Idea: Celebrity middle finger coat hooks
I think a kitchy home accessories designer should license historic photos of celebrities giving the middle finger and turn them into 3-dimensional coat hooks. At right is an artist’s rendition of how such a coat hook might look using a famous photo of Johnny Cash.
A coat hook like this would be the perfect thing to put in your rebellious high school son’s bedroom. He’ll enjoy it so much you can be sure he won’t come home from school and just drop his jacket on the floor any more!
Other celebrities who have been caught on film giving the middle finger, making them great candidates for the coat hook conversion, include Abbie Hoffman, Willie Nelson, and, um, George W. Bush.
Comments
Brilliant.
Posted by: Pavel | September 3, 2007 9:17 PM
Excellent idea. For the more mild minded (the Ned Flanders type) how about celebrity thumbs up coat hooks?
Posted by: Peter Marquardt | September 3, 2007 10:31 PM
In contrast to Peter’s idea, you could always have a porno line version… Something like $20 for the male version (one hook), $30 for the female version (two hooks) and $40 for the hermaphrodite version (three hooks).
Posted by: Mr. Wisdumb | September 4, 2007 9:45 AM
I want the Johnny Cash one. I like Peter’s addendum, too. A middle finger/thumbs up gift set would be great, especially if they could both feature the same celebrity.
Posted by: Adam Rex | September 4, 2007 10:20 AM
I love this! If only I wasn’t such a lazy ass!
Posted by: Candice | September 4, 2007 2:03 PM
man that is awesome!
Posted by: Adam | September 5, 2007 10:12 AM
I really want the hand-shaped coat hooks from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that grab your coat.
Posted by: Les Jones | September 5, 2007 10:26 PM
I want one. Or more.
Posted by: Alison | September 6, 2007 5:38 PM
This is just too brilliant to only remain an idea.
Posted by: Mat | September 11, 2007 3:10 PM
There’s quite a set of finger fotos at http://www.ooze.com/finger/html/random_famous.html , including a few that would allow double-hanging even without the need for a porno line.
Posted by: John | November 12, 2007 9:49 PM