Before I get into this post, I want to readily admit that I am not the target audience for this particular gadget. While I do own a car (a green 16-year-old Subaru Legacy Wagon that I adore), I live a block and a half from my office and so don't need a vehicle to cover that distance (I drive once or twice a week and should really sell it, but I'm attached). Back in the days when I did drive more frequently, my car was so old that it didn't have integrated cup holders (although my dad did bolt a makeshift one to my dashboard). Add on to that the fact that I rarely eat fast food, and you result with a girl who has no working need for a French Fry holder that fits into a cup holder. However, I can see how there are people who might just find this product appealing. To you I say, if you think you need this "accessory" you eat far too many French fries. If you choose to eat fries while driving, you should accept that your fingers are going to get greasy and that you're your going to have an oil-spotted paper bag in your lap.
Cakes so amazing they'd be hard to cut into
Fruit juice: An invitation to diabetes?
Morbid thoughts? Have a cookie
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-14-2008 @ 9:03PM
stevie Santangelo said...
Rock on with your Subaru, as far as that gadget goes- THE LAST THING THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS SOMETHING TO ASSIST AN UNHEALTHFUL ( is that a word?) HABIT. We have "convenienced" ourselves into obesity, high blood pressure and heart disease at an earlier age.
Reply
5-14-2008 @ 10:37PM
Emily said...
I was disgusted enough by hearing the idea, then I read the last part of the description in the product page;
[i]"Also fits in a child's car seat's cup holder."[/i]
Reply
5-14-2008 @ 10:42PM
Marisa McClellan said...
Stevie, I know. It's really sort of disgusting!
Emily, I missed that part. It is pretty shocking that they are suggesting you could use it for a child (although maybe they aren't thinking you would put French fries in it. One can only hope).
Reply
5-14-2008 @ 10:45PM
atomica said...
I vote for replacing the french fry container with a sandwich (?) bag of berries or baby carrots or pretzels. I will admit I like my french fries now and again, but this gadget is ridiculous.
Reply
5-15-2008 @ 4:42AM
KF said...
Good call on your warning: If you would actually benefit from this, you need to stay out of the drive thru. I used to be a bit of a fry fiend back in the day. I broke myself of the habit by taking one simple step. When getting in the car, I put my purse in the backseat, on the floor, where I couldn't reach it. I know others who lock it in the trunk. One friend keeps a bowl of fruit on her passenger seat, but this seems dangerous to me. Anyway, it seems moron simple, but, just not having a purse with money within reach made it easy not to detour through a driveway for a salty bite to eat. No one really and truly needs to eat in their car, unless they make a living that way and have a time table to keep, and even then, french fries are not the best choice. Dumb gadget that will end up on a lot of Father's Day gift lists this year, and, a month or two later, end up on a lot of garage sale tables. We hope.
Reply
5-15-2008 @ 6:53AM
Ayman said...
Here's an idea
why not make the cardboard/paper/sack (i forgot what you call it...any way) into a cup so directly you place it in the cupholder
Reply
5-15-2008 @ 10:24AM
Meredith said...
If you do have one of these try baking up some of Hungry Girls butternut squash fries. Healthy and filling and so good. Check out hungrygirl.com. You can eat these fries with anything you would put on the unhealthy version.
Reply
5-15-2008 @ 3:42PM
Monika said...
I have to admit, I miss the days when I could have 2 fajitas and a super-size package of fries for lunch and not gain ten pounds just looking at it. They were pretty damned addictive.
Reply