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Ikea bans women in Saudia Arabia – men weep with envy
THERE are no women in the pages of the Ikea catalogue distributed in the less sandy parts of Saudi Arabia. The women posing on the furniture and helping the model kids in the bedrooms are all gone. So too is one of the company’s designers. Women. You lucky so-and-sos. One entire gender is now rid of the horrors of Ikea, leaving men to put the children to bed, wipe the toilet seat and shop of modular furniture solutions. “Women banned from Ikea!” Words to make any man gnash and wail. It’s off to the hellhole for dad and this little shopperoonies. Women win. You can keep your vote, your right to drive and your mask-free faces. So long as women are banned from Ikea, it’s a deal…
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Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
David A. Reeves is making the silhouette hip (photos)
DAVID A. Reeves is making the silhouette hip:
Spotter: geekologie
Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Spartacus Chetwynd is the Turner’s Prize’s WTF of the year (photos)
SPARTACUS Chetwynd, who is shortlisted for the 2012 Turner prize, at Tate Britain in London. Until 2006, Spartacus was Alalia Chetwynd. She’s the first performance artist to make the Turner Prize shortlist. She’s the but-is-it-art role. There are lots of papier-mâché props and prancing in her small plays. If you ask nicely, she’ll most likely let some oligarch hang her on the wall:
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Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
1936: Dimples are made to order
IT’S 1936 and dimples are made to order:
Spotter: Modern Mechanix
Posted: 30th, September 2012 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comment
Parents build Halloween costume around son’s wheelchair (photo)
MUM and dad built his Halloween costume around his wheelchair:
Posted: 30th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Norman Rockwell’s models are all grown up (photos)
NORMAN Rockwell, the great American artist, used models. They’ve grown up.
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Posted: 30th, September 2012 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comment
Who the hell buys Naga Chilli Vodka?
ANYONE who fancies buying a bottle of Naga Chilli Vodka, should know:
By purchasing this bottle, you agree that:
1) I have been warned and fully understand that this product contains extreme heat and should be used and handled responsibly.
2) I use this product entirely at my own risk and I understand the potential danger if used or handled irresponsibly. If I give this product as a gift I will make the recipient aware of the potential danger if used or handled irresponsibly.
3) I accept that the retailer and manufacturer of this product will, under no circumstances, be responsible for, or liable for, any claims of injury or damage arising from the use or misuse of this product and by purchasing this product, whether for myself or as a gift, I acknowledge and agree to this fact without question.
4) I am not inebriated or of unsound mind and am fully able to make a rational decision to purchase this product.
Posted: 30th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The meanest cats in the world are at the Romania International Cat Show (photos)
TO the Romania International Cat Show, to see some of the meanest, most terrifying, cream-fed cats on planet Earth:
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Posted: 29th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
IN Photos: The Eighth London International Tattoo Convention
IN Photos: The Eighth London International Tattoo Convention in Wapping, east London:
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Posted: 28th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Why are they being so stupid about minimum pricing for booze?
I’VE been saying, as have many others, for years now that this idea of minimum pricing for booze just won’t work. For it’s illegal under EU law:
David Cameron’s plans to introduce minimum prices for alcohol to tackle Britain’s binge drinking culture have been left in tatters by a legal threat from Brussels.
The European Commission has challenged Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s law which imposes a price hike on booze – a plan which Mr Cameron hoped to follow in England and Wales.
Officials in Brussels told Scottish ministers they had to withdraw legislation to impose a 50p-per-unit price on alcohol because it was ‘not compatible’ with the EU Treaty.
This just isn’t a surprise at all, anyone at all who has looked at the idea has come up with exactly the same answer. You’re not allowed to do this. There’s even case law on it, concerning Greece and tobacco pricing.
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Posted: 28th, September 2012 | In: Money, The Consumer | Comment
Lucky women finds mouse meat in Tesco sandwich
KATIE Crabtree, 31, found a free dead mouse in her Tesco bacon and chicken meal sandwich.
Says Kate of the sarnie bought in Stockton:
“I took a bite and saw this big black thing in it, but I thought it was just burned bacon and swallowed it. Then I saw there was something horrible in the sandwich. It was black and had hair – and I could see a little paw. It was horrendous. I felt so sick and now I can’t eat another packaged sandwich because I just think of that horrible thing. I chased it up a few times with the store and head office but nobody seemed to know what was happening. In the end they gave me a £10 voucher.”
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Posted: 28th, September 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment
Tube Map of the day: The Have I Got News For You map
TUBE Map of the DAy: The Have I Got New For You London Underground map (click to enlarge):
Spotter: Crap Hound
Posted: 28th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Daily Express says chips give you cancer, fatso (maybe)
SALT? Vinegar? Cancer? The Daily Express leads with “CANCER IN YOUR CHIPS”.
Nathan Rao tells Express readers:
CHIPS served in many fast-food outlets and restaurants could contain a cancer-causing chemical, worrying research reveals.
The picture used to illustrate Rao’s refried news is of a woman smiling broadle as she holds up a chip on a spear, doubtless relived and elated to have snared the quarry before it could infect anyone with cancer (see left).
Scientists have found that the portions enjoyed by millions every day include acrylamide – which has been linked to cancer because of the cooking process.
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Posted: 28th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Cannon Towels put the gay into the Army
THOSE vintage gay adverts did not feature the work of Cannon Towels. With a Cannon Towel, every days a homoerotic toga party:
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Posted: 27th, September 2012 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comments (3)
Funny names of real authors
FUNNY names of real authors. (The author of the family planning book is ANITA HARDON)…
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Coca-Cola magazine as becomes an iPhone speaker
THE Coca Cola print ad is a FM Radio for your iPhone. Now you can rot your ears and your teeth at the same time:
Posted: 26th, September 2012 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comment
These vintage gay adverts were our little secret
BEING gay was not always as difficult as it is now. It used to be impossible. It was only in 1973 that the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders. In 1993, the USA continued to ban homosexual behaviour in the armed forced but instigated a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that allowed gays openly to serve their country. In 1994, the age of consent for gay sex was 21 in the UK. It is now 16, in line with the law on hetero sex. Before that, gays either ran the gauntlet of State control or lived a lie. In 1998, the Sun ran a story about the country being run by a “gay mafia“. Be gay, said the tabloid, be a “poof”, but do not be successful and too visible. But advertisers knew there was a market out there. It just had to be tapped into:
Posted: 26th, September 2012 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comment (1)
Women’s product of the day: Kleinert’s On and Off Dress Shields
KLEINERT’S On and Off Dress Shields kept you fresh and dainty before deodorants and antiperspirant made boob tubes and bra tops acceptable. But hold on! It looks like these device still exits.
A visit to the Kleinert’s website tell us:
Regular shape double ply 100% cotton washable dress shields with vinyl barrier. Elastic slips over arm and shoulder, pins to bra. Our Dress Shields help keep clothes fresher and longer lasting by absorbing perspiration. These “sanitized” shields are treated to inhibit bacterial growth and retard odor.
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Mario goes ape shit (video)
MARIO has gone nuts!
Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Awful food: The Ryanair Steak sandwich
ONE consumer on Ryanair’s Dublin-Alicante flight invested €7 in the steak sandwich. Anyone else ever been served something truly disgusting that looks little like it did on the tin?
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Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Crochet for tough nuts: Croshame gets the needle
CROSHAME make Soft Sculptures For the Hard Hearted. Shove Mink (AKA Croshame), is a graduate of the California College of the Arts, and works out of Denver, CO. Love her stuff:
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Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Two elephants massage a man
NOT for this tourist a coin-operated massage chair in a shopping mall, or asking the kids to kick harder against the back of your car seat. The traveller might have specific chiropractic issue that only an elephant can understand, but keen massage fans will note that the therapists are not wearing Birkenstocks and linen trousers, and, as a result, one must question their suitability for the job:
Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment
Oktoberfest 2012 in photos: girls, beers and very few memories
THE Oktoberfest 2012 in photos: last year people left behind wedding rings (6), a wheelchair, crutches, a dog and bazillions of brain cells…
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Visitors enjoy the opening day of the famous Bavarian "Oktoberfest" beer festival in the 'Hacker Pschorr' beer tent in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The world's largest beer festival, to be held from Sept. 22 to Oct. 7, 2012 will see some million visitors. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Use Lactacyd White Intimate to whiten your vulva
TO Thailand for a pot of Lactacyd White Intimate, produced by Sanofi Aventis for the whiter vulva you always wanted:
Sweat and excessive friction from tight clothing can darken the skin around the intimate area, causing self-consciousness, decreased confidence or inhibiting intimacy…9 out of 10 Asian women claims to see visible lightening results within 4weeks based on actual product use test.2
It’s like a polo in your pants:
Oh, and if the smells is odd, try this…
Posted: 23rd, September 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Why that GM gives everyone cancer paper is rubbish
SO, yesterday I pointed out that no scientists worth their salt were prepared to back the research paper that claimed that GM corn produces cancer in lab rats.
Given that the “research” was very shoddily done by a known crank on the subject, one who had already been told off for his “research methods” this isn’t all that much of a surprise.
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Posted: 23rd, September 2012 | In: Money, The Consumer | Comment
