{"id":84,"date":"2006-09-25T21:36:35","date_gmt":"2006-09-25T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thereforeiam.wordpress.com\/2006\/09\/25\/fine-print\/"},"modified":"2006-09-25T21:36:35","modified_gmt":"2006-09-25T13:36:35","slug":"fine-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainfart.sg\/index.php\/2006\/09\/fine-print\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Print"},"content":{"rendered":"

If something is too good to true, it is, either that or there’s some fine print out there.<\/p>\n

What made me say that?
\nWell… This did:<\/p>\n


\nThe four dollar “One-dollar Laser Pointer”<\/em><\/p>\n

Confusing huh?
\nSaw this laser pointer in those toy dispenser where you put in a one dollar coin (Use to be 50cents…) and turn the handle to get the toy. When I saw the picture on the dispenser, the little kid in me woke up.<\/p>\n

“Woah! A one-dollar laser pointer! Cool!”<\/p>\n

I got one of those shock-of-your-life moment when I got the “egg”…<\/p>\n

“What the heck is that?!”<\/p>\n

Ended up I got some cheapskate rubber Gundam figurine which I believe is made in some sweat shop in China for less than five cents including wages… Then I noticed the fine print: “Consist of other toys!”<\/p>\n

D’OH!<\/p>\n

Being the boy I am (Girls grow up to be women, boys just grow up to be bigger boys) I spent another three dollars to get my laser pointer. (And in the process got another God-knows-what figurine… Which I gave to my li’ brother \ud83d\ude1b And an Eeyore-doll keychain)<\/p>\n

Now I have a spanking new laser pointer to harass my dogs with \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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