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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Mario Kart symbols appear on bike lanes in Portland, Ore.]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/weird-but-true/" rel="tag">Weird But True</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/opinions/" rel="tag">Opinions</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/new-in-pop-culture/" rel="tag">New In Pop Culture</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/08/starpaintedbikelane2.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Some wily vandal in Portland, Oregon has painted <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/mario-kart"><em>Mario Kart</em></a> symbols into the pavement there on one of the city's bike lanes. You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y36624rrjU&amp;feature=player_embedded">see them in action in this video</a> (also embedded after the break). Unfortunately, the bananas, star and speed arrows don't actually confer the same powers they do in the game, but we did smirk to see that all of the bikers do faithfully avoid the banana peel, and hit the rest of the symbols head on.<br />
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You can even wring some unintentional hilarity from the dry-as-a-Dry Bones explanation of what each powerup does by the KATU anchor. That's right, <a href="http://www.katu.com/about/people/anchors/3517361.html">Carl Click</a>! You might have read that script just fine, but admit it: You don't know a Red Shell from a Blooper.</div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Mario Kart symbols appear on bike lanes in Portland, Ore.</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/">Mario Kart symbols appear on bike lanes in Portland, Ore.</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19605157/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>banana-peel</category><category>blooper</category><category>dry-bones</category><category>ds</category><category>funny</category><category>humor</category><category>mario-kart</category><category>Mario-Kart-Wii</category><category>nintendo</category><category>oregon</category><category>portland</category><category>red-shell</category><category>symbols</category><category>wii</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you've been waiting for a Blooper hoodie, today's your lucky day]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fan-stuff/" rel="tag">Fan stuff</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.lastactioncowboy.com/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboygear-main99.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
<br />We've seen enough clothing branded with <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/781166/">1-up mushrooms</a> to last us several lifetimes (which is sort of ironic), but other items in lastactioncowboy's new line-up of Nintendo clothing feature characters that <em>haven't </em>been so drastically overused. We've not seen too many <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/781161/">Blooper hoodies</a>, for example, while <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/781171/">Bob-omb underwear</a> is a new one to us.<br /><br />Admittedly, probably none of this stuff is as effortlessly cool or obscure as those <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/get-ready-for-amazing-sega-shirts/">Sega-themed t-shirts</a> from The King of Games, but then it's also not as horrendously pricey -- just $40 for a hoodie, or $18 per piece of underwear.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/">lastactioncowboy's Nintendo garments</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/#781174"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboy_nintendo_garments_gjgfse_cg_0096_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Piranha plant underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" title="Piranha plant underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/#781173"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboy_nintendo_garments_gjgfse_cg_0095_thumbnail.jpg" alt="1-up mushroom t-shirt from lastactioncowboy.com" title="1-up mushroom t-shirt from lastactioncowboy.com" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/#781172"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboy_nintendo_garments_gjgfse_cg_0094_thumbnail.jpg" alt="NES controller underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" title="NES controller underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/#781171"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboy_nintendo_garments_gjgfse_cg_0093_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Bob-omb underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" title="Bob-omb underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/lastactioncowboys-nintendo-garments/#781170"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/lastactioncowboy_nintendo_garments_gjgfse_cg_0097_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Piranha plant underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" title="Piranha plant underwear from lastactioncowboy.com" /></a></div><br />[Via <a href="http://thatgirlssite.com/?p=1393">That Girl's Site</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/">If you've been waiting for a Blooper hoodie, today's your lucky day</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 01 May 2008 22:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.lastactioncowboy.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1181856/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/if-youve-been-waiting-for-a-blooper-hoodie-todays-your-lucky/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blooper</category><category>bob-omb</category><category>boo</category><category>bowser</category><category>fashion</category><category>hoodies</category><category>mario</category><category>mushroom</category><category>underwear</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Greenhough]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cozy up with Blooper]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fan-stuff/" rel="tag">Fan stuff</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5219875"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/il_430xn.24310987.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
<br />We're not exactly sure where each of you would place cushions on a list of life's essentials -- they're right next to DS games <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/18/ubisoft-trademarkz-more-petz/">ending with 'z'</a> on <span style="font-style: italic;">our</span> list -- but if you are a lover of cushions (and some of us <span style="font-style: italic;">live</span> with such people), you may as well be a lover of totally awesome cushions.<br /><br />That's where Etsy member <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5219875">punzie</a> can help out, because she's crafted a (currently very small) range of $20 Nintendo cushions, including the charming teal Blooper design you see above. While there's only three to choose from right now, she does take requests -- we're half-thinking about asking for a Kuribo's Shoe cushion to call our own. Sit yourself down in your <span style="font-style: italic;">cold, hard, unpadded</span> chair and hit the break for a couple more examples of her work.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cozy up with Blooper</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/">Cozy up with Blooper</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5219875>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1177864/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/cozy-up-with-blooper/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blooper</category><category>craft</category><category>crafts</category><category>cushion</category><category>etsy</category><category>mario</category><category>patchwork</category><category>pillow</category><category>triforce</category><category>zelda</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Greenhough]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>