The Consumer Category
We bring you the chic and unique, the best and most bizarre shopping offers both online and offline. We offer you tips on where to buy, and some of the less mainstream and crazy, individual and offbeat items on the internet. Anything that can be bought and sold can be featured here. And we love showcasing the best and worst art and design.
These butterfly knife cufflinks will help you cut a dash
FANCY a pair of Butterfly Knife Cufflinks? Each pair of wrist blades carries a sharpening tool. This will ensure that your knives are always ready for battle, and that accidentally slitting your wrists will be as painless as possible.
Next week: shooting your cuffs – with miniature AK47s!
Spotter: CoolMaterial
Posted: 27th, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Shock News: Budweiser ‘waters down its beers’: Pope wears funny hat: Jordan sleeps on back
SHOCK of shocks: Anheuser-Busch is accused of watering down its beer. That company produces Budweiser, the coloured water sold by the bottle and pint.
(Fact! One famous US politician worried about failing a drink-driving text swapped a pot of flat Budweiser for his urine sample. He passed!)
Some Americans never did realise that Bud tastes like sticky water. They’re suing Anheuser-Busch for £5million. Lawsuits filed in many states, including, Pennsylvania and California and other states, claim the alcohol content was misleading.
Anheuser-Busch InBev says that is “completely false”. They say, “Our beers are in full compliance with labelling laws.”
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Posted: 27th, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Fancy eating a baby’s head for £35?
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HOW much do you like babies? Could you eat a whole one? Well, if you fancy, you can buy an edible white chocolate baby head, which is terrifyingly realistic, created by Annabel de Vetten, who has been inundated with orders since the one kilogram, 5,000 calorie packing infant heads went viral online.
“The global phenomena which are the Conjurer’s Kitchen hand-painted solid white chocolate zombie baby heads are both amazing and disturbing,” said the description on Etsy.
“Delicious to eat, or can be kept and displayed as a sculptural piece.”
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
How to tie an Eldredge Knot in your neck tie
HOW do you tie an Eldredge knot in your tie? The knot is the work of Jeffrey Eldrege. The creator of the Eldredge explains:
“Tying a four-in-hand every day got old. So I looked up how to tie other knots when I happened across this video tutorial for the ‘Ediety Knot‘ which introduced me to the concept of tying a knot using the tail end of the tie. I didn’t do anything special to actually develop the knot save play around with a tie until I found something I liked…In real time it took maybe two years to perfect.
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William Faulkner’s Post Office regination letter and dream of working in a brothel
IN 1987, the US Postal Service produced a stamp to honour William Faulkner. Before he was a man of letters, Faulkner was delivering letters. Between 1921 to 1924, he worked as the University of Mississippi’s postmaster. He didn’t enjoy it. This is, reportedly, his resignation letter:
October, 1924
As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp.
This, sir, is my resignation.
(Signed by Faulkner)
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Books, Celebrities, Flashback | Comment
The all-purpose JeanPants Underwear for Aussie Rules and swimming
NEVER again need you be unprepared at the beach or pool. When the hot weather hits, you can strip off your ComfiSlax ans showcase your CUW JeanPants Underwear *. These snug cotton boxer shorts look like a pair of very tight jean cutoff shorts. You’re the Duke in Daisy.
* Also worked for Aussie Rules!
Spotter: GeekAlerts
In 1959 Pose magazine let the pin-ups speak
YEARS before the Sun crested the “News in Briefs” Page 3 feature, US cupcake magazine Pose introduced its readers to the ladies’ speech bubbles.
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Posted: 25th, February 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment
The Oscars 2013 – all the stars’ dresses in photos
THE Oscars 2013 – who wore what. Nicole Kidman cam dressed as a Dubai beach oil slick; Jessica Chatain looked Hollywood fabulous; Charlize Theron looked elegant; Adele looked meh; Jennifer Aniston had channeled her personality into her dress (dullsville); Bradley Cooper’s mum wore Ostrich by Bernie Clifton; Naomi Watts’ dress was unfinished; Catherine Zeta Jones wore a face that makes an Oscar look pot-marked; and Anne Hathaway has a tissue tucked in somewhere:
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Tanning mom Patricia Krentril heads to London in search of the sun’s rays
IN May 2012, Patricia Krentril was arrested in New Jersey for taking her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon, where she was burnt. Krentil, who looks George Hamilton’s portrayal of Geppetto’s Mr. Hankey, became a star. In May of that year, Patty Baked swore of tanning. Well, she agreed to take the challenge issued by In Touch magazine and abstain from UV rays for 30 days. Sure, she still used Jergens self-tanner and told us “I feel weird and pale”, but she did it. But now she’s back. And the Sun says she heading to the UK – in search of a tan!
(After which she will head to the Himalayas in search of the Abominable Snowman; Loch Ness in search of a Monster; and Mecca in search for a bacon roll.)
Says Patty Baked:
“I was born to tan — and there is nothing like the colour that you get from a sunbed. But in the past year I have been banned from tanning salons. Now I have to spend hours covering myself in tanning lotion to get the colour I want.”
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Posted: 24th, February 2013 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment (1)
Weird eBay: 1930s/1940s Vintage French Knickers Silk and Lace x x (model’s own)
FOR sale on eBay: 1930s/1940s Vintage French Knickers Silk and Lace x x ** The knickers appear to be second hand, at least. What might be more refreshing is the model doing her bit to undermine modern idea of beauty. Seller TanyaWilliams69 is every inch the natural woman. As she says:
My pictures have no sexual intent and are purely for the purpose of showing any potential buyers what the item looks like worn
Posted: 23rd, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Miss Sheffield models Chip Week
THEY said it would be glamorous: the reigning Miss Sheffield, Jade Mellows aged 21, models a dress adorned with real, cooked chips mark the launch of Chip Week:
Posted: 23rd, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Apple and Microsoft gadgets are more expensive in Australia because of politicians and their taxes
THE Aussie politicians are getting all angry at the tech companies because Australians have to pay more for their shiny shiny tech than do Americans. But you would think that someone devious enough to actually get elected would have the brains to work this out, wouldn’t you?
The IT Pricing Inquiry being conducted by Australia’s House Committee on Infrastructure and Communications has issued summons to Apple, Microsoft and Adobe.
The inquiry kicked off in 2012 and is investigating why Australians pay more for hardware and software than those overseas.
At current exchange rate one Australian dollar buys $US1.03. Yet Australians often pay more in Australian dollars than Americans are charged in their currency.
An example of the discrepancy can be seen in the price of a 16GB WiFi iPad with Retina Display. In the USA the fondleslab costs $US499. In Australia it’s $AUD539.
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Posted: 22nd, February 2013 | In: Money, Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Bad Ads: Las Vegas is where the gays go to laugh at straight couples
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Posted: 22nd, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Facebook fail: New York dentist invites dead football star to open offices
FACEBOOK is a great way to connect your business to its customers. Lalor Creekside Dental asked its Facebook followers to help pick a celebrity to be there for its new office grand opening in April. Who would go to Binghamton, New York, to see Dr Teeth and the gang? The star selection box included such notable faces as: Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carey, Robin Williams, Meatloaf and Steve McNair. Who? Steve McNair, the American football star who made a name with the Tennessee Titans.Well, pick him if you want to see something amazing. He died in 2009.
Spotter: June
Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Sports, Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Cheap pizza in America if you order it with a gun
IF you want cheap products, order them with a massive gun in your hand. Now, most of you will be thinking ‘that’s just robbery, rather than completing a fair transaction!’, but you’ve clearly not heard about the pizza parlour in Virginia which is offering discount to customers if they are carrying a firearm.
No, seriously.
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Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment
Lady Mary Curzon: Cressida Bona’s mother appeared in Birds Of Britain
PRINCE Harry’s is dating Cressida BONAS. * (Her name must forever be capitalised.) La Bonas’s mother is Lady Mary Curzon, a siren of the Swinging Sixties with five children by three of her four husbands. She might be the Carol Jackson of high society.
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Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Books, Royal Family | Comment
