You only need to take one look at Gadget Lab’s Charlie Sorrel to know he is a hopeless slave to the nicotine industry. It’s not simply his brown, carcinogen-smeared teeth, nor is it the tar dyed blade of both palms, which could easily be another brown encrustation. It’s the stench, the visible smell waves oscillating off of him, the way his yellow eyes rheumily run when he’s gone five minutes without scratching the itch of the tobacco beetles crawling under his skin. Kissing him, Rob tells me, is like kissing a porn theater ashtray.
Charlie wants help. He wants to quit. He’ll never make it, but right now, he’s deluding himself that he can through the use of various gadgets like the NJOY fake cigarette, and the iPhone, which wouldn’t even begin to fit in his prim, purse-like mouth. For a lesser addict, though, Charlie’s suggested gadgets might be helpful in quitting a one to two pack a day habit. Too bad Charlie’s urethra alone smokes four.
Gadget Labber quits smoking [Gadget Lab]
Now if only there were a device that would let you catch spelling mistakes.
Thank you, John Brownlee, for making me literally LOL at my desk.
Seriously John, if this gadget blog thing doesn’t work out you could make a great living shilling as a copywriter.
Why doesn’t he just stop fuckin’ smoking? It’s a remarkably effective technique and requires no pointess gadgets – ah, making no pointless gadget articles. Got it.
Loser.