Comments on: Beer mug produces a head of foam on demand http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454400 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454400 We here at the Cult of the Stache wish to state that we disapprove of this invention, disapprove of excessive beer head, and disapprove of Mr. Frauenfelder's call for Prohibition.  We recommend Mr. Frauenfelder should grow a large handlebar and cut back on the caffeine. We here at the Cult of the Stache wish to state that we disapprove of this invention, disapprove of excessive beer head, and disapprove of Mr. Frauenfelder’s call for Prohibition.  We recommend Mr. Frauenfelder should grow a large handlebar and cut back on the caffeine.

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454295 Chentzilla Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454295 To each his own stimulant. To each his own stimulant.

]]> By: donovan acree http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454272 donovan acree Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454272 A plastic mug that makes your beer taste flat? Where do I sign up? A plastic mug that makes your beer taste flat? Where do I sign up?

]]> By: purple-stater http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454213 purple-stater Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454213  If you don't drink, then how can you say it's "foul-tasting"?  If you don’t drink, then how can you say it’s “foul-tasting”?

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454103 teapot Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454103 Thanks man you saved me some Google-fu. I should've sent this to BB a few months ago when my partner showed it to me. Thanks man you saved me some Google-fu. I should’ve sent this to BB a few months ago when my partner showed it to me.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1454102 teapot Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1454102 ...more like nomitai! …more like nomitai!

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453986 Daneel Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453986 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEEU1nQeGNA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEEU1nQeGNA

]]> By: papiermeister http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453853 papiermeister Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453853  YATTA!!! Not sure if that really is him, but I thought that, too.  YATTA!!! Not sure if that really is him, but I thought that, too.

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453846 jerwin Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453846 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Boddingtons-bitter-cone-small-52354.jpg Not that I'm a fan of Boddington's.  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Boddingtons-bitter-cone-small-52354.jpg
Not that I’m a fan of Boddington’s. 

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453804 lecti Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453804 (dark room guy) Friends not included. :( (dark room guy) Friends not included. :(

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453725 miasm Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453725  ...these guys are all making oblique references to Santorum, right?  …these guys are all making oblique references to Santorum, right?

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453651 Mark_Frauenfelder Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453651 Are you trying to make me lose my lunch? Are you trying to make me lose my lunch?

]]> By: MrWednesday7 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453619 MrWednesday7 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453619 Raspberry chocolate stout! nom Raspberry chocolate stout! nom

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453597 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453597 What next?  A cilantro FlavrPak for the Enfoamerator? What next?  A cilantro FlavrPak for the Enfoamerator?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453571 Boundegar Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453571  Wonderful Japanese ska!  Mighty Mighty Bossutonzu!  Wonderful Japanese ska!  Mighty Mighty Bossutonzu!

]]> By: hardwarejunkie9 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453551 hardwarejunkie9 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453551  It sounds to me as if those here need to learn more about the glorious art of homebrew. Best hobby ever. I'm making a raspberry chocolate stout (previously have made scotch ale, brown ale, and irish red).  It sounds to me as if those here need to learn more about the glorious art of homebrew. Best hobby ever.

I’m making a raspberry chocolate stout (previously have made scotch ale, brown ale, and irish red).

]]> By: mintyy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453539 mintyy Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453539 "maker of irresistible crappy gadgetry" from a site that sells Fred housewares, the undisputable king of shitty, unbelievably wasteful, visual pun gag junk? “maker of irresistible crappy gadgetry” from a site that sells Fred housewares, the undisputable king of shitty, unbelievably wasteful, visual pun gag junk?

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453538 rrh Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453538 I like to think of them brainstorming cross-sections of people enjoying their product. "Okay, we got younger parents, older parents, businessmen, boys' night out, girls' night out, punk band. Anything we forgot?" "What about guys drinking by themselves in a darkened room?" "Ah! Important demographic, can't forget them!" I like to think of them brainstorming cross-sections of people enjoying their product.

“Okay, we got younger parents, older parents, businessmen, boys’ night out, girls’ night out, punk band. Anything we forgot?”

“What about guys drinking by themselves in a darkened room?”

“Ah! Important demographic, can’t forget them!”

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453535 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453535 i agree as long as they make the other thing legal. ..well no, i change my mind.  never ban beer please.   i agree as long as they make the other thing legal.

..well no, i change my mind.  never ban beer please.  

]]> By: Tim Shepherd http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453501 Tim Shepherd Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453501 Is it just me or does the guy who first appears at 0:13 sec look like Masi Oka? GO HIRO! Is it just me or does the guy who first appears at 0:13 sec look like Masi Oka? GO HIRO!

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453495 Baldhead Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453495  Agree it shouldn't be foul- but it still strikes me as being not a useful thing- I specificially pour to reduce the head as the head = part of my glass filled with stuff i can't drink. And trust that I know my beer very well. Just never saw a use for the head, aside from cosmetic appeal.  Agree it shouldn’t be foul- but it still strikes me as being not a useful thing- I specificially pour to reduce the head as the head = part of my glass filled with stuff i can’t drink. And trust that I know my beer very well. Just never saw a use for the head, aside from cosmetic appeal.

]]> By: boris kane http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453493 boris kane Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453493 The Japanese have to be the only group of people to love >2 fingers of head. Which is absolute nonsense, given that their beer is in fact quite good, for lager. The Japanese have to be the only group of people to love >2 fingers of head.

Which is absolute nonsense, given that their beer is in fact quite good, for lager.

]]> By: zotlerg http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453473 zotlerg Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453473 ..He probably needs a drink! ;) ..He probably needs a drink! ;)

]]> By: Brad H. http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453470 Brad H. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453470 Is that like MIDI ska music or am I just too stoned? Is that like MIDI ska music or am I just too stoned?

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453471 vonbobo Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453471 Let's see... "I for one welcome our new Sparkling Beer Mug Overlords!" ? nooo. "Look at this Sparkling Beer Mug! Just look at it!"? mmm, close... "all your Sparkling Beer Mug belong to us"? nope. "needs more cowbell!"? no "fucking Sparkling Beer Mugs, how do they work?" hrmm, close enough! Let’s see…

“I for one welcome our new Sparkling Beer Mug Overlords!” ?
nooo.

“Look at this Sparkling Beer Mug! Just look at it!”?
mmm, close…

“all your Sparkling Beer Mug belong to us”?
nope.

“needs more cowbell!”?
no

“fucking Sparkling Beer Mugs, how do they work?”
hrmm, close enough!

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453469 RedShirt77 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453469  Guinness Foam is akin to ice cream in my mind. I would assume that some foaming mug would produce foul slime.  Guinness Foam is akin to ice cream in my mind.

I would assume that some foaming mug would produce foul slime.

]]> By: Nagurski http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453468 Nagurski Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453468  Well fine then, Mr. crankypants.  Well fine then, Mr. crankypants.

]]> By: Kenji Kiuchi http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453453 Kenji Kiuchi Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453453 I agree with Bob. On another note, Brando is not the maker, only a distributor in this sense. The commercial, mug and origin are all Japanese. It is manufactured by Takara Tomy Arts, as you can see in the final frames of the video. Here is the original website:  http://www.takaratomy-arts.co.jp/specials/jokki_hour/ I agree with Bob. On another note, Brando is not the maker, only a distributor in this sense. The commercial, mug and origin are all Japanese. It is manufactured by Takara Tomy Arts, as you can see in the final frames of the video. Here is the original website: 
http://www.takaratomy-arts.co.jp/specials/jokki_hour/

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453449 bcsizemo Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453449 Everyone knows the secret to a good head is the proper splitting of a beer atom. Everyone knows the secret to a good head is the proper splitting of a beer atom.

]]> By: lava http://boingboing.net/2012/06/19/beer-mug-produced-a-head-of-fo.html#comment-1453442 lava Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166885#comment-1453442 I have a Brando mic for my iphone that works great I have a Brando mic for my iphone that works great

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