Tired of overpriced beer? Store your drink in your seat cushion!

by Ellen Slattery, Posted Feb 1st 2008 @ 4:15PM

So, I'm down with the Camelbak packs, and I can even kind of see the merit in a beer hat. But...a drink cushion?

Called Papa Bert's Sippin' Seat (the site claims it's "world famous"), it looks like a bizarre cross between a stadium cushion and a colostomy bag (the fact that the product description calls the inner plastic bag a "bladder" doesn't exactly help) and it's meant to hold your drink as you sit and take in the Big Game. (The website suggests that with this product, you can smuggle drinks into the stadium, and you also never have to get up). Except, I'd imagine, to pee, especially after downing all three cups of whatever beverage you've just consumed from your cushion.

Thankfully, you don't drink directly from the seat itself; you're supposed to pour your drink from the handy spout into your cup, although I'd imagine that a fan who's a few sheets to the wind wouldn't think twice before trying to drink out of the seat (blackmail photos, much?)

Readers, I ask you: has anyone actually used one of these who would be willing to admit it? Is it the equivalent of sleeping on a water bed? And what happens if, heaven forbid, the seat bursts mid-game? (Papa Bert claims the thing can withstand 300 pounds - I feel bad for whomever had to come to that conclusion).

And not to worry: the cushion is made from a fabric that's meant to resist moisture and staining. (Ew).

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Filed Under: Slashfood Bowl 2008, New Products
Tags: papa bert, PapaBert

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2-01-2008 @5:02PM Chung said... This product would be a lot more functional! http://www.thebeerbelly.com/
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2-01-2008 @11:46PM Red Icculus said... Your rear quarters (ahem) would warm the beer. Not to mention loading it into that thing would make the most non-fizzy beer I could imagine. I think I will pass, thanks.
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2-02-2008 @11:19AM Blair said... Not to mention that by advertising, they have taken away any covert advantage this product may have had!
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2-02-2008 @12:57PM Kassie said... And I've always believed that smuggling food into a place that doesn't allow you to do so is stealing.

Just saying.
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2-02-2008 @2:40PM Henry said... Kassie: And so is charging ridiculous prices because of a defacto or actual monopoly. Bud light should never cost 7 bucks.
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