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Japan’s never-ending quest to fulfil stereotypes about its slightly eccentric approach to technology continued this week after reports emerged of an iPhone 5 case made entirely of edible rice crackers. The “Survival Senbei iPhone 5 case” is produced from toasted brown rice and salt, moulded to the sleek contours of the brand …

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  1. Dana W
    Meh

    Oh yes.

    Another to file under "WTF Japan?"

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    1. toxicdragon
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      Re: Oh yes.

      Personally I think this is a good idea. I admit I probably wont take an iPhone willingly into a survival situation, I can think of better tools. But in an absolute emergency it seems kind of useful.

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      1. Goldmember
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        Re: Oh yes.

        Eat something that had been placed on pub/ work tables, had other peoples' grubby hands all over them and been in and out of fluff-strewn pockets for months? I think I'd rather starve.

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    2. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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      Re: Oh yes.

      Along with the school girl pop singers?

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  2. JaitcH
    FAIL

    An ideal product neatly attuned to the ...

    mentality of the dummies who have the stupidity to buy an iThingy in the first place.

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  3. Anonymous Custard
    Joke

    Python-san?

    OK, I now have the mental image of a sumo-style Japanese Mr Creosote being offered "just one wafer-thin iPhone" and eating the case, phone and all?

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  4. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge

    Going there shortly. I will ask if there are similar cases for android phones, just for fun

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  5. An ominous cow herd

    120% chance?

    Eh?

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    1. Martin Budden Silver badge
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      Re: 120% chance?

      I was thinking that. I assume it's one of the 83.76278% of statistics that are made up.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Not so much the edible case...

    ...as the thing inside it that I cannot stomach.

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  7. b166er

    Survival? You'd be better off with an apple.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    "chances of breakage are in the event of a magnitude nine earthquake, or if it remains edible after being soaked with sea water"

    --nice

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  9. Darryl
    Joke

    So is this like edible underwear to those who REALLY love their iPhone?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Darryl,

      You're a bad person, made me snort tea. Go and stand in the corner :)

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  10. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    I think this is proof that you are what you eat…

    Surely anyone who buys one of these is truly crackers…

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  11. Esskay
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    Take a hint...

    "Using touch screen: 18% ・Touched by friend: 81%"

    Says a lot about what most iPhone users' friends really think about them.

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  12. bugalugs

    osenbei are delicious

    but meant to be popped straight in. Their oh-so-slightly-caramelised-soy glaze would accumulate all sorts of fluff. The seaweed garnish wrappings would flake off too.

    生存 seizun (survival) sounds like sanzen(3K) ( happyaku juu hachi(.818K) ) punnishly

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