RS, I thought the exact same thing. The comment was:

"Speaking of new products, I just picked up a box of Kleenex Expressions, the new, hip oval box with modish patterns. I love them! I've been waiting for an attractive tissue box for years!"

"New hip, oval box with modish patterns?" Someone in advertising wrote that.

Does kleenex really stoop to advertising in comments on blogs? ick.

RS and sam, I totally agree. Kleenex doesn't look much better to me now seeing as there are not-that-expensive 100% recycled alternatives and if I cared enough about what they looked like (recycled ones come in plain white now, yay!) I would just get a tissue box cover, which seem to come in legitimately cool designs if you care about that stuff.

PS kt thanks for the link. And I used a push mower for years with no problems at all and never had to worry about cutting the cord. Good exercise, too ;)

I have had a hover mower for 5 years - and I have had none of the problems which have plagued Violetsrose - I'd recommend them to anyone. Cheap, very light, take up v little space (I store mine indoors) and they get the job done (I do have a tiny lawn - but it copes fine with length, I'm no obsessive).

I had a Flymo when I lived in New Zealand, and it was awesome. We had a small flat suburban lawn, and it worked really well. The coolest thing, in my opinion, was that you don't have to go straight back-and-forth. Instead you can go in circles and arches and whatever you want. It was fun. (I ran over our extension cord, too, and with 220V power, that's even less safe than in the US. But still! HOVER mower!!)

I see Home Depot is now an official sponser....why not Kleenex?

There goes the neighborhood

I don't have a lawn mower or a hip box of Kleenex. :(

Flymo mowers are USELESS - they hover over a flat surface - so if your lawn isn't flat they wont hover - if your grass is longer than 2cm then they wont hover properly - the cutting blade is about 2 inches long so it takes forever to cut anything of any size and the blades are plastic and break continually - it doesn't cut the grass but chews it up leaving you with bare patches - I would NEVER buy another one and warn everyone I know off them

If you have a beautifully manicured, perfectly flat, tiny lawn and want to mow twice a week then you might find them useful - otherwise steer clear!

Ooops! - only just realised this is an old, recycled post and I've already compalined about these damn mowers!

They use a heftier version of these to mow the slopes on golf courses. And apparently, they are pretty dangerous. I hear insurance companies keep a pretty tight watch over who can operate them.

Not to say that would be true for the consumer version. I have no idea.

Since we're all bright green lately, I'm going to ask -- what ever happened to those nice push-mowers that everyone had in the 1960s? No electricity or gasoline was involved -- you just pushed, and the revolving blades cut the grass -- and they were adequate for a small lawn.

THE FUTURE IS NOW!

Heh, heh Violetsrose, for a moment there I thought we were all set for a round of "Yes they are" / "No they're not". (Mine's a Qualcast btw, don't know if this makes a difference).

Wende you can still get push mowers and they still work just fine.

An accident waiting to happen?