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‘Kawaii’ is Japanese for ‘cute’ →  September 3, 2009

I realise this is the second time I’ve posted a children’s product in a week; and contrary to popular belief I am not pregnant. Last time I checked I didn’t have a uterus, and besides, even if I did, why would I give up this figure? I digress. Japanese company, Funfam has invented the table [...]

Pass the peas, soup, gravy, carrots … →  August 28, 2009

Don’t be fooled: when someone asks you to pass the gravy, it’s customary to put down your flatware, finish whatever you’re chewing and send that boat for a little sail down the table. However, in this instance, your impeccable table manners would result in ‘man overboard’ along with the rest of the contents of this [...]

Napery neckwear for the uncouth →  August 7, 2009

You see it in the movies and it’s enough to make your stomach turn. When it happens in real life, one could be forgiven from standing up from the table, picking up one’s chair and smashing it over the offender’s head in a WWF motion. The crime? Tucking a napkin into one’s shirt. In the style [...]