June 29th, 2008 by Lisa
Being the perfect boyfriend is tough. The ingredients invariably include - dashing good looks, a great sense of humour, a sweet but manly nature, a job (ideally), your own flat or at least not living with the parents, great dress sense, a car with a valid MOT, and a good relationship with the word commitment - phew it’s a tall order. Well, if stacking all of those absurd requirements up seems a trifle daunting, then don’t worry, there is another way to a woman’s heart requiring less effort, and that’s through her stomach. Introducing the Hunk of Love cake tin, with an Adonis-like torso and cake mix included, at the whisk of a spoon and a fan assisted oven you can bake the perfect specimen of a man. So whether you want to offer this to your better half as an “I love you enough to bake you a cake of a hunky man” (thus moving you up a couple of ranks towards the holy grail of perfect boyfriend status) or to share with your unattached friends to celebrate the sweetness of cake and have a piece of a ridiculously perfect chap- then it’s a winner. Accessorise (decorate) as you see fit - comedy Chippendale outfits have been our favourite, and you can adjust the tan level by adding cocoa powder as desired. So if it seems that the girlf wants to have her cake and eat it, now she can.
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June 29th, 2008 by Lisa
The Sat Nag is the greatest in-car invention since the Sat Nav. Actually no, it’s better than a Sat Nav, and even if it’s guaranteed to get you nowhere fast, it’s one of those jokes that just keeps on giving. Press the button on the front and a very well-recorded, patronising woman’s voice will come out with one of a host of hysterical Sat Nav-type commands. With such crackers as: “I know you’re a man, but it’s been 35 minutes now, so can you please admit you’re lost and ask someone the way”; and “In 100 metres turn left. No right, err, no left. Sorry, I never can tell my left from my right”, as well as “In 50 meters I’m going to put on my most annoying voice and say ‘Is your short cut really faster when we get stuck in traffic like this, well, is it darling?” and “In 100 meters I’m going to talk to you in that special voice, which should let you know you’ve upset me in some way that is bound to be your fault”.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Just as we predicted, the Noughties relaunch of Tamagotchi has been a rip-roaring success. So say konichiwa to Tamagotchi Familitchi, an all new wave of the world’s favourite handheld virtual pets.
For anyone who’s spent the past twenty years with their head submerged in porridge, Tamagotchi (Japanese for lovable egg) are pocket-sized electronic gizmos containing an animated pet that ‘lives’ on a little screen.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Telephones were far more interesting back in the 20th century. They didn’t have many fancypants features but in terms of looks they were the business. Indeed these triumphs of telephonic engineering are now unequivocal design classics, so much so we’ve decided to start selling the stylish blighters.
Perfect for lovers of retro-chic hardware, Retro Telephones are guaranteed to re-ignite your love for gabbing away on the blower for hours on end. And even if you only recognise them from repeats of The Sweeney and ancient Doris Day rom-coms, we think you’ll agree they put today’s wimpy handsets to shame.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Think of Muppets and you usually think of the Muppet Show, Sesame Street and the England football team. But what about Fraggle Rock? You remember, the surreal 80s TV show about a gang of cave dwelling critters and a talking compost heap. In common with most of Jim Henson’s forays into TV it was brilliantly bizarre and made household names (well almost) of its zany lead characters.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Along with British Bulldog, Kiss Chase and that one where you pull your parka over your head and pretend to be Batman, Top Trumps remains one of the greatest games ever to hit the playground.
In fact it’s so good new editions are still being released today, almost 30 years after the world went nuts arguing over whose supercar had the most impressive horsepower. But why deal with unobtainable things like warships and dragsters when you can compare the attributes of shoddy, uninspiring tat? Step forward Crap Trumps.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
We all hate getting out of bed. Sleeping rocks. So wouldn’t it be good if waking up rocked as well? It does if you’ve got a Retro iPod Alarm Clock on your bedside table. This sleek dock/speaker system/waker-upper looks like a modern take on those twin-belled alarm clocks of yesteryear. You know, the ones that shook your fillings out every time the hammer started dinga-linging on the bells
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Indiana Jones. Professor of archaeology, expert on the occult, obtainer of rare antiquities and…er, dead ringer for a tubby comedy potato! It’s true because everyone’s favourite whip-cracking action hero has been given the root vegetable treatment in the shape of Mr Potato Head: Taters of the Lost Ark.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
Press Scooby’s paw and he will guard your room! Press Scooby’s paw button twice to quickly initiate the ghoul security system. Scooby will keep watch for sneaky intruders and warn if anybody comes close. To deactivate guard mode press and hold Scooby’s paw button. Press the button anytime and make him say one of his classic Scooby phrases.
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June 14th, 2008 by Lisa
The Face of Boe is a being which consists of a gigantic, human-like head, with, in place of hair, numerous tendrils which terminate in round pod-like structures. Includes moveable mouth.
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