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I want a wallpaper patterned inflatable derp hat.
- eldritch
  
  I want whatever that hair dryer thing is – because it clearly isn’t ACTUALLY a hair dryer, because the girl’s hair isn’t wet.
  - http://twitter.com/JayStephens Jay Stephens
    
    It’s a bloody effective hair-dryer. That’s why her hair is dry already. Vorsprung durch thingumajig…. My German’s pretty rusty, but actually, I think the bit that begins “Zum Frisieren…” indicates that it is a dual-function thingumajig, able to both dry and curl hair with terrifying teutonic efficiency.
    - retepslluerb
      
      They basically just state that it has a strong setting (more pressure and heat to dry the hair) and a mild setting to curl the hair (a mild stream of warm air) .
      
      If American gadgets don’t do this, it’s not a sign of bad engineering but superior marketing. :-)
    - howaboutthisdangit
      
      Ohhhhh, it’s a hair dryer! I thought it might be a delouser.
Bob Knetzger

Ach du lieber! I think that lady is wearing a Frauenfelder on her head, nicht wahr?

Ausgezeichtnet!
dorkus1218

Posting the title of an ultra catchy song and not even providing a link, tsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ63Ite4l7g
- Evan
  
  damn! i wanted to be the guy who made the buzzcocks’ connection…
Antinous / Moderator

I hate, hate, hate the fact that brain extractors for men only come in black and brown.
- http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
  
  Fortunately that hate subsides quite quickly.
http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

“Not…really…happy…can’t…stop…smiling…while…helmet…is…on…”
- Pirate Jenny
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vyE5IjT0w
jtegnell

A propos: http://vimeo.com/26666942
http://twitter.com/robertdee robertdee

My mum had something very similar to this. Weird childhood recall.
sickkid1972

Mrs Galactus deals with her daughter’s bad hair day….
Ipo

I’ve actually seen that exact wallpaper patterned derp hat in action.
As incomprehensible now as it was then.
The wearer couldn’t hear anything because the device went: “WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…” , while it made hot air.
It smelled like my huge inflatable dolphin beach toy did in the sun.
PVC products release toxic hydrogen chloride gas when heated.
Good times.
- blueelm
  
  I know it’s wrong. I know it’s poison. But I *LOVE* that smell.
D Lutz

Does anyone else think her hand under the child’s hair is unnaturally large?
- Jonathan Roberts
  
  Creepy. Although it looks like her fingers are normal-sized somehow.
http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

What is this…I don’t even.
knoxblox

Hey, didn’t somebody wear that to the royal wedding this last spring?
blueelm

She looks like a lego person! Also I think her palm looks large because the child’s hair in that light is actually close to her flesh tone so that the lock of hair in her palm looks like it’s part of her hand.
ddh819

MODAM!