Apr 18 2008

Need a phone strap? How about a piece of $hit?

Published by Hinano at 2:36 pm under Unsorted

This is probably old news to everyone but I recently got myself a new cell phone which finally had a strap hole in it. I’m currently using my company’s mascot as a strap but I wanted to get one of those straps you can use to clean the screen because I have a slider phone and the screen constantly gets dirty. Soo…being a weeaboo that I am I headed over to Strap-Ya which specializes in weeaboo & “kawaii” phone straps from Japan. (Some of these you can get at Kinokuniya though which is why I never purchased from there before.)

Anyway I clicked on one of the sidebar links on the left that said ?? and had a golden poo strap in the photo…and well that’s what I got. It’s not really the concept of golden poo that amuses me, but the titles and taglines that they write all over the page. I don’t know if it’s to be ironic or they figure using humor will hide the fact that they’re telling us overseas people that Japanese are fascinated with pieces of shit to attach to their cell phones.

Classics include:

Golden Shit, we call Gold Unchi in Japanese, is a symbol of Luck/ Monetery Fortune.
Bring it to your cell phone, wii or digital camera!
Now booming all round the world among potential riches.

Golden Shit?! Lucky Excrement Cell Phone Strap Brown

Get Unko! Crystal Excrement Shit Fortune Charm

They even come in different colors and shapes which include a baseball glove full of crap and poo in a bottle.

Is anyone brave out there to buy a piece of crap? Although if I didn’t know any better it could be like the top of Mr. Softee’s head, cause honestly, no one’s shit in real life ever looks that nice and organized anyway. :lol:

See you tomorrow at NYCC! :cool:


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20 Responses to “Need a phone strap? How about a piece of $hit?”

  1. # Leviathan ISRAELon 18 Apr 2008 at 3:57 pm

    *sigh*
    It seems you really like to write about shit… :neutral:

  2. # Dando008 UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 4:15 pm

    I see a lot of shitty jokes coming up…lol

  3. # Os UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Not many people go through as many phone straps as I do. My stupid Razr just breaks the straps so quickly after I put a new one on, it’s ridiculous. The site you gave me is brilliant… I think I, too, will get myself golden poo on a string… or something girly. It’s not like I dont have Hello Kitty and Haruhiism phonestraps already

  4. # Scheris UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Shoo, I shouldn’t have open the link for strap-ya, now I want one of the girlie straps… orz
    And I’m so jealous, you’re going to see TM Revolution. :cry:

  5. # Hinano UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 5:35 pm

    OS> Haha oh boy RAZRs xD;; I have a bunch of phone straps too. Ironically the ones I bought at anime cons were the first ones to break :mad:

    Scheris> You won’t be jealous when you hear about my story about waiting in line surrounded by 30,000 comic nerds :twisted:

  6. # Scheris UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Yeah, I’m not jealous about being surrounded by nerds, but in the end you still get to see him. :smile:
    I wonder if he is going to sing the op. for soul eater. Well, I hope you have fun, while I cry myself to sleep… joking… Have fun! XD

  7. # JohnG UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 6:21 pm

    At least comic nerds won’t try to hit you with a paddle. Plus most comic nerds are ooooooold and so, usually, not as annoying.

  8. # DS UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 7:22 pm

    Well, if the line for TMR is too long, you can always go see the pope. :)

  9. # Hinano UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 7:28 pm

    DS> For that comment DS, I will play “mochi mochi donald desu” on repeat while we are in line. :twisted:

  10. # Caitlin JAPANon 18 Apr 2008 at 8:18 pm

    I got one for my boyfriend once. He thought it was hilarious but we’re weird anyway. ^_^

  11. # Hinano UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 8:55 pm

    hahaha “here you go honey I got you a piece of crap!” :lol:
    oh the field day you could have with those things…

  12. # double SINGAPOREon 18 Apr 2008 at 10:42 pm

    I think you’re much better off sticking using the strap with your company mascot, rather than using this piece of … crap. Or have you been a brave soul and bought it a set already? One for you and one for JP.

  13. # Hinano UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 10:48 pm

    double> No I haven’t xD I don’t wanna buy straps online cause the shipping is high and I haven’t seen poop straps at Kinokuniya yet. I’m fine with the company mascot for now XD

  14. # Sabrina-Fair UNITED STATESon 18 Apr 2008 at 11:34 pm

    First off; Cute Phone! :cool:

    Secondly, how the hell could you pick a turd, golden or not, over a pink seal stun gun? What’s wrong with you. It’s cute and deadly!! :twisted:

    Plus there are a ton of little wipers and cleaners I’m sure you could keep handy to clean your screen. Don’t spend more than $4. Unless they kiss you first. :)

  15. # Anime n00b MEXICOon 18 Apr 2008 at 11:37 pm

    wow, shit always brings me memories. I remember giving a very small japanese digital pet to my gf (”tamagotchi”, if i remember correctly), which she used as a strap for her schoolbag n her favorite pet was a piece of shit… yeah, it had eyes n it moved, but we didn’t know that it was poo until I began to watch anime…

  16. # Di Gi Kazune MALAYSIAon 19 Apr 2008 at 6:30 am

    I have only one comment: Shit!

    As it that wasn’t seen coming. >_>
    Is it really solid gold shit or it is gold plated shit? If the latter, what kind of shit did they use? Bullshit? Or Doggypoo? Is it realpoo or shampoo?

    Interestingly, there are 9 people at this point in time who don’t have a phone. Given that these days even an under-10 loli/shota has their own phone, it’s surprising. Now you want me to get a phone strap for mine! Must find a Dejiko.

  17. # Drakron PORTUGALon 19 Apr 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Well I do recall Tenchi GxP were they used that as a joke (they were trying to get a name for a ship that meant luck and they name it … Unko)

    Needless to say NOBODY wanted to be assigned to that ship.

  18. # The Sojourner SINGAPOREon 19 Apr 2008 at 9:45 pm

    At least it is gold in colour….

    And I think comic nerds are not that bad as long as they stand still.

  19. # alafista SINGAPOREon 20 Apr 2008 at 12:06 am

    Wow no shit!

  20. # shirokiryuu UNITED STATESon 20 Apr 2008 at 4:28 pm

    I bought a few of those little golden poos on a little red mat in Kyoto. I think they’re strangely adorable!

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