dat down- now dis heah is a real ninja special- six bucks takes it home wid 'cha". Would love to see/hear the accents clash. (I really don't have much of an accent-I worked in radio for a while & pretty much lost it.) I simply resent the fact that the general public thinks that this middle-of-the-night crap is the pinnacle of the knifemakers art. Nobody gets to see the "Good Stuff"...

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Runs With Scissors
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What gets me is when somebody puts me down for spending what they consider to be "way too much money" on a knife when they saw one that looks just like it on HSN selling 10 for $50. All I say to them is you get what you pay for.

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Ciao

Mike Melone

"Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. " Psalm 144:1
"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them." --Thomas Jefferson


 
What really sucks about the HSN is that it is the most visible forum for knives in the public domain. There are a lot of people that think they know something about knives because they watch it. But oh well. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a bunch of guys who are really into high quality pans that watch infomercials and laugh at the junk pans. They're probably making fun of that wierd Aussie as we speak.
 
Hey theres nothing wrong with that knife show I got 232 lock backs and 168 fixed blades and for a bonus for ordering before 4 in the morning I also recieved 87 Japanese swords. All this for $39.95. The best part is they all are made of 440A. Man it doesn't get any better then this. 487 blades for the price of to Masters of Defense SoCom knock offs. Only in America.
Bob
 
Here in Dallas, they've gotten away from the show with the "accent" guys and now there is someone else who does the knife show. What gets me about this one is it's the same guy who does the baseball card show and, if I'm not mistaken, the jewelry show also. This also gets a giggle, "these are the same knives you see at the knife stores selling for up to 3 times the price we're offering so get them while you can." Or something to that effect. It's great.
 
Can you imagine an infomercial that featured quality knives??
We'd all be broke and nobody'd ever visit this forum again!
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As for the accents....
I met my wife on America Online. She's from Oklahoma, as are her 4 kids and I'm from New Jersey, born and raised.
The "point/counterpoint" that Rugger describes happens 24/7 in this house.
Example:
Vampire Gerbil: "Somebody let the dawg out."
Mrs. Vampire Gerbil and Offspring: "Dawg? Dawg?? It's D O G !" (Rhymes with log)
I thought it was awfully cute when one night at the dinner table (Chicken Fried Steak... there's benefits, woo hoo) the youngest said "Mama, can we get some critters?"
Okay, that's enough rambling from the east coast... carry on.
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