Reinvented Lighter

12 comments:

  1. Wow this is actually a great idea to reduce world waste considering how many plastic lighters are thrown away. I would consider buying one.

    Doesn't change the fact that its a weird ass commercial though

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  2. The USB part... I feel violated.

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  3. Damn, Japanese laptops have a bunch of USB ports! I want one! Probably good considering I am sure there are a long line of crazy ass products that are USB powered in Japan.

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  4. WTF? A B C D E F Jii??? English is hard enough for the Japanese, let's not mess with the fundamental order of the alphabet as well.

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  5. In my head... This song this music still in my mind..since 3 days.

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  6. That lighter sounds suspiciously like Homestar Runner.

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    1. Few people know this, but Homestar Runner also has a USB port hidden in his crotch. To the best of my knowledge his mouth doesn't light things on fire though.

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  7. want................

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  8. I would hope/expect that the designers of this product realize that "Ji" (without the vowel sound 'held') is (among a few other things) the Japanese word for "hemorrhoids."

    Would it be embarrassing for a Japanese guy to walk into a drug store and tell the clerk that he wants "Jii" ?

    Is this lighter available as a suppository ?

    Can the average Japanese person readily tell the difference between a spoken "Ji" versus "Jii" ?

    Hopefully they won't name the US version (if it ever exists) "HemorrhoidZZ" in an attempt to translate the name of the product.

    Incidentally, there already appears to be a sort of "clone" of this product on Deal Extreme (drop-shipped from China):
    http://dx.com/p/silfa-dh002-usb-rechargeable-lighter-white-242934
    (I don't work for dx; just thought I'd do a search and see if a similar product existed)

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    1. I just realized-- the suppository version should be called "Preparation Jii"

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  9. I just got back from Japan. I made sure to pick one of these up. It's not great quality, nor is it original. There are a ton of USB electric lighters there. However this one does have the best marketing.

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