Oct 23 2007Billiard Balls That Flash, Not Breasts Though
Hammacher Schlemmer, a company best known for selling grossly overpriced crap, is now selling Lighted Billiard Balls.
The regulation-size and weight (5 1/4 oz.) billiard balls illuminate and flash for two seconds upon impact with the cue ball, other balls, or the rail, creating a streak of light. Each ball has four integrated LEDs that are powered by a battery that provides up to 50,000 flashes per ball.
After 50,000 flashes they transform into regular unlit billiard balls. The set costs $200 and ships at the end of November. So if playing pool in the dark is your kind of fun, check them out. But let me warn you, not all things are fun in the dark. Take cooking for example. The last time I tried to make Ramen Noodles with the lights off I ended up slamming the microwave door on my penis.
The Lighted Billiard Balls Blaze across the table [newlaunches]
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Reader Comments
1. mr. scruff - October 23, 2007 2:31 PM
getting good english on the balls is hard enough, i dont need lights distracting me.
2. shoblock - October 23, 2007 2:32 PM
mmmm, ramen noodles with smashed penis...
3. j shlong - October 23, 2007 2:42 PM
good english on the balls......i think my girlfriend did that to me once.
4. Stoopid Monkey - October 23, 2007 5:18 PM
billiard joke:
What do a cue ball and a Mexican have in common? The harder you hit 'em, the more English you get out of 'em.
hahaha...i fling poo!!!!
5. Maddy - October 24, 2007 2:26 AM
"geee...i hit the red ball 49999 times, i`d better hit the yellow one instead"
6. mimang - October 24, 2007 4:04 AM
that's not just some billiard joke. that's a fucking racist joke as well. you probably don't even know any other language aside from English.
tanga nga naman talaga. stupido.
7. Stoopid Monkey - October 24, 2007 11:29 AM
racist joke? i better tell the beaner that told me that joke this....i bet it's news to him...excuse me border partol, can i talk to my illegal friend for a sec...
...oye, jose, un pendejo me dice que el pinche chiste me contastes es racist...
....dile al pendejo....no mames guey......
mimang....my friend says "your are so cool, he's wants to change your handle to "COOL ARROW" *hehehehe
8. scruff man - October 24, 2007 2:35 PM
stoopid monkey, your probably one of the funniest people i no.
9. Stoopid Monkey - October 24, 2007 5:31 PM
to ...mom, i know that's you...you keep following me and i'm telling dad about how "uncle" tim comes over when dad's not home and you play mail order bride
10. Monkey Brain - January 8, 2008 2:10 PM
I received some of these lighted balls for Xmas. I love them! A novelty, of couse, and not to be played with all the time (is anything?). But fun for laughs and a sure ice breaker at a dull party.