The first party stores foolishly attempted to sell the actual experience of partying, complete with shouted karaoke, inappropriate heart-to-heart conversations, and complaints from neighbors. Stock up on real party essentials with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of grilling equipment branded with one of 44 NCAA-team logos from TheGrillTopper.com.
TheGrillTopper.com outfits tailgaters and culinary-inclined sports fans with a range of accessories to protect showcase unwavering school pride and protect backyard chefs. The site's signature item, the Grill Topper, sears logos and slogans from 44 NCAA teams onto cookout classics. The 1311 model ($49.99) emblazons foodstuffs with one large logo and four smaller images, allowing one to brand steaks with the Texas A&M logo, char burger patties with the signature _T_s of Texas Tech's Red Raiders, or create a grilled-bratwurst collage for the living-room wall proudly displaying the Texas Longhorn. The 1311, mini-sized 550 ($19.99), and HD ($17.99) racks all nestle comfortably atop the heated bed of most gas-grill racks, large-size charcoal-grill racks, and all backyard-lava-pit ovens. Fire-loving gourmands can also don the site's bold, school-logoed Grill Topper gloves ($18.99) and aprons ($34.99), or flip proteins with university-unique barbecue tools ($21.99/set).
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: What Makes a TV?
Enjoying television is as patriotic as knitting an apple pie or eating American flags. Here's a look at some of the components that make up these high-tech picture boxes:
• Glass: A high-end TV has a glass screen that when turned off (not recommended) will reflect your image. When turned on, it will reflect how awesome TV is.
• Cathode Ray Tube: No longer needed for modern TVs to work, but manufacturers still put one in every set just for old times' sake.
• Gold: TV signals, like men's hearts, are lustily attracted to gold, causing them to fly out of the sky into the gold brick in the back of every TV.
• A Couple of Horse Bones: 'Cause why not, right?
• Wires: They hook up to the wired helmets that all the actors wear to beam their acting into your TV.
• An Eternal Flame: To honor the former TV stars who have died.
• Tiny Fire Extinguisher: In case the eternal flame gets out of control.
• IBM PetaFlop SuperComputer: Guesses when you want to change the channel, lower the volume, etc., all to cover up the fact that the remote control doesn't do anything.
• Martin Sheen: He's gotta live somewhere.
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