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I don’t care much for people who wear fur because I think there are many different and much more humane ways to keep warm when the weather’s being particularly unforgiving.

I have no such objections to this ‘fur’ coat commissioned by dairy company Arla, because the ‘fur’ part actually stops at its name. Though I still can’t endorse this coat for other reasons.

Instead of animal pelts, these coats are actually made from men’s chest hairs. Yes. Men’s. Chest. Hairs.

It doesn’t look that bad at first glance, but the more I think about it, the more queasy I get. You’ve got to hand it to the models who kept their breakfasts and lunches in their stomachs as they posed in the too-hairy coat.

So why would a dairy company commission a coat made from chest hair? Well, Arla’s using it as part of their advertising campaign for a new milk product that was made for men.

The product is described as a “chocolate milk drink with added protein directed at men in their 30s and 40s.”

I don’t know what hair has to do with milk (does milk help men grow thicker and fuller chests of hair?), but a lot of work definitely went into the making of the coats, which reportedly took over 200 hours.

I can’t say much about the milk drink, although I can say that the coat has generated a lot of buzz for Arla.

[METRO via The World’s Best Ever via Laughing Squid]

A Timelord game of Monopoly is all over the place. When you can travel to properties throughout time and space, the game can get pretty confusing figuring out who bought what, in what time period. It’s frustrating. This is why they no longer play the game.

But they use some pretty cool tokens. Like these from Etsy seller Donald James, who made these Doctor Who Monopoly player tokens, hand-casting them from pewter. Whip these out during your next game of Monopoly and watch everyone drool. If you don’t like Doctor Who, Donald also makes Iron Man, Transformers and Portal tokens.

For only $10(USD) you get your choice of a TARDIS, K-9 or a Dalek. He needs to make more of these. We need to have a bow-tie and a Cyberman. How about a Sonic Screwdriver at least? I know, I’m never satisfied.

[via Nerd Bastards]

Witness the true power of the Dark Side of the Force with this Darth Vader mailbox. It’s the perfect place for the delivery of the Death Star plans after recovering them from the Rebels.

Sensemonkeyboy helped build this dastardly mailbox for a friend. It features a Darth Vader helmet door and a lightsaber flag, which makes it look really ominous when there’s outgoing mail.

Would the mailman even have the guts to deliver bills or junkmail to you in this mailbox?

[via Obvious Winner]

When I was growing up, the Atari 2600 was a staple in family rooms everywhere. But despite the countless hours of entertainment these gaming systems provided, there’s no question they had primitive graphics. Imagine though if the Atari 2600 could have had real-world backgrounds for its games. It might look something like this…

For his Atari World series, digital artist Carlos Pérez combined idyllic real-world scenes with the rudimentary pixel graphics from an Atari 2600. The end result is both surreal and beautiful.

It would be cool if somebody went back and remade classic Atari 2600 games with these backgrounds. While their gameplay still might lack depth, they’d certainly be a feast for they eyes.

[via it8bit]

I always wondered how clean it was down in those pipes where Mario would duck into. I certainly wouldn’t want to jump into some green pipe sticking out of the sidewalk. While a real sewer pipe might not be so pleasant, this one is filled with nothing but tasty goodness.

This delightful 8-bit Mario cake by I Am Ginger Pops features the pixelated likeness of the plumber peeping his head out of a green drain pipe, surrounded by some of the denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. In all honesty, I don’t think gum paste and fondant taste all that good, but Toad looks so delicious, I want to pop him into my mouth and chomp him down this second. And forget about the cake on the inside of the pipe – it’s a dense vanilla fudge cake. Damn, that sounds so much better than lousy old 1up mushrooms.

Great job on the cake, Ginger Pops. Now how can I get one to put in my belly?

[via Neatorama]