12/14/2004: Lap pillow

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Two months ago madmonkey found the boyfriend pillow, and now he sends along the equivalent - the LAP pillow. A little research finds that 3000 of them have already been sold - at $90 per.

"Single men find this soothing," said Mitsuo Takahashi of the manufacturer Trane KK.

He told AFP that the Hizamakura, or lap pillow, fulfilled a primal need.

"From the time people were kids, people have laid their heads on their mothers' laps to get their ears cleaned," he said. "This is made to be quite close to the real thing."

Um.