Comments on: 'Like you make pancakes.'

'Like you make pancakes.'

shakespeherian — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:55:33 -0800

'It was an instant success,' Stan says. 'It's not surprising, because it meets all the criteria of a good gag. It's very cheap to make, so you could make a decent profit on it. It sells for a very cheap price, so it's easy to sell. And people just went after it. The numbers we hear tend to vary, but the story is it initially sold about 100,000 units a year, which, at the time, was a lot. Fishlove did very well with it.' The Inside Scoop on the Fake Barf Industry.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:01:30 -0800

Um, there's enough fake barf sales to support an industry? Wow.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:03:28 -0800

This perfectly complements the Glenn Beck post, thanks!

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:06:08 -0800

Made with pride in the U.S.A.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:10:07 -0800

"The offspring can't bake for shit but they have OCD so at least it's neat and tidy."

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:10:43 -0800

Paging Bart Simpson.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:12:54 -0800

Reminds me of CW Investments, Inc. v. Novelty, Inc., 482 F. 3d 910 (7th Cir. 2007), which contains this choice quote: "Somewhat to our surprise, it turns out that there is a niche market for farting dolls, and it is quite lucrative."

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:14:53 -0800

I love this fucking country. Also, does anyone remember that aerosolized "Dog Shit" gag?

By: GavinR

GavinR — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:16:29 -0800

Bah, why not just up the ante and for free make some fake poop?

By: TedW

TedW — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:24:40 -0800

Although the quote in the title suggests pancakes, the illustration in the article immediately reminded me of pecan pralines, which I now have a craving for. That probably makes me the only person who got hungry looking at a post about fake barf.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:26:33 -0800

not to rebuke the rubber puke it's pretty funny and makes big money but I preferred the plastic turd

By: nathancaswell

nathancaswell — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:05:03 -0800

And there are lots of other companies that try to make the same thing, but they're not as good. The best one is really the original 'Whoops.'" Actually GLOP looks just like dog puke.

By: Mchelly

Mchelly — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:43:25 -0800

obligatory George Carlin link

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:58:43 -0800

So, does every industry have a seedy underbelly?

By: obscurator

obscurator — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:16:30 -0800

o_O meets $_$

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:17:35 -0800

Only if they frolic in the verge.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:22:58 -0800

Anyway, novelty shops remind me of my favorite zen koan

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:44:08 -0800

Gallery of fake vomit gags (self link).

By: ostranenie

ostranenie — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:55:36 -0800

Oh, I am SO buying the pet puke for my wife. "Look, honey, Pepper left you a present!"

By: Alt F4

Alt F4 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:35:44 -0800

"But the worst thing I ever done — I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa — and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life."

By: Ratio

Ratio — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:00:16 -0800

I don't know what you're talking about. It's funny that you would say that. They don't make fake barf. They make semiconductors for a very reputable computer company. What's wrong with that? Is there something wrong with that? Why is that something wrong to do? I don't understand that. Why are you pointing the finger at other people all the time? Why don't you point the finger at yourself? Do a little more reading, maybe? Some time in court—maybe that would be effective for you.

By: Splunge

Splunge — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:35:38 -0800

My friend Bobby got beaten with a belt by his Irish cop father for leaving one on the bathroom floor. This was in the late 1960s so beating your son like a gong was mandatory or something. We made sure to sprinkle water on it as per the instructions. I sure looked real.

By: Splunge

Splunge — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:36:01 -0800

It. ^

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:31:43 -0800

So, does every industry have a seedy underbelly? Of course not. Some industries are seedy underbellies.

By: hypersloth

hypersloth — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:12:18 -0800

Weird that it says it's the inside scoop on fake barf, when fake barf is really a competitor.

By: vanar sena

vanar sena — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:25:11 -0800

I am 100% certain that some of these people have tricked each other with real barf.

By: peagood

peagood — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:28:09 -0800

"His son, Howard Fishlove, told the Timms about coming home as a schoolkid to find his kitchen counter covered in various types of fake barf." Best. Dad. Ever.

By: This, of course, alludes to you

This, of course, alludes to you — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:08:40 -0800

"Irving Fishlove, son of Howard Fishlove" i feel like i stepped into a fucking dan clowes comic

By: This, of course, alludes to you

This, of course, alludes to you — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:09:17 -0800

Howard son of Irving fuck im disoriented

By: tavegyl

tavegyl — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:33:35 -0800

Huh. When I was a kid in 1980s Pakistan we had to do it the old fashioned way. A jar full of chewed up food diluted with water. Its chief benefit was that you could retch dramatically and fling the contents of the jar onto the floor. It looked disgusting enough that 6-year-old me thought it would double as a handy way to poison Sauda Khan, the cook (I didn't like the cook. The reason is lost in antiquity, but might have something to do with his Hitler-esque moustache). Oddly enough he seemed to have no interest in drinking from a jar of fake vomit. I then tried spraying it at him with a (needle-less) syringe. The syringe clogged. I wasn't the brightest 6-year-old joker around.