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less fun than the packaging
(
idea
)
by
Segnbora-t
Sun Nov 14 1999 at 9:05:47
Two possible interpretations of this phrase:
"Not as fun as the packaging implies":
Sea monkeys
and lots of other
children
's
toy
s are advertised as doing a lot more interesting things than they actually do. (See
The Simpsons
episode
where
Bart
buys toys with the slogan "
Dampen Me For Dinosaur Terror
" and finds, when attempting to
scare
his
sister
, that dampening them gets you only
sponge
s shaped like
dinosaur
s.)
"The packaging is more fun than the item in it": Kids love to play with
box
es, especially if they're large enough to crawl into. Smaller packaging containers can be used to trap
pet
s in (
cat
s seem to like exploring
paper bag
s). I used to take Christmas
wrapping paper
, wrap it around an empty wrapping paper or
paper towel
tube
, and call it a
sword
or a
magic wand
.
Buying things just because they have cool packaging
packaging
Typesetting
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false advertising
toy
box
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