July 12, 2005

New way to look weird discovered


TOKYO - Single or lonely Japanese men may get lucky this Christmas.

One popular item for holiday shoppers is the “lap pillow,” with skin-coloured polyurethene calves folded under soft thighs -- a comfy cushion for napping, reading or watching television.

The 9,429 yen ($90) pillow, which comes with one red and one black skirt, went on sale in late November and maker Trane Co Ltd says shipments have reached 3,000 in just a few weeks.

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Posted by Quentin George at July 12, 2005 09:06 PM
Comments

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Posted by: Slobbodany at July 12, 2005 09:24 PM

Wow...just when I thought they couldn't get any weirder... :|

Posted by: Jan at July 12, 2005 10:04 PM

And the lap thing doesn't end there:

"I'm looking for a mommy in her 40s. I'm a 23-year-old company employee," one man wrote. "I've always been spoiled, but young women today are too headstrong and they won't spoil me at all. Would you clean my ears for me as I lay my head on your lap about once every week? I can pay about 10,000 yen ($130) a time."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3342907a4501,00.html

Posted by: Flashman at July 13, 2005 12:48 AM