Have you read your SkyMall today?

The SkyMall Catalog. It's one of the few constants in today's uncertain airline industry. The carriers can reduce the number of blankets and take away the meals, but travelers can always count on the SkyMall Catalog, a beacon of consumer whoredom, to be waiting for them on the plane, conveniently located in the neighbor's seat-back.

Imagine every silly catalog you've ever received aggregated into one lifestyle-enhancing meta-directory. Do you have problem areas in your yard? Sore calves? Insect bites? Small mailbox? The SkyMall Catalog can help!

It all makes sense at 50,000 feet. Flying is so surreal, what with the constant drone, the lack of cell phone chatter, and the people in navy blue demonstrating emergency oxygen procedures before passing out little bags of peanuts, that it doesn't seem strange to consider spending $895 on Mombasa, the eight foot tall garden giraffe. "Your neighbors are sure to be surprised when Mombasa moves in!" - Full Post

Via Becky at "Good Grief" :)