The definitive iPod/fruitcake smackdown

iPod? or Fruitcake? Let the facts eak for themselves.

10 Reaso why iPods beat Fruitcakes as Holiday Gifts

1. You can't play your music on a fruitcake.
2. I erting earbuds into your fruitcake? Makes them all sticky and gooey.
3. iPods come in many colors and flavors. Fruitcakes are...brown.
4. You can't play video games on a fruitcake. (Or a Zune.)
5. Fruitcakes do not su ort smart playlists.
6. You can't really acce orize a fruitcake. Belkin doe 't offer a "fruitcake" section in its online store.
7. You can't watch the latest episode of Battlestar on a fruitcake.
8. Fruitcakes don't fit into your pocket.
9. Fruitcakes are u uitable items to bring along with you to your workouts.
10. iPods? No crum .

10 Reaso why Fruitcakes beat iPods as Holiday Gifts

1. iPod price $249. Fruitcake price $21.99.
2. Fruitcakes need no frivolous acce ories. They're usable exactly as produced.
3. You're le likely to waste your ending money at iTunes with a fruitcake.
4. Walk around wearing an iPod and everyone yaw . Walk around wearing a fruitcake and you're a trendsetter.
5. iPod: 2.5-inch color di lay. Fruitcake: 10-inch multifaceted-crystalized-fruit di lay.
6. You can't use an iPod as a football. Or a door stop.
7. Fruitcakes have no batteries to replace.
8. iPod: 7,500 songs. Fruitcake: the song in your heart, and the antacids in your medicine cabinet.
9. You can't call your enemy "nutty as an iPod". Well, you can. But nobody's going to understand you.
10. In all likelihood, your fruitcake will still be usable three years from now.