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Japan’s New Pepsi White is Flavored Orange
October 31, 2012 — punjapit
Winter is approaching fast and it looks like Japan’s romance with the color black is finally fading away into softer shades with Pepsi’s newest seasonal flavor, Pepsi White.
Pepsi White will hit shelves on December 11 and will be the last of Pepsi’s 2012 season lineup, following Pepsi Pink, Pepsi Black and Pepsi Salty Watermelon.
According to Japanese distributor Suntory, Pepsi White will be offered throughout Winter and promises a refreshing flavor with a hint of mandarin orange.
Mandarin oranges come into season from fall to winter and are representative of New Years food in Japan, with many people spending their lazy winter holiday snacking on the fruit while sitting at the kotatsu (a small table with an electric or charcoal heater underneath and covered with a quilt) and watching TV.
If the mandarin orange flavor and snow-colored liquid isn’t enough to get you in the spirit, the Pepsi White label is adorned with one of six different adorable snowman designs. It’s like winter in a bottle!
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/31/japans-new-pepsi-white-is-flavored-orange/
by Pip G.
Public Toilet Transformed into a Hotel, Opposite Side Remains a Public Toilet
October 30, 2012 — punjapit
For a limited time only, one side of a public restroom in Osaka’s Nakanoshima Park has been turned into a one-room hotel.
World reknown artist, Tatsu Nishino, created this bizarre lodging as part of an Osaka prefectural art event, Osaka Canvas Project. The hotel was named “Nakanoshima Hotel” after the park where it is located. The 22 square meter wide room, which includes a shower, costs 10,000 yen (US $125) per night and was quickly reserved by fans of Nishino’s work.
^The shower room at Nakanoshima Hotel
^Nakanoshima Hotel’s Japanese-style toilet
Despite its upgraded interior, the walls of the hotel are still that of a common public restroom. According to hotel representatives, patrons are able to hear “sounds” of whoever is using the toilet next door.
^ The non-hotel side of the public restoom
For those who like to fall asleep to the sound of running water…or any other sort of liquid, why not give this public restroom turned hotel a try.
by The Punjapit Alliance
Japan invents goalkeeping toilet
October 30, 2012 — punjapit
Two Japanese firms have teamed up to create a toilet that doubles up as a goalkeeper.
The Super Great Toiler Keeper showed off its prowess by saving penalties from Japanese star striker Tatsuhiko ‘Dragon’ Kubo.
It uses motion-detecting cameras to calculate the flight of the ball, pivot on its axis, and fire a small ball from the bowl to parry the incoming soccer ball.
The bizarre invention is the unlikely result of two Japanese companies with similar names and vastly different products, joining forces.
Toilet maker Toto and sports lottery agent Toto pitched their collaboration as an environmentally friendly project.
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Japan_invents_goalkeeping_toilet
by The Punjapit Alliance
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October 29, 2012 — punjapit
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October 29, 2012 — punjapit
Brewery creates the world’s strongest beer
October 29, 2012 — punjapit
A Scottish brewery claims to have created the world’s strongest beer – a 65% alcohol drink called Armageddon.
And it is proving so popular that there is a two-week wait for delivery – despite the £40 price tag for a single 330ml bottle.
Created by Scottish firm Brewmeister, the beer is made from crystal malt, wheat and flaked oats and is freeze fermented to bring it to the required ABV.
A pint of the beer contains an alarming 37 units of alcohol – twice the recommended weekly intake for a man.
Brewmeister says the beer should be ‘consumed like a fine whisky’.
A spokesman said: “Despite being 65%, the beer has a lot of flavour – malty, hoppy, slightly sweet and lots of yeast still in the beer.
“Be careful though, smelling it is probably enough to put you over the limit!”
Brewery founder Lewis Shand told Standard Media: “The phrase “delivers a punch” doesn’t quite cut it – delivers a supersonic charged explosion is probably more appropriate.”
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Brewery_creates_the_worlds_strongest_beer
by The Punjapit Alliance
Creative Japanese Turn Water Cooler into Urine Dispenser…
October 18, 2012 — punjapit
Water coolers, known over here as “water servers”, are very fashionable in Japan right now, with many seeing them as something of a status symbol and buying stylish models for inside the home as well as the office.
There’s no doubt that drinking plenty of water each day is good for our health, and medical experts suggest that we take up to eight glasses of the stuff ever 24 hours, so having fresh, cool water on-hand throughout the day is perhaps not all that bad an idea.
But there’s one model of water cooler that those in high society probably won’t be installing in their living room any time soon… [NSFW]
We’ve seen some pretty creepy creations come out of Japan over the years, and heard plenty of stories about old guys using cameras disguised as pens to take up-skirt photos, male masturbation aids becoming super heroes, and many more, but this story might just take the award for Creepy 2012…
If you’ve ever wanted to play doctor to a bunch of schoolgirls, have a bit of a pee fetish, and have access to a water cooler then this is your lucky day!
This life-size cardboard cut-out of a large-breasted embarrassed schoolgirl (of course) slots onto the front of almost any water cooler, turning the everyday process of decanting life-giving liquid into something entirely more depraved…
Thanks to a small slot in the centre of the card, the valve protrudes from the crotch area of the cartoon girl.
Wait, it gets creepier.
Affixed to the waist of the cut-out is a school uniform-style fabric skirt, meaning that creepy thirsty people are obliged to lift up the skirt before placing their cup beneath the valve and decanting their water. Well, one would hope it’s water anyway….
Wait, it gets even creepier.
Playing on the theme of a school medical examination, users can collect their urine, er, water sample by catching it in a special paper cup that resembles a medical urinalysis cup, with a measurement gauge printed on the inside.
That’s right; not only do you get to dispense water from beneath a young girl’s skirt, you get to know precisely how many millimetres of the stuff you’ve collected!
For those wishing to kick it up a notch (And why not? We’ve come this far), pee-themed drinks are also available!
by The Punjapit Alliance
Shocking pants could prevent sores
October 17, 2012 — punjapit
Underwear which jolts the buttocks with electricity could be used to prevent pressure sores.
Canadian academics said that in a short trial on 37 people, the shocks mimicked fidgeting and prevented sores forming.
Doctors at the University of Calgary tested underwear which placed two pads of electrodes on each cheek.
Patients who were unable to move because of a spinal cord injury were zapped with 10 seconds of stimulation every 10 minutes for 12 hours a day.
The findings, presented at the Neuroscience 2012 conference, showed that none of the 37 patients developed a sore during the month long trial.
Robyn Rogers, a research nurse at the university, said: “Pressure ulcers can be terribly debilitating.
“Their incidence has not changed since the 1940s, indicating that the current methods of prevention simply are not working.
“Our hope is that this innovative, clinically friendly system will eventually make a difference in the lives of millions of people.”
Sores form when people are stuck in one position for too long, which compresses the skin and cuts off the blood supply.
They are a common problem in hospitals around the world and cost the NHS up to £2bn a year, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Shocking_pants_could_prevent_sores
by A + E
Website offers women ‘celebrity sperm’
October 17, 2012 — punjapit
A controversial website is to offer “celebrity sperm” for £15,000 to fame-obsessed women desperate for a star child.
The Fame Daddy site, which promises “top quality celebrity surrogate fathers” including footballers, actors and rock stars, is to launch next year
It claims it will have 40 different donors for women to choose from, including a former professional footballer, an actor, a genius, a rock star and an aristocrat.
Donors will remain anonymous – but would-be mums will be able to identify their area of achievement and other personal attributes
Fees start at £15k but the website claims the investment will provide them with “a proven winner” who will get “a head start in life”.
Fame Daddy boss Dan Richards admitted that the clinic has no real sperm samples “as of yet”.
However he said that the site’s register of possible donors already includes a retired ATP tennis pro, retired English cricketers and a multi-platinum recording artists.
Mr Richards said: “Our vision is to help women give their children the very best chance in life.
“To be able to harvest potential from the global gene pool, rather than from the more limited selection of the men she comes into direct contact with, is a major evolutionary leap for women.
“Whether it is talent on the stage or pitch, having a world-beating voice, or just being very beautiful, Fame Daddy will have the perfect celebrity surrogate daddy.”
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Website_offers_women_celebrity_sperm
by The Punjapit Alliance
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