Okay, this was actually too hilarious not to pass on.  Seriously, it’s this good.

I was over on AskMen.com looking for something to talk about when I blundered onto a list of gadgets for the car that are pretty much useless, or otherwise stupid.  And they were talking about the emergency trunk release system for the Lotus.

Now, this is technically a safety requirement, but it’s a lot like those “Warning: Do Not Use In Bathtub” warning labels on the sides of hair dryers.  Because those are also a safety requirement but they’re no less hilarious.  Anyway, the Lotus line of cars has an emergency trunk release system, on the off chance that someone should be trapped in the trunk.

The funny part comes in when you consider that a Lotus trunk is barely large enough for a pizza box, let along a fully grown (or even partially grown) human being.

Of course, you could follow AskMen’s lead and make a joke about Britney Spears here (wonder if she could get Sean Preston into the trunk? ) but it’s sufficient to let it be hair-dryer-warning-label hilarious all on its own.

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You know how this goes–you’re out tailgating and someone brings out one of those awesome beer coolers or electric grills or what have you, and it’d be a great idea except no one knows where to plug it in.  Yeah, sure, you could hook it to your car’s cigarette lighter, but that could wear down the battery.

But now, that’s not even a problem with the 400 Watt Power Dome, a generator that fits in your car trunk.

Granted, four hundred watts is not a lot of juice.  It will, however, run a TV for five hours or a PS2 for eight on a full charge.  And, if you need more continuous power than a charge will carry, you can plug this into your cigarette lighter and, while running your car, run power through the Power Dome and use it like a giant inverter. You’ll have power until you run out of gas.

It’s a pretty nifty idea, and should really put a punch in campouts or tailgating.

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That’s the question that Domino’s Pizza is asking with its incredible limited-time deal, an unlimited number of one topping large pizzas for just $5.99 a pizza.

The deal is limited to this week only, and Domino’s advertises that the deal is not specifically unlimited, but patrons will be cut off after a daily order of two hundred and fifty six larges.  Naturally, no one in their right mind is going to shell out more than twenty five grand at a swoop for pizza, but still, the limit is sufficiently monstrous as to not truly be a limit.  In fact, Domino’s is running its advertising to reflect this.  Here’s a snippet from their newest ad:

… telling you that your trunk has a carryout capacity of 51 large pizzas for a sub-compact, 88 large pizzas for a sedan or 149 large pizzas for an SUV.

I never really thought about that before, and frankly, I’m not in a mood to see if I can get fifty-odd large pizzas into my car trunk. But considering that it would cost around three hundred bucks, it might be interesting to try, and I bet they’d freeze pretty well.

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