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The Shonky Awards 2006
October 24th 2006 00:01
As you may have heard recently, Choice Magazine have released their top Shonky Awards Winners for 2006, as seen at Choice Online
Here are some of the winners:
The CHOICE ‘Pigs Can Fly’ Shonky
Goes to the LIFE MIRACLE Magnetic Laundry System
"Add these two magnetic balls to your washing machine instead of detergent — so the promise goes — and they’ll clean your clothes with “nature’s most powerful force”. If they meant ‘water’ by that, we’d agree — washing with the balls and plain water had about the same cleaning effect as washing in plain water alone (the centre and right swatches respectively in the photo above; the one on the left was washed in detergent).
Why you’d want to add $80 worth of magnetic balls to the water is one of life’s true miracles."
The CHOICE ‘Size Does Matter’ Shonky
Goes to the NUK Starlight Silicone Soother (dummy)
The NUK dummy’s small shield is a choking hazard.Many babies have been found with the dummy fully in their mouths.
The CHOICE Shonky for a Lot of Hot Oxygen
Goes to OXYGEN4LIFE
"Feeling tired? Run down? Flat? Then you could drink 10ml of this product’s
“bio-available oxygen” once or twice a day and “keep your body topped up with oxygen” for “enhanced quality of life”. Or you could breathe — which is widely regarded as the platinum standard for oxygenating your blood. And it’s much cheaper too: the 250ml of de-ionised water, Atlantic sea salt and “bio-available oxygen” that make up OXYGEN4LIFE cost us $55."
The CHOICE Shonky for Most Creative Product Name
Goes to SEAGERS Gin and Tonic with a Squeeze of Lime
I can sum this one up in a nutshell. No Gin. NO Tonic. NO Lime.
The CHOICE Shonky for Something (Not Quite) Fishy (Enough)
Goes to the LEAN CUISINE Purely Fish range with only 48% fish.
The CHOICE Shonky for UnAustralian Content
Goes to the BLACK AND GOLD meat pie with a meat content of 17%.
and if you think that's bad, according to the Food Standards Code, the definition of ‘meat’ is currently quite liberal at ranging from actual meat to snouts, ears, tendons and blood vessels, all from a range of different animals.
There was also a Special Mention this year for the Shonkyest Quote
“We don’t consider wholemeal flour to be a characterising ingredient in wholemeal bread.”
"Awarded to a manufacturer of wholemeal bread, for their creative interpretation of what is or isn’t a characterising ingredient according to the Food Standards Code."
Here are some of the winners:
The CHOICE ‘Pigs Can Fly’ Shonky
Goes to the LIFE MIRACLE Magnetic Laundry System
"Add these two magnetic balls to your washing machine instead of detergent — so the promise goes — and they’ll clean your clothes with “nature’s most powerful force”. If they meant ‘water’ by that, we’d agree — washing with the balls and plain water had about the same cleaning effect as washing in plain water alone (the centre and right swatches respectively in the photo above; the one on the left was washed in detergent).
Why you’d want to add $80 worth of magnetic balls to the water is one of life’s true miracles."
The CHOICE ‘Size Does Matter’ Shonky
Goes to the NUK Starlight Silicone Soother (dummy)
The NUK dummy’s small shield is a choking hazard.Many babies have been found with the dummy fully in their mouths.
The CHOICE Shonky for a Lot of Hot Oxygen
Goes to OXYGEN4LIFE
"Feeling tired? Run down? Flat? Then you could drink 10ml of this product’s
The CHOICE Shonky for Most Creative Product Name
Goes to SEAGERS Gin and Tonic with a Squeeze of Lime
I can sum this one up in a nutshell. No Gin. NO Tonic. NO Lime.
The CHOICE Shonky for Something (Not Quite) Fishy (Enough)
Goes to the LEAN CUISINE Purely Fish range with only 48% fish.
The CHOICE Shonky for UnAustralian Content
Goes to the BLACK AND GOLD meat pie with a meat content of 17%.
and if you think that's bad, according to the Food Standards Code, the definition of ‘meat’ is currently quite liberal at ranging from actual meat to snouts, ears, tendons and blood vessels, all from a range of different animals.
There was also a Special Mention this year for the Shonkyest Quote
“We don’t consider wholemeal flour to be a characterising ingredient in wholemeal bread.”
"Awarded to a manufacturer of wholemeal bread, for their creative interpretation of what is or isn’t a characterising ingredient according to the Food Standards Code."
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Comment by ThornyDevil
Choice should give a shonky award for the shonkyest quote from a pollie.
On second though it's probably to hard to narrow it down to one.
Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
Perhaps instead there should be an award for Non-Shonkiest politician. ; )
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Comment by Anonymous
If choice were shonky the manufactures wouldn't supply samples for very long. Just because some company doesn't like the results doesn't mean they are wrong. Plus it one of the few places that give any independant information about technologies. I know I've never gotthen the acurate and truthfull information from say Harvey Norman.
Exactly which product above would you like? Maybe OXYGEN4LIFE, what a crock.
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