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  • Most Expensive Chocolates Ever

     


    Things I never in my life thought I would eat:

    - Any sort of insect.

    - A person.

    - A big handful of dirt.

    - More bicycles than that guy who holds the world's record for eating bicycles.

    - Diamonds.

    Yet, the above set of chocolates is completely edible. Wondering how?

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  • Dork Trap

     


    I swear to god, I must be the biggest nerd in the world. Let's see if you are, too. If I told you that the above vintage/modern land-rover mash-up had 1500+ HP, what would you think that means?

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    Posted Jul 01 2008, 12:00 PM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments
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  • Guess The Price: UFO/CD Player

     


    Take a look at this CD Player. It comes with a remote, and has four valves for adjusting the sound quality. It plays one CD.

    I absolutely guarantee you will not guess how much it costs:

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  • How I Want To Die


    Not that I'm craving death for any reason, but if I do have to go, I think I'd like to be trapped in this. Why?

    Because the Ovei Pod is outfitted with awesome screens and surround sound, and can be customized with air conditioning, seat vibration, and more. Basically, I'm assuming you'd get trapped in here, and if I'm going to pass away, I'd like to do it while playing video games.

    That all being said, can you guess how much this costs?

     

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  • Don’t Want An iPhone 2? Got $26,000?



    There’s still about three hours until the unveiling of the new iPhone 2, so if you need a new phone ASAP, and have $26,000 to burn, you might want to consider this:

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    Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:30 AM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments
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  • The $7000 [Sleeping Bag] Chair



    It is somewhat ironic that a $7000 chair is named the Antidiva, don’t you think? I’m sure they were going for Anti-divan, and left off a letter to be cool; but really, how much would you pay for the above chair?

    Granted, the “chair” is completely customizable, as you can roll it out like a sleeping bag, ball it up and lay on it, or use it as a chair. The outer cover is made of black leather, The inner part, velvet, in your choice of colors. The cushions themselves are filled with polystyrene, missed with waterlilies. And it’s from Italy! Hooray!

    That all being said… $7000? Really? Am I wrong, Materialistas? Check out a few more pics, and let me know what you think in the comments section:

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    Posted May 27 2008, 06:00 PM by Alex Zalben with | with 2 comment(s)
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  • The $58,000 Personal Helicopter



    I woke up this morning, and was all like, “How can I make the readers of MM spend $100,000 before noon?” Well, friends, I just made it under the wire, but between the $50,000 Turntables, and this $58,000 personal helicopter, I’ve just cost you a cool 100K.

    Details after the jump... 

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  • The $50,000 Turntable



    I was recently reading Jessica Abel’s superb graphic novel La Perdida, and there’s a pretty funny, and achingly true recurring bit where one of characters keeps talking about becoming a DJ… Except he doesn’t really know anything about music, owns only two records, and keeps talking about buying turntables, but never does. The juxtaposition is that the characters are exceedingly poor, often not knowing where their food is coming from week to week, yet this guy thinks he can buy turntables.

    Well, I’ll tell you, he definitely can’t buy these stunningly gorgeous Montegiro Lusso Turntables, from Germany. According to the website, the tables feature, “three height adjustable connected cones made from alternate layers of aluminum and black acrylic, and a central inverted cone that supports the aluminum and acrylic platter.”

    So they look pretty, is what that’s saying, right? You can purchase the Montegiro Lusso at the link below, but first, some jaw dropping pictures:

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    Posted May 21 2008, 10:00 AM by Alex Zalben with | with 1 comment(s)
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  • The $46,000 Dress Shirt

     

    What you see above, my friends, is the world’s most expensive shirt. Made by Eton Shirts Limited to celebrate their 80th Anniversary, the shirt has been created from the finest Egyptian cotton yarn, with buttons and studs encrusted with diamonds.

    After the jump, a devious plan to claim this shirt for my own... 

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    Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

    Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

    Steph Auteri is a freelance just-about-everything, with a special fondness for home goods she can't afford. She has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press and Nerve. She runs the blog selfhelpme.net, and her work can be found at stephiswrite.com.

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