164 Examples Of Cool Design

According to Tim Antoniuk, an Associate Professor of Design Studies at the University of Alberta, we can all intuitively sense what good design is and isn't.

"Quite often, this relates to ergonomics and the usability or functionality of the products and services and systems," he told Bored Panda in one interview.

For Antoniuk, good design is "intuitive, [...] deeply sympathetic and empathetic to the user at all levels, and at some level, it is emotional."

So as much as we at Bored Panda like to make fun of crappy design, this time we decided to compile a different kind of list. Whether it's a space-saving Tetris cat tower or a skatepark shaped like bacon and eggs, continue scrolling and check out these prime examples of human ingenuity.

#1 Carpet Patterned Street

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#2 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Appears On The Dish When Sauce Is Poured On It

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#3 This Benjamin Franklin Mug I Just Got With A Slot To Make The End Of Your Tea Bag The Kite

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#4 This Bench That Looks Like A Book

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#5 Astronomical Makeup Palette

#6 This College Made A Water Bottle With A Map Of The Campus On It. It Also Shows Places Where You Can Fill It Up

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#7 The Logo On My Umbrella Only Shows Up When Wet

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#8 This Is Beautiful

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#9 I Have A Clock Where The Numbers Rotate Rather Than The Hands

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#10 My Raincoat Reveals A Floral Pattern When Wet

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#11 This Swiss Bottled Water

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#12 Our Wedding Bands Are Laser Engraved With Each Other's Fingerprint

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#13 My Friend's House Key Is Shaped Like A Sword

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#14 The Bollards Outside This School In Dublin Look Like Pencils

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#15 You Can "Light" And "Extinguish" The Flames On The Menorah

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#16 My Space-Saving Cat Tower

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#17 This Bench Is Made From A Curled-Up Paving Stone

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#18 A Skate Shop & A Butcher Shop Are Located Next To Each Other. They Share One Sign

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#19 The Inside Of The Pizza Box Was A Tuxedo

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#20 This Building In Chicago Has A Map Of The Surrounding Area With Its Own Location Marked

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#21 The Handle To This Knife Shop Door Is Also A Knife

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#22 Cool Tables In Plymouth That Look Like It's Anti-Gravity

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#23 Fork At The Eiffel Tower Is The Eiffel Tower

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#24 National Geographic Gallery Uses Its Logo As A Door Handle

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#25 My Local Bakery Has Started Putting BLM On Their Bread

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#26 This Barbie Doll With Vitiligo

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#27 There’s A Skatepark Shaped Like Bacon And Eggs An Hour Out Of Seattle

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#28 This Clock With Words Only

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#29 This Jar Is Shaped To Look Like A Ziplock Bag

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#30 Spotted This Amazing Door Stop At Work

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#31 This Crane Has Giraffe Print

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#32 This Sugar Cube Shaped Like A Tea Pot

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#33 A Worker In My Factory Has A Cowboy Hat That Doubles As A Hard Hat

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#34 I Found This Fibonacci Clock At A Clinic

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#35 My Husband’s Fully Reflective Iridescent Rain Set

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#36 Metal Benches In Buenos Aires Look Very Soft

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#37 This Whale Tissue Dispenser

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#38 This Brand Of Coffee Changes The Design For Decaffeinated Coffee

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#39 My Desk Notes Are On A Tiny Shipping Pallet

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#40 Saw This Awesome Metallica Plate On The Freeway Today

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#41 A Wet Floor Sign In The Shape Of A Shark Fin

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#42 My Nintendo Switch Case's Zippers Are Joycons

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#43 These Bollards Outside A School Shaped Like Pencils

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#44 This Golden Record/Rocket Pizza Cutter

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#45 The Blossoms On My LEGO Bonsai Are Small Frogs

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#46 These Old Ornate Handrails On An Othrewise Nondescript Copenhagen Building

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#47 This Inflatable Lock Advertisement On A Storage Building

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#48 This Building Looks Like It’s Woven

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#49 My Kid’s Fake Cash Register Has Fake Inputs On The Back

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#50 This Lamp With Individual Switches You Can Turn On And Off

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#51 The Door Handle To This Butcher Shop

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#52 The Tread On My Wife's Shoes Is A Remote Control

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#53 A Little Crab Pen Holder I Found In Tokyo

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#54 The Security Hut At The Igloo Factory Is An Igloo Cooler

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#55 This Subway Train Has Clouds On The Ceiling To Look Like The Sky

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#56 A Bench In The Library Of Alexandria

#57 My Grandparents' Clock Measures Time On A One Week Scale Instead Of A 12 Hour One

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#58 My Spanish Sneakers Have A Map Of Barcelona On The Sole

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#59 I Own A Plexiglass Longboard

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#60 The Edge Of The Knife In This Swiss Restaurant Was Shaped To Show Off Many Of The Peaks Found In The Swiss Alps

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#61 WOW Air Has A Vomit-Meter On Their Sick Bags

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#62 The Pills Which Help Regulate My Heart Rate Are Shaped Like Hearts

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#63 This Sofa Set Made Out Of Red Bricks

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#64 My Coworker Has Humerus Looking Glasses

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#65 The Restaurant I’m Eating At Provides A Pill That Turns Into A Towel When Soaked In Water

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#66 Somebody In My City Is Walking Around With The Prettiest Soles I've Seen So Far

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#67 The Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Disc Looks Like A Record

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#68 I’m Making Personalized Coasters Of All My Coworkers’ Brain Scans

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#69 This Wooden Tie I’m Wearing As A Groomsman

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#70 This Three-Way Chess Set I Found In My Basement

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#71 This Unique Wooden Bicycle Frame Design

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#72 Scissors Shaped Like A Bird

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#73 Here's A Street Lamp That Was Designed To Look Like A Paintbrush

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#74 These Two Spatulas Came With A Clip To Make Tongs Out Of Them

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#75 This Side Table Designed Specifically For These Books

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#76 My Keyboard’s USB Has A Keyboard On It

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#77 The Air Vents On A Subway In Stockholm Have A Hidden Pacman Easter Egg

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#78 A Really Cool Bookshelf Whose Shelves Spell Something, Seen At A Hotel

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#79 This Book Bag I Bought At Comic Con Today Glows With Flash Photography

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#80 I Got A Keychain That Uses The Radioactive Decay Of Tritium (The Radioactive Isotope Of Hydrogen) To Emit Light

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#81 This Pen From A Technical College That Says How Many Words Can Be Written With It

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#82 My Grandma Has A Radio That Looks Like An Old Computer

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#83 Brewtorium In Austin's Bathroom Signs Are Great

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#84 The Bike Rack At This Dentist Office Looks Like It's Being Squeezed Out Of A Tube Of Toothpaste

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#85 These Ceiling Fan And Light Bulb Chain Pulls In My Best Friends Childhood Home

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#86 My Shirt's Cuff Has Thousands Of Mushrooms Printed On It

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#87 The Knobs In My Dentist's Office Are Toothbrush And Toothpaste

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#88 These Chairs At My Hotel In Munich Spell Out "Hello"

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#89 Wooden Puzzle In The Shape Of A Wine Bottle

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#90 I Work At A Vet Clinic And One Of Our Orders Had Bubble Wrap In The Shape Of Bones

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#91 IKEA Sells A Kit To Build A Chocolate Moose, So Naturally I Bought One

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#92 My Work Got A Whole Roll Of The New 2020 “Bat” Quarters

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#93 The Ceiling Of LEGO Stores Looks Like The Bottom Of A 3x4 LEGO Brick

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#94 The Drains For The Sinks In The Minneapolis Airport Are Airplanes

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#95 The Seats At Carnegie Mellon University Have Zeroes And Ones Stitched Into Them

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#96 Emirates’ Starry Sky In Their Long-Distance Planes

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#97 This Rubik's Cube That Uses Different Sized Surfaces Instead Of Colors

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#98 The Wolf On This Van Has Eyes Which Light Up With The Brake Lights

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#99 This USB Stick That I Received From Olive Garden Looks Like Garlic Bread

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#100 My Dad Has A Cap With A Solar-Powered Fan On It

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#101 A Mug In The Design Of A Dented Plastic Cup

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#102 A Gelato Shaped Doorstop At A Gelateria In Italy

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#103 This Ping Pong Halfpipe I Saw At A Hotel In Munich

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#104 This Coffee Cup From A Paris-Themed Cafe Chain In Seoul

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#105 USB Power Bank Disguised As A Mini Generator

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#106 My Dustpan Brush Is A Violin

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#107 My Coasters Are Tiny Pallets

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#108 There's A Cute Little Excavator Graphic On The Window Of This Excavator

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#109 My Freezer Produces Ice Spheres Rather Than Ice Cubes

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#110 This Oil And Vinegar Container In An Italian Restaurant

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#111 This Grocery Display Contains Both Watermelon And Watermelon Cakes

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#112 Car Park Barriers At The Estonian National Opera House, Tallinn

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#113 These Rainbowless Skittles

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#114 A Curved Escalator

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#115 The Opening Of My Toothpaste Is In The Shape Of A Tooth

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#116 The Way The Wafers Line Up Going From Box To Box

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#117 Hotel I Stayed At Had Black Toilet Paper

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#118 This Radio I Found In My Attic Is Built To Resemble A Coca-Cola Vending Machine

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#119 My Dad Has A 100 Sided Die

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#120 My Headphones Measures Their Size By Afro Size

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#121 An Ashtray That Gives A Visual Representation Of The Negative Effects Of Smoking Cigarettes

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#122 This Hair Dryer Designed To Look Like A Revolver

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#123 These Burger Seats

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#124 A Pen That Looks Like A Small Baguette When The Lid Is On

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#125 My Friend’s New Surfboard Was Made To Look Like A Baguette

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#126 Japanese Book For Children That Includes A Blacklight

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#127 This All Storage Building Is Shaped Like A Shipping Box

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#128 My Old Shoes Have Keyboard On The Bottom

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#129 This Dark Toilet Paper At My Friend's Bathroom

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#130 These Bowling Balls Are Painted Like Pool Balls

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#131 IKEA Are Selling Self Assembly Chocolate Bunnies For Easter

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#132 This Book About Radiation Has A Glow-In-The-Dark Dust Jacket

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#133 My Guinness Came With A Picture Of The Queen On It

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#134 This Playable CD In The Shape Of A Square

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#135 This Watch Has Disks Instead Of Hands

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#136 I Found A Set Of Circular Playing Cards

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#137 Appropriate Wet Floor Warning

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#138 The Way This Coffee Cup Looks Sad Until You Open It, Then It Looks Happy

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#139 This Cigarette Butt Collector That Looks Like A Used Cigarette

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#140 Thought This Was A Cool Idea For A Bag From A Shoe Store

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#141 This Rubik's Cube Safe That I Have. You Have To Line The Colors Up In A Certain Order To Unlock It

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#142 This Reflective Jacket That Completely Lights Up When You Take A Photo Of It With Flash

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#143 The Grip On The PS5 Controllers Are Made Up Of The Symbols On The Buttons, Just Really Small

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#144 This Tiny Star In A New Train In Stockholm

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#145 Union Jack Taillights For The Mini Are A Pretty Neat Idea For A Car With British Roots

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#146 My Train Conductor Stamped My Ticket With A Little Train

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#147 The Rubbish Bins At The Pyramids Of Giza Have Hieroglyphic Instructions

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#148 My Ice Cream Sandwich Has A Comic Strip On It

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#149 I Got A Package In The Mail Today And The Bubble Wrap Was Heart-Shaped

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#150 This Bread Shaped Bread Knife

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#151 My House Key Is In The Shape Of A House

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#152 This Ashtray Which Looks Like A Snubbed Out Cigarette

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#153 Alaska Airlines Giving Out Water In Paper Cartons Rather Then Plastic Bottles

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#154 The Classic Red Checkered Pattern Of The Tablecloth Of This Restaurant Is Made Of QR Codes For Their Menu

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#155 The Footrest In This Jeep Says “Sand Snow Rivers Rocks” In Morse Code

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#156 Found My Old Gameboy And Its Case (Which Was A Giant Gameboy) While Cleaning My Room

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#157 This Collection Of Mystery Science Theater 3000 VHS Tapes Creates An Image When Put Together

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#158 I Have A Real Pizza Epoxy Doorstop

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#159 This Crane Is Painted Like A Giraffe

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#160 Buttons & Buttonholes On Blouse

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#161 The Way This Tea Cafe Cans Beverages To Go

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#162 The Lights On The Plane From My Trip Back From Australia

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#163 This Dog Pattern On The Seats At Our Local Veterinarians Office

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#164 My Coworkers Bamboo Keyboard And Mouse

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