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I saw this on the news last night. not sure what the tradition is in other countries, in Aus, frequently the pressie for your dad or brother was 'socks and jocks' for xmas...
A product developed in Japan to help those with serious intestinal problems is seeing sales skyrocket thanks to another needy and, frankly, huge market: Business executives with excessive gas.
In Japan, executives are buying up Deoest odor-eliminating underwear that promises to magically absorb offensive odors.
Well, fine, it's not magic. The technology was invented by Professor Hiroki Ohge of Hiroshima University and developed by Japanese textile company Seiren. (h/t Betabeat)
Working through "whiff-absorbing ceramic particles in the material fibres," the company originally promoted the item to those with irritable bowel syndrome. Over time however, it appeared that rising sales in Japan were due to another demographic.
"At first we thought about selling them to those who require nursing care and to hospitals," said Nami Yoshida, a spokeswoman for Seiren to Phys.org. "But to our surprise, lots of ordinary people, like businessmen who are in positions that require them to see people on a daily basis, bought them."
While conventional wisdom may scream "hold it!" some people just can't resist maliciously cropdusting their office, evident by meticulous Internet guides for getting away with it.
Deoest is the latest venture that has companies rethinking the body odor game -- think edible deodorant for one particularly strange example. Seiren has made a full blown business of surpressing smells by offering a range of 22 items that includes smell reducing socks and t-shirts that disguise sweaty armpit odor.
the company originally promoted the item to those with irritable bowel syndrome. Over time however, it appeared that rising sales in Japan were due to another demographic
I don't understand why they think that all those businessmen don't have "IBS". I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them have some sort of serious digestive system issues. Just because they don't talk about it doesn't mean that they don't have it.
Thanks for the link.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I know, but most of the men I know in this country (whom I know well enough to discuss such issues), also have digestive system problems that they refuse to acknowledge. I know guys who have major D every day (multiple times each day), who refuse to even consider it to be a problem. They just choose to ignore it.
I was the same way, until it got so bad that I could no longer ignore it.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
or Happy Holidays or Happy Tuesday!!!
I know, but most of the men I know in this country (whom I know well enough to discuss such issues), also have digestive system problems that they refuse to acknowledge. I know guys who have major D every day (multiple times each day), who refuse to even consider it to be a problem. They just choose to ignore it.