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Wind Surfer Toilet Bowl Cleaner

by Steve
Thursday, December 29, 2005

Wind Surfer Toilet Bowl CleanerNew from German-based company Henkel Wasch-und Reinigungsmittel GmbH comes this cool little toilet bowl cleaner and deodorizer in the shape of a wind surfer.

It hangs onto the rim of the toilet and surfs the porcelain waters keeping it clean and odor free. The cleaning agent is held inside the surfer, while the deodorant is inside the sail.

The surfer was designed by the famed Italian design firm, Alessi. Henkel made no secret of that on its packaging.

It comes in both lemon and grapefruit varieties.

8 Comments:

  • I got a similar item for Christmas by the same company called "Mr. Suicide" which is a dead guy with little'x's for eyes that floats from the bath stop. You can see it here: http://www.retromodern.com/item_detail.asp?1760.

    By Paulie, at 12/29/2005 01:45:00 PM  


  • So funny: Here in Austria, we have the same thing and it is not mentioned in the article, but this thing is designed by Alessi. Since we have a lot of different toilet-systems in Europe, it can happen, if you have the "wrong" one, that the top of the "sail" stings in your butt...

    By Michael, at 12/30/2005 01:35:00 AM  


  • As both a marketing bod, and an expat in Germany ... this latest Henkel trash invention is typical German too-muchness.

    And the Alessi branding - typical. If it has a label on it the Germans will buy anything.

    Be interesting to see if this one works. The advtg is crap, but that's no great surpise either!

    AW

    By Anonymous, at 12/30/2005 03:09:00 AM  


  • I keep getting an asp error when I try paulie's link to "Mr. Suicide" but, thanks to Boing Boing you can see the little darling here:

    http://www.unicahome.com/catalog/item.asp?id=475

    By Howlin' Hobbit, at 1/02/2006 11:07:00 PM  


  • Alright, they really need to make this in a jumbo size for all the world's waterways.... make this planet smell a little better, eh?

    By fart sniffer, at 1/03/2006 08:13:00 AM  


  • Where can I buy it?

    By Anonymous, at 1/05/2006 01:25:00 PM  


  • What happens when you drop a stinger on him?

    By Anonymous, at 1/17/2006 06:19:00 PM  


  • at least we dont live in america junior...

    By Anonymous, at 1/25/2006 08:32:00 AM  


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