Mark Pahlow

A pink fig mascot with white wings and yellow boots stands in a crowded field.

Jyorin-chan, a flying fig, is the mascot for Joyo City in Kyoto.

Three cat figures squished into bowls. They are collectible toys. The text says "Liquid Cats"

New items! Liquid Cats! Kitty looks solid, but can be liquid under some circumstances.
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“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away — a man is not a piece of fruit!”

— Willy Loman, 1949.

Apply to the forehead.

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.”

--Seneca

I fear this is true.

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty.

“I long for a kind of quiet where I can just drift and dream.”

— David Lynch

"Love for canine pets in particular was one of the most attractive features of the ancient Roman character.”

-Arnold Toynbee

The Beach Boys loved KFC fried chicken.

“I have altered the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”

-Darth Vader, MBA

A toy peanut car driven by a capybara with an orange on its head.

New item! Capybara in a Peanut!
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A mascot in an old-fashioned white diving outfit and with a bowl of seafood on her head stands on a red carpet.

Minatan, a diver with a basket of seafood on her head, is the mascot of Minamiboso City, Chiba.

A box labeled "Tiny Box of City Critters" contains four miniature animal figurines: a raccoon, a squirrel, an opossum, and a rat.

A box of tiny city critters? We all know someone who needs this.
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"We’re cooking regional Indian food with the world’s best Japanese knife, but asking Siri how much water to put in the rice."

--Samin Nosrat

A six-foot grain of rice mascot stands in a building.

Uonumacchi, a shiny rice fairy, is the mascot of Uonuma City in Niigata Prefecture.

"Oh, Tocqueville, you’re the man."

-Maira Kalman

A yellow lightbulb mascot stands in a town square.

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb, is the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company.

A hand holding a small toy of a rat driving a slice of pizza. The rat is holding a steering wheel.

Our pull-back Rat Racer drives a tiny pizza slice vehicle that can fit in the palm of your hand.
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A corn-shaped multi-tool by Archie McPhee, featuring eight bits. The packaging states "Industrial Strength," and includes a drawing of a smiling corn cob wearing overalls. A real multi-tool in the shape of an ear of corn is shown in the foreground.

Our new Corn Multi-Tool is the cob for the job!
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Ham the Astrochimp, launched into space aboard a Mercury Redstone rocket in 1961, and safely returned to Earth.

A realistic stoic head with a samurai topknot stands in two legs in front of an ad for ice cream.

Uesama, a hyperrealistic head on legs, promotes Sof’ ice cream.

Ad from 1945.

Football Meat Loaf.

How to make a shrunken head.

Whatever works.