Man Vs. Food has most likely taught an unsuspecting but grateful world one enduring lesson. Other than that dignity is the market price for a T-shirt, bumper sticker and/or Polaroid on a restaurant wall, and that Mother Nature didn’t give man multiple stomachs for a reason, it’s this: enormous food just tastes better. And may I say, duh! Those phenomenal pancakes in Uncle Buck taught me that decades before.
Each of these oreos cake pans holds a ludicrous four cups of cake batter. In perspective, most whole boxes of cake mix yield about four to six cups. Would one even double this to make a Double-Stuff Oreo cake? Must we test the moral bounds of science by daring push the “stuff” into the exponential range? Stuff-Cubed Oreo, anyone? Stuff to the 10th power?
OK, kids, let’s all mop the drool before continuing. It’s not an actual crispy Oreo cookie, but this set of two non-stick aluminum cake pans allows for creating a mouth-watering, amazing facsimile. Why, only the Nabisco logo is missing, and that’s just licensing issues for you. Still, each pan makes a sandwich cookie cake that’s 1.5 inches thick and a staggering 9.75 inches in diameter. Stick to the included recipe, and you’ll craft a couple of incredible simulated Oreos cakes ready for a layer of the frosting of your choice in between. Your replica will be letter-perfect at first glance. For that last authentic touch, grab the closest knife and etch a Nabisco (or Hydrox, for all we care) logo into the top cookie. And for those who don’t care for chocolate, vanilla cake would make an equally delicious substitution.
This set also includes a 10-year warranty. Hand wash them with soapy water, avoiding abrasives and scouring pads, and begin the decade-long reign of the species that science will surely classify Orea freakingenormous.
I firmly believe that harming a good book in any way should be punishable by law. Ripping the pages, ruining the binding, drawing pictures of ninjas fighting dragons inside the covers and other such actions are the most heinous of crimes. Unless of course you commit these crimes and make something totally awesome with the remains. That is exactly what exempts these hollowed book safes from being such an offense.
Hardcover copies of various books – from classics including Gone With the Wind to contemporary tomes like The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – are bound together and then pages are carved out, creating a nifty little hiding place for whatever can fit into the given space. You could hide cash, a stash, a flask, or some more intimate items in these hollowed out books without worrying about anyone other than a fellow bookworm stumbling across them. As a packrat and book lover, this just screams useful. These also make perfect gifts and wrapping; imagine the surprise on a person’s face when they open their new hollow book safe and find a gifted trinket (or sneaky flask) inside!
Oh, the paste we waste in our wasteful haste. Who really gets the very most from every tube of toothpaste? And who could blame forsaking “waste not, want not?” Amazingly, brushing my teeth brings up the rear of my personal grooming and hygiene routine. Sometimes, that means I’m down to the wire and feel precious seconds tick past into nothing while I wring last bits of Colgate onto my brush.
Ultimately, I do as others often do: chuck probably a good several ounces or so because putting that much effort into that little toothpaste seems so cheap and embarrassingly penny-pinching, and feels quite literally like wringing blood from a turnip.
This sturdy, stainless steel toothpaste roller won’t quite mitigate sometimes feeling a little obsessive about using every usable trace of toothpaste, but it will deliver us conflicted cheapskates from stiff digits and tight forearms while we do it. Put the tube’s depleted section betwixt the two aluminum rollers, turn the screw, and the viable paste gets pressed toward the tube’s other end. Got a fresh tube? No prob, Bob. It works just as handily with first aid ointment, acne cream, and other tube-based household products you’re really not using to its full potential.
Go on. Embrace thrift. We understand.
“Hello. My name is Luke Skywalker. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Who hasn’t thought of that classic declaration of paternal revenge when Luke faced Emperor Palpatine? (And be honest: we never actually SAW his hands under those robes, so he could have had 6 fingers!) Well, now there’s a t-shirt that lets you proudly proclaim your support for the biggest “Fight that Might Have Been” since Supes and Spidey took it outside.
In one corner, wearing black with a black helmet, hailing from a galaxy far, far away: Darth “It is your destiny” Vader! In the other corner, direct from Florin, wearing black with a black eye mask: the Dread Pirate Roberts! Gentlemen, let’s keep this a fair fight: no midichlorians, no iocane powder.
Yes, it’s a match-up for the ages as these two bad guys (who are deep down good guys) square off to see who wins the right to be called the Original Man in Black. Darth may have his lightsaber, but remember: never count out the Dread Pirate Roberts, who can come back to life as long as he’s only mostly dead.
Get one of these Dread Pirate Roberts vs. Darth Vader shirts for your favorite Princess Bride / Star Wars fanatic and watch the “who woulda won” discussions begin!
Last year, when we first wrote about the Steven Seagal t-shirt awesomeness that was “Flock of Seagals”, I thought its epic nod to 80′s band A Flock of Seagulls couldn’t be topped – but this new design rocks my socks even harder! With a nod to nostalgic band tee stylings, and the always imposing visage of Sir Steven looking all bad-ass in semi profile, this new shirt begs the question: which would you find more terrifying? A Flock of Seagals, or …
Seagulls?
Yikes. I think the jury might be out on this one.
Sandwich Cookie Pans ($21.95)
