Here's the CrunchGear link (the one in the article is a duplicate link for the GreenHouse product page) http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/23/japanese-company-sells-earphones-shaped-like-cute-and-wild-pigs/

Where did you see them for $12? At that price, I'd buy, but I only saw them at http://www.geekstuff4u.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=873 for $45.15 (shipped). That's a bit too rich for a novelty, IMO. But $12? Sure! Would love to know...

I believe the markings are degrees. Hard to make out, but it looks like both sides are approaching 90 in the middle.

whoa -- are you sure my comments qualify as a "bladder-evacuating temper tantrum" and "raging?" Point is, if you want to write a colorful backstory, stick to what you know. I'm confident there are many things you know a lot about and could write knowledgeably about. It's OK if babies aren't among them.

I can't help but get the feeling that you're just arguing this to be a dick. You totally know you're wrong. :)

Clearly. And yet, you did choose to write it.

Dude- I know that creating an interesting narrative is fun and profitable, but let's get some of the basic facts straight. Meconium would *not* come out of an umbilical cord, nor would it "spurt."