I just caught an advert for Currys or Comet (or somewhere – they’re all the bloody same). First of all, it featured a woman who looked scarily like Linda Barker. I thought we’d seen the last of her after she single-handedly caused the ruination of Courts, but it seems not.
Secondly, they were advertising a "food centre". Now, I’m no technical expert, nor am I a white goods salesperson, so excuse my ignorance. But this food centre looked exactly like… a ******* fridge. A big fridge, I admit, but a fridge nontheless. Actually, it wasn’t even that big. I think mine’s about the same size but it lacks the all-important water and ice dispencer. Having said that, my fridge does actually have bottles of cold drinks and ice trays in it so I don’t really think that’s an issue.
All I can assume, therefore, is that this "food centre" actually is a fridge and they’re only trying to make it sound more exciting. Now this may work on kids ("NEW Frizdongles… with added… PTWANG!") but I hardly see it working on the age range of people who buy white goods. Tut.
In the meantime, I’m starting to veer towards getting a Mazda MX-6 or an MX-3. The MX-6 has two diesel engines, one of which is £500 dearer, has about 20% more horsepower, does 0-62mph 0.4 seconds faster than the other and has a top speed 3mph faster. But… I get a bigger number next to the badge.
It’ll be that one, then.
*groan*
As far as I’m aware, these are only experimental things but they have been bandied as one of the reasons for increasing the IP addressing to 6 figures from the current 4. The aim is to allow enough IP addresses on the internet for every device in every household.
Yes, you too could soon have your pop-up toaster online.
First thing mum said when she saw the ad… ‘Its just a Fridge!’
You oldies just see through the bluff 🙂
I always fancied one of those fridges with a built-in telly, that way I might get to see more programmes. And I’d have a food and home entertainment centre.
I think there also fridges that keep track of what you and drink and restock automatically on the web. How cool is that? (Geddit?)