tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096Sat, 17 May 2008 01:31:14 +0000http://www.idiottoys.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)Blogger1552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-7984360409837430471Fri, 16 May 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-05-16T14:19:00.545ZWho would've thought? The innocent-sounding What Mobile has a rather vast gallery of what can only be described as sluts holding mobile phones. Well, it could be described as ladies displaying communications technology, but that's not how we operate in THIS particular stinking bit of internet. "I was doing a Google search for Rachel Grant (the woman off Brainiac) and stumbled upon a pic of http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/new-favourite-website-what-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-1605829510423699920Fri, 16 May 2008 11:08:00 +00002008-05-16T11:08:01.231ZSome man with a blog said he was GOING to send us some alternative photos of Gena's fantastic massive Sony remote - but somehow forgot. God knows how much you need to have going on in your life to forget you took a photo of this staggering magnitude: It's a 7.2 on the Idiot Toys photograph Richter scale! Strongest tremor of the year so far. The remote would also seem to pack some sort of 'http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/stealing-back-that-which-is-rightfully.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-7753804895018933052Fri, 16 May 2008 09:31:00 +00002008-05-16T09:31:00.742ZIt's powered by electricity, therefore is a gadget and fits the remit. It has definite potential as a Doctor Who Season 5 baddie, in an episode entitled "Thank You For Not Smoking." There would be an amusing and possibly homo-erotically charged scene in which the Doctor professes his love of "picking up a good butt." "I don't know if this is classed as a gadget, but since it's clearly a badly http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-36-fashionable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-4924672750672533120Thu, 15 May 2008 12:07:00 +00002008-05-15T12:07:01.686ZAmazingly for a company called "Urban Tool," Urban Tool is still going and successfully negotiating terms with its bank to continue operating. Well done, Urban Tool! We didn't miss you since the last time. Here's a look at the Urban Tool Sportsholster as spotted by reader "Tom." It features what is quite possibly the best AND worst promotional photograph of all time: THIS: "Are you about http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/return-of-urban-tool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-5317305300300481648Thu, 15 May 2008 09:45:00 +00002008-05-15T09:45:02.049ZNot that one. Not that one. Not that one. THAT ONE! Found while looking for a discreet way to dispose of larger pieces of 'household waste'. The things you can't flush.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-35-hungry-little.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-5238435033327706738Wed, 14 May 2008 11:43:00 +00002008-05-14T11:43:00.947ZLucky old Gena has a remote control that, apparently, contains a secondary and smaller additional remote. A sort of escape pod, if you will. Or a deceased parasitic twin. "Hi Idiot Toys. I was at my friend Gena's house the other day when I noticed this rather imposing specimen on her sofa-bed. It's for her Sony TV." "I was excited; it is sizeable. However, this remote has a secret. The http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/genas-slide-out-sony-remote-control.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-1825654824284446029Wed, 14 May 2008 09:55:00 +00002008-05-14T09:55:01.310ZHOT AMATEUR TEEN OUTDOOR VOYEUR XXX LG HB620T. At least they're keen to get involved.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/lgs-amateur-outdoor-holding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-8487325099195916722Tue, 13 May 2008 14:25:00 +00002008-05-13T14:25:00.622ZSome sort of alarm. With about a million different faces in/around itself. The more you look, the more you discover! It's a bit of a long email, so feel free to just scroll down and laugh at all the various eyes and mouths on display. (The one at the bottom is an actual man's face, not a gadget with an AMAZINGLY realistic face, by the way). OPENING PREAMBLE: "The subject is not a typo, this http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/04/gadget-with-numerous-faces-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-2147933204916950915Tue, 13 May 2008 11:52:00 +00002008-05-13T11:52:01.255ZTaking us back to the heady days of May 2007, with this - an alternate-coloured Kendal. Finally we will be able to relax, safe in the knowledge that, yes, the Kendal AA batteries are indeed done up in a different livery to the AAAs. "New battery discovered - bundled with a wireless Rock Band guitar controller. We have here not two or four but three examples of this lovely Kendal alkaline AA http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/kendal-and-readers-window-and-rug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-194572468122710638Tue, 13 May 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-05-13T09:59:04.759ZGADGETS WITH FACESNow this is crossing a line. Chairs are not gadgets and there are plenty of other sites out there dedicated to finding faces in odd places. But still. It's an awesome photo and it would appear to be ours on an exclusive basis so we'd be MAD to turn it down, especially as we've already done taps. Submitted by "courtster" with no explanation as to what he/she was doing hanging around in what http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-special-furniture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-2325420167113699278Mon, 12 May 2008 14:29:00 +00002008-05-12T14:29:01.234ZKeepin' it old school. Back in "the day" it wasn't about how many buttons you had. It was about how well it fitted the hand and the quality of the finish. How we miss these curved icons of simpler days. "A super minimalist remote control. With only 3 buttons, ( the volume button is a rocker, so you could argue it's got 4 ) I think it was the remote for a stereo, or 'music centre' as they http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/remote-control-ultra-minimal-alba-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-1663478737411735492Mon, 12 May 2008 11:44:00 +00002008-05-12T11:44:00.170ZSubmitted by Daryl B of Nokia Box Photo fame. He hasn't exactly pushed the boat out when it comes to descriptions of his battery find, but he did at least go into the lounge for a "lifestyle" shoot. And you get to see another Reader's Table. "Notice the leaking on the top battery." "Arty shot in tree that lives behind me." "Another arty shot in the same tree - Daryl B."http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/zha-zhoa-zhaoch-zohoach-zhaoneng.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-4924319630243543110Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:00 +00002008-05-12T10:00:55.101ZGADGETS WITH FACESAn owl. With a Braille face. Also seems to have a smaller secondary face stuck to its forehead, no doubt to lure prey into its mouth. "I came across this 2nd hand foot massager at a local Ca$h Converters. I mean, seriously, WTF? Who would want something that some old granny has been rubbing her corns and bunions on? Other than it's a gadget with a face - YAY! Sean (Liverpool)."http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-35-secondhand-foot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-484311377659581373Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:00 +00002008-05-09T15:28:17.701ZSomeone who thinks we'll put ANY old rubbish up here found the following humorous foodstuff. "Back in damp, cold northern Europe, I found the perfect companion to Fanny Tuna - I present Chinese cock sauce. Sprinkling fanny tuna with cock sauce actually makes for a rather horrid dish. But it's well suited for dating situations where the object of desire just needs a subtle reminder of what http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/04/cock-sauce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-9206411350813940194Fri, 09 May 2008 11:41:00 +00002008-05-12T09:53:24.228ZHonestly, do we really need to see so much of the table? We're not so desperate for content we're about to start a series of updates entitled "The Surfaces of Reader's Tables." "You've probably seen this before, but I can't be arsed searching the archives for the utterly unremarkable Sunrise Alkaline AA battery. One of my workmates found it in his bike light, and immediately thought of addinghttp://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/really-quite-poor-photo-of-sunrise-aa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-6675754110962808242Fri, 09 May 2008 09:52:00 +00002008-05-09T10:41:31.018ZThe reason for Wii's success revealed - putting little faces onto things so people subconsciously empathise with it and want to press it into their groins. "It's not as good as the recent tuk-tuk/van-thing face, I grant you, but I find the pained, yet leering expression reminiscent of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. You know, the skeleton fella - Chris."http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-34-mario-kart-wiis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-7828142283198394983Thu, 08 May 2008 14:20:00 +00002008-05-08T14:20:00.649ZThree cheers for Quantum Search & Selection, which is showing a superb awareness of perspective with this one, plus it also knows the importance of putting the most presentable woman in the company at the front of the shot. The haircut says 'crazy Dutch lesbian' but the engagement and wedding rings would suggest otherwise.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/jingle-promotional-image-of-weeeeeek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-8804544665262469395Thu, 08 May 2008 11:42:00 +00002008-05-08T11:42:01.661Z"I put a new cartridge in over the weekend. It can't have run out by now, surely?" "Oh." What you're SUPPOSED to do, is look at them on the camera first. Then you can delete the ones you don't like before even copying them to PC. Printing them out THEN deciding is simply a waste. That thing had better not be allowed within six feet of the computer.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/what-happened-to-all-my-toner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-3414860956620462918Thu, 08 May 2008 09:45:00 +00002008-05-08T10:59:15.484ZGADGETS WITH FACES"MY CHILDREN! IT'S EATING MY CHILDREN!" Or it might be spitting them out. Or giving birth. It's an extremely gruesome scene, regardless.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-32-epsom-printer-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-1379810228530700639Wed, 07 May 2008 14:31:00 +00002008-05-07T14:31:00.598ZGADGETS WITH FACESFrom a man who would appear to be called "possession." Not sure what it is or does. And frankly, if something's not immediately obvious these days it's not going to get bothered with at all.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/gadgets-with-faces-31-bowers-wilkins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-5815800164494752293Wed, 07 May 2008 11:30:00 +00002008-05-07T11:30:01.308ZYes, it really is worthy of capital letters. It's a calendar that encourages Australian women to get involved in the IT industry. It does this by dressing up existing IT-employed ladies all pretty. Or, at least, as close as any of them can get to pretty. "Australia is currently in the depths of an ICT skills shortage and this is how we are addressing it." "Featuring twelve 'women from http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/amazing-australian-it-industry-calendar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-6847458041046017381Wed, 07 May 2008 09:52:00 +00002008-05-07T09:52:01.150ZIt belongs to one of these two disgustingly enthusiastic ladies. It is apparently the world's biggest fish finger. Bird's Eye will be launching it under the brand name "Whale's Cock" this autumn.http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/worlds-fishiest-finger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-7741999526454034874Tue, 06 May 2008 14:32:00 +00002008-05-06T14:43:39.892ZA brave step forward for Samsung, which has allowed young model Sin-Yoo Tan (right) to appear in the fashionably dishevelled and dead-eyed look often favoured by supermodels. The uncropped original photo shows bruised shins and reveals that she is only wearing one shoe. SUBMITTER DANIELE'S COMEDY ANGLE: "Samsung should be disqualified for 'excessive attractiveness gap among female models'".http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/heroin-chic-look-reaches-korea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-4451853234886504325Tue, 06 May 2008 12:01:00 +00002008-05-06T12:01:01.323ZYes, a Uniross. But a Uniross in astonishing British Racing Green, the likes of which we have NEVER SEEN BEFORE. Photos taken by a man who must be a maths teacher. "Here are some pictures, sadly without my reflection or pictures of my home. The dramatically coloured MaxEnergy (nice use of camel case) in the back of one of those ergonomically-challenged Telewest remotes." "The giant perfo http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/maxenergy-perfo-uniross.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530096.post-3317554184514059793Tue, 06 May 2008 09:46:00 +00002008-05-06T10:40:54.837ZDuring periods of great boredom, one thing that's always fun to do is to spec up a PC on the Dell web site, then proceed with the order until you get to the following screen: Too scared to actually go through with submitting a "yes" answer. Has anyone 'followed through' properly?http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/dell-nuclearterrorism-warning-notice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cmdr_Zorg)