Now Featuring: The Cringeworthy Catalog!

[ahedonia]

Okay, recently we here at Casa Hedonia received in the mail a catalog of "gift" items (their term). Those of us afflicted with this publication, however, found it to be a collection of objects so incredibly taste-free that it almost made us want to sterilize our hands after reading it. Demographically, it seems to be aimed squarely at the retired

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[umkinda]

Gorgeous.

Touching.

Memorable.

[zyrya]

Whimsical sayings? I'm drawing a blank. Oh, wait, no I'm not ... maybe it's things like the "don't sprinkle when you tinkle" that is making the bile rise in my throat as I type it. Now I long for the days of blank.

I can see how the Outhouse Follies evolved from all that Country Kitchen nostalgia which has been so popular for so long. The muted earth tones even match the kitchen crap. Just don't look at the actual ... crap.

And what in the *world* are those outhouses on hooks in the pic of the wallpaper border?

[ahedonia]

And what in the *world* are those outhouses on hooks in the pic of the wallpaper border?

Why, those are the custom hooks to hold up the shower curtain, just in case the subtle decor didn't get the message across, and anyone doubted your devotion to the classic shithouse, brick or not.

Oh. Dear.

[missmurchison]

I once received an ad for a combination toilet paper dispenser and telephone.

I think your picture beats that because of the insufferably cute design, so at odds with the subject matter.

Re: Oh. Dear.

[ahedonia]

I once received an ad for a combination toilet paper dispenser and telephone.

Oh THAT I'd love to see. I may go Google for it. Cuz that's really when you want to be on the phone. Besides the mental image it (forcibly) gives your callers, you want them to understand where talking to them ranks among your daily activities. Right there with...