tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622Sat, 24 May 2008 17:15:58 +0000http://www.bagophily.com/home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)Blogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-3518753237953924796Thu, 08 May 2008 21:12:00 +00002008-05-15T21:58:22.663+02:00Baggists were quizzed about their habitA rift has emerged in world baggery between modernists and traditionalists, a study has revealed.And it's increasingly a rift between the baghaves and the baghavenotsEarlier this year bagophily.com asked baggists how they had acquired their bags during 2007. A total of 11 baggists replied - that's 15% of the worldwide membership of the exclusive barfbags http://www.bagophily.com/2008/05/bagsurvey-reveals-rift-in-world-baggery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4475955462494079126Sat, 03 May 2008 11:56:00 +00002008-05-04T22:10:35.456+02:00Back in March we reported that the Wikipedia entry on airsickness bags had been emasculated by fastidious editors.One justified hitting the delete key by describing bagsites such as bagophily.com as "utterly unnotable".Bremen-based baggist Wolfgang Franken has pointed out that the entry on "Spuckbeutel" in the German version of Wikipedia has so far been spared the blue-pencilled onslaught.More http://www.bagophily.com/2008/05/grinches-spare-german-wikipedia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4491161666160759142Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:52:00 +00002008-05-03T13:56:37.826+02:00Is your prize barfbag less than complete? Has it lost one of its most vital components - second only to its watertight base? Did the wire closure snag on the the seat pocket when you removed it, and tear off?Look no further: now you can repair your bag with the real thing: genuine Sick Bag Strips from Schutte Bagclosures.Schutte can supply Sick Bag Strips in green, white or brown (other colours http://www.bagophily.com/2008/04/damaged-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-6594324852919760376Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:16:00 +00002008-04-30T21:40:35.048+02:00The prestigious Bagsite of the Month Award doesn't normally go to a site without any bag pictures at all. But the Awards Committee has made an exception this month by nominating Russell Buckley's site for this accolade.Manchester-based Russell isn't really interested in bags, but he hoovers up any he can find in order to swap them for the real love of his life, airline safety cards.His bag swaps http://www.bagophily.com/2008/04/bagsite-of-month-may-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4891031508229358825Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:25:00 +00002008-03-31T21:16:09.630+02:00Bagsite of the Month for April 2008 is the little-known Needful Things site of Bjørn Christian Tørrissen."Ever since the Vikings left the shores of Scandinavia in their small, unsteady boats, people from the north-western part of Europe have had a special relationship to travelsickness bags," explains Bjørn.The site has only a limited number of bags on display. But is definitely the place to go http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/bagsite-of-month-april-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4257525494667825453Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:39:00 +00002008-03-30T20:59:32.948+02:00Hello Kitty, a moon-faced cartoon cat beloved of Japanese teenies, has invaded Eva Air.The Taiwanese carrier has branded an entire plane with the cartoon pussycat. The image of the furry feline is licensed by the Japanese firm Sanrio. "EVA Air introduced the Hello Kitty aircraft last year after two years of negotiation with Sanrio," reported the Asia Times Online in January 2006. "The aircraft http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/hello-kitty-goodbye-lunch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-6044009657242256658Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:47:00 +00002008-03-30T21:04:14.147+02:00Halfway up Everest and feel the urge to hurl? There are several fellow climbers are hanging on the rope below you, unable to dodge falling vomit. And close behind is a team of mountaineering lawyers who have paid the Nepalese government a hefty climbing fee. They are unlikely to be amused by being plastered with gobbets of semi-digested lunch impacting them at terminal velocity. They have a http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/mountaineering-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-1006859848786711019Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-03-31T21:25:21.041+02:00Considering that its cars cost as much as a small aircraft and can go nearly as fast around corners, it's surprising that it has taken Lamborghini so long to produce its own range of barfbags.Like many of the firm's vehicles, the Lambo bag comes in a stylish glossy black, a colour not seen in any bags available on board commercial aircraft.The maker's bull shield marque is printed at the top http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/lamborghini-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-882625407016561872Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:48:00 +00002008-03-30T10:48:11.241+02:00Discerning collectors are of course familiar with sundry secondary genres of barfbags - apart from their use to prevent unpleasantness on board aircraft. These subsidiary genres include offering a way for cinema operators to maintain hygiene during screenings of third-rate horror flicks, a vehicle for preserving free speech and expressing opinions about politicians, as book-promotion vehicles, http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/bags-as-fashion-accessory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-447804789209475267Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:38:00 +00002008-05-15T22:11:53.856+02:00 Fresh dogshit is a hot topic in hygiene-conscious Central Europe.The veterinary magazine VetImpulse recently highlighted the problem in a two-page feature article devoted to precluding pavement pooch poo pollution.Click on the images on the left to read the article. Among the fascinating tidbits avid readers can glean:132,000 Viennese have protested against dogshit in the city.Germany's 5 http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/problem-for-politics-environment-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4591664615900765750Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:05:00 +00002008-03-20T09:31:39.254+01:00Plain white bags (the sort supplied by American Airlines and other uncaring carriers) normally find little resonance among passengers.But they have a secret coterie of admirers: professional photographers.For bags make excellent flash diffusers. Open the bag, check that it contains no foreign matter, then tape it upside down over your camera flash.Plain white bags are best for this purpose, http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/at-last-use-for-plain-white-bags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-1433851572458912471Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:57:00 +00002008-03-13T12:02:48.619+01:00The Wikipedia grinches have been busy on bags.The online encyclopedia's entry on Airsickness bags has been severely trimmed by fastidious editors. Gone are the references to barfbags in popular culture - descriptions of bags in film and song.Gone are links to bagsites, including bagophily.com, described by the discriminating editor, "Thumperward", as being "utterly unnotable".Thumperward, whose http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/wikipedia-bag-entry-emasculated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-6335913971348356129Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:28:00 +00002008-03-11T21:34:13.338+01:00The Brussels Aviation Convention is scheduled for 18 October 2008, reports Belgian baggist Tom de Kort.Click here for bagophily.com's list of airline shows where you can buy stuff that has been stolen from airlines.http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/belgian-bagfest-dates-fixed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4998468425247821813Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:42:00 +00002008-03-11T21:21:22.525+01:00German bagauthor Gerd-Otto Rieke has done it again - while the rest of us publicity-hungry baggists are happy for a measly half-a-column-inch of press coverage, Gerd-Otto has landed a full half-page in the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper.His article in the Bavarian paper's 5 February 2008 issue is an ideal introduction to the science of baggery for budding baggists and barfsceptics http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/bagfashion-on-board.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-7288682295500090706Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:51:00 +00002008-03-09T19:08:32.451+01:00"Not too much is to report from the 4th quarter of 2007", says our correspondent Gerd Clemens."Bags offered were of not too much interest which led to very low prices.Most spectacular auction was a collection of about 140 different bags. Seven bidders fought for it and after 17 bids price came up to 101 GBP which is about €135.Much to my surprise an Italian airline Alpieagles came in as winner http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/clemens-ebay-report-for-4th-quarter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-6987806738106253984Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:23:00 +00002008-03-04T13:52:10.690+01:00"It's not just queasy riders who relish a good airsickness bag", says this article in the 1 March 2008 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press.The article in the Canadian newspaper is based on an interview with Swedish baggist Rune Tapper. Rune pines for an Air Force One bag, enthuses about movie bags, and berates North American airlines for providing plain white pukepacks.The article reveals that http://www.bagophily.com/2008/03/winnibag-free-press.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-2479151993106776609Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:34:00 +00002008-02-27T19:39:37.659+01:00If you are lucky enough to live in northern Germany, you might have caught Oliver Conradi and his bag collection on NDR3 television on 27 Feb 2008. The Das! programme sandwiched Oliver's bags between stories about herrings and goats.Among the secrets divulged: the size of Oliver's collection: 5100 bags. In the interest of family harmony, the bags have been banished to a filing cabinet in his http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/bags-on-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-8570928077296498603Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:01:00 +00002008-02-27T16:44:32.587+01:00The bagartists at Cartoonstock.com have been putting in some overtime recently. Visit the Bagophily.com Art Department to see their latest masterpieces. http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/more-bagcartoons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-1490120602993082582Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-03-09T19:41:46.651+01:00"Have you succumbed to the unbridled joy of Air Sickness Bag Collecting? Do you have vomit fever?" asks the website selling the modestly named Convenience Bag.This has got to be the ultimate in luxury vomit receptacles - a plastic bag with an extra-wide funnel opening, inner valve to seal the contents in, and patented sleeve to protect your hand from toxic splatter.All this is available from the http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/rolls-royce-of-bafbags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-4344247712369576077Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:17:00 +00002008-02-27T14:25:00.482+01:00Remember the hype when US Airways decided to put advertising on its barfbags?Click here for some learned comments from the advertising industry about this move. "Believe it or not, there are also people that actually collect these things!" (Duh, are they talking about us?) http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/puke-and-advertising-dont-mix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-2717226714711561795Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:35:00 +00002008-02-27T10:02:32.711+01:00One of the unsung trends in world baggery is the growing number of baggists in Japan. Unusually for the bag-collecting industry, most bag aficionados in the Land of Sony and Sushi appear to be women. And happily for bagophiles worldwide, they are beginning to put their collections online.The latest to come to our attention at bagophily.com is Kyoko Hagino-Tomioka's site, げろ袋コレクションIf your Japanesehttp://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/bagsite-of-month-march-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-9028264865110371543Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:51:00 +00002008-02-26T13:19:13.653+01:00"When I describe my hobby, they first shake their head, then they smile", says Gerhard Lang.The Baden-Wuerttemberg-based baggist is featured in the January edition of the German eBay Magazin - along with grandson Julian and a bunch of bags waiting to be filled.Click on the photo to read the article.http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/shake-and-smile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-205355381275537372Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:43:00 +00002008-02-22T18:48:14.901+01:00Buzzfeed, a site devoted to weird stuff, has nominated Bagophily.com as one of its eight best "ridiculous collections".Coming in at fourth, bagophily.com just missed out on a podium position. Scoring more are collections of Star Wars figurines, a music collection containing 3 million records, and a collection of stale cigarettes.Bagophily finished above collections of toothpaste, sugar, rubber http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/ridiculous-moi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-3348395371305479826Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:53:00 +00002008-02-16T21:01:00.649+01:00Then don't forget to take a few barfbags with you. They come in useful for a variety of purposes: to deal with seasick passengers who do not wish to feed the fish - and as decorative lighting."Attached is a photo I took in 1986 of our canalboat moored in the South Oxford Canal between Oxford and Wolvercote," says David Shomper."My friends and I took quite a few barfbags off the plane and http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/going-boating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986622.post-6156323309352402718Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:38:00 +00002008-02-16T21:03:17.205+01:00Bagsurvey questionIn the last year, how many new bags (ie, bags of a type you did not have before) have come from the following sources? Stolen: Collected yourself from aircraft or airportsRequests: Requested from bag manufacturers, airlines, etc.Gifts: Donated by friends, relatives, etc.Swaps: Exchange with or donations from other collectorsEbay: Purchased via EbayBought: Purchased by routes http://www.bagophily.com/2008/02/beg-borrow-or-steal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Mundy)