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Make This Christmas the Most Uncomfortable Yet, With a GotchaBox

by Terrence O'Brien on December 17, 2008 at 06:06 PM

Make This Christmas the Most Uncomfortable Yet, With a GotchaBox
Believe it or not there are people out there willing to pay $8 for a box. Seriously, an empty cardboard box. It probably makes more sense when we explain that the boxes are gag gift boxes from our favorite source of satire, The Onion.

Though they went on sale in 2006, the GotchaBoxes have soared in popularity. The empty boxes are carefully designed to look like packaging for crappy gadgets that you might pick up from an infomercial, or SkyMall. Put that GPS device in the box for the USB Toaster or the iFeast pet feeder/iPod dock and watch your friends and family squirm as they try to feign appreciation.

Of course, none of these products are real. They're ridiculous, yet frighteningly plausible. Our favorite (and everyone else's apparently) is the Visor Organizer, a hat-mounted pack that advertises the ability to hold seven pounds of crap, allowing you to ditch the embarrassing fanny-pack. The Visor Organizer box is sold out, but there are still plenty of other gag gift boxes to choose from.

Give your family the greatest gift this year, uncomfortable laughter. [From: CNN and The Onion]

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