On today’s Bank Holiday edition of the show, we reported on the company offering a sale not to be missed, and on an activity offered in Japan, which might just be the thing for a cold and grey Bank Holiday.
But first off we considered whether rather than spending months trying to capture SADDAM HUSSEIN, the US Government could have just bought him on line for a Tenner on WISH?
Amazingly the WISH store was heavily promoting sales of the former dictator last week for just £10, so successfully in fact that after 10 sales had been completed within just a matter off hours, the price was doubled.
Someone tweeted, ‘Great morning shopping on Wish. I’ve just secured a KFC onesie, a bow and arrow and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Should be a good weekend.’
In fact as purchasers subsequently discovered, the item on offer was actually a fine art print reproduced on Premium Heavy Stock Paper which it’s claimed captures all of the vivid colours and details of the original…’This print, which is offered in two sizes, is ready for hanging or framing.’
Anyone still interested in going ahead with the purchase faces a long wait as demand has been such that delivery is unlikely before sometime between September 4 and November 8, and will cost you an extra £5 for postage and packaging.
The San Francisco-based Wish store, which offers customers ‘personal recommendations’ based on a somewhat unfathomable algorithm, has long held a reputation for its bizarre offerings.
Memorable previous offers have included a bag of white powder, a cat blindfold, a USB pregnancy test and leggings covered with unnerving images of Nicolas Cage’s face.
Meanwhile fans of the brutal dictator who miss out on the poster have a number of other products to choose from including phone cases, t-shirts and caps all emblazoned with his face.
Can’t wait!
Meanwhile over in Japan people finding the pandemic just too stressful are being offered the chance to unwind by lying down in a coffin surrounded by chainsaw-wielding zombies.
Absolutely true for a mere 800 yen – about $7.60, residents of Tokyo can spend 15 minutes relaxing in a two-metre windowed coffin, listening to a horror story, whilst actors masquerading as the undead perform round them, poking them with fake hands and squirting them with water.
Sounds like fun!
Organised by production company Kowagarasetai, aka ‘The Scare Squad’, the group is trialling the 15-minute shows in the horror-mad nation.
Earlier in the pandemic they organised drive-in horror shows but were looking for something that could be more easily moved from place to place.
And apparently it works, judging by the reactions of some of their early clients.
Customers for the shows, which are currently staged in a rest lounge, usually used by passengers arriving in the capital on overnight bus trips, include shopping mall owners and operators of other venues which the company hopes will be happy to host them in future.
‘We needed to have something that we could take anywhere, and coffins are easy to move. All you need to do is put them in a dark room,’ said organiser, Kenta Iwana. ‘It’s good business for us and satisfying for our customers.’
‘Lots of events have had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus, and I was looking for a way to get rid of my stress,’ said Kazushiro Hashiguchi, 36, after enjoying the 15 minute show. ‘I feel totally relaxed now”, he said.
Clearly a satisfied customer, there then!
So what would you like to do this afternoon to get rid of all that stress?
I’ll see you again tomorrow,
Scott