I\u2019ve been trying to figure out a good way to post about this for a long time, and I finally found it tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve found the home of the weasels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
It all started with the Garden Weasel<\/a>, which is actually a real product. I had seen it in so many direct response ads<\/a>, that the name was pretty much stuck in my head. You know the kind of ad I\u2019m talking about: the ones that show you the really cool (but actually nearly useless) thing you can buy for just $19.95 (But<\/strong> wait!<\/strong> There\u2019s more!<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, at some point I was watching TV with Amy (and I think some of the other locals, as well), when one those ads came on. It was for this gadget that had wheels on the bottom and little tricycle-like handles sticking out on each side. The idea was that you get on the floor, grab the handles, and scoot this thing back and forth to build your ab muscles. I have no idea what it was actually called, because I immediately named it the \u201cAb Weasel<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ever since then, whenever I see a commercial for some phone-order gadget like this, my first priority is to figure out what kind of weasel it is. There was the Egg Weasel, the Pancake Weasel, the Knife Weasel, and of course Suzanne Somers advertising the classic Thigh Weasel<\/a>. Basically, if it sells for $19.95 on TV, it\u2019s a weasel of some kind. One of the latest ones I\u2019ve seen has actually given me a bit of trouble. I can\u2019t decide whether it\u2019s the Bra Weasel or the Boob Weasel. I could argue for either one. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tonight Amy and I were watching live TV and saw what was obviously the Shoe Weasel. At the end of the commercial, we noticed that the seller had an interesting mailing address, which I tried to map. I never could map it, but in trying to do so, I found the home of the weasels<\/a> (edit 25 January 2025: I replaced the original link with an archive.org<\/a> version).<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> I mean, it\u2019s not the one and only<\/em> home of the weasels, but it has some really great ones: the Closet Weasel, the Claw Weasel, the Push-Up Weasel (which, sadly, isn\u2019t what one might hope<\/em> it is), the Earlobe Weasel, the Purse Weasel\u2026 the list just goes on. Once I saw the home of the weasels, I realized I finally had my punchline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if you hear me randomly calling something a \u201cweasel\u201d, you\u2019ll know why. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been trying to figure out a good way to post about this for a long time, and I finally found it tonight. I\u2019ve found the home of the weasels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,4],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-funny","tag-memories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}