Here at the eCool Compound we are grateful for each and every one of our readers. We light candles in honor of the eCooling crowd each time we go into a church and we spend lots of time thinking about and discussing what might humor and amaze you.
That said, we must acknowledge the fact that there’s a particular class of eCooler that amazes and astounds us. They’re the readers that have reached a stratosphere of Roman cool that we can only hope to achieve. Leading that pack is today’s honorary Compound Citizen, Jennifer, who sent us these amazing photos of a pair of vending machines that she spotted in an out-of-the-way town in Umbria.
That on the left, as you have no doubt discovered, sells 14 different kinds of funny teeth. There’s the “Worms” variety, the “Bugs” variety, the “Candy Corn” variety, and the “Cave Man” variety, just to name a few. They cost only 1 euro and interested parties are encouraged to “Collect All 14!”
Don’t need any fake teeth with which to gross out your friends and chew on your enemies? Maybe you’re not looking for disgusting dentures as you stroll down the street but instead are wishing that you had a fresh pair of underwear - a nice new thong that really showcased the effect of all those lunges you’ve been doing in the gym? Then it’s your lucky day as there’s a vending machine selling those too, right next to the terrible teeth machine! Honorary Compound Citizen Jennifer notes, however, that those thongs are getting expensive, as we spotted our own thong machine in a different town some years ago, when that oh-so-necessary accessory cost only 1 euro. Seems that they’ve gone up to 2 euro in the meantime (other details below).
This is the just the kind of wacky juxtaposition of which our dreams are made. We live for this stuff! A million thanks to Jennifer for sending this our way (BTW, Jennifer has sent us some fine things in the past too. Take a look at this advertising riff on the Belvedere Torso that she discovered a while back.)
