Tuesday, July 01, 2008

a series of vending machine incidents

I discovered some unique vending machines last month. Here are the three I caught on camera before they could run away.

In Japan there are seriously too many drink vending machines. Like you can basically stop your car on the highway and buy a tea in the middle of nowhere. So I was pleasantly surprised when I finally found a snack vending machine. But where the Coke™ machine has a robot voice that talks to you and the other vending machines come with a TV screen, and Infra-red payment systems, this potato machine was...er, pretty bland.

This one is pretty decent (for not being a drinks machine). In fact, I saw this the first day and nearly keeled over when I realised it sold ramen, and oden, a kind of Japanese stew. I was like: "This is the perfect vending machine for me!" Then the next time I walk by it they added Aquarius, my all time favourite drink. How awesome it that? A complete meal from a machine?! All for less than $4!

Ok! This one is just weird. Bras? Strapless bras?! Is that for when women forget to wear one? Or when they all-of-a-sudden regret wearing that skimpy nightgown with the regular street bra with the straps? Still blows my mind. But only ¥2000! That`s a deal, right?

No way! LESS than ¥2000! That`s a steal!!!

But seriously, wouldn`t it be a little embarrassing for every passerby to see you select your cup size?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

you've clearly never spilled boiling hot vending machine ramen down the front of your shirt while riding on the back of a bicycle. OK? can i GET a witness? at that moment, you don't care about letters of the alphabet: it's more like, i just bought 1 cup of ramen and ended up with 3! and the scalding and the ow and the smell. capiche? honestly, it's like you've never had boobs. seriously. *eye roll city*

Captain Gavman said...

Hehehehe. Wowzers!

Benjamin Tiesma said...

couple of japan legends:

a vending machine with previously worn girls panties in it (cost varied based on use, strength of smell, etc). dirty businessmen supposedly frequent.

the other is about 7-11s. It's an urban legend that white english teachers have passed on for years and years now. that some 7-11 somewhere has a slushie machine.