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The products gracing the pages of the SkyMall Magazine provide guaranteed laughter, disbelief and audible exclamations of “Who would buy that?” In each question in today’s quiz, one product is actually for sale in SkyMall Magazine; the other is an invention that failed to secure a patent. Can you tell the difference?
Take the Quiz: Actual Skymall Product or Rejected Invention Patent?
100% I guess being bored while flying last week paid off for something!
posted by Leslie on 4-14-2009 at 7:11 pm
I got 100% as well, only I haven’t flown recently – I traveled Amtrak and until about a week ago I had no idea that there is a RAIL version of SkyMall, printed especially for Amtrak!
posted by Rose on 4-14-2009 at 8:05 pm
I flew a few weeks ago, and glanced through but somehow I still doubt I’ll get 100%
posted by Jenny on 4-14-2009 at 8:25 pm
75%. I even remember seeing the picture of that guy with that thing on his head, but I guess the picture freaked me out so much I didn’t even look at the name of the product. On the first question, I actually remember seeing both as choices. I guess I am wrong. That foam gun idea freaked me out. I was hoping that wasn’t an actual product.
posted by Jenny on 4-14-2009 at 8:29 pm
My grandfather-a great lover of hot dogs–actually bought one of those hot dog machines. He used it so much it wore out and he had to buy a second one. :-)
posted by Christy on 4-14-2009 at 11:06 pm
100%! My wife and I registered for our wedding at the skymall. psych.
posted by Joel on 4-15-2009 at 1:01 am