{"id":358,"date":"2006-05-07T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T01:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/07\/staples-easy-button\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T23:13:24","slug":"staples-easy-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/07\/staples-easy-button\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Staples Easy Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=648%2C648&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"648\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/easybutton.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small>(Editor&#8217;s Note:  To get the full effect of today&#8217;s review, you must read it like you&#8217;re an evil scientist.  Trust me, the review will be better.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudoku\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUDOKU!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You taunt me with your numbers and blank boxes, making me spend hours trying to figure out your mysterious ways.  The pressure of trying to solve you permeates from my body into my pencil&#8217;s eraser and then into weak newspaper paper, causing it to tear, along with my hopes and dreams of solving the mystery that is you.<\/p>\n<p>You look so easy to do, but are difficult like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Faulkner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Faulkner<\/a> novels and making women orgasm.  <\/p>\n<p>Despite all that time spent, I have yet to solve one of you, and you are now on my list of things I have yet to solve, which grows longer every year.<\/p>\n<p>This list includes:  the Rubik&#8217;s Cube, a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of kittens, a crossword puzzle on the back of a Denny&#8217;s paper place mat, a word find puzzle on a Frosted Flakes box I opened in 1993, and the Da Vinci Code.<\/p>\n<p>But I feel your days are numbered, Sudoku.  For I have the key to unlocking your mysteries.  It is the Staples Easy Button, which will make quick work of your numeric ways.  For I have seen its power and it is magnificent.  <\/p>\n<p>Just by pressing the Staples Easy Button, entire offices have been cleaned, ink cartridges have fallen from the sky, and the Great Wall of China can instantly pop out of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>It is as powerful as the fortune-telling <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magic_8_ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic 8 Ball<\/a>, which has accurately predicted on many occasions that I will not get laid.<\/p>\n<p>It was difficult trying to find the elusive Staples Easy Button.  For the Staples online store has been sold out for months.  I thought, if only I had a Staples Easy Button to make it easier to find a Staples Easy Button.  However, I ended up doing something much easier&#8230;eBay.<\/p>\n<p>It was well worth the $4.75 plus $4.99 shipping to have the opportunity to see you unraveled, Sudoku.  Now with one press of this Staples Easy Button, all your answers will be revealed!<\/p>\n<p>(Presses Staples Easy Button)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What?  Where are the answers? <\/p>\n<p>(Presses Staples Easy Button again)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why won&#8217;t you show me the answers, Staples Easy Button?<\/p>\n<p>(Presses it again)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NOOOOOOOOOO!!!<\/p>\n<p>The Staples Easy Button doesn&#8217;t work!<\/p>\n<p>You may have won this battle, but you have yet to win the war, Sudoku.  I shall unlock your mysteries someday.<\/p>\n<p>SUDOKU!!!<\/p>\n<p><small>(Editor&#8217;s Note:  Thanks to Impulsive Buy reader Muneer for letting me know about the Staples Easy Button.  If only it could truly make my life easier.)<\/small>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Staples Easy Button<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $4.75 (plus shipping)<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  eBay<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  4 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Says &#8220;That was easy&#8221; when button is pushed.  Batteries included.  Nice novelty item to have on your desk at work.  Kittens.  Frosted Flakes.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Totally ineffective in making things easy.  It can&#8217;t even make Paris Hilton easier.  Not available at Staples online store.  Can easily annoy those around you if pressed too many times.  My inability to solve a sudoku, figure out a Rubik&#8217;s Cube, put together a jigsaw puzzle, and make women orgasm.  William Faulkner novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Editor&#8217;s Note: To get the full effect of today&#8217;s review, you must read it like you&#8217;re an evil scientist. Trust me, the review will be better.) 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