Unitasker Wednesday: Yu Wan Mei products from The Onion

All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

I’m taking a bit of a detour today from our regular Unitasker Wednesday format and featuring a group of fake products. The Onion, the leader in spoof newspapers, has nine new “items” in their online store and they’re all from the imaginary Yu Wan Mei company.

My favorite item is the Device:

From the product description:

The device has been completed and is now available for sale. Code 41-Virtue-00B.

Oh how I love devices for sale!

Another favorite is Miscellaneous Flavor Paste:

From its product description:

Any meal or food can be a better meal with the magic touch of the Miscellaneous Flavor Paste spread on it! It is strongly recommended that you buy two, because of the compelling power of this product.

Be sure to check out all nine of these gems for a good laugh.

Posted by Erin on Jul 22, 2009 | Comments

17 comments posted

  1. Posted by Anita - 07/22/2009

    Hahaha love The Onion and its new products. Mmmm… eel milk…

  2. Posted by Dawn - 07/22/2009

    I wonder if that Yu Wan Mei flavor paste could be used for caulking! Doesn’t it look like caulk you would put around the tub or outside in a concrete crack? Perhaps it could be used to fill potholes in the street! See, it’s not a Unitasker! Food enhancer AND home improvement project item! LOL! :)

  3. Posted by Kathy - 07/22/2009

    I used to live in a city that celebrated Dia de los Muertos, so the flavor paste sort of reminds me of dark paper mache.

  4. Posted by SandyO - 07/22/2009

    These products remind me of the commercials for bogus products on Saturday Night Live. I remember one like the Metal Fun bags as toys for kids.

  5. Posted by Michele - 07/22/2009

    I was going to buy all 9 of the products listed, until I saw that they were sold at POTTERY BARN!!!!@2111eleventy

  6. Posted by Kalle - 07/22/2009

    Meh. I’m happy with Sony’s Stupid Piece of S*it (also via The Onion, NSFW).

  7. Posted by Karyn - 07/22/2009

    I wonder if they serve eel milk at Hogwarts, right next to the pumpkin juice.

    P.S. – I trust that this week, at least, nobody’s going to find anything in here that’s a Really Useful Unitasker. ;-) For anyone who does, I worry about you.

  8. Posted by Leslie - 07/22/2009

    For more fun fake products, check out Think Geek’s April Fool’s collection: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff.....ndex.shtml.

    They aren’t all strictly unitaskers (my personal favorite is the USB Pet Rock – I think it’s a no-tasker), but they’re funny. :)

  9. Posted by Paula - 07/22/2009

    OMG, that Stupid POS was the funniest bit of video I’ve seen in a really long time.

  10. Posted by Rue - 07/22/2009

    Lol, The Device cracked me up. Flavor paste could be quite interesting.

  11. Posted by *pol - 07/22/2009

    Oh BOY! A loyalty bracelet! Now I can know where my husband is all the time with the built in GPS!

  12. Posted by Pat - 07/22/2009

    I think the Device’s one task is to monitor the loyalty bracel—-ZZZZZZZZZAP!

    I mean, I think the Device is wonderful of product for the increasing greatness of the people.

  13. Posted by momofthree - 07/22/2009

    Whoa, after some SUPER BAD news, I needed a wonderfully GOOD LAUGH!!

    Just what I need now, some super su$%%% piece of ^&***

    THANKS ALL FOR A GREAT LAUGH

  14. Posted by sara - 07/22/2009

    The Onion actually took it all the way…

    http://www.yuwanmei.com/home

  15. Posted by Shalin - 07/23/2009

    I love the “Gel” and “The Device” These seems like GREAT gag gifts…if they are real and non-toxic ;)
    –S

  16. Posted by mae - 07/25/2009

    i am from madison wi and love those onion guys!

  17. Posted by John the Cheap - 07/27/2009

    There are even some subtle jokes embedded: 3 ounces is only 70 grams, not 128 (on the flavor paste).

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