I’m probably slow on the draw with this one, but…While doing a search on YouTube to find the best category and tags to post the new DickHats commercial, I came across the dreaded Chocolate Rain song! I find it utterly astonishing that this guy Tay Zonday has gotten over 13 million views of his song. This in turn sparked several hundred other people to do their own parody video of the song. See the Chad Vader version.
If that wasn’t bad enough, it became so popular that
You think you’re soooo cool with your we-beedy eyes, that baritone pantie-dropping voice and your smooth “don’t breathe in the mic move” that you do! Well, you won’t get my panties, Mr. Tay! Not this time…no…wait…oh shit…Never mind!
Chocolate Rain…some stay dry while others feel the pain
Chocolate Rain…a baby born will die before the sin
Chocolate Rain…The school books say it can’t be here….stop! Stop! Get out of my head!
You bastard!!!!!
Dick Diggler 
January 2008
I seem to be getting a lot of feedback asking what the hell I was thinking when I came up for the idea of chocolate DickHats. Well you asked and I must answer.
I’m sure by now most of you have seen the Saturday Night Live music video spoof from Christmas 2006 – Dick In A Box. If not, watch video below before reading more.
via videosift.com
In January 2007, I thought it would be funny to offer the pre-cut boxes on the Internet. Unfortunately, someone beat me to it in the Facebook giftshop…bastard! So around April 2007, I was listening to a syndicated morning radio show out of
Disgusted by this injustice I vowed to save mankind. That same day, I was on my lunch break and the idea knocked me on my ass. Women love chocolate, guys love getting head! If you ask them to be honest, most guys have a personalized name for their One-eyed Willy. So why don’t we go one step further and give it some personality! Hats convey personality; why not make a hat out of chocolate.
Hence DickHats were born!
It took several more months to work out the details like finding the best chocolate, making the prototypes, producing the packaging that would protect it during delivery, and then finally producing the product. Plans originally were to have them finished in the summer 2007, but it took six more months to work out the kinks.
How did we decide on the current style of hats?
The first one that popped into my head was the Easy Rider (cowboy hat). So I had to see that one to fruition. The Chocolate Headed Warrior (Viking Hat) was from the long list, but I felt that chocolate horns coming off the head of penis would be pretty amusing. As for the One-eyed Spartan, it was actually an afterthought. My original prototype was a stars and stripes top hat called the Dick Chainey. As luck would have it, the game of all games came out in September 2007 and it just seemed like a no-brainer to make the switch.
So there you have it…
If you haven’t ordered one yet, what in the name of all that is holy are you waiting for? Get your very own DickHat before they’re all gone. We are only producing limited runs because we have a ton of requested styles to get though. So many hat styles, so little time! Tell me the style you’d like to buy next in the comments…or send an email through the Contact Us page.
Are you getting enough hat in 2008?
If not, order today at either of the following links!
We got an email the other day from a customer who wanted to share his idea for improving the product. I thought it was very creative so I will post it here for those of you who could use the same help. I added a photo of the product he is suggesting for your convenience.
Dear Dickhats,
I ordered one of the Viking hats the other day and was so happy to see the box in my mail on Wednesday. I couldn’t wait to see my wife’s face since she is a huge chocolate crackhead. After opening the box, I was disappointed to find that there were no instructions for men with a special member like mine. Let’s just say while most men point north, well I point a little northwest. I knew gravity wasn’t going to hold my hat in the correct position.
Being that I fancy myself to be somewhat of a MacGyver, so I went to the grocery store to find some type of glue. Not Elmer’s, but something she could eat. After cruising down the isles I finally found the perfect edible glue and it worked like a charm!
I wanted to write so that you could pass along my idea to others who might be in my same situation. Tell your customers to go buy some Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Crème, made by Kraft. It’s awesome, my wife loved it! Oh and your hat put a huge smile on her face (not to mention mine too)!
I guess I could have suggested peanut butter. Unfortunately, she doesn’t like peanut butter, so I found the next best thing. Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Tom
Well thanks Tom! Great story…I’m sending you two more free Dickhats for your great idea. Keep them coming!
Anyone else have other ideas? Leave a comment or send an email…
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Sure you can catch a lot of that stuff on Boing Boing and Gizmodo, but Geekologie is usually first when it comes to introducing ground-breaking gifts that offend and stupefy your friends. So give Geekologie some love and check out his list of oddities. You won’t be disappointed!
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