Jabba the Hutt Engagement Ring

It is Valentine’s Day tomorrow but if you really love someone do not buy this. This kind of engagement is for people who think that an Elvis wedding would be too classy and sophisticated for them. It is too tacky and tasteless for reality and probably is just an example of viral marketing that nobody is going actually buy. It is just an excuse for outraged bloggers like Paula Forbes on Eater.com (where we saw it) to write entries and mention the brand name. And anyone who did buy it would just be used in more viral marketing to promote the same popular pizza franchise. If you love someone and don’t just want to eat their salty, high fat content do not buy this stuff – for a healthy alternative try Lebanese pizzas instead.

Our good friend Jane spotted a report on this offer online.

 

Marzipan Mushrooms

Who buys marzipan fly agaric mushrooms? Why is there a marzipan version of this huge variety of fruit and vegetables is another question? I understand that the sugar version of reality has some attraction for the diabetically inclined but why a psychedelic mushroom? R. Gordon Wasson has written extensively about this mushroom and its effect on culture – the tradition link between this psychedelic mushroom and fairies is obvious. Wasson has also written about mushroom-phobia and mushroom-philia as a cultural divide in Europe culture – I guess you have to love mushrooms to make marzipan mushrooms. So who decorates cakes with psychedelic mushrooms and supports drug prohibition?

Mark took these photographs in a shop in Athens.

Chocolate Penises

Who buys a chocolate penis with white chocolate cum dripping down? People who like fine, smooth Belgium chocolate and enjoy risqué shapes might like them but how satisfying would they be? And where would be an appropriate place to consume these chocolates? Would you suck on them in the street? Once again this stuff appears to be intended as a naughty gift but only for a lover, not for parents, colleagues or the kids however much they might enjoy the chocolate.

Mark photographed this shop in Bruges. This shop window raises more questions than other things.

Miniature bottles

Who spends $19.95 on a tiny bottle of Glenfarclas, 10 year-old Highland Malt Scotch Whisky? Who buys miniature bottles of alcohol anyway aside from people stocking bar fridges in hotels. And then they don’t put bottles of an obscure Scotch whisky like Glenfarclas in the fridge – they stock it with Johnny Walker. And who buys stuff from a hotel bar fridge? Why do they even make miniature bottles of alcohol anyway? They are advertised as gifts, the classic excuse for so much useless stuff in the world.

Mark took this photograph at a shop in Melbourne that specializes in these tiny bottles of alcohol.