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November 13th, 2007

Ed, that manhole called you a bozo!

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough

Recently I posted Skirting the Urban Enemy, about a special garment that lets  a woman in danger disguise herself as a vending machine. While some people did not take this seriously, you can see here that apart from having a face and feet, she does resemble a Coke machine, nearly fooling this small boy.

What I didn’t mention was that the same designer thought of a purse that women can use as a disguise to look like a manhole cover. I am serious. 

Of course, manholes are generally in the middle of a street, often a busy one, so who can point out the flaw here? You sir, in the speeding Toyota? You, in the Honda? Hey, slow down! I’m hiding here! The story:

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skirt-360.jpgA boy looks at Japanese designer Aya Tsukioka dressed as a vending machine to camouflage herself in Tokyo, November 7, 2007.   REUTERS/Toru Hanai

3 comments so far

Not only does Tokyo have a very low crime rate, it also apparently has very small vending machines.

- Posted by Charlene

Apparently Tsukioka needs the vending machine suit in a 44 long.

- Posted by John C Abell

“Wait! I’m not really a manhole! That rod doesn’t go there!”

- Posted by Lady Weasel

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