Must-haves
Various newspapers - the Daily Mail, the Sun and so on - are describing the latest iPod as a “must-have”. This really bugs me: it’s nice, sure, and if you don’t have a portable music player then it should definitely be on your shopping list (assuming you actually want a portable music player, of course). But the phrase itself gets on my nerves and turns me into a pale imitation of the narrator from Fight Club.
A quick news search uncovers the following must-haves:
The new iPod
Sony’s PSP
The Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit
The latest version of Skype
Sheepskin Ugg boots
Donna Karan handbag
Vintage posters
Smaller cabinets for Plasma TVs
A chaise longue
A mobile phone
The Girl Krisis Kit (a handbag organiser)
A document shredder
An Apple computer
Nutrients for healthy hair
Aromatherapy gift sets
A Subaru Impreza WRX
Goats
The American Pie Trilogy box-set
A home CCTV system
A sparkly watch
Harry Potter toys
A copy of a Caravaggio painting
Food, shelter and good health
I made that last one up.
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Comments
Christmas present, apparently. Instead of an Xbox 360, you give the kids a certificate proving that you’ve sponsored a goat on their behalf. Imagine their delight!
Actually if I had kids I would get them the goat certificate (unless there was a game I really wanted to play on the Xbox)
I’ve spent the last few weeks in the belief that the Sony v800i was a ‘must-have’. I then saw what it cost to buy one without at a contract and decided it might not be. (Not properly mac compatible either.)
When are they gonna stick an FM tuner, and mic into the iPod?