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.
Your chest and breast wrinkle worries are over
ARE you troubled by chest wrinkles?
Chest wrinkles can make women feel a little self-conscious, which is definitely not a good feeling to have when you’re trying to relax on the sand.
And what of the rest of us who have to look at your corduroy chest. Ew!
This is why before the summer months hit, women should consider sleeping with Intimia– a chest pillow that works by smoothing out existing chest wrinkles and preventing new ones from forming by keeping the breasts separated.
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Posted: 28th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Disney World bans Santa
TO DISNEY World, where Thomas Tolbert has been commanded to remove his “Santa-related” outfit. The Disney rep says Tolbert is causing confusion and upset.
Says he:
“I had a shirt that had—it would be like a collage—and it had Santa faces and it had sayings from ‘The Night Before Christmas’…Disney had informed me that I must inform anybody who came up to me that ‘I am not who you think I am, I am on vacation and please leave me alone.'”
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Posted: 28th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Newquay police raced to arrest ‘cosmic’ Rodney Trotter for ID fraud
THE ID brandished by the would-be drinker says he’s called Rodney Trotter, of 23 Nelson Mandela House, Peckham. You might know him from the BBC TV documentary Only Fools And Horses. The teenager’s birthday is given as 26 February 1960. The cardholder tells the doormen at the Newquay Arms that he’s 24.
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Posted: 27th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Boobzies cold drinks holders for after the ring has been pulled
THE Coldie Holder just got hotter. With a Boobzies you can really nurse that pint – as it wet nurses you…
Spotter: Thrillist
Posted: 24th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Anti-baldness pills turn straight man into a woman named Mandi
WILLIAM McKee says the Propecia pills he took to halt his baldness turned im into a woman. As he says of that treatment bought over the internet from india:
“My rock-hard chest from the gym began to soften . . . reaching the point where I had noticeable ‘breasts’ even under my clothing…my shoulders were literally falling into a more feminine position, and my hips were loosening and becoming wider, as on a woman’s body.”’
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Posted: 24th, July 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment
London store Liberty sells Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers
LIBERTY has been selling toy versions of Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers. You can buy your mini weapons of mass destruction in baby pink, yellow or natural wood. . The Kidsonroof PINK WOODEN KATYUSHA ROCKET LAUNCHER was £23.50 but is now £11.75. The blurb tells us:
Wooden toy Katyusha rocket launcher truck in a pink finish featuring six moving wheels, pivoting rocket launcher and removable rockets. COMPOSITION Wood DIMENSIONS H: 12cm x L: 16cm
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Posted: 23rd, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Spanx for men are just back-to-front Y-fronts
ONE highlight of last week was the arrival of Spanx for men, heralded in the Daily Mail as the man knickers that “enhance the derrière’s natural roundness, and adds extra support in all the vital places.” Italian undies outfit D.HEDRAL commends to our attentions the “angle fit” technology, which took three years to perfect. Anorak is aghast.
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Boy finds free lizard baked into loaf of bread
CHEAP protein is the wonder of the modern age. Just get a load of what William Evans, 10, from, Hawkchurch near Axminster, Devon, who says he found a meat lizard baked in a Tesco’s multi-grain brown loaf. No extra charge. You’d think young Evans would be well chuffed.
And what odds dad Marcus is trying to play down the freebie so that not everyone wants one. He tells the Midweek Herald:
“The poor little lad was absolutely traumatised by it. He went to take a slice off for some toast, turned the loaf over and found the lizard stuck on the bottom.”
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Posted: 21st, July 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comments (2)
10 weird products that exists – Acme invents
IF you can think of it, it most likely is being made right now in China. We’ve compiled a gallery of odd items, things like: Civil War pills, the Whalestone piano. the magic biscuit dunking device, and an inflatable boa constrictor for the throat you always wanted. It’s as if that fabled cartoon company Acme is real:
Posted: 20th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Australian chocolate jumps the kangaroo
CAN Australian chocolate be the next big thing? BRW magazine asks:
But how could Australian chocolates, even high-end ones, compete with big global brands such as Lindt, Guylian and Godiva,..? The only hope, as Melbourne-based chocolatier Hanna Frederick puts it, is to tell a local story – and tell it to anyone overseas who will listen.
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Posted: 17th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Is this the best T-shirt of 2012?
IS this the best T-shirt of the 2012 summer? 
The women might wear it better:
Posted: 15th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The faux-gina panties are camel toes for men
ANYONE with $128 can buy faux-gina panties. For the man who always wanted a vagina, a set of late V-fronts. Unleash your inner Coco, with an equal opportunities camel toe…
Tagged: New Products
Posted: 13th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Racist ad of the day: 1976 McDonald’s
RACIST advert of the day harks back to 1976, when the Golden Arches welcomed black folks inside with the news that thee don’t ahve to get dressed up and “there’s no tipping”. “Get down with your food” at the place where yo mama’s legs are optional…
Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The greatest advert of 2012: Hahn Super Dry beer is hotter than a wasabi enema
THIS is the best advert of 2012. This Australian advert for Hahn Super Dry beer won a Gold Lion at Cannes Saturday. It’s brilliant. The beer might taste like fizzy wee, but if you keep your eyes open while drinking it, this stuff is hotter than a wasabi enema:
Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
With Libresse your vagina no longer smells of stinky socks and dead pigs (video)
LADIES. Your vagina now smells like green tea. It used to smell like a Durian fruit, which, as one knows, smells of “stinky socks“, “the flesh of some animal in a state of putrefaction” and “pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock”. This advert for Libresse was seen on Malaysian TV:
Spotter: Copyranter
Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Nottinghamshire Police sell cannabis at auction
FOR just £21.50, Nottinghamshire Police sold a Sony PSP games console made of cannabis. The item had been handed into lost property. No-one claimed it, so Nottinghamshire Police put it up for auction at Mansfield Police Station. The advert trilled:
“Sony PSP with case. Not tested. Average condition.”
Bidding gtarted at £1. Daniel Ford, 33, won the day. He tells us:
“It was strange that the police didn’t open up the compartments of the carry case and look inside. I found a pair of headphones and the cannabis, which smelled strongly.”
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Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The Blood We Share: Ian Huntley’s brother Wayne investigates Soham murderer’s path to murder
WAYNE Huntley has written a book, published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the schoolgirls murdered by his older brother Ian Huntley in Soham, Cambridgeshire. The Blood We Share has been front-page news on the Sun, which yesterday yelled: “FAMILY FURY AT KILLER 10 YEARS ON – I WISH MY EVIL BROTHER HUNTLEY WAS DEAD.”
The Sun detailed elements of Huntley’s “cushy” life in prison. He “DEVOURS steaks” and eats “slap-up meals”. And:
LOVES watching Manchester United games on prison TV — unmoved by the fact that his two victims were wearing the team’s red shirts when he killed them.
That Ian Huntley is a nasty piece of work seems unworthy of additional comment. But rather than wishing him dead, as the headline states, Wayne Huntley suggests his brother has a conscience that does not allow to face the truth:
“I believe he knows the truth is too awful for him to admit — it would mean even more people in prison would want to kill him.”
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Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: Books, Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)
Racist ad of the day – See Asia Like Asian Do
‘BUT that’s racist!’ advert of the day features the work of Ukrainian travel agency Multipass, keen to promote their trips to Asia. They hired Kiev-based ad agency Tabasco to come up with an ingenious campaign to “See Asian like Asian do”. At least this makes it easier to spot Ukrainians in the Far East:
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Posted: 8th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The plumber’s cleavage T-shirt is here to confuse you
THIS might be the greatest T-shirt of the week. Markus Mueller has been taking photos for Das Handwerk” (a German union for handcraft companies). Spotter: Boing Boing.
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Posted: 7th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Cool ad watch: The Granny Deaths
COOL ad watch: The Granny deaths for Zonajobs. (By DraftFBC Buenos Aires):
Posted: 4th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Sexism and the shaving arms race
SEXISM means that men are sold fancy goods that have been chunky and big in your hand. It’s all pathetic, of course. His face scrub FOR MEN is the same as her face scrub. However, her wet shaver only has one blade. His is the product of an international arms race that means one day razors will feature as many as a dozen blades, a midget pumping a silken unguent and, very possibly, a thing for getting the stones from horse’s hooves:
Spotter: Laci Green in Men & Femininity, via SexistAds
Posted: 4th, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Meet Doug Pitt – Brad Pitt’s brother lives the high life
COOL ad of the day features Doug Pitt, brother to Brad Pitt, in the Fair Go Bro campaign for Virgin Mobile Australia. Doug Pitt is “the second most famous Pitt in his family”. The ad gives him “a taste of his brother’s lifestyle”:
Doug’s just a regular guy.
He washes his own car, pays his own bills, and does his own laundry. You see, unlike his famous bro, Doug’s never been the star of anything.
Spotter: Adfreak, Laughing Squid
Posted: 3rd, July 2012 | In: Celebrities, The Consumer | Comment
Woodhenge wins Shed of The Year 2012 (photos)
AND the winner of the Shed of the Year 2012 is….Wood Henge, built and operated by John Plumridge from Shrewsbury. Mr Plumridge wins 1,000 and lots of stuff from Cuprinol. He tells one and all:
“When I was told I’d won the competition, I was absolutely thrilled. Normally I’m a very chatty and jovial person but I did find myself lost for words [continues] and I must confess to having ‘shed’ a tear. I’ve been working on Woodhenge for around four years now and have enjoyed every minute of it. I can’t even hazard a guess at the cost involved but it’s a great venue for our family and friends to party in and the good thing is we haven’t got too far to get home.”
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Posted: 2nd, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comments (4)
Barbie and Ken’s Nigeria wedding – The Only Way Is Lagos (photos)
OK! Nigeria would be pleased to feature the wedding of Barbie and Ken, as shot by London photographer to the stars, Obi Nwokedi. It’s inspired by the Black Barbie issue of Vogue Italia, and dare it go unsaid, the vinyl-wrapped stars of The Only Way Is Essex, various Real Housewives Of…, Katie’s Price’s pudenda and Captain Pugwash. There’ a TV series in his, Obi. Call us, we have ideas:
Spotter: HuffPo
Posted: 2nd, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Why did this man smash up the T-Mobile store on Manchester’s Market Street?
DO you know why this man smashed up the T-Mobile store on Manchester’s Market Street last weekend? Do you know who he is? And does it matter? Doesn’t every feel like smashing up the phone shop from time to time?
Cue the methodical madness:
Posted: 2nd, July 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
