Not that this blog is going to turn into an endless series of posts mocking catalogue tat, but I found this one lying around, inexplicably abandoned in a bookshop the other day, so I had to pick it up. Pictures can be clicked to view large on flickr.
Erik and sgazzetti – you’ll both be receiving a set of these next Christmas:
Below: “The friends of Nature know that all trees have a soul. But now they also have a face! The separate elements are in synthetic stone; the eyes shine at night.”
Below, extract: “Simply plant the character in a hedge or behind a barrier with the aid of the large metal bar, and observe the magic effect he has on passers-by. He’ll put even the grumpiest people in a good mood!”
And finally, in the bathroom section of the catalogue…
I love her pose and expression. Does she think it’s a telephone, or is she just cuddling it?
March 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm
“Observe the magic effect he has on passers-by”, indeed!
That photo of the shiny balls is pretty impressive. As we all know it’s hard to not get the camera in a shot like that. It must have been done with a strong telephoto lens hidden in the bushes back there. Probably some Photoshopping helped, too.
March 28, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Judging by other elements of the shot, I don’t think it was that long a lens. Certainly not enough for the photographer to be hidden in those bushes. I think Mr Knoll’s software may indeed have been used.
March 28, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Forcing myself not to comment on the woman and her red, red lipstick and “relaxation” device. Oh no–I’m not going there…
March 28, 2008 at 6:01 pm
“He’ll put even the grumpiest people in a good mood!”
I want to put this assertion to the test immediately. Get one of these in the mail to Arlington, Virginia right away.
March 28, 2008 at 6:06 pm
This just in from Arlington, Virginia: NO THANK YOU.
March 30, 2008 at 1:16 pm
LOL Simon, that’s the way some more conservative Belgian postorder companies sell their vibrators: as a “relaxation device”
My neigbour reads the same catalogue and actually buys much of those wondrous inventions that serve no purpose: just owning them seems to satisfy her.
March 31, 2008 at 3:53 pm
“Relaxation device” is really quite honest.
March 31, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Indeed birdandpickle, although in all honesty I often wonder why some of my female neighbors make that much noise when ‘relaxing’
April 2, 2008 at 5:01 am
Don’t all women prefer a good cuddle anyway LOL!
That tree gives me the creeps!
April 5, 2008 at 7:00 am
I shudder at the beige ridged super deluxe vibromasseur–and not in a good way.
May 5, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Good morning,
A client off mine has haerd that there was an article of TrapArt in Maison et Comfort.
Is is an article about staircases.
Can you sent me a copy off that article plaese.
Mij name is mr N.P.C. van Oijen
Biesteweg 12
3849 RD Hierden
Netherlands.
Thank you for you help.
With best regards
N.P.C. van Oijen
May 6, 2008 at 11:31 am
Sorry, Bert, but after I made these scans, I threw the catalogue away. Try contacting them via their website http://www.maison-et-confort.be
August 14, 2008 at 3:21 pm
A relaxation device? If that’s what it’s called then I was born with one on the end of each arm, formerly known as hands…
I have also added this to my mental list of masturbation euphamisms and it lands itself firmly in the top five! Still, it hasn’t knocked “Wanking Spanners” off Number 1 spot yet…
November 4, 2009 at 11:40 am
More tat??? Wow! All I ever get sent is the Lidl catalogue.
This time I would choose tree face and Papi Schmidt.
Is that a paddle next to the lady with the relaxed jaw?
November 4, 2009 at 11:47 am
That’s right; a special Lady Paddle.
November 4, 2009 at 11:55 am
Brilliant. No wonder she looks so happy.
I assume the picture of a corpse underneath the paddle is a warning of what could happen if you spank too hard.