Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing.
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Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing.
Captain Japan wrote:[url=http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10349617^13762,00.html]Singles queue for man pillows[/url]
Taro Toporific wrote:Captain Japan wrote:[url=http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10349617^13762,00.html]Singles queue for man pillows[/url]
Headlessness I think is the more important point.
GomiGirl wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:Captain Japan wrote:[url=http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10349617^13762,00.html]Singles queue for man pillows[/url]
Headlessness I think is the more important point.
No sale here..
It is missing something a little more important as well!!
Cubed wrote: " ... and one model has a vibrating alarm function to gently shake their sleeping beauty awake"
I hear you can order out to Korea for one of those models...GomiGirl wrote:Cubed wrote: " ... and one model has a vibrating alarm function to gently shake their sleeping beauty awake"
Do they have one that throws a glass of cold water to wake up the sleeping beauty?
Or better yet, picks her up and throws her lazy arse in the shower to get ready for work?
Prepares a healthy but nourishing breakfast?
Brews a fresh pot of coffee?
Makes the bed?
No? Didn't think so..
By Kaori Hitomi in Nagareyama, Japan
29sep04
AFTER a long night at work as a radio DJ, Junko Suzuki likes to snuggle at bedtime - and she says she's found the perfect partner: a man-shaped pillow.
Linen maker Kameo Corp.'s new "Boyfriend's Arm Pillow" - which consists of a headless torso and a stuffed arm that curls around the sleeper - might make some people uneasy.
But not Ms Suzuki, or about 1000 others in Japan who have bought the pillow, which Kameo says is the first of its kind. The product went on the market last December.
"I like to sleep holding someone's hand," Ms Suzuki, 34. "And this pillow makes me feel relaxed because I can hold the arm and feel something warm at my side."
Kameo, based in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka, says the pillow is not only an emotional comfort, but that its shape keeps the body balanced by supporting the sleeper from both sides.
Sleepers typically curl up in between the body of the pillow and the crooked arm, with the sleeper's head resting on the pillow's "bicep."
"My grandmother used to say that there is nothing more comfortable pillow than human," Kameo President Tomoki Kakehashi said. "So, I thought that maybe women would want to sleep on an arm-shaped pillow."
The pillow is only on sale in Japan, where customers can buy one for Y8500 ($106.. Covered in a shirt-shaped pillow cover, it comes in blue, pink or green.
For Ms Suzuki, who is estranged from her husband, the pillow has definite advantages: It doesn't squirm or thrash in the night, and you know it'll be there in the morning.
"It keeps holding me all the way through," she said in her home outside of Tokyo. "I think this is great because this does not betray me."
One-size pillows do not fit all.
So Kameo is working up new models: muscular pillows for sleepers who like their pillows well-built; slender models for those after a more sensitive, vulnerable partner.
The company also has a prototype for its next big project: a female pillow for men. This one will be shaped like a woman's lap, with a "skirt" cover.
"I always thought someone's lap would the best pillow for me," Mr Kakehashi said.
Whether you swear by the adorable Pikachu tail pillow or even the sucking Kirby plushie cushion, having a good night’s rest depends very much on your choice of pillows.
But for people who prefer a solid, reliable companion who will always offer an arm to rest on, perhaps a different approach in the form of the Shabani Arm Pillow (6,300 yen) would fit their needs better. Made of 100 percent polyester and measuring 45 x 90 x 15 centimeters (17.7 x 35.4 x 5.9 inches), the cushion provides a safe haven to rest.
The notion of snuggling up to a random gorilla my turn some people off, but rest assured that it is modelled after a celebrity lowland gorilla by the name of Shabani, who resides in Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya.
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