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.
The Jimmy Savile doll on sale in Butlins?
IS that the Jimmy Savile doll on sale at a Butlins holiday camp? Buy one and get a free book?
Posted: 14th, October 2012 | In: Celebrities, The Consumer | Comment
Chinese zoo wows tourists with peacock’s mechanical tail
OFF we go to see the peacock at Beijing Wild Animal Park. This peacock can spread his tail to order. Ok, not exactly his own tail, more the mechical one tied to his nether reagions by animal experts.
A zoo keeper explains:
“Visitors are happy to pay to pose in front of a peacock spreading his tail but they only do it in spring when they’re breeding. So to keep the money coming in we have to tie the tail to the bird and when they’ve paid, we spread it out for the picture.”
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Posted: 14th, October 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment
Acts of Kindness on the London Underground
ACTS of Kindness is a project by artist Michael Landy celebrating everyday generosity and compassion on the Tube. It is not a parody:
Posted: 14th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Northampton celebrates world’s tallest poppadom tower
LOCAL news: The Tamarind Restaurant, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, has constructed the world’s tallest poppadom tower. The tower stands 5ft 8in monstertall. It features 1,280 poppadoms.
Says Tamarind owner Tipu Rahman:
“I am very proud. It was hard work and took a lot of practice but we did it. It’s brilliant for the curry industry in Northampton and really puts us on the map. It took a lot of teamwork and there were a few nervy moments but I was always confident. We had practised hard.”
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Posted: 13th, October 2012 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment
Stieg Larsson’s letter to Eva Gabrielsson
STIEG Larsson wrote a letter to his partner, Eva Gabrielsson. On November 9th of 2004, Stieg Larsson died. He was 50. He left behind a letter. The envelope was titled: “To be opened only after my death”.
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Posted: 12th, October 2012 | In: Books, Celebrities | Comments (2)
The Prince William love doll looks not enough like the man
THE Prince William love doll produced by Bradford Exchange Ltd is, it says here:
Expertly handcrafted from fine bisque porcelain, this first-of-a-kind edition bears an authentic likeness of the handsome Prince on his wedding day. Meticulously handpainted for exquisite realism, this lifelike portrait is 17 inches tall, and fully poseable.
Striking uniform recreated in exquisite detail Prince William’s dashing red tunic features a golden collar bearing the facing shamrock emblems of the Irish Guards, shining gold buttons and epaulets, white piping and embellished cuffs. A royal blue sash, golden braid, a belt with a fringed tassel, medals and military insignia add drama and authenticity. Dark-coloured slacks with scarlet striping and a military cap of authentic design complete the ensemble.
When your ‘Prince William Royal Bridegroom Porcelain Doll’ arrives, and you place him beside your ‘Princess Catherine Royal Elegance Bride Doll’, you’ll recapture all the joy and historic significance of the Royal Wedding! Don’t miss out – order yours today!
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Posted: 12th, October 2012 | In: Royal Family, The Consumer | Comment
02 tweets in slang to its ‘hood customers’ – the Tunde tweets
O2 is down with its customers. When Tunde @Tunde24_7 complained via Twitter:
@O2 bastard big man ting I swear direct me to your owner what happened to my internet connection fam mans having to use wifi and dat
@O2 OI I SAID DIRECT ME TO YOUR OWNERS INSTANTLY you guys are the devils spwan when I call you don’t direct me to sanjay from india
@O2 so u guy still aren’t responding to me is my name GBENGA is my name BOBBY is my name ROBORT is my name EMILY don’t MUG me arghhhhhh
@O2 I will report you to the police this instant if you do not increace my internet capabilities right now selfish bastard
@o2 jheeze so u man speak slang and dat r u a girl what ends u from. And naa ii didn’t what router
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Posted: 11th, October 2012 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Jimmy Savile book of the day: Other People’s Children – A Handbook for Child Minders
JIMMY Savile book of the day: Other People’s Children – a Handbook for Child Minders”… Previously: Love Is An Uphill Thing and Benjamin Rabbit and the Stranger Danger…
Spotter: Dangerous Minds
Posted: 10th, October 2012 | In: Books, Celebrities | Comments (5)
Airline demands pregnancy certificate from fat woman
TO New Zealand, where 21-year-old Kelsey Hughes of Christchurch isn’t pregnant.
Not everyone is convinced.
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Posted: 10th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Sunderland bus station gives hot drinks drinkers the rules
TO Sunderland bus station, where the brains trust is laying out the rules covering hots drinks to hot drinks drinkers:
Posted: 10th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The most hardcore pawn shop in Mississippi
DYNAMIC pawn “for a new breed of pawn shop”. Just look for the big balls in Mississippi:
Posted: 9th, October 2012 | In: Money, The Consumer | Comment
Judy Garland’s Wizard of Oz dress goes under the hammer
C’MON lads. Here’s yer chance. The dress that Judy Garland wore in the Wizard of Oz film will be auctioned in Beverly Hills on November 9th and 10th at the Icons and Idols event. The gingham dress and white puff-sleeve blouse could be yours for £310,000 or thereabouts….
Posted: 9th, October 2012 | In: Film, The Consumer | Comment
Doll of the day: Belle Rosen in the Poseidon Adventure
DOLL of the day: Belle Rosen in the Poseidon Adventure. Warning: chocking Hazard.
More doll faces:
Posted: 9th, October 2012 | In: Celebrities, The Consumer | Comment
Jimmy Savile Book of the day: ‘Love Is An Uphill Thing’
JIMMY Savile book of the day: “The rags-to-riches autobiography of JIMMY SAVILE OBE – LOVE IS AN UPHILL THING.”
Previously in Jimmy Savile books.
Posted: 9th, October 2012 | In: Books, Celebrities | Comment (1)
How piracy the pop star – CDs never lie
POP greats are being killed by Piracy. So say Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco. The duo used the artists’ CDs to create a dead body of work. But if piracy, such as file sharing, kills creativity, why is there so much creativity? Piracy doesn’t seem to killing the content industries. Sure, copying stuff must have an effect on total sale. But any links has not been proven. Would you have bought that song a feind copied for you? And now you’ve got it for free, might you like the singer and so buy their merchandise and tickets to see them in concert?
Still, these images of the rich and successful (and you’d have paid to see any of them play live) are nicely done:
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Posted: 7th, October 2012 | In: Music, The Consumer | Comments (2)
In Photos: The Nuart festival of street and urban art, Stavanger, Norway
THE Nuart festival of street and urban art, Stavanger, Norway. Photos for 2012:
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Posted: 6th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Brighton All You Can Eat restaurant bans two gluttons
IMAGINE getting your 15 minutes of fame thanks to being a greedy sod. There are people who find fleeting fame from eating competitions or, indeed, you could be that Adam Richman from Man Vs Food.
But what happens when you’re the two men barred from an all-you-can-eat Mongolian restaurant in Brighton because you snaffle away appalling amounts of food and you end up going to the press about it?
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Posted: 5th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Rain Room: Random International recreates a wet car park at the Barbican
BUT is it rain? Visitors explore Rain Room by artists Random International, a 100 square metre field of falling water which parts as visitors walk underneath, at the Barbican, in central London. You might have a similar effect in your urban high rise, a puddle, perhaps, in the ground floor car park where water has leaked thought the cracks in the cement…
Posted: 5th, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Famous women replaced by Ikea catalogue items (photos)
AFTER Ikea Saudi Arabia banned women, I(KEA) got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one! got to erasing women from other walks of life, replacing the hidden sex with objects from the shop’s catalogue. Here are some of the best:
Posted: 4th, October 2012 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment
This new app lets you have sex with your iPhone
iPHONE fans can now have sex with their phones. It’s Lovepalz. It’s aluminium-insulated sex:
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Posted: 4th, October 2012 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comments (2)
Pizza Hut Middle East bakes Kit Kats, cheeseburgers, hot dogs and chicken snot into the crust
TRULY disgusting food of the day is the Kit Kat Pops, as sold by Pizza Hut in the Middle East. For the taste bud negligible, you can have added cheese. One day they will stuff the thing with vomit and cut out the middle man:
Previously availale in Pizza Hut Middle East:
Cheeseburger Crust
Pizza Hut Cone Crust
Pizza Hut Hotdog Crust
Kit-Kat Crust
Spotter: FoodBeast
Posted: 2nd, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Giorgio sings for his junk food
GIORGIO orders his junk food:
Posted: 2nd, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Jimmy Savile’s ‘Benjamin Rabbit and the Stranger Danger – What a child needs to know about strangers’
BECAUSE we are reviewing Jimmy Savile’s life’s work in light of allegations of him attacking young girls, we cast an eye over the introduction he wrote for Irene Keller’s book Benjamin Rabbit and the Stranger Danger – What a child needs to know about strangers.
It’s the familiar faces you need to worry about…
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Posted: 2nd, October 2012 | In: Books, Celebrities | Comment
A model train spotter unboxes a Hornby BR Blue Class 50 Diesel Locomotive
VIDEO of the day: the unboxing of a Hornby BR Blue Class 50 Diesel Locomotive. Number 50013 is called “Agincourt”. Behold! The true anorak at play:
Posted: 2nd, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Bad Ad: Adam And Eve Hair Replacement Centre, Scarsdale, New York
BAD Ad Watch: Adam And Eve Hair Replacement Centre, Scarsdale, New York. He has a secret. Want to know what it is? Yep, he has hired her…
Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
