Because of products like this one from Miles Kimball:
Motorized Ice Cream Cone
Motorized cone does the work while you have all the fun — rotating automatically as you lick! Sturdy plastic cone lets you enjoy leisurely licking without drips or leaks. Uses 2 AA batteries (not included). Assorted colors; we’ll choose for you. 5″ high x 1 3/4″ diameter.
Who is so deplorably lazy that they can’t turn their own ice cream cone while they lick? I love the last line in the description: “Assorted colors; we’ll choose for you.” Yeah, obviously — because if you’re too lazy to turn your own cone, you’re too lazy to pick out a color.
Anything can be marketed. Bad ideas can sell phenomenally well, especially with the right marketing.
You are just jealous cause some other guy came up with it and is now lawling all the way to the bank with a bucket of money. : )
That cone reminds me of a similar gimmick with lollipops.
Oh, you know you want one!
Well, we have to give all those Chinese slave factories something else to make for us.
Oh for the days of the “pet rock” fame and the millions of dollars that generated. And I don’t believe that was outscourced to China.
No, back in those days we probably got our rocks from Japan.
Spin Pop
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Oh, but Mahkno – those spin pops usually are shaped like cartoon characters, and their arms move too. They’re so worth the money, then, right?
Question – if the lollipop is moving, does it deposit less sugar on your teeth than if you just suck on it in one place in your mouth? Could be another argument for the societal value of spin pops… ya know!
The real pressing question about spin pops is; how many more or fewer licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center when using a spinner?
If you never removed your tongue from the spinning pop, does that count as one long lick?
Aah one, aah two, aah three…