Gift for Reason

Japanese men lap up new comfort

Three thousand laps have been sold so far
Japanese men without a shoulder to cry on this Christmas are being offered a woman's lap - made out of foam - to rest on instead

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The "lap pillow", shaped like the bottom half of a kneeling woman, is selling for about 9,429 yen ($90), the French news agency AFP reported.

"Single men find this soothing," said Mitsuo Takahashi of the manufacturer Trane KK.

He told AFP that the Hizamakura, or lap pillow, fulfilled a primal need.

"From the time people were kids, people have laid their heads on their mothers' laps to get their ears cleaned," he said. "This is made to be quite close to the real thing."

But they are also reported to be proving popular as joke gifts at office parties.

So far the company has sold about 3,000 laps, Mr Takahashi said.

The Hizamakura is similar to a product, shaped like a man's torso with one sturdy arm, which has been on sale since last December.

That product, the Boyfriend's Arm Pillow, was made by Japanese company Kameo, and is being targeted at Japanese single women.
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<font color="#a52a2a" size="1">[ December 14, 2004 04:47 AM: Message edited by: travelinman ]</font>

I'm assuming my lap pillow will soon be arriving at my door?

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Originally posted by reason:
I'm assuming my lap pillow will soon be arriving at my door?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As soon as I find one in the right gender.

*snicker*

so...no MEN's lap pillows, huh?

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Originally posted by travelinman:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Oldie Blonde Kenobi:
Here you go Trav/Reason...from the article


</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Hizamakura is similar to a product, shaped like a man's torso with one sturdy arm, which has been on sale since last December.

That product, the Boyfriend's Arm Pillow, was made by Japanese company Kameo, and is being targeted at Japanese single women.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think reason is interested in the arm.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't need a pillow to keep me warm, thankyouverymuch.

Apparently, you do?

Here you go Trav/Reason...from the article

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The Hizamakura is similar to a product, shaped like a man's torso with one sturdy arm, which has been on sale since last December.

That product, the Boyfriend's Arm Pillow, was made by Japanese company Kameo, and is being targeted at Japanese single women.

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Originally posted by Oldie Blonde Kenobi:
Here you go Trav/Reason...from the article


</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Hizamakura is similar to a product, shaped like a man's torso with one sturdy arm, which has been on sale since last December.

That product, the Boyfriend's Arm Pillow, was made by Japanese company Kameo, and is being targeted at Japanese single women.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think reason is interested in the arm.