"The Freshlight"

[Reid]

(original photo essay for CPF)


At Ace Hardware store in South Miami Florida,
10/May/07

 

[Cydonia]

Third World flashlights have all the funny labels
Say... is that extent of the flashligh section at Ace Hardware?

 

[Reid]

"Third World flashlights have all the funny labels "
:shakehead
Hey mon, what you say? I live in the USA!
THIS is not a Third World nation! yet


"Say... is that the extent of the flashlight section at Ace Hardware?"

Yes, that's their newly expanded flashlight department.

:wave:

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[qip]

FDA approved ? :thinking:

 

[Coop]

Packaging looks a lot like that of the 'ebay clone lights' that were sold here on cpf a while back...

 

[Reid]

FDA approved ? :thinking:

Yay-uh!

The Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America certifies this flashlight contains
no melamine-tainted Chinese Wheat Gluten; therefore...safe! to make tasty anodized soup of aluminum salts with silicon chips on the side.
Delicious and filling for entire family of light eaters.
And it's FDA Approved! Today buy!

:twothumbs

 

[qip]

actually it really is fda approved ......food & drug .... face it flashlights to us is a drug and the freshlight is certainly approved to not be addictive or harmful :laughing:

 

[chevrofreak]

Packaging looks a lot like that of the 'ebay clone lights' that were sold here on cpf a while back...

Same brand name, too.

 

[Reid]

Yeah. But were those lights FDA Approved? :thinking:
If not I wouldn't use one, not even to stir coffee.
:candle:
Dear Friends (pastor mode clicky)

Health is all we have--usually bearing some chips and scratches in the human ha HA finish. That's why I promote The Freshlight. Why, it's good for whatever dark stuff pales ya.


:wave:

 

[Illum]

HAHAHA!!

 

[Reid]

To finish this thing off with a lick of sense,
I think I understand now how the "FDA Approved" label got on the illustrated light.

Reading about laser pointers today (I am a green noob),
I see they all have an FDA warning label.

So, the **EDITED** who was looking into his lexicon of positive-sounding English
for available selling points,
well, he realized that this light is in no way dangerous to vision! :twothumbs No laser!

I bet he said to himself at this point (translated from my imagination):

"OK! The light is safe, so it is not regulated by American law.
So! This light is truly FDA Approved! Add Selling Point to Product package!

I hope my boss will give me a promotion for my brilliant thinking powers!
I should be the new Advertising Manager
very soon!"



We all hope so, John Chan Doe.



You're all right.

 

[swxb12]

There are lots of small mom & pop thrift stores in San Francisco that have these type of AAA lights with multiple LEDs. Some are just hanging by the strap on the shelves, no blister pack or instructions included (Good to go! :twothumbs, haha). Tons of imports flow easily from Asia to the Bay Area, so no surprise I guess.

 

[ajairlines]

I can't zoom in, but it looks like the lights have LASER warning labels affixed to them. The package says "Two In One LED Flashlight". Perhaps the other one is a LASER pointer? An FDA Approved LASER pointer...

 

[TORCH_BOY]

They look like the lights that are found on ebay

 

[Reid]

I can't zoom in, but it looks like the lights have LASER warning labels affixed to them. The package says "Two In One LED Flashlight". Perhaps the other one is a LASER pointer? An FDA Approved LASER pointer...

I will look into that. If you've spoiled the joke by --visual acuity--, fie on you!

(actually, kudos)

:laughing:

edit: I did not save the original shots. I'll go to the store tomorrow (for other reasons)
and while there, check the package close up. If it has a laser pointer---well, I'll be hung
and Chan gets a great promotion.

 

[PhantomPhoton]

"
THIS is not a Third World nation! yet

So true... so true.

Good post definitely made me

 

[Lunal_Tic]

I kinda liked the "Accession" number myself.

-LT

 

[Reid]

I can't zoom in, but it looks like the lights have LASER warning labels affixed to them. The package says "Two In One LED Flashlight". Perhaps the other one is a LASER pointer? An FDA Approved LASER pointer...

I went back to the store an hour ago.
Florida has a sales tax amnesty period for hurricane supplies, this first part of June. Sales are brisk.



Too bad, I guess we'll never know now, sorrrry.




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So I hoped.




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Then the clerk said while I combed the rack, "Can I help you, buddy?"

Yeah. Do you have any more of the blister packed LED lights that hung here for so long?

"You mean the ones that had the laser pointer?"







:wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave:




goo'bye, mah dignity!

 

[Leathermanwave]

Yay-uh!

The Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America certifies this flashlight contains
no melamine-tainted Chinese Wheat Gluten; therefore...safe! to make tasty anodized soup of aluminum salts with silicon chips on the side.
Delicious and filling for entire family of light eaters.
And it's FDA Approved! Today buy!

:twothumbs

:naughty: