Category: Novelty

It’s A Zoo In There (The Fridge, That Is)

fridgezoo

Fridgeezoo gives a voice to all the critters of the icebox by howling and screaming if the refrigerator door gets held open too long. The gadgets are shaped like little milk cartons dressed up as various cold-climate creatures such as a polar bear, a penguin, a seal or a walrus. Of course, since these Japanese gadgets are probably light-activated, you can save even more energy just by unscrewing the refrigerator light.

(Via Oh Gizmo! and Craziest Gadgets)

***Update 10/17/24: The penguin lives on!

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What To Do With All That (Lame) Halloween Candy

Nostalgia Electrics PCM-805 Hard Candy/Sugar Free Cotton Candy Maker

Near the bottom of the Halloween candy hierarchy is hard candy. Trick or treating is about going door to door, freeloading off of our neighbors and rating how cool they are by what candy they dole out. Chocolate bars? A-ok. Hard candy? Lame. Just a step up from granola snacks or rice crackers.

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When On The Rocks Isn’t Cold Enough

Margaritaville NBMGDC1000 Chillin' Pour Liquor Chiller

Most alcoholic beverages are somewhat of a required taste. Remember your first beer? Doesn’t taste so odd now, huh? As a gateway drug drink, beer has nothing on the next level up: hard liquor. Soon after discovering that sugar is an effective mixer, 21-year-olds (ahem) everywhere learn that, for their still-developing tastebuds, when it comes to booze, colder is better.

Providing a means to chill drinks colder than ice, the Margaritaville NBMGDC1000 Chillin’ Pour Liquor Chiller is a super-freezer and a drink-dispenser all in one. Chilling spirits down to 15-degrees F, the small countertop unit uses a distinctive throttle handle to ease out a shot of super-cooled booze. The unique bar accessory holds up to 750-mL of booze, or just enough to get the frat party started. At a price point similar to that of a college textbook or two, it may not constitute required reading, but it shouldn’t come as any surprise what will get more use.

Gangster Grater Not Just For Swiss Cheese

Gangster Grater from DCI Gifts

Bearing a striking resemblance to a certain 1934 Ford Model 730 Deluxe Sedan, the Gangster Grater from DCI Gifts can make any cheese look like Swiss cheese. No, it won’t put holes in your cheese, but it will reduce any block of cheese to shreds in mere minutes. With no fear of any law enforcement planning an ambush.

Product Description:
This Gangster Grater is a clever cheese grater that is shaped like a gangster car with bullet holes! Made with stainless steel and rubber edges, this unique cheese grater also works as a measuring device for single serving spaghetti meals. Simply insert spaghetti rod into the tire for a perfect measurement. Add some excitement to your next meal with this gangster cheese grater! Hand Wash only.

Sticking Sushi On The Fridge

DCI Gifts Mini Sushi Magnets

How do you tell when sushi is done? Well, if it weren’t a trick question, one might take the spaghetti approach and throw a piece at the fridge to see if it sticks. In the case of the DCI Gifts Mini Sushi Magnets, it would. While that method may be tried and true, as any college kid will tell you, the test spaghetti doesn’t always make it off the wall and into the trash. Modern art has to start somewhere. But anyways, back to the fish: sold as a set of ten, the refrigerator magnets offer all of the fun of having fish stuck on the fridge, but without any of the associated smell.