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It’s one thing to order this. Like, OK, you ordered it. You called the number and you recorded your personalized greeting (“I have no idea how to express my emotions, buy meaningful gifts, or comprehend the value of a dollar! Happy Valentine Days!”) and you gave them your mom’s credit card number and then you just sat back and waited for the thank you notes and overjoyed tearful phone calls of incredible gratitude to just start pouring in. And I could completely understand if this ad was just made up of believably confused and potentially stupid people placing their orders.
But it is another thing altogether to ACTUALLY PUT THIS THING ON WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT IN THE MAIL. Those are the real creeps here. If anything, you should get this for your loved one as a test. If they put it immediately in the garbage then you will know that your love for them is true, but if they actually put it on, that’s a dealbreaker, ladies.
P.S. Mr. Business at 0:21? You know, Mr. I Can’t Put This On Fast Enough, This Will Be Perfect For My Big Meeting With Sales. He is your boyfriend no duh. (Thanks for the tip, Edith and Ben.)
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I’m glad that “That’s a deal breaker, ladies!” Is still used in 2010!
Also, ew.
gabe, this needs a caption contest. what would your personalized message be? mine: ABH: Always Be Hugging.
I would buy this but I already spent $25 on wooden roses darn it
For you Mickey Mouse fetishists out there…
Now picturing low-riding Hug-E-Gram. Mickey’s getting fresh….
i love how they throw in the wooden roses, even though the actress already lamented that she received roses again.
also, is it too late to order all of these for all of my friends (i will need four).
They should have saved the money they spent on the roses and just included the two missing fingers
Combine this with the Footie Snuggle Suit and I believe we, as a race, have evolved beyond the need for our genitals.
I prefer MY Hug-E-Grams over my Pajama Jeans. That way I can go outside! (Just kidding, I never go outside.)
I’m gonna get into my Hoodie-Footie Snuggle Suit, strap on my Huggie Gram, and watch “Valentine’s Day” under my leopard print Snuggie all weekend.
Make sure you take pictures of yourself in the theatre!
At 0:45, we get to see the hands of the huggy holding the dozen wooden roses. Fake hands + fake flowers = TRUE LOVE. thats called math.
I guess my plan to bribe Gabe for the Monsters’ Ball comment of the week with Hug-E-Grams is out of the question now. Curses!
A Hug*E*Gram is the ?warmest, most personal gift you can share?? Ugh, so wish I hadn?t given my dad my kidney now.
John?
Great. Another item to add to the list of things I wont be getting on Valentines Day.
So, some emotionally needy guy was in a sex shop on a particularly lonely night, staring blankly at the wall of vibes and fleshlights and wondered “Is there one of these for my soul?”
Probably Kenny’s guy up there.
Just when it looked like Rihanna was never going to get back together with Chris Brown, along came a Hug-E-Gram…
Ugh! This is awful. What if your valentine does not fit in the hug arms?!
Unfortunately, those are the most likely recipients of the HugEgram…
maybe it could strangle them?
Surely there is a part of your valentine that will fit a hug-e-gram. *wink* OR they could wear it as a hat!
The only thing worse than a Hug-E-Gram, is a Hug-E-Gram that only gives Christian side-hugs.
I think I’ve upvoted just about every comment in this thread so far, you guys. Good job!
I’ll upvote you too. Because David Bowie’s crotch.
I’m upvoting you, because Labyrinth. And because I had a serious crush on David Bowie when I was 8 years old, which explains a lot about me.
You remind me of the babe.
What babe?
Babe with the power. What power? Power of voodoo – who do? – you do. Do what? Remind me of the babe.
Oh.
If only my mom had sent me one of these during the three years she was in drug rehab/living on the streets! Then I would be a normal, well-adjusted human being instead of the emotional basket case I am today.
It’s the perfect way to soothe your clingy mistress on those lonely lonely nights when you have to be with your actual wife…until you finally get that divorce of course.
Between this, the shake weight, and the snuggle suit or whatever it was called, I’ve become convinced that marketers are making these intentionally cheesy projects to sell them as pieces of irony.
The funny thing is, whether you buy it as an ironic curio or are completely unaware of how ridiculous it is (because you live in Ohio, or something), you’re still buying it. A Weezer Snuggie is still a Snuggie.What did Kurt Vonnegut say in Mother Night?
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
I bet people in Ohio don’t even know who Kurt Vonnegut is!
Ohio: At Least We’re Not Michigan
Well… he was from that hoity toity state of Indiana.
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
jokes
That’s a great book and it was transformed into a very faithful and good movie adaptation.
okay, i’m not mr. marketing over here, but when an ad starts by saying flowers are a lame gift, how can then go on to try and use flowers as the extra item that’s going to seal the deal on the hug-o-gram? I’ve clearly thought too hard about this.
Regular hugs are so time consuming and such a hassle! Perfect for the love starved professional. Great for hugs on the go!
this is great for those of us that have ocd and don’t want their personal space invaded. i don’t need therapy, i just need the hug-e-gram!
Dear lady, why is your husband Tim Heidecker?
It’s the gift that says “I’m touching you!” without violating the restraining order.
Cuff linked…. to remind you of the douche who purchased this for you
I would be all “FAKE” Right now cuz this seems fake, but gosh darnit if its not fake.
http://hugegram.com/
Flowers again?
this is the “gotta out do ya” little sister to the friendship bracelet.
Richard Cohen is at it again!
My favorite is the woman wearing two across her chest like LOVING BATTLE ARMOR.
Ha, yes, she is like the Pancho Villa of hugs!
FAKE!
I think this was invented by some sad person who was floating on a pool noodle one day and thought, “You know, if I put Mickey Mouse hands at the end of this, I’d always have hugs, and I could sell hugs to the world. What the world needs now, is hugs, sweet hugs.”
This is much creepier to me: The Boyfriend Pillow
whoops
Nothing is more romantic than your sweetheart sending you some dismembered arms in the mail.
Personally, I think THIS ups the romance level by at least .2%
http://www.gizmag.com/go/3123/