Super Boobs!
When I was at the “Eclectic Vintage Freakout” sale in Berkeley last Saturday, I came across something that really made me laugh. It made the sellers laugh, too, but they were ready to get it out of their house. It was only a quarter, but I decided not to buy it, asking instead if I could just take a picture. They said sure — although they did try to convince me that I really wanted it. I told them I’d give them 50 cents to take the picture and not bring it home, but kindly they didn’t make me pay up.
I am having a teensy bit of regret at leaving it behind, but I think just having the picture is really good enough.
It’s not just the wacky gag-gift nature of this item that cracks me up. That hair! That pose! That wacky copywriting! Ah, what a fine piece of ’80s debris. I didn’t take it out of the box, but I think it’s basically some kind of two-balloon apparatus that you can inflate on demand.
My almost-sincere apologies to anyone who ended up here because they were looking for real super boobs.
becky said,
August 29, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
You forgot the delightful font! I suspect the super boobs will travel from garage sale to garage sale, never to be worn by anyone!
colleen said,
August 30, 2007 @ 6:30 pm
Wait – so, the pimp book AND the boobs were at the same sale? Damn, I wish we had sales like that around here! I just can’t believe that you passed up those boobs for a quarter. They would have made the perfect Christmas gift for anyone in my family.
Carrie said,
August 31, 2007 @ 8:43 am
I so would have bought Super Boobs. Just to haul it out at parties and wave it under my friends faces and die laughing.
o.Sano said,
September 4, 2007 @ 10:46 am
will someone, anyone please mention that “ahem” models hairstyle!? dear god, how did we survive the eighties?
Jenny said,
September 5, 2007 @ 11:52 am
Yes – I love the delightful font!
I still only sort of regret not buying it. Especially after I realized that my checked baggage had that little “we searched your bags” card in it when I got off the plane – can you imagine the look on some TSA inspector’s face when they came across Super Boobs?!
Miss Pinny said,
September 18, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
I like the “nothing kinky, please” disclosure.
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