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The Crocs Fad Is Over?! Profits Down, Will Close 1 Factory

Like Zubaz pants before them, Crocs seem to be well on their way to assuming their rightful place of honor in the bad fad hall of fame as the company slashed its sales forecast and announced that it would be closing a plant in Quebec due to decreased traffic in its US stores. More »

2:24 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Meg Marco
10,128 views, 79 comments

Latest by N/A: I made fun of my mom for purchasing a pair of these before they were the hot ticket they'd become. more »

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Shopdropping: The Anti-Shoplifting

Have you heard about shopdropping? It's the big new fad among burgeoning anarchists who, instead of stealing, spread havoc by smuggling unwelcome items into stores. Think Che shirts in Target's clothing department, or unwanted bunnies roaming the pet store after Easter. It's all very badass and has several stores in a tizzy.
At Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., religious groups have been hitting the magazines in the science section with fliers featuring Christian cartoons, while their adversaries have been moving Bibles from the religion section to the fantasy/science-fiction section.
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2:05 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Carey
33,262 views, 104 comments

Latest by comedian: @just_paranoid: I love Mitch Hedberg too, he was truly ahead of his time. I thought of him just last night when more »

new and exciting products

Crocs To Make Annoying Plastic Clothes To Go With Annoying Plastic Shoes

We're all for comfortable footwear, but we really don't get the whole "Crocs" thing. They again, we've never tried them on, so perhaps we're not being fair. They look like good shoes for space pirates or RNs and we are neither (sadly). More »

5:29 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Meg Marco
5,249 views, 39 comments

Latest by waxee: guys who wear them are gay more »

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You Tube Video Causes Self-Stirring Cup Fad

This video is featured on You Tube's main page. It's a self-stirring cup, nothing new (apparently), but the video caused a run on similar cups in stores. From Hammacher Schlemmer's website:
SOLD OUT Due to the popularity of this item, we are unexpectedly sold out. Please contact customer service at 1-800-321-1484 regarding future product availability.
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10:58 AM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Meg Marco
433 views, 20 comments

Latest by manateemedia: Stirring mug available at http://www.stirringmug.com more »

scams

Wu Yi Tea, The New Diet Scam

Doris started her year off right, with a New Year's resolution to lose weight. She ordered a free trail of Wu Yi tea, "Hollywood's Hottest Diet", decided it wasn't worth it, and tried canceling her order. Four months later, Wu Yi tea's still giving her the run around. At least they had the decency to admit on their website "all the diet formulas have been, at best, disappointing, at worst, outright frauds."Check out her story, inside. More »

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By Profio
138 views, 1 comment

Latest by N/A: What will people not buy these days? Magic tea that promises weight loss by doing nothing from a website that more »