Sherman's Travel

If you’ve followed my coverage of SkyMall over the years (my work in the field predates SkyMall Tuesday), you know that I can’t always pretend to shower praise on every product that I feature. Sometimes, things just don’t hit the mark. What kind of SkyMall expert would I be if I just hid those duds in the closet and pretended that they don’t exist? As such, this week, we must all suffer through a perplexing failure that just doesn’t make sense. We do this so that we can all continue to appreciate the greatness of the SkyMall products that truly do hold value. How can we appreciate the Garden Yeti (now available in medium, large, and life-size) and Carlashes unless we come to understand that they are truly miracles of invention? It’s easy to take SkyMall for granted until you realize that it, too, is capable of disappointing us. That’s why, this week, I point my finger scornfully at SkyMall and demand to know why anyone would ever require this abomination. I give you the Lightweight Travel Robe.

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