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This post isn’t sponsored. I just happened to be scrolling my Twitter feed looking for hot opinions and jokes when this caught my eye:
Ralph Lauren's $4,995 desktop bar https://t.co/0JqbWYsIxR pic.twitter.com/r8dC1xoJEw
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 4, 2016
Wow, that’s interesting. Out of all the absurd things I’ve seen on Twitter today, this one really hit me the hardest. For the record, I’m not in the market for a desktop mixologist box. I’d have nowhere to put it, and I’m not sure a limited edition Vanderbilt Mixologist Box would really complement my black IKEA desk and the miscellaneous garbage that it harbors.
See? It’s probably not a fit, but a boy can dream. This puppy is loaded.
From Ralph Lauren, the Mixologist Box Contains:
∙24% Crystal Ice Bucket
∙Custom RL Corkscrew
∙Boston Shaker
∙Cocktail Picks & Holder
∙Hickory Wood Cutting Board
∙Maple Muddler
∙Ice Tongs
∙Bar Spoon
∙Boston Strainer
∙Cocktail Knife
∙Jigger
∙Embossed Croc Leather Mixology Book
As much as I’d love to be the guy that has important people dropping by to have a drink, I just don’t see it happening for me right now. It hurts to know that there will probably never come a time when I’ll be in the position to drop 5k on a mixologist bar for my desk, but who will it happen for? Who out there has the courage to obtain this limited edition item and adorn their desk with a wooden piece of class? There’s got to be someone out there.
For starters, I think the guy or gal that brings this bad boy home is a key player around the office. I’m thinking someone that’s been around the block a few times, made some mistakes, but learned some life lessons that are impossible to quantify. This person demands the finer things in life, and isn’t afraid to tell you about it. Sure, it rubs some people the wrong way, but sometimes you just have to tip your hat to someone as refined and successful as this.
Their home has a hot tub, and their driveway has a Miata. And if you drop by their office after 5 p.m., they may even whip you up a nice crown and coke, or a smooth gin and tonic.
So seriously, who’s picking this up?.
[via Forbes]
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For $5000 you could hire somebody to make you a goddamn full-size bar out of SOLID rosewood, not some veneered piece of shit for a freshman year dorm room closet.
If I hit the 400 mil powerball I’m buying 3 of these
Why stop at 3? Buy 4, maybe 5.
It could cost $499.50 and I’d still think it was about 2x too much.
Something tells me you could buy everything separately and still pay less than $250.
Most likely Ralph Lauren sources all of these items from other companies, puts their emblems on it, and marks up the price. Tommy Bahama sells cigar cutters and lighters made by Xikar for twice the price. So yeah, if you find out who makes all this stuff for RL, you could get it pretty cheap without their logo.
Maybe one will be in the big Christmas box I send next go round…
Having a desk bar that costs 1/5 of your dream car sounds like poor financial choices.
There are douchebag try hards that will definitely add $5k to their credit card debt for this ultimate try hard trophy