So anyway, as I was saying three and a half years ago….
Maybe some of you folks out there with the lifetime subscription to Progressive Ruin remember when I put up this post, where I presented an ad for something called the “Evil-Eye Evader.” For a mere $6.66, you could own a lucky charm capable of protecting you from…well, the Evil-Eye, actually. If some jerk you knew was giving you the mystic whammy with his Evil Eye, this charm apparently allowed you to give that sorry son of a bitch what-for.
Anyway, after putting that post up, reader Reggie appeared in comments (near the bottom) explaining that he in fact had ordered the Evil-Eye Evader (and how it took him quite a while to finally get it from the guy who produced it). He popped up again later to let me know that he actually managed to retrieve the Evader from a friend he’d given it to, and that he was going to send me pictures. A comment was left there at the end of ’08 that he’d sent me the images, but apparently there was a small problem with the e-mail and the attached pictures did not appear. Clearly malevolent magical forces were preventing me from finding the truth.
Well, today is the day Reggie and I have overcome those powers that opposed us, my internet pals. Behold…the EVIL-EYE EVADER:
I like the spookiness of the next image. WOOOOO LOOK OUT EVIL-EYE USERS:
So much mystic might, packed into something barely larger than a quarter. Such is the power of science!
Anyway, by posting these Evil-Eye Evader images on my site, hopefully I’ve warded off any of you folks trying to put your Evil Eyes on me. Take that, you!
Huh. I guess that’s cool…? Even I can figure out how to work the email, and I wear an orange suit.
Great. There go my diabolical plans to put the Evil Eye on this site and everyone who reads it. Just great.
Oh noes! It’s the only thing that can stop Marvel D-lister Prester John!
I knew I dropped that somewhere!
Hot damn, that’s no evader, that’s the Autobot Matrix of Leadership!
http://th00.deviantart.net/fs49/150/i/2009/152/c/c/DVD_Autobot_Matrix_by_glovestudios.jpg
Hi, Mike,
For some reason, my comments haven’t been showing up lately. I hope that doesn’t mean I’ve been blocked for some reason.
Rich
Oh no you don’t. Now that you’ve foolishly shown your pictures, my Evil-Eye Evader Eviscerator can lock onto it, rendering it helpless! You shall not escape the Evil Eye, Mr. Sterling, try though you might!
After checking in here this morning, I went to school today and was giving the Evil Eye to a couple of miscreants and it fell flat. You get your money’s worth outta that thing!
Rich – The spam filter caught the last couple of them…maybe they caught previous ones and I didn’t spot them. I’ll keep closer tabs on the filter!
The rules explicitly state that you are not to inform anyone of your ownership of this item. You’re playing with dark forces you could not possibly understand! You could possibly end up a newt!