Retro Kids Books
I remember these books vividly from my early childhood. I had completely forgotten about them until one turned up in our bedtime story pile from the grandfolks and prompted me to find more...
View ArticleLifesize Cutouts: Bush or the She-Clinton
Lifesized Stand Ups (the home of cardboard) has a huge range of cardboard cutouts of various sizes. But these two life-sized versions of George W Bush and Senator Hillary Clinton are our favourites...
View ArticleWould You Like Your Embryos Fried or Heart Shaped?
Some people might think a frying pan which makes eggs into heart shapes would be romantic. It’s not. However, it is deeply amusing and bursting with potentialfor irony. Buy it at Crazy About Gadgets.
View ArticleSafe As Lettuces
This head of iceberg lettuce looks real enough, but don’t go slicing your tomatoes just yet, because it’s actually a security device with a hidden compartment to hide your heirlooms and diamonds in....
View Article‘The Mrs’ Trackpants
In these “Low-Rise Crystal Sweats” you can be branded on the hide just like a cow! Sparkly, garish and in your place. Also available saying "newlywed" or "bride to be".
View ArticleNice Nose Job
These Pick Your Nose Paper Cups are nice party gag for the whole whanau -- cups with a photo-realistic picture of a new nose (some with a tash, some with lady lips) will get an instant laugh from other...
View ArticleLooks As Good As A Real Fire
The Ambient Fire is a DVD of an open fire with all the atmosphere and none of the mess, and without the embarrassment of adding to your carbon footprint. There are nine different fireplaces scenes on...
View ArticleBilly T. James Neon On Trade Me
As Auckland stares down the barrel of another comedy festival season, it's interesting to remember where it all came from. This flashing neon sign from the Billy T. James show is being auctioned off...
View ArticleLebowski Action Figures
Or, more correctly: The Big Lebowski Urban Achiever 8-Inch Figures. "I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino..."
View ArticleThe Runaway Alarm Clock
An alarm clock that runs away from you, so you have to get your your sorry ass out of the sack and chase it across the room to turn it off. Genius. Here's how it works...
View ArticleFrangipani Lights
Time and time again people make the mistake of ignoring their party lighting. There's nothing worse that having to socialise under the glare of a 100-watt bulb, it's like being interrogated. These...
View ArticleAlive Elvis
From the same people behind the Robosapien, the Alive Elvis® is a singing and talking bust of The King, dressed in a ’68 Comeback Special-era leather jacket. The makers say they've used motion capture...
View ArticleSubversive Action Figures
The Britney Spears "hot pocket” action figure is a bit sick-making, so I didn’t publish the photo, but readers can follow the link. I did however love the Paparazzi Action Playset and...
View ArticleGay Fabric
Are you a man who is into men? Need new curtains? How about a matching duvet cover? Check out this range of camp fabric from eQuilter.com. In their 'Hunky & Handsome Guys' category, you'll find...
View ArticleThe Sinatras of Lower Hutt Are Selling
A massive 430m2 gin palace in Lower Hutt is for sale and includes an avocado bench top, wood panelling galore, an aqua–coloured intercom beside the toilet and a vinyl padded bar! I can’t see anything...
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