Superman coat-hanger

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 13, 2007 5:45 AM | permalink

Communistar sells these novelty coat-hangers in the shape of Superman's underwear-pervert logo. "Call for pricing" -- I'm guessing this means "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." Link

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Older Rolling Eye Clocks -- crazy German 1920s novelty timepieces

Newer Talking Bug Identifier -- magnifying glass/expert system

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#1 posted by deusdiabolus

, September 13, 2007 7:51 AM

I'm sure Shaq just ordered a thousand.

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#2 posted by doggo

, September 13, 2007 8:24 AM

And you know Jerry Seinfeld has a dozen or so...

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#3 posted by Dan

, September 13, 2007 8:49 AM

Can we retire the term "underwear pervert" already?

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#4 posted by Adam Rakunas

, September 13, 2007 9:21 AM

Dan must have thought-stealing powers, because I was thinking the same thing.

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#5 posted by Anonymous , September 13, 2007 11:23 AM

Well, it's not like we can legally refer to them by that other term, it's copyrighted. (And yes, I know, fair use, blah blah; the point is, "underwear pervert" was coined for a reason, and that reason hasn't gone away.)

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#6 posted by Anonymous , September 13, 2007 1:53 PM

I agree with the above posters about retiring "underwear pervert." With all due admiration to to the inventive, ingenious Warren Ellis, superheroes are a childlike, to be certain, representation of higher ideals. Flawed in execution, simplistic in concept, and largely reduced these days to re-re-recycled cliches.

But if you've ever watched a little kid discovering these characters and their clear struggles against outsized evil, you might reconsider the "UP" swipe.

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#7 posted by Anonymous , September 13, 2007 3:37 PM

My first thought: Batman logo also?

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#8 posted by castewar

, September 13, 2007 8:56 PM

I'll third that - it was mildly amusing at first. Then kind of annoying. Then pretty much a continuing kick in the nuts to anyone that reads a comic title with capes in it. And now, finally, it's just disrespecting THE ultimate comic hero (see how I did that without using s-u-p-e-r-h-e-r-o-e-s and thus providing an opportunity to use "underwear perverts" yet again?)

Next it will be, like, zen or something.

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#9 posted by cha0tic

, September 14, 2007 7:39 AM

Call for pricing? Hell No! I have a jigsaw & a spare piece of Plywood.