Dog pee ashtray
From the collection of: Cheetah Velour
Located in : Animals, Household Accessories


 

This is the most disturbing ashtray I have ever seen. If nothing else makes you quit smoking, this will. Misshapen rubber dog lifting his leg on your cigarettes, tourist trap photo underneath (Tree House, Redwood Hwy. CA), gift shop quality redwood souvenir craftsmanship.

What Allee has to say about this:
First of all, I’d like to thank you for including the detail shot. I want to encourage all aKitschionados to do the same so that the impact of what you describe in text comes across more. I love detail shots.

Second, I had that rubber dog in my youth. You could stretch his parts. He was also a totally mass-produced item. Does it actually say that this is a souvenir from the Treehouse anywhere on the item itself or does it only say that on the postcard? If the latter, does it say anything on the bottom of the ashtray? And is the text written on it six separate decals? it’s bizarre that it’s not one long one. It has a handmade quality to it yet still looks like a prototypical souvenir that would have been in the gift shop that is this tree.

And to think a redwood gave its life for this creation.