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Snuggie Will Make You Warm and Popular

Posted by Laureen Mahler

A little while ago, Steph introduced you to the Slanket: a revolutionary blanket with arms that would keep you toastier than ever before. Little did any of us know that the Slanket was the mere tip of the blanket-with-arms iceberg. Not only does the Slanket have a vicious competitor, the Snuggie; apparently, there is an all-out war happening between Slanket and Snuggie owners. 

Here's the lowdown: the Snuggie folks claim that their armed blanket of choice is cheaper, hipper, and even cult-worthy:

Yep, here is photographic evidence of a Snuggie pub crawl in San Francisco. So let's see... Snuggie is basically a Slanket, but it has an (ironically) awesome infomercial:

[$20, Get Snuggie]  

... and it's buy one get one free! That means you get two Snuggies for twenty bucks, not to mention all the new friends you can go drinking with while sporting your new Snuggie like a bizarre toga. 

Post update: Apparently, the cult trend is spreading; Shaun came across evidence of a Snuggie pub crawl in San Diego. What's the deal, MMers? Are you Slanketeers or Snuggie lovers? Do they have one of these crawls in your town?

Well, thank goodness for Gizmodo, which has officially stepped in as peace envoy for the blankie war.  

Related: The Warmest and Most Awesome Blanket in the World Ever, Baby Bottoms Have Nothing on This


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D La G said:

Snuggie all the way... and it has a cuter name!

April 1, 2009 7:58 PM

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Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance writer and proofreader who has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press, Playgirl, and other bastions of fine writing. She maintains a professional site https://www.stephiswrite.com, and also blogs about freelancing over at Freelancedom. You can keep up on her day-to-day by visiting her Twitter page.

Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.

Shaun Seneviratne is a dude just like anyone else. Just your average guy that raps Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to strangers on the subway at 4 a.m., doesn't chew his food because he believes it's a waste of time, and sleeps next to a scale replica of the Ghostbusters headquarters. He can rest easy knowing Egon, Peter, Ray, and Winston have his back. He currently lives in northern New Jersey, plays bass in Rapid Cities, and recently started a tumblr.

Laureen Mahler is a writer and editor who lives in California, where the sun never sets and everyone rollerskates to work. She coedits Beeswax Magazine and spends the remainder of her time as a freelance writer and letterpresser. She truly believes that someday she will master the ultimate multitask of blogging while letterpressing, though that might mean that she'll need a second pair of arms.

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