biud boud

Over the weekend, I was exposed to one of the most aggravatingly dumb things I have ever seen. It is a Parker Brother’s game called Gnip Gnop. No, the “G”s are not silent. Yes, it is ping pong spelled backwards. For only $20 you can own this game. It is made of flimsy plastic and can be seen in action here. Can you believe that some guy, somewhere is raking in money for this idea? Its like Hugh Grant’s character on About a boy. Only in this case, instead of a song, the guy designs one crap game that turns out to be a massive hit. Are you kidding me? Look at that thing? If I would have known that you could make $20 a pop from one, sub-mediocre idea, I would have gone into game-inventing. In fact, I think that I still might. I’m going to make a game called biud boud, which is a rough spelling of ping pong, upside down. Now that I have the name, all I need to do is pick up some cheap plastic and work out the details.