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Oct 5, 2009

Think these masks will fly?

These masks stick right to your face. Too goofy for anyone to wear? I saw a man wearing two of the gappy rectangular ones today, one over the other, so who knows.

One thing interesting about these, besides their aerodynamic look, is their angle. The ads for Unicharm masks are all about Japan. The one that say's "Japan's family mask" drives home the point by putting "Japan" in katakana - the equivalent of underline or bold or both. This one is about America. The masked model is white with blue eyes, in contrast to the masked Japanese family with the grandmother in a kimono and the daughter in a sailor school uniform. How good is the mask? So good that it's certified by NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - of the USA. I think it's strange that they went with the US seal of approval, even translating NIOSH into Japanese, since it's pretty rare to see Americans in face masks outside of an operating room.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The back of the package reads: Leaves plenty of space for your razor-sharp mandibles, tentacles or blood-sucking proboscis.

Sandra Barron said...

Ha! Yeah, these would be great for the District 9 critters.

Unknown said...

i must get 1 of those!!!! 2 bad i live in teh states

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