Wacky Gifts Category - Page 28

The Fire Extinguishing Flower

By on Wednesday, 17. January 2007

Earlier this week we presented a video showing the Japanese King Penguin that likes nothing better than to go out shopping. Well, if only Lala could be trained to use this curious flower shaped device (which also happens, somewhat unsurprisingly, to originate from Japan) then she could not only take [...]

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BrightFeet – The Slippers with Integral Headlights

By on Monday, 15. January 2007

If you’re prone to getting up in the middle of the night to feed your face then these curious slippers known as BrightFeet could help you avoid tripping down the stairs/over the cat/over the wife whose head is in the fridge again (delete as applicable) as they come complete with [...]

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The Inflatable Portable Potty

By on Sunday, 14. January 2007

If you’ve ever been caught short whilst out and about then this curious contraption could prove to a lifesaver though, frankly, I’d rather look for a suitable bush than go through the motions of inflating my own portable potty in the middle of nowhere only to find it caught by [...]

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Buildings of Disaster “Souvenirs”

By on Sunday, 31. December 2006

I am still yet to fathom quite why anyone would want to actually purchase any of these Buildings of Disaster Souvenirs as, personally, a replica of Three Mile Island (as featured) or Chernobyl cast in bonded nickel doesn’t exactly float my boat but, as they say, it takes all sorts [...]

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The USB Humping Dog

By on Tuesday, 19. December 2006

Just when you think that you’ve seen it all something comes along and redefines the boundaries – and, in this case, we’re talking about the boundaries of outright stupidity. And, yes, it’s the poor old USB that’s once again in the firing line. That said, there is something about this [...]

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The Big Knobb Head Geek Ornament

By on Monday, 18. December 2006

If Thoughts from the Sidelines were to have a league table for items with unfortunate names then this would be a remarkably high entry – if not a certain Christmas number one (which is far preferable to a number one from Take That this festive season, but, alas, that’s what [...]

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5ft Tall Gingerbread Soldier Cookie

By on Wednesday, 13. December 2006

We’ve seen some cookies in our time, but never one quite as large as this. Standing at 5ft tall this Gingerbread Solder is assured to keep you munching until you can munch no more. Colonel Cookie, as he’s known, is made from unbleached white flour and is shipped directly from [...]

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The USB Flash Drive Spy Pen

By on Sunday, 10. December 2006

Following on from the Scroll Pen which features its own in built paper supply, this rather innocuous looking ballpoint pen also holds a secret that could prove especially useful for all those budding spies amongst you in that it features not only a concealed USB flash drive, offering either 128MB [...]

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The DVD Virtual Fireplace

By on Saturday, 9. December 2006

There’s nothing quite like sitting in front of a warm fire, watching the flames dance before you and feeling the warmth against your skin as the light plays with the ambience of the room but, for many of us, a real fireplace is out of the question or, if we [...]

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Make Your Own RC Guinea Pig

By on Tuesday, 5. December 2006

Quite why anyone would want to resurrect a deceased Guinea Pig by turning it into a remotely controlled device wholly eludes me, but in this curious video your Dutch host, known as Tinkebell, offers instructions as to how this can be achieved with a step by step walk-through which, thankfully, [...]

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