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| In Japan, Women Can Doze With Man Pillow |
| 2004-09-30 |
| EFL.If Man Pillow don't snore, I'll be in serious trouble. Move over, dogs... After a long night at work as a radio DJ, Junko Suzuki likes to snuggle at bedtime — and she says she's found the perfect partner: a man-shaped pillow. Linen maker Kameo Corp.'s new "Boyfriend's Arm Pillow" — which consists of a headless torso and a stuffed arm that curls around the sleeper — might make some people uneasy. Yes, nothing says "relaxing" to me like sleeping with a headless torso with a stuffed arm. But not Suzuki, or about 1,000 others in Japan who have bought the pillow, which Kameo says is the first of its kind. The product went on the market last December. "I like to sleep holding someone's hand," Suzuki, 34. "And this pillow makes me feel relaxed because I can hold the arm and feel something warm at my side." Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... "My grandmother used to say that there is nothing more comfortable pillow than human," said Kameo President Tomoki Kakehashi. "So, I thought that maybe women would want to sleep on an arm-shaped pillow." I'll bet granny was a fun date, "Hello, GI!"... For Suzuki, who is estranged from her husband, the pillow has definite advantages: It doesn't squirm or thrash in the night, and you know it'll be there in the morning. It keeps holding me all the way through," she said in her home outside of Tokyo. "I think this is great because this does not betray me." I'm bitter, dammit!!!! Kameo is working up new models: muscular pillows for sleepers who like their pillows well-built; slender models for those after a more sensitive, vulnerable partner. Sounds kinda... gay. The company also has a prototype for its next big project: a female pillow for men. This one will be shaped like a woman's lap, with a "skirt" cover. Save the production costs and skip the skirt. Trust me, guys won't mind. "I always thought someone's lap would the best pillow for me," said Kakehashi. I got your pillow. It's right here, honey... |
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