That's one way to go with the Bah, Humbug! Candy Cane. Whiting out its jolly red stripes. Eliminating its trademark peppermint flavor. Devoiding the candy cane of all signs of Christmas spirit. It makes a funny stocking...

I know what you're thinking. Dude. If I get a Nerf The Mandalorian Amban Phase-pulse Blaster for my kid this Christmas, I am going to be the Best! Parent! Ever! Or maybe it's, Dude. If I get a Nerf The Mandalorian Amban...

It's mini for a refrigerator, but maxi for a Coke can. Oh Coca-Cola Mini Cooler, let's pop a top and clink a can to the irony!...

Myerchin's Marlin Spike is too big to be a toothpick, too small to be a fire poker, too blunt to skewer me some kebabs...so what exactly is it? What the EDConundrum is a marlin spike?...

Don't people wear copper bracelets to reduce inflammation and boost immunity? Well. Imagine how un-swollen and impervious to disease I'm going to be after drinking 5 gallons of whiskey from this copper alembic still!...

It's another outdoor, off-grid survival how-to, this time from Netflix's MeatEater host, Steven Rinella. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival calls itself "the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of...

Welcome to Edition 74 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

What's up, Taco Butt? Hey there, TARDASSSS! Yo, yo, I see you've got S'more junk in the trunk. No insult and no judgement with my comments, just a sheer appreciation for your Butts on Things sticker, pin, and artwork...

I don't need this stuffed animal storage bean bag chair as a quick place to hide my childhood teddy and bunny, and my adulthood Baby Yoda (Grogu!) Squishmallow plush when people (i.e., my wife) come in my office...you...

I love everything about these watercolor-effect charmeuse Kimono Robes as a wrapped up purdy gift for my wife, except the word charmeuse. Shar-moose, is that how you say it? That is ugly, and my mouth does not like the...

Wine? Whiskey? Tequila? Scapegrace Gin? BooZi it up to bid good riddance to 2020 with an alcohol and wine purifier its makers say will "make every drink taste amazing with no hangover!"...

Not a ghost of chance I could afford ALVARAE's Phantom Chair, but if I ever become an evil villain, and acquire an evil villain's bank account, I'm all over the purchase of this phantastic carbon phiber design pheat...

Row, row, row your boat / gently towards the stew / Add a paddle of salt, a paddle of herbs / Seasoning's the key to good food! And this handsome pewter Divided Rowboat Salt Cellar could be the key to your search for...

I know this coneheaded transparent stand up paddle board might look like an alien, but I swear, it comes from France. (Look up the reference, kids.) It's even called Le StandUp...

Ho, ho, ho...hack, hack, hack! Spread holiday cheer without spreading COVID with this Santa Beard Face Mask. This season actually has me warming to face masks because, well, the face masks are warming my face, and it's...

These luxe Acupressure Ear Seeds will help you strike gold twice as a gift to any woman on your holiday list. It will be like giving her fancy 24K gold jewelry and glorious relief from her pain, tension, and anxiety...

I ran Dude's first What Is This Thing? challenge in August 2019. Since then I've found 72 more strange or puzzling products online to feature in the weekly visual riddle series, and honestly, it hasn't been that hard...