Jan 20 2009Admit It, You're Lazy: A Cup Noodle Machine
Why you'd need a vending machine for a product that only requires hot water and three minutes to be ready for consumption is beyond me. Yet, here it is, a Cup Noodle (I always thought it was Cup-O-Noodles) vending machine.
It's small enough to fit on a counter top, and includes a hot water thermos and storage for up to four Cup Noodle bowls with a dispenser. It even has an automatic timer that'll beep when three minutes is up and your food is ready to eat.
Jesus, it's called a microwave, folks. And who else has accidentally eaten part of the styrofoam cup while downing a Cup Noodle all drunk? Go ahead, admit it -- nothing to be ashamed of. HAHA, you freaking ate the cup! To your credit though, I wouldn't trust you with a fork either.
Nissin offers introverts compact cup noodle vending machines [tokyomango]
Thanks to Niki, who stopped eating Ramen in college because she got to look at some under a microscope and it looked too noodley.
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Reader Comments
1. known - January 20, 2009 1:04 PM
Not today, no
2. known - January 20, 2009 1:06 PM
There's an dashboard version of this soup maker that works great in cars with dashboards
3. Jess - January 20, 2009 1:07 PM
Not worth the time. :/
4. Moose Knuckle - January 20, 2009 1:08 PM
Genuinely looks like more trouble than it's worth...
What next, a vending machine that poops for you?
Hmm...
5. Thumperchica - January 20, 2009 1:17 PM
Wow, how dumb/lazy do you have to be to need this? Seriously.
6. Pew³ - January 20, 2009 1:24 PM
CUP NOODLE? Really?
I never noticed....huh....yep, I just checked my machine, there it is. Cup Noodle.
7. Daisy - January 20, 2009 1:42 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was in Germany and got his wallet stolen by Spiderman, who was driving him around in a car. Later Max broke Spidey's arm.
8. gizmoduck - January 20, 2009 1:42 PM
oh wow.
UFO taste better
9. Timbo - January 20, 2009 1:45 PM
I personally hate cup noods, but hey I'm hater on occasion.
10. Duran - January 20, 2009 1:56 PM
I would only buy it if it also dispensed mayo into the cup to make me even lazier
11. Nostradamus - January 20, 2009 2:08 PM
Japan is just trying to make America as fat as possible as part of a nefarious scheme to take over the earth. When we get fat enough, they will fly their bombers overhead and drop banana peels on us. We will trip on them, because we will not be able to see out toes, and thus what we are stepping on. We will fall over, and won't be able to get back up. The ground will be littered with us fallen fatties all frantically paddling the air with our stubby little limbs in an effort to right ourselves. Like upturned beetles. We may have robots around designed expressly for helping fat people off the ground, but we all know they will be made in Japan anyway, and programmed to terminate us when the time is right.
But we will prevail. Somehow or another. And realize the fantastic irony of our situation: We were ruined by banana peels, but bananas will be our salvation. And, yeah, other produce.
I saw it in a dream.
12. Pew³ - January 20, 2009 2:39 PM
BIG SENTENCES
13. DDS - January 20, 2009 3:44 PM
I saw a public one of these at least 10 years ago over here for Pot Noodles (the UK equivalent). Useful if you're out and about (plastic fork included), but pretty stupid in the home...
14. rodjoh - January 20, 2009 6:36 PM
That looks more complicated that the traditional way to prepare one. You know, water and microwave.
15. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 20, 2009 8:58 PM
@11 What about all the Stewie's needed to walk behind all the fat people with a tuba? "I HAVE A GLANDULAR PROBLEM!"
Gotta love the completely pointess gadgets that come outta this place...
16. Bob - January 20, 2009 9:13 PM
Uhh...yeah, they've had Pot Noodle machines over here for years, I remember seeing one years and years ago as well. It had recorded voice messages as well if I remember correctly. Creepy f***in' machine.
17. weaponx - January 21, 2009 12:54 AM
styrofoam kills the cancer,,,,,, everyone try this. I'm still living. hahahahha