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123 points| tonteldoos | 12 years ago |amazon.com | reply

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[+] btilly|12 years ago|reply
If you've never seen it, the Tuscan Whole Milk reviews have become a work of art. No, really. Go to http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00032G1S0/ref=azfs_379213722_Tusca... and start reading.

However my favorite Amazon review of all time remains The Story of Ping: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q

[+] solistice|12 years ago|reply
"Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno" had me cracking up pretty hard.
[+] JonSkeptic|12 years ago|reply
>The Story About Ping has earned a place on my bookshelf, right between Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, and my dog-eared copy of Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno. Who can read that passage on the Windows API ("Obscure, profound it was, and nebulous, So that by fixing on its depths my sight -- Nothing whatever I discerned therein."), without shaking their head with deep understanding. But I digress.

That had me cracking up.

[+] dylangs1030|12 years ago|reply
This deserves a subreddit.
[+] dalek_cannes|12 years ago|reply
The reviews of the Uranium Ore can are the most hilarious:

"It is not cat food…. The cat's huge and well, doesn't really look much like a cat anymore."

"I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half empty."

[+] manojlds|12 years ago|reply
Though it would not be half empty, as there would be Pb now.
[+] Tyrannosaurs|12 years ago|reply
If you're willing to excuse the language in the reviewer I genuinely cried with laughter when I read this. The review probably cried too but for different reasons.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK

(The most helpful review - not linking directly to the review so you can see the product.)

[+] dylangs1030|12 years ago|reply
On a receiver cable:

"The most horrific thing of all was that after having spent 300 years crawling to the system to unplug said cable, my brother was unable to control the sheer power of such a quality signal and like an ancient psychedelic Mr Miyagi struggling with a running fire hose, pointed the beam directly into his face."

This is a comedy gold mine. I love that Amazon curates these.

[+] p4bl0|12 years ago|reply
If you are amused by this you should subscribe to /r/wtfamazon over at reddit.
[+] Theodores|12 years ago|reply
It is rare that 'a funny review' makes you buy the product, however I did after reading about 'Chompy', let me quote:

Is it possible to become emotionally attached to a kill-crazy cannibalistic worm that looks like a facehugger from the Alien movies and spends most of its time attempting to eat its siblings? Having recently shed a tear while burying my last one - Chompy - in the back garden, I'd say yes. These little beasties inspired fear and disgust in my girlfriend, but to me they were true friends.

The rest of the review:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3V27MXZINXUSL/ref=cm_cr_rdp_...

[+] dcc1|12 years ago|reply
Be careful the link is tagged with an affiliate tag, so if you buy anything next they get a cut
[+] nedwin|12 years ago|reply
Why should you be careful?
[+] solistice|12 years ago|reply
By the way, going from any of the listed products to the recommended products yields a flurry of facetious reviews certainly worth checking out.