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Hitler underwear recalled

Not much to add to this, if they had done a whole line of fascist underwear, maybe they would have got away with it... Pol Pot, Lenin, George W...

I wonder if these'll pop up on eBay

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love

Q: What do you get when you cross a rooster and peanut butter?
A: A cock that sticks to the roof of your mouth!

Wawaweewa...

This is phenomenal because every time I eat a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, I don't just eat it, I savour it, some might say I make out with it. Now I can get all the delicious flavor of Reese's Peanut Butter and real enjoyment of making out and none of the calories, ba-dum-ching!

There are some caveats that consumers should be aware of, for example, it might not be safe for anaphylactics with a severe nut/peanut allergy. You might be so overtaken by the smell that you unwittingly consume the entire stick of balm. You might be overtaken by this product's powers and rub the balm/gloss all over your body in an attempt to emulate the perfection of Resse's Peanut Butter products.

Hershey has a whole line of lip products for their chocolate and candy (including Twizzlers). I've also seen lip balm in Nesquik, Twinkie and Ding Dong flavors... watchout!

Overall score: 20 million
20 million what: Yeah, it's frickin amazing

Title from Charles M Schulz

And a title runner up: If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream -- Barry Goldwater

Snake Bite Emergency Kit?

A priest and a nun were lost in a blizzard. After a while, they came upon a small cabin. Being exhausted, they prepared to go to sleep. There was a stack of blankets and a sleeping bag on the floor - but only one bed. Being a gentleman, the priest said, "Sister, you sleep on the bed. I'll sleep on the floor in the sleeping bag."
Just as he got zipped up in the bag and was beginning to fall asleep, the nun said "Father, I'm cold."
He unzipped the sleeping bag, got up, got a blanket and put it on her. Once again, he got into the sleeping bag, zipped it up and started to drift off to sleep when the nun once again said, "Father, I'm still very cold."
He unzipped the bag, got up again, put another blanket on her and got into the sleeping bag once again. Just as his eyes closed, she said, "Father, I'm sooooo cold."
This time, he stayed in the sleeping bag, giving the woman a wink and a smile, then said, "Sister, I have an idea. We're out here in the wilderness where no one will ever know what happened. Let's pretend we're married."
The nun said, "Bring it on, big boy!" To which the priest yelled out, "Okay then - get up and get your own damn blanket!"

A sleeping bag shaped like a man!

I'm conflicted on this one. It is clearly an inventive product, but I ask myself, what is the need? I like to think this Selk Bag extends beyond mere novelty, that there is some purpose outside of sleepwalking for which this bag exists. I am left to think that it is solely to be able to move your arms around while keeping them warm, and also to ensure that you don't feel like George Costanza when he forgot to ask the hotel for "no tuck." I guess in many ways, this is the Jerry Seinfeld of sleeping bags, and regular shmoes like George are stuck with regular sleeping bags. OK, so there are other uses.


Wintercamping -- check
Snow angels -- check
Vitruvian man -- check


Still, what if you happen to be camping with a group of people, one of whom is the boy/girl you like and all you can say is, "hey want to sleep next to marshmallow man?" There's no doubling in these. And for people who can't sleep without feeling like they're being covered, this won't fly either.

Overall score: 76%
Justification: Comfortably ridiculous or ridiculously comfortable?


Title from the late, great Mitch Hedberg

I like my coffee... crisp?

I may spend a little time on this one because it is a violation of something sacred.

I can never resist trying a variation of an old favorite, like new chocolate bar flavors etc. Naturally, this looked like a must; I was going to buy a Tim Horton's Iced Cap anyway, so I thought I may as well give this Frosty-cino a try instead.

If they had just pured hot coffee over a chocolate frosty, it would have been a lot better. This tastes like a dead bird's ass. That does not taste very good.

Because it's still ice cream, it's not the worst thing you'll ever have, but Wendy's really rushed this product through quality control. Remember when frosties were our friend?

You might have noticed there have been several Frosty variations abound in the past several months. In the fall of 2008, we were introduced to their version of the McFlurry -- Twisted Frosties -- and these are delectable at worst. More recently, we've seen their "hand spun" Frosties in chocolate fudge, vanilla bean and strawberry flavors. I don't know what's hand spun about it, I didn't see anyone operating a churn behind the register; none the less, these get strong enough marks. They also brought out a Frosty float; it tastes like any other float, which is good, but I'm not sure what's so special about it. This F-cino, however, really caps off the descent of the Frosty. Dear Wendy's: Get this product off the market before you ruin Frosties for everybody. My body cannot wait to excrete this.

There's also the Coffee Toffee, if you like little hard bits of toffee in your frosty rather than whipped cream and chocolate drizzle, but otherwise no different than a Frosty-cino.

Here is someone with the opposite view.

I think it's the girl from Superbad, but I'm not sure. She needs to get a clue because someone clearly just shot a poison tipped arrow into her brain.

If you needed more reason not to get one of these, here's some nutritional info on the Frosty-cino.

The good old days of Frosties are gone. We need to get back to basics.

Overall score: 50%
Justification: It tastes like an dead bird's ass, but hey, it's still a Frosty

Title from 1980's Coffee Crisp ad campaign

What's the difference between peanut butter and jam?

(I was looking for a good sex toy joke, but I found this video and it is far better than any joke.)


This bed sheet outlines several kama sutra positions and is available here; they call it the KarmaSheetra -- seems like a typo (should be kama?). You may need a cricket toy (see below) if a guest happens to catch an inadvertent glimpse of this laid out on your bed.





The Twister Duvet, which I'm not sure is available to buy online anymore, was a strong competitor for this product. I know which I like better, but I'll let the masses speak.

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Of course, you could always just buy a book with many more positions, but this is more interactive, and that's more fun.

Overall score: 80%
Justification: It's sexy picnic time

Punchline for title is crude but humorous... you've been warned

Soooooooooooooo... you like stuff?

As far as bare parts are concerned, this product does not differ greatly from the yodeling pickle.

The brains behind The Cricket Toy seek to capitalize on awkward silence. Have one of these on hand while you perpetrate awkwardness -- push the button, hear the chirp, and watch as all the awkward silence is washed away by awkward laughter.

I expect they'll sell a number of these; the $5 pricetag for online orders (pre-shipping) does not seem prohibitive.

It has a life of about 3000 chirps, which will almost certainly outlast its novelty. The Question still remains...

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Overall score: 74%

Justification: Kitsch + trend potential = moderate success

I know you liked the foreshadowing in the last post.

You look like Robin Williams' knuckles

An angry mob is walking along the street. Someone yells, "Hey, let's hang that guy with facial hair!" Someone else yells, "Nah, let's use a rope!"

(cricket sounds)...

Props to this product. www.beardhead.com

I don't know if this is the brainchild of an individual or a team of people or a group of monkeys working around the clock, but I like it, and living, as I do, in a country that endures long winters, I like a product that so effectively combines practicality, cleverness, and isn't unfashionable, maybe even crossing into stylish territory.

It comes in five colors, viking (blonde, above), pirate (black), lumberjack (brown), grandpa (gray) and bunny (pink). I think they should make an orange for redheads, but clearly they don't give much thought to matching real hair color (above, see eyebrows). Then they can make orange for pirates a la Redbeard, and shift black to Rabbi, or orange can be Leprechaun. You can wear it with the regular moustache, or you can order other moustache accesories, such as a fu manchu, or a viking braid. They're working on other ideas, hopefully we won't see a hitler stache, but they can't be blamed for floating the idea. The genius of the moustache is that it offers extra face coverage for those extremely wind chilled days where your snot funnels out of your nose and semi-freezes on your upper lip. It could also be used as a costume. I hope this does well.

Overall score: 89%

Justification: It's funny, and it looks really warm.

Title from Knocked Up