You know what The Art of Fly Fishing should have been? A humungous painting that illustrates why you should never use your computer in the middle of a lake. Perhaps one of the corners could be the hazards of mixing electronics with liquids, fittingly created using water colors. But apparently Philips isn't worried that some impressionable young fly fisherman is going to throw their computer in their favorite watering hole. Ah well, maybe that incredibly useful painting will show up in time for The Art of Fly Fishing: Volume 2.

But let's say you're the kind of person who actually wants to throw their computer in the lake. Do you know how hard it is to get your computer to float? You're going to need to gut that thing, much like you would the fish you catch. And don't even think about adding that heavy monitor to your load, that's just going to make it sink like a rock. You may have luck floating the keyboard and mouse, but the lack of a table is going to make everything else go underwater in a hurry.

Even if you could float all of these components, you still wouldn't have anything to plug the computer into. It's no wonder this poor guy has fish flying out of his screen -- it's not like it's good for anything else when left unplugged. What's sad is that he has a whole lake to do this for real, but he chooses to ruin his computer and pretend to fish for our amusement. Well, I'm not laughing! And I don't care how often you say it "Kicks Bass," either. I prefer my bass without bruise marks, thank you very much.

FROM: Supreme Court of Bad Advertising