Giga Pudding

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Nils

Giga Pudding

Twenty servings of oozy goodness in one convenient plastic bucket. And when you are done with it, the bucket can serve another important function…

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Breakdancing

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Nils

Edit: “Embedding disabled by request”. Here’s the link.

The dancing isn’t even bad – it’s the audience that really cracks me up.

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Hello Kitty Contacts

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Nils

While we are on the subject of contact lenses, behold this atrocity:

Hello Kitty Contact Lenses

Did you see it? It’s easy to miss at first glance. Here’s the closeup:

Hello Kitty Contact Lenses Zoomed

Yes, that’s right: It’s the Hello Kitty Contact Lens. I honestly do not know which I find dumber, the “eye enlargement” contact lenses or these; I guess I’ll have to wait for the day that someone combines the two.

(Via Kitty Hell.)

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Contact Lenses for Anime Eyes

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Nils

Japanese are obsessed with “cuteness”. Part of that seems to be that the bigger a girl’s eyes, the better. Characters in anime usually have really huge eyes. Anyway, since surgery can only do so much for a woman’s eyes, there are now these contact lenses which give the impression of bigger eyes…

Anime Contact Lenses

Sounds scary? It certainly looks weird…

Anime Contact Lenses 2

Japanese beauty ideals nonewithstanding, I think these lenses catapult a woman right into the uncanny valley.

Anime Contact Lenses 3

If this doesn’t scare you, you can buy these things at this exceedingly professional web-shop here. I feel compelled to add that I am not affiliated with that website, nor do I know how reliable they are.

(Via InventorSpot.)

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Woman lived in Man’s Closet

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Nils

The BBC reports that a woman was arrested for living in a man’s closet. She had moved into the small storage area one year ago, because she had “no other place to live”. The 57 year old house owner had become suspicious after he had noticed food disappearing, and installed a surveillance system. It filmed the woman walking around in his absence.

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Attack of the Lobster Children

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Nils

Calbee is at it again…

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The $100,000 Hello Kitty Statue

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Nils

The BBC reports that a US$100000-worth diamond-studded platinum statuette of Hello Kitty has been sold to a local Osaka purchaser.

Hello Kitty $100k Statuette

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Feline Disrespect From Behind

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Nils

I think this is what passes for comedy in Japan.

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Bonus for G.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Nils

Non-weird bonus for G., Germany’s biggest Aya Matsuura fan:

(I got to say, though, that is terrible music and the choreography isn’t exactly better either.)

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Pink Japanese Blowjob Maschine

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Nils

And now for something completely different: A well-deserved break from all those cute commercials, and a return to Japanese sex toys. It’s the “Heaven” pink blow-job simulation machine:

Blow Job Maschine

Seriously. I couldn’t make this kind of thing up if I wanted to. Read the Gizmodo story for a few more details…

(Via Gizmodo.)

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