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A lesson in product naming conventions: your first generation should be something with no easily discernable relationship to the item, like Nabaztag, the ambient Wi-fi rabbit gizmo. Subsequent generations should further complicate the already mysterious name, like Nabaztag/tag, the older and wiser version of said rabbit.
You may remember our coverage a few weeks ago in which we discovered that people weren't exactly falling in love with Nabaztag. We would like to reconsider that notion and welcome our new long-eared overlords. The new bunny is equipped with smell detection, so it can detect individual scents (like fear) and take an appropriate action (going for your jugular). They've also removed the 45-second speech limit, so your lagomorphic companion can serenade you all day long. $179.95 for a soul-eating rabbit? That's a steal!
Nabaztag/tag [via I4U News]
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My cat would have a fit if I bought one of these. That is, if I actually had a cat....
from http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mphg/mphg.htm
TIM: There he is!
ARTHUR: Where?
TIM: There!
ARTHUR: What, behind the rabbit?
TIM: It is the rabbit!
ARTHUR: You silly sod! You got us all worked up!
TIM: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel,
and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.
ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
TIM: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a
killer!
KNIGHT: Get stuffed!
TIM: It'll do you a trick, mate!
KNIGHT: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You mangy Scot git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- he can leap about-- look at the bones!
ARTHUR: Go on, Boris. Chop his head off!
BORIS: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin' right up!
TIM: Look!
[squeak]
BORIS: Aaaugh!
[chord]
ARTHUR: Jesus Christ!
TIM: I warned you!
...wtf
^ YAAAAY, I toss coins at Monty Python
Who buys this goofy lookin' crap?
I love Monty Python, they're the funniest films ever. Is there actually any dignifies point to this rabbit other than something to throw when you are bored? I could spend that money on something useful.
Hushgush - it's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
"I burst my pimples at you and call you adorably silly names."
What?? No references to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch??
/Shame on you... =0P
Get the holy hand granade of Antioch. 1,2,5.
Comment lag made me look stupid.
Uhm, not to be a downer, Ok YES to BE a downer, but this has been on thinkgeek.com for the past, I dunno, month or two.
Three sir...
that thing is scary.
No, I got the monty python quote, I mean "wtf" is this rabbit thing supposed to be?
if no-one wants the rabbit hen I will give it a home :(
Did any one see the rabbit opera they did with these things. Thats was just wrong.
Poor Nabaztag. These comments will drive him to this:
http://www.bookofbunnysuicides.com/
"A lesson in product naming conventions: your first generation should be something with no easily discernable relationship to the item, like Nabaztag"
It's supposedt o mean rabbit in Armenian or some other obscure language.
Nice one, Bysshe. I'm a big Bunny Suicides fan.
FYI, Nabaztag is actually the armenian word for rabbit and the creator of this product is armenian...
Isn't that the thing from Pokemon, the yellow colored one? I'd get one, but then I'd have to get a ferocious dog, name him Snickerfang, and watch him destroy it. That's a lot of work so I won't get one.
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