Sea Cucumber phone straps
October 7th, 2009 by James
Aomori has turned dried sea cucumbers into a popular souvenir item:
The sea cucumbers (namako) are dried, coated with gold or silver paint, and then sold as 1000 yen phone straps. They are apparently so popular that producers are having trouble keeping up with the demand.
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They look like gilded turds.
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I was thinking the same exact thing, ye beat me to it
Anybody who buys that thing has absolutely no style.
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I don’t get the whole put a leash on your phone concept.
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Me neither, especially if the item is golden poo.
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10 bucks for that piece of SH!T?!(pun intended) no thanks but im sticking with marimokori
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Perhaps people are using them to display their loyalty to Azumanga Daioh’s “Namaco Team!”
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There goes the sea cucumber as a species.
The girl on the right in that YouTube preview picture looks absolutely miserable!
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Those things are horrible looking. I remember the first time I tasted a sea cucumber I was about 8 years old. It made me vomit instantly. A few days ago I had the opportunity to try it again. I unintentionally ate a piece. I wasn’t sure what it was and didn’t really care for it. I found out afterwards that it was sea cucumber. So, for me it fails as a meal and now it fails as a phone accessory.
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