Comments on: Bag of rice with new baby's photo http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: isadrone http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106241 isadrone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106241 That's... pretty cool, actually. You receive a baby analogue, weighted correctly, with visual cue (face) and details to further concretize your virtual baby-holding experience. All without having to convince the parents that you think it's the bestest sprog ever. Plus, it doesn't cry or shit and, best of all, after hefting it about a bit, you get to eat it. Mmmm, (virtual) babyflesh! That’s… pretty cool, actually. You receive a baby analogue, weighted correctly, with visual cue (face) and details to further concretize your virtual baby-holding experience. All without having to convince the parents that you think it’s the bestest sprog ever. Plus, it doesn’t cry or shit and, best of all, after hefting it about a bit, you get to eat it. Mmmm, (virtual) babyflesh!

]]> By: Lone http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106249 Lone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106249 Saw this on NOTCOT or somewhere recently. All thats missing here are LOLCat or some other blurb. The baby on the left is just begging to share his wisdom. Saw this on NOTCOT or somewhere recently. All thats missing here are LOLCat or some other blurb. The baby on the left is just begging to share his wisdom.

]]> By: trikitixa http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106255 trikitixa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106255 I just wonder if this is a vestige of the Inari cult or some other Shinto gesture accompanying birth. I just wonder if this is a vestige of the Inari cult or some other Shinto gesture accompanying birth.

]]> By: Peaceflag2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106266 Peaceflag2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106266 mmm...longpig mmm…longpig

]]> By: Benny http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106281 Benny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106281 oh man, I hope my future child to be weighs over 30 lbs... oh man, I hope my future child to be weighs over 30 lbs…

]]> By: cha0tic http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-107053 cha0tic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-107053 @ #8 I bet the mother of your child doesn't benny :) @ #8
I bet the mother of your child doesn’t benny :)

]]> By: deweyeyed http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106300 deweyeyed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106300 There is something really wonderful about these. And so much better than the tradition of cigars, now replaced by chocolate cigars. There is something really wonderful about these. And so much better than the tradition of cigars, now replaced by chocolate cigars.

]]> By: Silverlotus http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106374 Silverlotus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106374 What an interesting idea. My baby was due yesterday (still holding on), and I think it would be really neat to send out bags of rice, or something, rather then paper announcements that no one will keep anyway. What an interesting idea. My baby was due yesterday (still holding on), and I think it would be really neat to send out bags of rice, or something, rather then paper announcements that no one will keep anyway.

]]> By: Lex10 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106424 Lex10 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106424 ......especially cool if your last name is Rice! ……especially cool if your last name is Rice!

]]> By: License Farm http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106447 License Farm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106447 Is Condi pregnant? W's got some 'splainin' to do... It's an interesting gesture. "Here, eat my offspring's weight in rice so my wife doesn't look so fat postpartem!" Is Condi pregnant? W’s got some ‘splainin’ to do…

It’s an interesting gesture. “Here, eat my offspring’s weight in rice so my wife doesn’t look so fat postpartem!”

]]> By: deepy http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106227 deepy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106227 What a great idea. We should do that in America with sacks of genetically modified corn. What a great idea. We should do that in America with sacks of genetically modified corn.

]]> By: CaptainKabob http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106228 CaptainKabob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106228 This makes me think of the (apparently apocryphal) story of baby-food marketing gone awry: "A large multinational corporation once attempted to sell baby food in an African nation by using packaging designed for its home country market. The company's regular label showed a picture of a baby with a caption describing the kind of baby food contained in the jar. African consumers took one look at the product, however, and were horrified. They interpreted the labels to mean that the jars contained ground-up babies!" [Harvard Business Review, 1984] from Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/babyfood.asp This makes me think of the (apparently apocryphal) story of baby-food marketing gone awry:

“A large multinational corporation once attempted to sell baby food in an African nation by using packaging designed for its home country market. The company’s regular label showed a picture of a baby with a caption describing the kind of baby food contained in the jar. African consumers took one look at the product, however, and were horrified. They interpreted the labels to mean that the jars contained ground-up babies!” [Harvard Business Review, 1984]

from Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/business/market/babyfood.asp

]]> By: DGHilton http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/bag-of-rice-with-new.html#comment-106231 DGHilton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106231 This isn't related in any way shape or form, except that it's a packaged food product from Japan. Oh, and it's funny. http://www.hiltonjapan.com/2008/01/best-dogfood-name-bar-none.html At least I think it is... This isn’t related in any way shape or form, except that it’s a packaged food product from Japan. Oh, and it’s funny.

http://www.hiltonjapan.com/2008/01/best-dogfood-name-bar-none.html

At least I think it is…

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