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Show Best and worst products reviewed Rainbow Squares will start their beginners' classes Sept. 8-15-22 at Woods Cross High from 7-10 p.m. This class is in conjunction with the Community Adult Education program. This is a new, exciting square dance club with couples of all ages enjoying a fun night of dancing together. Lots of room for more new friends to join the group. The caller, Duane Woodmansee, is recognized as one of the best callers in the state. He is an excellent, excel-lent, patient teacher. So come join the fun. For more information contact club president Bob Barlow, 295-1717. By DENNIS HINKAMP Consumer Information Writer Utah State University Seven years ago when I arrived in Utah and started writing this column col-umn the Great Salt Lake was receding, reced-ing, the governor was a Democrat and I was introduced to a Utah delicacy de-licacy called zucchini pineapple. Weil, you know what happened to the lake and the governor. Now, my home economist friends tell me zucchini pineapple has been replaced re-placed by zucchini mandarin orange. Some things change, some don't. As is my annual practice, I like to inventory the best, worst and ridiculous ridi-culous consumer developments of the past year. Best new product: windshield shades. When I first saw them in California a year ago I thought they were another silly West Coast trend. However, I discovered they are inexpensive and they work. I've melted tapes, shoes and had aerosol cans blow up in my car before be-fore I got one of these things. Worst new product: Rear window win-dow signs. These were a silly West Coast trend that spread. Some states are now outlawing them because be-cause they create a blind spot for drivers rear view vision. In addition, addi-tion, I hate them for the same reason I hate bumper stickers. I don't care what the driver in front of me "has on board" or does for a hobby. Worst advertisements: Any advertisement seen at a theater. Movies were once the only escape from advertising. I read that the next great advertising market is video tape rentals. Many of them already contain movie previews, but if they start containing product advertisements they ought to be required re-quired to carry advertising warning labels. Best advertisements: Spuds McKenzie, the light beer dog. Light beer is a silly product to begin with, so why not promote it with a dog that looks like a long-nosed pig. We've had enough of the aging athlete, go-for-it, mountain stream, aged barley malt doubletalk to last us a lifetime. It had to happen: Starting in October, there will be a magazine called "Divorce" which bills itself as the "magazine for people starting start-ing over." I can hardly wait to see what kind of ads they run. The next cabbage patch kid: Coming to stores everywhere for Christmas (I predict) will be "Telly Tater the video vegetable." As you might have guessed, Telly is a couch potato that comes with its own burlap potato sack home as well as care and feeding instructions. instruc-tions. Its mouth is designed to hold your television guide. Wish I'd thought of it first. Proof the universe is expanding: The average size 10 dress in 1970 had a 25 inch waistline. Today, the average size 10 has a 28 inch waistline. waist-line. Proof that people are in too big a hurry: microwave popcorn, the Reader's Digest Bible, velcro anything, any-thing, drive-up windows for everything. every-thing. Proof that people have too much money: Flavored bottled water, answering machines, pet cemeteries, cemeter-ies, Gloria Vanderbilt and Paul Newman salad dressings. Proof that idle minds are the devil's de-vil's play toys: zucchini mandarin orange. |