this cracked me up
So I have this friend in Atlanta named Neal who’s what you might call a deal hunter. He’s constantly on various forums and websites looking for sick markdowns in various electronics and he told me about this site called “Woot” that puts up one product a day at 1 AM EST every day. So it isn’t really an online shop in the normal sense. One product a day, it’s different every day and it’s usually a pretty good deal on whatever is being offered.
So I’m reading the Wikipedia article on Woot and I see this:
“On every weekday, at the same time as products are announced, Woot.com also publishes a podcast. This podcast briefly describes the item up for sale, and features an often-humorous song or skit relating to the product up for sale.”
Alright, so these guys are goofy. I continue reading…
“Bluetooth the Pirate
Whenever a product related to the Bluetooth wireless technology is sold (Bluetooth USB adapters, cell phone headsets, etc.), a special song is featured. Sung by the crew of a pirate ship, this song tells the tale of “Bluetooth, the most fearsome pirate on the Seven Seas” and his many nefarious deeds. During the middle part of these songs, a lone voice of dissent among the crew speaks out, complaining that Bluetooth is a technology, and has nothing to do with pirates. The Captain always comes back with a smart rebuke.”
LOLOLOLOL. That had me laughing for a few minutes. These guys are huge computer nerds, even more so than me (that’s hard to do).
That being said, I look forward to buying a lot of crap from their site that I’ll probably never use, but I bought because it seemed like a cool gadget at the time.
EDIT: I just realized what this reminds me of… “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (hilarious if you somehow haven’t seen it). The guy chiming in saying it’s a technology is very “Monty Python”-esque.
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