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This surely is some sort of joke or statement about society or the like

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Neat concept, but confusing purpose. I know there's a lot of vending machines to blend in with, but wouldn't it be better to just run than to stand around setting that up?

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Who would ever be fooled by that?

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Heh heh heh, I heard about this on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" a few weeks back. It's a serious invention, MikeG, made for easily frightened women (the inventor invented it for herself first). The Japanese are just weird.

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But what about all of the people running up to buy delicious Coke products? Wouldn't that just freak the wearer worse?

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Shouldn't she be more worried about someone grabbing her can?

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Shouldn't she be wearing matching shoes?

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I too heard this on Wait Wait, and simultaneously could and could not believe it. I liked the remark, "supposedly a would-be attacker would walk right by and not notice her... unless he was thirsty."

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Isn't this like 2 years old?

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Yeah, I could've sworn I've this on Neatorama before. Or maybe it was mental_floss...

Either way, I guess inventions like this will have to do 'till we can invent invisibility cloaks.

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If a woman can temporarily out-distance a mugger while wearing that skirt, and still have time to find a place to stand and set herself up as a faux soda machine, why even bother with this?

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Where's the woman?

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I don't know but I'm really getting thirsty..

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Video:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/5DA2BE1E2D2C4C1AAF756309289D8AC4/the-coke-machine-skirt.aspx

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"While British women might prefer to take self-defence classes, Ms Tsukioka said: "It is just easier for Japanese to hide. Making a scene would be too embarrassing."

Wow.

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@Katey: Yeah, running for your life is embarrassing! If I don't have a giant cola costume at hand, I just break into an interpretive tree dance and then start squawking out Morse code for "Help, Police" like a deranged parrot. Embarrassment crisis averted.

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ROFL violet. I could totally imagine someone doing that while the would-be mugger stands by looking confused ehehehehehehehe... cracking me up......

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Looks more like a rape hut to me.

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Michael0511 just won the Internet folks

Only online......

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Stay classy Michael0511......

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Yeah, most Coke machines have feet. I was totally fooled!

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I thought so too, and I distinctly remember it on Neatorama but I couldn't find it in the archives! Still a neat re-find though.

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