Talking flower doll will brighten your cubicle…

Poor,
lonely salarymen. They're trapped in their cubicles for so long,
staring vacantly at their computer screens. All they want is a little
companionship to feel a bit more human.

Well, too bad, sad salaryman. You can have a little doll that talks
when you water the single flower you have in your cubicle to remind you
what life is like outside in the fresh air where plants grow and
animals frolic, and you'll be happy with it. He perches in front of a
flower vase, and when you water them or touch them he'll spout out one
of his 200 phrases, all of which I'm sure are clever and entertaining
and maybe, just maybe, a little humanizing.

Coming just in time for seasonal depression, mid-December, for about $35 in Japan.


Credit Card Alarm: For Slow Consumers Everywhere

Are you an idiot? Sure, you might make excuses for your blatant lack of
acumen, claiming that you're "absent minded" or "flakey," but we all
know what that means. You're dumb. Stupid. Not the sharpest arrow in
the quiver. But hey, don't despair; technology is here to pick up where
Mother Nature so cruelly left off. Like that problem you have of always
leaving your debit card in the ATM, even when you're just supposed to
slide it in and out quickly. You might have gotten flustered trying to
remember your four-digit PIN (here's a hint: it's your birthday), but
the Credit Card Alarm is paying attention for you. Once your card is
out of it for a few moments, it sounds the alarm to remind you that you
really should be taking that connection to your bank account with you.
Sure, the alarm is pretty simple and its $55 price tag is kind of
ridiculous, but the price is less ridiculous than you leaving your
credit card somewhere every couple of weeks, you big dummy. ah ha ha

Where do they come up with these things???