The Nuclear Doorbell: It’s a FedEx Guy Red Alert

February 4, 2009

The FedEx guy is at the door. This is not an alert! Anytime someone presses your nuclear doorbell, you are damn sure going to know about it (and so will your neighbors, the police and woodland creatures). Plus, it’ easy to install—no wiring required.
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Pistol Cables: For Musical Firepower

February 4, 2009

If your guitar is the weapon, then your amps and instrument cables are the ammo that will help fire a barrage of melodies at your audience. You can visualize this even more clearly when your cables and connectors have mini pistols and grenades on them. But if you’re using a 10 watt amp, your firepower will be more [...]

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Just So You Know… I Eat at White Castle

February 4, 2009

Even though White Castle restaurants seem more and more scarce, the legend is more popular than ever. And if you’re  a musician looking to promote your favorite square hamburger, the White Castle amp is the way to go.
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Pool Cue Pen With Travel Case

February 4, 2009

Any fan of the movie The Hustler would just love to walk into a big meeting and pull out their own cue case. It may be a fraction of the size of the real thing, but that just makes it cooler. Once the case is out you can remove your pool cue pen, sit down [...]

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College Ruled Tea Towel

February 4, 2009

Feel like you are back in grade school when you clean up after your messy guests with the Paper Towel Tea Towel. It is very hard to forget the standard lined notepaper that you were forced to work with year after year and these towels are designed to perfectly mimic their look. Using these towels [...]

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Taste Test: Wasabi Gumballs and Absinthe Mints

February 3, 2009

It’s day two of our three day novelty candy taste test. Next up: wasabi gumballs and absinthe mints. Find out how they tasted after the break.

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Pizza Pro 3000 Circular Saw

February 3, 2009

The Pizza Pro 3000 makes quick work of any crust, cheese, toppings and fingers that get in its way. It’s not actually a real working saw, but it is definitely masculine. Seriously, I would have to wear flannel and grow a beard just for pizza night. I have my fingers crossed for a chainsaw version [...]

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A Kitchen Knife For True Psychos

February 3, 2009

The “Evidence” kitchen knife is another one of our favorites from Fred’s Spring 2009 Catalog—and it’s easy to see why. A perfectly functional 8″ knife that is permanently emblazoned with gore. It’s even boxed with an evidence tag to complete the effect. It really throws out that “yeah, I just stabbed my husband and now [...]

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Smile Dinner Plate Gives You Back Your Dignity

February 3, 2009

With the “Smile!” dinner plate, you’ll have the advantage of a built in mirror at the bottom of your plate to check your teeth for naughty food bits that hung on through the storm. And since the mirror is at the bottom, that means the mound of food in your teeth will only go unnoticed through all of the meal [...]

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Mousetraps and Cheese: The Love Story Continues

February 3, 2009

Aside from being a utilitarian eyesore, mousetraps gained international stardom as the best way to bait and kill rodents. However, they’re a one trick pony.  So in a new effort to move from behind your toilet to a place of prominence on your kitchen counter, the duo of mousetraps and cheese have once again combined their forces with the “Oh Snap!” cheeseboard.  [...]

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Hopside Down Glass

February 3, 2009

Any product for better beer drinking is certainly applauded here at Nerd Approved. The Hopside Down glass gives you the look of drinking from a bottle with the ease of using a glass.
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Souper! Spoon Speeds Through Meals Like a Superhero

February 3, 2009

Every child and most adults will eat just about anything you put in front of them if they can eat it with the Souper! Spoon. Sticky oatmeal and frozen ice cream are no match for this superhero. Its posable limbs will let you position him for the best attack or let him sit up when [...]

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Taste Test: Bacon Gumballs and Cupcake Mints

February 2, 2009

For the next three days I will embark on a culinary adventure into the land of novelty candy. Follow along with me as I enter a realm of unexplored flavors that could be delicious…or downright disgusting. In today’s installment I sample Bacon Gumballs and Cupcake Mints. Check out my assessment after the break.

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Skateboard Zombies Eat Brains, Shred Ramps

February 2, 2009

These highly detailed 8″-10″vinyl figures designed by artist Tsuchiya Shobu portray a group of skaters taken abruptly in a horrible half-pipe accident. Now they walk the earth as zombies desperately trying to land the trick they missed. Additional figures are available after the break.

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Refrigerator Lock Up Keeps Out Freeloaders

February 2, 2009

That one friend who always checks out what you have to eat or drink as soon as they show up can be pretty damn annoying. This fake Refrigerator Lock Up should look real enough to keep them out while you have easy access (the two shackles are actually magnets).
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“Corpse Griller” Hot Sauce Twin Pack

February 2, 2009

You know a hot sauce is serious business when it is sold in a custom cedar casket. This kit comes with one bottle of Mortician’s Mold Hot Sauce, one bottle of Undertaker’s Undead Hot Sauce, stickers, a mini-CD featuring a custom RottingFleshRadio show and some novelty maggots.
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