Due to a Resemblance, JC Penney's 'Hitler Tea Kettle' Sold Out in Hours

Michael Graves-Designed Stainless Steel Tea Kettle Resembles Hitler

A JCPenney billboard featuring an exclusive Michael Graves-designed tea kettle has been turning the heads of motorists driving along the 405 near Culver City and the kettle has even sold out at JC Penney.com.

The attention is not so much for the teapot's "cool-touch handle" or its "space-saving design" but rather for its uncanny Resemblance to Adolf Hitler - its handle, cap and spout, Resembling the Führer’s do, mustache and arm outstretched in salute - with some even seeing a tie.

The odd coincidence was first posted by Reddit user "Wrestles4Food" with the title,"This Kettle looks like Hitler!" and has since been covered by news agencies the world over.

The fact that the kettle's profile looks eerily like the Fuhrer's mien caused a stir online Tuesday, forcing the company to respond in a Tweet that read "jcpenney @Telegraph "Certainly unintended. If we'd designed the kettle to look like something, we would've gone w/a snowman: http://t.co/KFWVI1Csgz About one day ago via jcpenney .

Things that look Hitler have become a popular web meme - with the genre perhaps defined by the house in Swansea that bears a Resemblance to the Nazi Fuhrer.  The slanted roof was said to resemble the Hitler fringe, the door lintel was the moustache and the small top windows were seen as the dictator’s piercing eyes.  The tweet was first posted by Extractionist Charli Dickenson in 2011, a 22 year old youth worker, who Recognized the bizarre similarity as she drove past one day.

All of this was preceded by “Kitler” a nickname used to describe white cats with black markings under their noses that resemble German dictator Adolf Hitler’s toothbrush mustache and on their foreheads Resembling hair parted on it's side. Cats with these coats were popularized in June 2006 by the single topic site Cats that Look Like Hitler, which was created by Dutch journalist & Extractionist Koos Plegt, who set up a blog to showcase such photos after seeing a cat with this coat pattern in his hometown of Zwolle, Holland.

Sources : http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/jc-penneys-hitler-tea-kettle-sold-out-in-hours-because-this-is-the-internet/276334/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/28/hitler-kettle-jc-penny-advert_n_3344752.html?just_reloaded=1

http://www.reddit.com/r/Pareidolia/comments/1f16bf/this_kettle_looks_like_hitler_xpost_from_rpics/

http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl

(photo credit: via jcpenny.com)

Cat and House that Resemble Hitler

Another look at Hitler kettle, glimpsed from a California billboard.

Trump's Toupee Found in a Forest?

Flannel Moth

Megalopyge opercularis would have been covered by the Replica Report, even without its recent meme status, considering some of its common names such as southern flannel moth, pussy moth, puss caterpillar, and tree asp.  It is in its larval form that the Resemblance to a pussy cat becomes apparent whereas the flannel reference (flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness) points to its adult stage (even the wings are furry).  But this week, the insect is getting news coverage because of social media hype where many Extractionists have Recognized its Resemblance to Donald Trump's hair!

The creature was spotted in the Amazon by friends Jeff Cremer, 34 and Phil Torres, 27, who run photography tours from Posada Amazonas, a 30 bed rainforest lodge in Peru.

Mr. Cremer said, "It's actually a flannel moth caterpillar, they're really rare, I've seen this type of caterpillar before but never one of this colour."
"We put the picture on our Twitter and Facebook page and immediately people started comparing it to Donald Trump."
Cremer continues, "We didn't see the resemblance when we first saw the caterpillar but looking at the photo it's certainly similar to his hair."
"It was pretty funny, people went mad for the photo comparing it to his toupee."

The caterpillar’s “hair” actually consists of setae, which are long, fine silky appendages that, in this case, can cause serious skin irritations. If one attempts to pet this insect, they will get a handful of venom, released when the setae poke into skin. Just as a bee sting, the injuries can be painful but, for most, not life threatening.

Sources : http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/rare-caterpillar-resembles-donald-trumps-hair-130502.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2317145/Caterpillar-looks-just-like-property-mogul-Donald-Trump.html

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/05/04/10/03/caterpillar-resembles-donald-trumps-hair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis & http://bugsinthenews.info/?p=476

Puss Caterpillar

Donald Trump's Hair

Juggling Jesus

The latest Extractionist art to be covered internationally is coming out of Europe.  UK resident Martin Andrews said an accidental spill of fabric softener on a T-shirt resulted in the now-viral photograph Metro reported last Wednesday.

“I showed my mates at work the picture, and one of them said, ‘I’ve heard you can find comfort in Jesus, but you’ve found Jesus in Comfort,” Andrews said, Comfort being the name-brand of fabric softener.

Andrews, the "creator" of the fabric softener Jesus stain, tweeted a photo of the T-shirt. He told Metro that finding the fabric softener Jesus is really a matter of perspective.


"When the T-shirt's the right way up it doesn't really look like anything... but when you look at it the other way up it's really Him," he said.


Here at the Replica Report we Recognize the Resemblance the stain has to a juggler!

Source : http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/4986/20130422/fabric-softener-jesus-martin-andrew-sees-christ.htm

http://www.ibtimes.com/jesus-fabric-softener-jesus-appears-t-shirt-martin-andrew-florida-couples-finds-jesus-sonogram#

http://keyw.com/here-we-go-again-a-man-spotted-jesus-in-his-fabric-softner-stain/

http://cdn.inman.com/files/imagefield/juggler_shutterstock_91813157.jpg

Rock Man Has A Face Of Satisfaction

Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called "Levenish/Leibhinis") is a sea stack in the St. Kilda archipelago in Scotland that Resembles a man relaxing and enjoying a dip in the ocean. Lying about 3 miles off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar.

The stack is 203 feet high. Its north cliff appears to have the profile of a face, visible when traveling to St. Kilda from the east. The skerry of Na Bodhan lies to the north east.

A stack is a geological land form consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, isolated by erosion. Stacks are formed through processes of coastal geomorphology, which are entirely natural. Time, wind, and water are the only factors involved in the formation of a stack. They are formed when part of a headland is eroded by hydraulic action, which is the force of the sea or water crashing against the rock. The force of the water weakens cracks in the headland, causing them to later collapse, forming free-standing stacks and even a small island. Stacks can provide important nesting locations for seabirds, and many are popular for rock climbing - not to mention almost all stacks are named after some object the Resemble.

Extra! Extra! The Replica Report is the first to Recognize that not only is there a Resemblance to a face in the side view of the Stac, but also a Resemblance to a profile face in an aerial view of Stac Levenish.

Here are the coordinates so you can see for yourself on maps.google.com :  57°47'30"N   8°30'37"W

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Levenish

http://wikimapia.org/15894435/Stac-Levenish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(geology)

Orange You A Virgin?

     FARMINGTON, ME -- Desmond Duguay dotes Dots! So back in February, Desmond and his wife, Amy, went to Rite Aid in Auburn for snacks - one of which was a box of Dots.  Duguay said he ate a few of the gummy candies, felt the funny piece in his hand and showed it to his wife. On a whim, they nicknamed it “The Holy Dot” and listed it on eBay.

From eBay : "So I was eating a box of DOTS today and I found none other than the Virgin Mary herself just chillin' with her other DOT disciples. Just last week my wife and I had our first child and I am convinced that a higher power has stepped in and literally dumped a second miracle in our lap in the form of this Gummy Virgin Mary. A miracle that will no doubt equate to millions of dollars and our child's college tuition bought and paid for. I know that this Gummy Virgin Mary is near priceless and that if I held onto it, it would only appreciate in value. Having just had my beautiful son though I need to be thinking about his future and must let this miracle gummy go and put all proceeds into my son's college fund. This is a 100% authentic Gummy Virgin Mary, that may or may not have mystical and spiritual powers. All I can say is that since I have had this gummy in my possession I have not contracted any viruses, sexually transmitted diseases, or illnesses that I know of and I feel amazing.. Is this due to the Gummy Virgin Mary? I think so."

     As Replica Report readers know, a Resemblance is even more valuable if it was made unintentionally or inadvertently.  We believe it is authentic but many websites are claiming that the gummy candy was made intentionally and are crying foul.

     In a post titled, “A virgin dot? We think not!”, CorporateMal.com skeptically compared the Duguay’s photo to a small Virgin Mary candy mold sold on eBay by A World of Moulds in the United Kingdom.

     From that website:

    “Now there is no way to know for sure what the real story is behind this piece of piousness. However, we can all agree that as long as there are people like the Duguays and a candy like Dots, America will always be the undisputed leader in delicious delusional devotions.”

  The write-up was good for a laugh, but it wasn’t so, Duguay said.  He claims his is no doctored Dot.   “I bought the box unopened,” he said. “I have no idea if or how it could have been placed there . . . We did not modify the Dot one bit.”   His best guess: It’s a defect that quality control missed.
After two initial days of furious activity that saw 42 bids, the auction had stalled by Monday at $215, with three days left to go.  Finally, on March 8th it sold for $305.

Here's Desmond's Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/desmondd?fref=ts

Sources : http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/02/27/virgin-mary-candy-sweet-deal-turner-couple/1327036

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Virgin-Mary-found-in-box-of-DOTS-/190803956605?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6ccd537d

http://corporatemal.com/2013/03/01/a-virgin-dot-we-think-not-a-sweet-scandal-awaits-the-new-pontiff/

Cross & Crown Cracker

     National news agencies are featuring the art of Extractionist Patti Burke.  She Recognized the Resemblances of Cross and Crown on a Goldfish cracker during Holy Week recently and Extracted the Resemblances by pointing them out and titling them - thus giving them meaning.

    “When I picked this one up, I knew he was special,” the Melbourne, FL woman said of her Holy Week discovery. “He had a cross on him, and he had a crown circle up by his head. Something I’ve never seen before out of all the Goldfish I’ve eaten.”

     Burke's art was even featured on Easter Sunday, when her pastor, D. Scott Worth, began talking about fish as a symbol of Christianity in front of the congregation of Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd in Melbourne.  “I think it’s a sign. I think it points to, I would hesitate to call it a miracle, but I think it points to THE miracle, which is Jesus Christ defeated death. And that’s what Easter is all about.”

     Burke hasn’t yet decided what to do with the cracker, so she carries it in an earring box padded by gauze. She tried to find out how the cracker — which is normally only printed with a smile — ended up with the cross and two circles. At first, she thought she’d won a special promotion.

     “I called Pepperidge Farm and said, ‘Hey, do you have some special promotion going on, I think I’ve got the lucky fish,’” she said. “They called me back and said there’s no way this could have been printed like that in the factory. ... They said it sounds like something miraculous happened and we don’t know how it happened.”

Watch the video here: http://bcove.me/edamgavh

     The Replica Report would like to add that there appears to be a third Resemblance - somewhat of a gonopodium!! (a modified anal fin (it looks rather like a thin rod) that allows male fish of the families Anablepidae and Poeciliidae to briefly hook into the vent of a female fish to deposit sperm.
This fin is normally held back and the male fish turns it down and forward just before mating)

Sources : http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130404/NEWS01/304040060/-Miracle-snack-no-fish-tale-Melbourne-woman?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

http://gawker.com/5993845/florida-woman-finds-goldfish-cracker-with-a-cross-and-crown-claims-its-a-sign-from-god

Eat A Comb? Sure, If From A Cock!

     A comb is a toothed device used for styling, cleaning and managing hair and scalp. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.  Combs consist of a shaft and teeth that are placed at a perpendicular angle to the shaft.

     With that in mind, the Replica Report looks at another comb (so named  because of it's Resemblance to the comb tool)- the fleshy growth or crest on the top of the head of gallinaceous birds, most notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens. Its alternative name cockscomb (spelling variations abound) is because combs are generally larger on males than on females.

      Scientists suggest that a chicken's comb has two important functions. The primary function is to help keep a chicken cool in hot weather, as chickens can't pant like other animals (such as dogs) are able to do. Blood circulates in dense networks of tiny blood vessels and capillaries from the chicken's comb to its wattles. This gives the comb its deep red color and allows the blood to be cooled by the air before traveling to other parts of the bird's body.

     The secondary function of the comb is to help a chicken attract a mate. A large, bright-colored comb is a sign of health and vitality. Often, in the pecking order of a flock, the bird with the biggest, brightest comb becomes the "alpha" rooster or hen.

    In cookery: Combs are used in cookery, often in combination with wattles or chicken kidneys.
    Combs were formerly used in French cuisine as garnishes. They were also used to prepare salpicons served in vol-au-vents, profiteroles, etc. in which they were often combined with other luxury ingredients such as truffles, sweetbreads, or morels in a cream sauce.

    In Italian cuisine, combs are an important ingredient in the famous sauce called Cibreo, which also includes chicken livers, wattles, and unlaid eggs. It is used as a sauce for tagliatelle and in the molded potato-ricotta ring Cimabella con cibreo.

     Combs are prepared by parboiling and skinning, then cooking in court-bouillon. After preparation, they are greyish.

     Rooster combs are often served in Chinese dim sum style dishes.

Source : Wikipedia

Under My Umberella-ella ella eh eh eh

     Cyperus alternifolius, with the common names of umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the very large genus Cyperus of the sedge family, Cyperaceae.  The common names for this species all contain the word Umbrella, undoubtedly because each stem is topped by 12 to 20 leafy bracts that droop in all directions from the stem apex giving the distinct appearance of an umbrella.

     The plant is native to Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean off Africa.

     Cultivation - Cyperus alternifolius is frequently cultivated as an ornamental plant worldwide. It is planted in gardens in the ground, pots, and in ponds, and as a house plant. It is hardy to USDA Zones: 9a-11b.

     The umbrella plant is just one species of over 600 in the genus Cyperus. Like most of its Cyperus relatives, this plant inhabits marshes, ponds, or slow moving streams, growing to a height of 1 ½ to 3 feet. It is a perennial in its native habitat, but when grown in areas having seasons with freezing temperatures, it is treated as an annual or grown indoors. The Umbrella plant was introduced into worldwide cultivation about 200 years ago for use in water gardens and as a potted plant.

     Besides propagation by seed, the Umbrella plant has an unusual means of vegetative reproduction. The plant’s stems are relatively weak and tend to crimp and bend over when subjected to even the slightest pressure. This results in the stem apex and leaves being submerged in water, or at least contacting the moist marsh soil. Soon after, the bent stem sends out roots and shoots from beneath its leaves, establishing a new plant. This can be easily duplicated at home by cutting a whole stem from the plant, removing the leaf tips and lower stem to make it more manageable, and placing what remains upside down in a glass of water. One can follow the development of the new plant over the next several weeks. Eventually potted into soil, the plant will grow rapidly into a graceful specimen. It is perfect for the indoor gardener who overwaters, since the Umbrella plant requires a saturated soil and does best if a saucer placed under the pot is kept filled with water.

     Special thanks to my neighbor who gifted me this plant, while simultaneously making me aware of yet another famous Extracted Resemblance.

Sources :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_alternifolius
http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/POW/umbrella_plant.htm
http://natureloveyou.sg/Cyperus%20alternifolius/Main.html

I Lost My Train of Thought

     A train is a connected series of rail vehicles propelled along a track to transport cargo or passengers. It is the "connected series" of the train that resembles the "connected series" of thoughts and as a result has given rise to the phrase "Train of Thought".

     The train of thought, stream of thought', chain of thought or trail of thought (Sarah Rickards) refers to the interconnection in the sequence of ideas expressed during a connected discourse or thought, as well as the sequence itself, especially in discussion how this sequence leads from one idea to another.

     When a reader or listener "loses the train of thought" (i.e., loses the relation between consecutive sentences or phrases, or the relation between non-verbal concepts in an argument or presentation), comprehension is lost of the expressed or unexpressed thought.

     The term "train of thoughts" was introduced and elaborated as early as in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan.

     For your entertainment, I have included this link to a fun word game called Train of Thought:  http://www.wordgames.com/train-of-thought.html

Sources :
Wikipedia
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/56835/train-of-thought

Happy Easter! Speaking of Hares...

     Happy Easter! Speaking of hares.... Replica Report looks at the word Harelip: (Medicine / Pathology) a congenital cleft or fissure in the midline of the upper lip, resembling the cleft upper lip of a hare, often occurring with cleft palate.
      Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) and cleft palate (palatoschisis), which can also occur together as cleft lip and palate, are variations of a type of clefting congenital deformity caused by abnormal facial development during gestation. A cleft is a fissure or opening—a gap. It is the non-fusion of the body's natural structures that form before birth. Approximately 1 in 700 children born have a cleft lip or a cleft palate or both. In decades past, the condition was sometimes referred to as harelip, based on the similarity to the cleft in the lip of a hare, but that term is now generally considered to be offensive.
Source : Wikipedia

Do you have Hot Lips?

     The 'Hot Lips' plant or 'Sore-mouth' bush are two names given Psychotria poeppigiana because of the obvious Resemblance!
     P. poeppigiana is a large shrub - a plant species in the family Rubiaceae. The inflorescences are carried upright or semi-erect and are surrounded by large bracts, colored a conspicuous red, that attract pollinators. The flowers themselves are inconspicuous, with the small yellow petals and sepals forming a narrow corollar tube. Pollinators are mainly hummingbirds, namely small hermit (Phaethornithinae) species like the Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis), Straight-billed Hermit (P. bourcieri) and Reddish Hermit (P. ruber). They do not insert their bills deeply into the small flowers, and thus the pollinators of the Sore-mouth Bush include curved- and straight-billed species alike.
      In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often (but not always) different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture. Typically, they also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals and/or sepals. Some bracts are brightly colored and serve the function of attracting pollinators, either together with the perianth or instead of it.
      Hot Lips ranges widely in the tropical Americas, from Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Veracruz in Mexico to the very north of Argentina. It does not occur on the Pacific side of the American cordillera however, and is thus absent from El Salvador and Chile. It is probably also absent from Uruguay and Paraguay.

Sources : http://www.treknature.com/gallery/South_America/Colombia/South/Putumayo/photo188350.htm
&
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotria_poeppigiana

The Stone Mushrooms of Bulgaria

     We travel to Bulgaria today where the Replica Report looks at some interesting rock formations. The Stone Mushrooms is a rock phenomenon near Beli Plast village in Bulgaria, on the road between Haskovo and Kardzhali. They are about 2.5 metres tall. The 3 hectares area is declared as natural resource on May 13, 1974 according to №РД-552 bill of the Ministry of Environment and Water.
      The rock formations have the shape of natural mushrooms – their stalks are pink, and the caps are green. The height of the mushroom stalks and the width of the caps are up to 2.5 meters. They are made of rhyolite volcanic tuffs, which are the result of intensive underwater volcanic activity, dating back to the Paleocene. After the sea withdrawal and the consistent seabed rising, the influence of the erosion became visible. The lower, pink layer proved to be softer and more amenable to the effects of sun, wind and rain. The upper, green layer contains solid minerals, mainly volcanic glass.
      As with many large Resemblances a legend has arisen that says, the charcoal burner Raduil lived in the Perperikon fortress with his four beautiful daughters. One sunny morning they went outside the town walls to bring water. Suddenly, they saw a great horde of invaders at the hill near the river. They ran back to the fortress. A fervent, uneven battle started; many men were killed, most of the women were captured. The daughters of Raduil were among them.
      They were waged to the leader of the horde, astride a racial horse at the nearby river – to take a look at them and choose the most beautiful ones for him and to sell the others as slaves. Fury gripped the hearts of the girls as they approached him. They grabbed what they could – sticks, stones, and began throwing them at the rider. The horse got scared and stood on its hind legs. The unsuspecting rider fell on the ground, the four girls ran towards him and tore him apart and ran into the forest.
      The closest friend of the leader ran to pursue the girls and caught them at the end of the day, lashed out with his yataghan and cut off the first one’s head. As it fell on the ground, it turned into a stone mushroom. The same happened with the other sisters. Before the man cut the head of the last girl, she petrified. The terrified man tried to escape with his horse, but turned into a black rock at the first step. Nowadays people call the lonely rock near the mushrooms Karatepe.
Src : http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/401/Kamenni_gybi

Camel Toe

We reserved this post for the late hours of the day. Camel Toe is a reference to the visual similarity in appearance to the two toes of a camel's hoof.
Cameltoe is slang for a fashion faux pas caused by women wearing snug pants; the term suggests a visual analogy.
Src : Wiktionary