South Korean iPod Fingers Spared From Cold By Sausage Styluses


The recent cold weather in South Korea is reportedly responsible for the recent spike in sales of CJ Corporation’s snack sausages – they are selling like hot cakes, but not because people are hungry.
The electrostatic properties of the meaty edibles allow them to be used as a stylus. As I see it, they have two advantages over conventional styluses: they are robust enough to be handled while wearing gloves and one can consume meats of unknown origin when they have no more use for the meaty pointer.

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[Source: (Translated from Korean) via Kottke]

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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    […] a fact that has seen food manufacturer pull in some extra sales over the icy South Korean winter. [We Interrupt] Related Posts :Football Salami: a Superbowl-appropriate SnackRobot Gives Birth To Help South […]

  • Andrew
    1 March 2010 at 5:50 am
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    Man, this makes me want a Slim Jim.

  • Andrew
    1 March 2010 at 5:50 am
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    Man, this makes me want a Slim Jim.

  • Andrew
    1 March 2010 at 12:50 am
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    Man, this makes me want a Slim Jim.

  • Milander
    6 March 2010 at 11:34 am
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    Is it just me or does anyone else see the not so subtle wit in using your meat to poke away at yet another fanboy apple gadget…. Freud would have a field day methinks.

  • Milander
    6 March 2010 at 11:34 am
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    Is it just me or does anyone else see the not so subtle wit in using your meat to poke away at yet another fanboy apple gadget…. Freud would have a field day methinks.

  • Milander
    6 March 2010 at 6:34 am
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    Is it just me or does anyone else see the not so subtle wit in using your meat to poke away at yet another fanboy apple gadget…. Freud would have a field day methinks.

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