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Strange World
Bald head advertising space for $320
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ast month, 27-year-old entrepreneur Brandon Chicotsky launched a unique service called Bald Logo, turning his bald head into a billboard for businesses willing to pay him $320 per day, and walking around Austin, Texas to get as much exposure as possible. How does the old saying go, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”? That’s exactly what Brandon Chicotsky did after he lost most of the hair on his head at a very young age. ”Because I didn’t get to choose to be bald I thought I’d bring bald and beautiful back,” said Chicotsky, who also decided to use his head as an actual business. Last month, the young entrepreneur launched Bald Logo, and since then he’s been flooded with inquiries from businesses interested in having their logos temporarily tattooed on his or one of his coworkers’ heads, for a fee of $320 a day. Brandon and his team have perfected the tattoos to withstand any weather conditions, and will spend six hours a day walking the streets of Austin garnering attention for their clients. Bald Logo currently has three “bald angelicals” on its staff, but the ambitious businessman plans to hire more walking advertising spaces and expand to other cities. In order to get as much attention as possible when
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parading around town with their logo tattoos, Bald Logo’s angelicas have devised a strategy that involves attractive girls, camera crews and full-body spandex suits. When they’re working, Brandon Chicotsky and his bald co-workers are accompanied by two female actresses carrying signs or waving flags promoting
the client’s business, as well as a third actor dressed in a full-body spandex suit. To turn even more heads, they’ll have a camera crew following them around. “When there are cameras, people tend to inquire, ‘What is this about, what’s on your head?’” Chicotsky said. I think it’s fair to say the guy’s using his head in more ways
Man invites video game lady to his wedding
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alk about pushing your luck, right? As if having his future wife put up with a virtual girlfriend wasn’t enough, a Japanese geek actually had the nerve to invite his video-game lady and two of her friends to their wedding and even reserved seats for them. But the bride had some plans of her own… For obvious reasons, the real names of the protagonists
in this story were not revealed, but photos from their wedding were posted online by guests surprised to see three Nintendo DS handheld video-game co n so l e s se a te d a s g ue sts. Their screens showed three different anime-like girls, one of which was revealed to be the groom’s girlfriend. Nene Anegasaki, Manaka Takane and RinkoKobayakawa are
characters from the hugely popular Konami video game, Love Plus. The addictive openended dating simulator has reportedly sold in over 250,000 copies in Japan, and stories of men caught by their girlfriends and wives while tending to their virtual partner’s needs began surfacing online a while ago. In 2010, we posted photos of gamers celebrating Nene’s birthday with cakes and candles and presents, just One of the invited Consoles that featured as a t o s h o w h o w popular the Love guest.
Plus character was. But this is probably the first time Nene attended a real-life wedding, as a guest. As RocketNews24 points out, it’s obvious the bride knew what she was getting into, when she agreed to marry an obvious geek who works as staff for Comic Market, Japan’s largest comic book convention, but why would she let him embarrass her by bringing his virtual love interest and her friends at the wedding. Obviously, she had something up her sleeve. During the wedding that took place on November 24, instead of the traditional cake-cutting ceremony, the memory card was removed from the groom’s Nintendo and placed on a bed of napkins. Then it was announced that the newlyweds will use a wooden mallet to physically destroy the game cartridge and all vestiges of the groom’s relationship with Nene Anegasaki. According to eyewitnesses, the man clearly wasn’t expecting such a turn of events and despite being on the verge of tears and the mallet dropped, he couldn’t bring himself to stop it. That would have probably never happened if the groom had met his bride at one of those geek-only matchmaking events.
than one. “It’s a thrill because it truly garners attention,” Chicotsky told the New York Daily News. “For the first time in my life, I was called out in a restaurant: ‘Hey, you’re that bald guy I saw on YouTube!’ Bald Logo donates nearly half their proceeds to the national Alopecia Areata
Foundation, which supports people with the autoimmune disease that causes hair loss from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp. You might think this is a stupid way to make a living, but it sure beats permanently tattooing company logos on your face and body.
Fart by mail
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art By Mail, a California-based mail order service started by Zach Friedberg, offers people the chance to send friends or enemies stinky greetings that actually “smell like real poo”. Holidays are just around the corner, and if you’re looking for a really original way to send your season’s greetings, you might want to check out Fart By Mail. This unusual mailing service delivers audio greeting cards with your custom message, the hilarious sound of a fart, and a nice heinous odor to go with it. Sure, there are nice Hallmark greetings cards out there to choose from, but how many of them smell like passing wind? The stinky greeting cards are sealed in a clear polyethylene envelope with a warning that the
recipient check the back of the envelope for more information on what they are holding. But, if you really want to surprise them, you can go for the “Stealth” option, to have Fart By Mail remove any warnings on the package. Sending one of these stinky cards will set you back just $8.99 (with free shipping in the USA), a small price for such a cool service, if you ask me. Like me, you’re probably wondering if these guys put real farts inside those clear envelopes. Fart By Mail clears that up in the FAQ section of their website: As much as we would love to actually fart in an envelope, it is not possible. Our Stinkologists simply cannot fart enough to meet the supply demands of customers like you.