'What were they thinking?' products

There's no shortage of contenders for the stupid-product crown, but these manage to rise above their peers for sheer awesome awfulness.

By Liz Weston, MSN Money

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Imjustsayin113
Jun 20, 2012 9:24AM
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Foot underwear are call foot undeez and they are for dancers.  Very widely used.
dani939
Jun 20, 2012 9:18AM
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Plainly put...what were Liz's parents thinking? Did she even think this through...at all? Wow! Really?
snapdragon49
Jun 20, 2012 9:00AM
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I loved my Aztek......I would buy another today if they still made them....the only car I've owned that I truly loved.
FXTdriver
Jun 20, 2012 8:50AM
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This Author is clearly a stuck up douche who tries to be funny but isn't...  Yea some of those inventions were pretty terrible, but the way this whole thing is written, the level of arrogance that shines through it all I couldn't bring myself to side with the author on hardly any of the items.

pizza_guy
Jun 20, 2012 8:42AM
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Oh Darn it!! I had the same idea for a mattress gun holster, I just never followed it through.  Thanks for poining it out though I ordered one...
gordo1
Jun 20, 2012 8:30AM
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Well there was a hair cutting  thing called a  Flow Bee,

and it works great..Been using mine for years..

Has adjustable plastic spacers so never cut hair closer than

wanted..and all the loose hair is sucked up by the vacum...

Pew_Jumper aka Cyndi
Jun 20, 2012 8:25AM
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Hey now....Back off the Gremlin...It was an awesome car...I would so love to have one again...Now you want a bad car I would say the yugo should get the WORST car EVER..
Post66meme
Jun 20, 2012 6:47AM
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What were they thinking ?  Money of course Money, Money the heck with doing any good or improving your health ...people try, but are bombarded with this crap that promises good results.  Its a way of life for many people to follow a dream..a promise ...keep eating those hamburgers and fries.
Nightowl872
Jun 20, 2012 6:43AM
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WHERE is the article??????
Geezwad
Jun 20, 2012 5:36AM
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I always found the shake weight sort of exciting.  Anyone remember Spoolies for women's hair?  I was in grade school and I must have seen 10,000 commercials for them.
Giantegoohoh2010
Jun 20, 2012 5:12AM
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As long as there are people dumb enough to buy this crap there will be people who make it. Blame the people not the makers and I bet they made money off of all of it. We been seeing this way back to the radio ads for trimacomb and the electric device for lumbago. It will never stop.
Beautiful Disaster
Jun 20, 2012 4:51AM
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Really? Pontiac Aztec? I had one and it remains one of the best vehicles I've ever owned
cactuscat
Jun 20, 2012 4:18AM
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The writer probably has a shake weight and something else that vibrates from a battery. Total waste of time
harbingerofdoom
Jun 20, 2012 3:41AM
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Wow MSN...Do you even require written samples for the people you hire to write for you?  Do you check credentials, or can anyone simply claim they are a journalist and obtain employment with your company?  The articles on this site not only lack journalistic integrity and acumen, but they are constantly uninteresting and wrought with spelling and grammatical errors.  This e-zine is a laughing stock and your writers can't even meet the basic requirements to pass remedial English classes on a junior-high level.   
Kyle Jonson
Jun 20, 2012 3:14AM
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Hot dog toaster not that bad.
What_was_I_thinking
Jun 20, 2012 3:12AM
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She earned a "certificate of financial planning" (8 classes!) and now feels obligated to bash on successful inventors and entrepreneurs.  Couldn't accomplish anything worth mentioning yourself, so you knock those who did?  

Keep Hatin', Liz!
What_was_I_thinking
Jun 20, 2012 3:00AM
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The author is a snide dumb@ss.  
Clobbersaurus
Jun 20, 2012 2:00AM
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South Park did a better parody of the Shake Weight than SNL.
Bonnie H
Jun 20, 2012 1:51AM
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Foot Undies are for dancers, and they're very popular.  It gives the dancers (in ballet, lyrical or jazz) the free feeling of dancing barefoot, which is quite popular currently, but still gives them traction on the ball of the foot.

Bonnie H
Jun 20, 2012 1:51AM
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Foot Undies are for dancers, and they're very popular.  It gives the dancers (in ballet, lyrical or jazz) the free feeling of dancing barefoot, which is quite popular currently, but still gives them traction on the ball of the foot.

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