The Thousands

How many buyers would purchase expensive surgical enhancements to their bone covers if the result looked like someone slid massive Twisties under their skin? A few outsiders, sure. The Ignatius J. Reillys of makeovers. But the market would be limited. Most people want fake to look real, with benefits.

The same goes for another extension to your body – your coffee cup. Reusable coffee cups already established here look like the industrial design equivalents of a packed lunch. Who wants to start every morning looking like their mum is trailing them at a discreet distance, wet wipe at the ready?

Mercifully, the local neon minds at hookturn have created a silicon clone of the humble coffee cup. Only standard colours are available, preventing aqua and lime blunders. And while you’re steppin’ out pretty with your lighter carbon footprint, notice the pleasing bouncy attribute of your new possession. Rebound it off the head of a stranger. Evade them by dashing around several corners, then pause and ponder the state of the world. Chaplin would be proud.