I often enjoy “Top Ten” lists, if only as providing a quick overview of popular opinion on an area outside of that which I normally monitor. Popular Mechanics’ 2007 Top 10 Worst Gadgets list really had me laughing.

Highlights:

• 3001 AD Trimersion HMD: “…But to aim at your target, you have to use your head. That is, you literally wag your head around until the crosshairs line up with your target. This does not simulate being a real person with a real gun; it recreates the experience of being a unicorn with a rocket-launching horn.”

• Husky 5-in-1 Drywall Tool: “The saw, seal punch and surprisingly sharp prybar are all hinged to the same bar, ready to swing out and wait in ambush for an unwitting hand rooting through the toolbox. … This isn’t just a lack of ergonomics. It’s a tool for masochists.”

• LG Chocolate VX8550: “You see, the Chocolate liked faces as much as fingers… So I’d hear a beep for call waiting, look at the screen, and see that I was in the process of sending a garbled text message to an ex-girlfriend. My face, troublemaker that it was, would hang up on me, and even occasionally attempt to delete voice-mails.”