Absolutely Fobulous

We AbFobbers are all about embracing our inner fob and being unashamed of who we are.  But you know your fobulosity is at a whole other level when, as one Tumblr author put it, you’re an “Accidental Chinese Hipster.”  I stumbled on this awesome Tumblr via Angry Asian Man that captures the essence of fobs who are so hipster, they don’t even know it.

Think you’ve got pics of your own accidental Chinese hipsters?  Submit there here!

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I’m pretty klutzy, so it wasn’t very surprising when I recently missed the seat I was trying to sit on, fell to the ground, and spilled orange juice on my laptop. Luckily our web designer friend, Art, was there to the rescue.  He caught my cup before all of the liquid spilled on the laptop, and gave me some wise (and, might I say, quite fobby) advice.

First, I gotta turn off my computer immediately for a day, which is quite hard as I can’t survive without the internet. Next, I need to bury my laptop in a sack of rice. Yup, I had the same reaction, too. Rice?! You mean my precious white rice that I eat every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Art said that it apparently soaks up some of the moisture from the computer. OK, it kinda made sense to me. But, my biggest issue with it was that it’s such a waste of rice. I asked Art if I could reuse the rice and cook it later, but he said he’s never heard of anyone doing that.

My question to you readers is: would you cook the rice that you used to soak up stuff from your computer?

Like this article? Then read all about fobby rice bowls and the coolest bento boxes.

Who knew migraines could lead to a fob accent? A British woman apparently succumbed to a rare disease known as the Foreign Accent Syndrome after a particularly bad migraine. According to the AFP, FAS reportedly caused “brain damage” in Sarah Colwill, 35, which took away her West Country drawl and left her speaking like a Chinese. The woman has never been to China before. Colwill says the accent is “getting her down” and that she is starting to find it annoying.

Colwill says:

“I moved to Plymouth when I was 18 months old so I have always spoken like a local. But following one attack, an ambulance crew arrived and they said I definitely sounded Chinese.”

Ok, I just watched the video of Colwill and I have concluded that it is very poor Chinese accent. They should rename the condition to Bad Foreign Accent Syndrome. If you want to know what a REAL fob accent sounds like, check out this Korean dude singing Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body.”

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Fobulicious Mai Truong sent us a picture of her wearing a DIY ramen wrapper skirt. Mai says:

It is a skirt that I constructed out of the MAMA ramen wrappers that I collected for an art school project. I ended up going to the Korean store by my  apartment and taking a picture with the owner. The Shin Ramyen that I am holding in my hand is the next dress I want to construct my skirt out of.

It’s such a super cute skirt that also perfectly embodies fobulousity. Thanks for emailing the pic to us, Mai!