Sega's HomeStar Spa: Plane-arium edition

-his one slipped pas- but i-'s wor-h a back-rack -o -he glory days of celes-ial ba-hing. No, no- Roman -imes, bu- -he firs- week of June, when Sega -oys in-roduced i-s Homes-ar Plane-arium Spa Edi-ion -o -he rubby-ducky infes-ed wa-ers of -he home ba-h. -he wa-erproof orb projec-s -he nigh- sky on-o -he ceiling or pa--erns such as roses and man-a rays on-o -he -ub below. $65, -ha-'s how much. Oh, damn -his bone disease!

[Via Environmental Graffiti, thanks guest-editor Dr. Adams]

[Celtic @ Jun 20th 2008 7:03AM]

What?

[fred @ Jun 20th 2008 7:08AM]

Sega Saturn II

[Joe @ Jun 20th 2008 7:21AM]

W - F

[bohsocks @ Jun 20th 2008 8:25AM]

I love cheesy poofs,
You love cheesy poofs.
If we didn't eat cheesy poofs,
We'd be... LAME

[Mike @ Jun 20th 2008 9:58AM]

"This one slipped past but it's worth a backtrack to the glory days of celestial bathing. No, not Roman times, but the first week of June, when Sega toys introduced its Homestar Planetarium Spa Edition to the rubby-ducky infested waters of the home bath. The waterproof orb projects the night sky onto the ceiling or patterns such as roses and manta rays onto the tub below. $65, that's how much. Oh, damn this bone disease!"

Thank god for Ctrl-H

[Nando @ Jun 20th 2008 10:05AM]

Totally tits!

[Shane @ Jun 20th 2008 10:49AM]

LOL @ the South Park reference! :-)

Seriously though, I wonder if HomeStarRunner.com will sue for using HomeStar's name...

[jak0b @ Jun 20th 2008 7:04AM]

why are there no T's???

[saintjude @ Jun 20th 2008 7:08AM]

broken??

[SteveJ @ Jun 20th 2008 7:13AM]

It's a joke, folks. Look at the name of the product being described.

[NineT9 @ Jun 20th 2008 7:13AM]

Look at the title, the name of the product i believe is titled 'Plane-arium', so engadget thought theyd play the same game and not type any T's...

or atleast im pretty sure thats whats going on

[John M @ Jun 20th 2008 7:15AM]

but there are t's in it's name in the read link...

[BuddyBoy @ Jun 20th 2008 7:18AM]

It's a south park joke... click on the guest editors name.

[teej @ Jun 20th 2008 9:45AM]

i see what they did there

[Flit @ Jun 20th 2008 10:45AM]

Ahem:

/comicbookguy

In the episode the bone disease caused the owner of the planetarium to be unable to pronounce the "T" in the word Planetarium. All other T's were unaffected. Hence the joke about a guy who cannot say the T in planetarium working AT a planetarium.

/end comicbookguy

[nathan.wong @ Jun 20th 2008 11:12AM]

Flit,
Thanks for the explanation.

That must have been the most obscure reference that Engadget has come up with yet.

[BrokenMonkey @ Jun 20th 2008 11:34AM]

That was stupid, considering only the "t" in Planetarium was affected and Engadget did EVERY SINGLE ONE!

[Reid @ Jun 20th 2008 4:07PM]

Ah, I thought it was a homestarrunner reference. God HSR is unfunny. South Park is funny, but I'm not dedicated enough to keep up with every episode.

[omnicloud @ Jun 20th 2008 4:16PM]

You never realize how each and every letter is so important until something like this turns out. I shudder to think of a world without vowels.. I mean.. I shddr t thnk f wrld wtht vwls.

[bogtooth @ Jun 20th 2008 4:58PM]

A world without vowels? Just go be a dick over on boingboing. Then you'll be in a world of hurt! I mean… a world of no vowels.

[Akio @ Jun 20th 2008 7:05AM]

Finally! the best grammar I've seen in an engadget news post!

[Dan @ Jun 20th 2008 3:19PM]

Well technically it was only the T in plane-arium that should have been left out. The guy could speak the other Ts just fine!

[diamonddogs @ Jun 20th 2008 7:06AM]

I've never been much of a South Park viewer, would someone like to explain/send a link to a clip?

[BuddyBoy @ Jun 20th 2008 7:20AM]

Just click on the guest editors name.

[omegamale @ Jun 20th 2008 7:08AM]

heh heh heh heh heh ahhhhhh mmmmm

[Chris Macdonald @ Jun 20th 2008 6:08PM]

i agree

[Bernhard @ Jun 20th 2008 7:11AM]

Get a new keyboard dude

[Tom @ Jun 20th 2008 7:13AM]

WAIT, why is she wearing that towel when she is sat in the bath full of water?

[Dxw @ Jun 20th 2008 7:26AM]

You expect her to share a bath with Dr. Adams naked?

[BeniRose @ Jun 20th 2008 10:25AM]

The Japanese have a deeper understanding of life than us westerners do.

[hohum @ Jun 20th 2008 5:00PM]

Don't forget to bring a towel!

[tekdemon @ Jun 20th 2008 5:50PM]

In Japanese bath houses women often keep towels with them for modesty reasons. That said, I don't think most people would really ever wear an entire towel in their own home bath tub, but then if the ad were really realistic it'd be X-rated.

[whatsdamattau @ Jun 20th 2008 8:11PM]

In Japan that would be "owel."

[Clifton @ Jun 20th 2008 7:16AM]

You missed a T in "infested"

[toooni @ Jun 20th 2008 7:17AM]

but infested should be infes-ed

[Frun @ Jun 20th 2008 7:20AM]

Thomas must have that rare bone disease

[Stern @ Jun 20th 2008 8:07AM]

-here are ac-ually qui-e a few -'s lef- in the ar-icle 6 in fac-

[jared @ Jun 20th 2008 7:34AM]

Also missed a T in first - first week of June.

[Randy @ Jun 20th 2008 7:37AM]

This is for the sophisticated Tubgirl.

[steve peek @ Jun 20th 2008 7:42AM]

I love cheesy poofs
you love cheesy poofs,
if we all didnt love cheesy poofs,
we'd be
lame

[franzbonus @ Jun 20th 2008 7:54AM]

Ok so the idea of this is that whoever wants to take a bath stares at some balls and stay dirty?

[KaZ @ Jun 20th 2008 7:56AM]

Wait, is she having her periods in the second picture ?

[Leehammachin @ Oct 28th 2008 2:33PM]

ok, i gte the joke, Sega missed out the T. but seriously. thats the most annoying thing you guys have done in a long time.

behave and repost it!

[Chris @ Jun 20th 2008 1:14PM]

"Behave and repost it"

That just made me chuckle... mostly the "behave" part.

[blorgbeard @ Jun 20th 2008 7:59AM]

I hate to be a southpark nazi, but in the episode he only couldn't pronounce the 't' in the word 'planetarium'. All his other 't's were fine. This was a *very* rare bone disease.

[Vasileios Georgitzikis @ Jun 20th 2008 8:30AM]

Damn, you're fast. That's what i wanted to say too. So, fix it engadget!

[Justin @ Jun 20th 2008 8:30AM]

I hate to be difficult, but blorgbeard is right, it's only Plane-arium that he can't say the T.
And to Mr Proper Pants, Matt, some people who do work during the day instead of finding ways to criticize others sense of humor, actually LIKE to see something a little funny and different. Just because you don't get it doesn't mean someone else didn't enjoy it. Be a bigger man, you grow up and just let somethings slide. ;-)

[Justin @ Jun 20th 2008 8:13AM]

Wow, I'm surprised so few people got the joke. I can't even hear the word Planetarium without repeating "Plane-arium" out loud and chuckling a bit. Oh well, bravo on the attempt!

[Allan @ Jun 20th 2008 8:31AM]

Ya, I didn't even get to the title. I saw the guy in the tub and just thought "plane-arium."

Then I read the story... omg.

[Matt @ Jun 20th 2008 8:12AM]

This is like something Gizmodo would do
Gizmodo is childish and annoying and I don't read it
Please grow up. thanks.