"Imagine the Worst Literary Product Possible"

The New Yorker's Questioningly graphic

This is the task set to the readers of The New Yorker on June 29th, 2012. They want "the most inappropriate commercial item based on a famous book or author" their readers can dream. Is there a prize? Of course! The winner will have their product made with a 3-D printer. Sweet!  

For your reading pleasure, here's a list of people's ideas that have caught my eye thus far:

Silence of the Lambs Skin Lotion
Kafka's Roach Killer
Lady Macbeth Hand Soap
Winston Smith Journals
Agamemnon Welcome Mats
Ophelia's Waterproof Mascara
Clockwork Orange Eye Drops
Flaubert's Carrot
Series 451 Incinerators
King Lear's Estate Planning Service
Antigone Family Restaurant
Ulysses' Navigation Systems


I'm sure there will be more since the contest runs through Monday, but these were enough for me to get a good laugh.

Oh, the line in the article describing what they were looking for in ideas that made me laugh was "...the less comfortable, the better." Wow! Gotta appreciate folks willing to put themselves out there. 


Hope you got a chuckle.