You’re back for more, eh? You glutton for self-punishment, you! Yesterday’s round was a close race between Lacy Lady and Life-size Lovers, with Hobo in a Box coming in a near third. I was actually quite shocked to see that Ghostly Prayers had the least amount of votes, as that one continues to terrify me daily.
Now, onto Round II.
Deep breaths.
from Camille
Surely, surely there are better ways to celebrate one’s African heritage than with this tacky set of table lamps. According to my understanding, the hat on the gentleman is a kufi cap, commonly worn by men of all religions in West Africa. According to common sense, nobody over there is wearing a lampshade.
from Heidi
Psst. You there. Yes you. You seem a little lonely. Perhaps you are in need of some … illumination. Nothing will light up your life quite like this Seductively Lounging Gladiator Lamp. What is wrong with his shield, you say? Why does this exist at all? Shh, darling. These are questions the universe does not want answered.
from Kristi
Look now! It’s Raijin, God of Lightning! Oh, wait. My mistake. This is actually Randall, God of Lighting.
from Paula
Words failed me as I stared and stared at this misfortunate lighting apparatus for a really long time, until my husband wandered by and exclaimed, “Is that a clam flexing?!“
from Rhonda
Kids giving you a hard time at bedtime? Let these black-hearted bears do your dirty work for you. Your children will be too terrified to leave their beds under the malevolent glares of the father/son tag-team. I hear there used to be a momma bear, but I’m pretty sure this sadistic duo ate her.
from Sherry
Sweet holy heaven. Where is that prayer lamp when we need it? I don’t know why this thing even has a cord, I bet it glows just fine under its own demonic powers.
Vote Now!
61 Comments
Tiffany
August 21, 2012 at 5:35 PMIt just kept getting worse as I kept scrolling down. AJ- My first though exactly!
Gillian
August 21, 2012 at 6:44 PMKelly, I’m with you. The skull lamp is over the top but not nearly as WTF?!??!?! as the raunchy gladiator lamp.
Anonymous
August 21, 2012 at 6:53 PMWow these are WAY worse than the last ones and Last years LOL!
Anonymous
August 21, 2012 at 8:35 PMEeeek. Jeez. It only took me 2 seconds to place my vote. The thing is …. ALL were horrid. Nightmare bound. Those teddies are absolutely scary. Uggh. #12 is painfully icky. Bring us more uglies!
Marcee/ILLINOIS
P.S. I have zero pathetic lamps in my house. None.
Anonymous
August 21, 2012 at 8:38 PMOhhhmygosh. Just finished reading all the comments! Amazing how many times “nightmare(s)” was/were mentioned. We are ALL creeped-out. Honestly. I know!
Marcee/ILLINOIS
Julie C
August 21, 2012 at 9:32 PM“Ugly” is not a powerful enough word for this group of lamps. I’m still trying to shake the images from my brain!
Amie
August 21, 2012 at 10:29 PMThey’re all worse than the last! I thought for sure you had a winner with the God of Lightning, then I saw the demonic powers one at the end. Good grief. I’d like to see a few of these plugged in.
stephbo93
August 21, 2012 at 10:59 PMThis was a tough round. The God of Lighting one wouldn’t be so bad except it’s so tall!!! Seriously! It’s almost as tall as the window! And the skulls one, while ugly, definitely has a target niche in mind, so I didn’t vote for that one.
Melany @ Project Anthologies
August 21, 2012 at 11:16 PMWOW. Each one is worse than the last. I’m at a loss.
Melany @ Project Anthologies
August 21, 2012 at 11:16 PMWOW. Each one is worse than the last. I’m at a loss.
Carmen
August 21, 2012 at 4:32 PMOkay, that was a hard vote. They’re all HORRIBLE!!!
VintageDanielle
August 21, 2012 at 4:40 PMOh wow, it was a tie between the pedobears and that creepy skull, yuck!
Jody
August 21, 2012 at 11:49 PMThis round seems far worse than yesterday’s round! WOW!
Sara
August 21, 2012 at 4:52 PMI can’t unsee those. I believe there has been permanent damage done to my retinas. And my psyche.
the Crafty Woman
August 21, 2012 at 4:56 PMThat was really, really hard! I was shocked to see the lead!
Anonymous
August 21, 2012 at 11:57 PMI judged based on which lamp I would absolutely not put anywhere in my house, not even in a closet. with that, I had to say African’t lamps. the skull horror, ugly as it is, may be able to go in a teenagers room:)
Terresa/Oklahoma
Mollie D
August 21, 2012 at 5:10 PMIs it bad that I actually love the god of lightning lamp and would put it in my house?
AJ
August 21, 2012 at 5:20 PMAm I the only one that thinks #8 is a little, um, dirty? Like not for kids to see? They are all horrible!
adrienne
August 21, 2012 at 5:34 PMIf Yoda was a teddy bear. . . .
TracyMB @ Crows Feet Chic
August 21, 2012 at 5:37 PMYou crack me up; reading the descriptions is 1/2 the fun! 🙂
Anonymous
August 22, 2012 at 12:56 AMI would totally pay good money for #9. It would look amazing in copper with a blue patina wash or with a faux aged stone finish.
Kim
August 21, 2012 at 5:56 PMSo hard to choose just one!! They’re all just awful!
Emily [On the V Side]
August 21, 2012 at 6:10 PMThose are all horrible, and your descriptions are all hilarious. I didn’t think anything would beat the commentary for “Hobo in a Box”, but look at you, you done did it. 🙂
Emily [On the V Side]
August 21, 2012 at 6:10 PMThose are all horrible, and your descriptions are all hilarious. I didn’t think anything would beat the commentary for “Hobo in a Box”, but look at you, you done did it. 🙂
Kelly Brianne
August 21, 2012 at 6:22 PMI’m a little surprised #12 is in the lead! I think it could pass as Halloween decorations; and therefore, isn’t all that ugly. #8, on the other hand, is the oddest lamp I’ve ever seen.
Rose
August 21, 2012 at 6:22 PMI love the god of lighting! Mollie, I’m with you, I wouldn’t mind having that lamp in my home either.
It's All Connected
August 21, 2012 at 6:34 PMI thought I’d seen some preposterous lamps, but these beat them! ~ Maureen
Neba Nebet
August 21, 2012 at 6:49 PMThe “Numb Skull” gets a pass because it isn’t trying to pass itself off as a normal lamp. I can see certain teenagers going “WHOAH THAT’S COOL” and decorating their bedroom with it, on a shelf or something, but it was never intended to go in a mainstream culture person’s living room.
Neba Nebet
August 21, 2012 at 6:50 PMThe “Numb Skull” gets a pass because it isn’t trying to pass itself off as a normal lamp. I can see certain teenagers going “WHOAH THAT’S COOL” and decorating their bedroom with it, on a shelf or something, but it was never intended to go in a mainstream culture person’s living room.
If Youve Seen My Mind...Id Love It Back
August 21, 2012 at 7:11 PMWow. It just keeps getting…worse. There are no words to describe the skull lamp. It is literally what nightmares are made of. Still, I had to go with the flexing clam, as it’s abstract ugliness really stuck with me. The skull would have done the same had I been able to look at it for more than a millisecond.
Auntie Em
August 21, 2012 at 7:22 PMI am always almost positive each time that there could not in any way be any more ugly lamps to put in these contests…yet…there they are! X)
Jen
August 21, 2012 at 8:05 PMI was having such a hard time deciding… And then I saw #12 and instinctively sucked all the air out of the room. I may have nightmares tonight.
Life On Planet Mum
August 21, 2012 at 8:21 PMThe skull lamp is not only ugly, it is scary to boot!!!
Junebug
August 22, 2012 at 3:29 AM12 is the worst. I actually think the Teddy Bear lamp is salvageable with paint.
Lori C
August 21, 2012 at 8:41 PMI agree that #8 is suggestive (what IS he doing to that cat?) and Randall isn’t a bad looking guy…but #10 is just a wee bit too phallic to be a lamp. Not that a phallic lamp is a bad idea, it’s just that this is a bad phallic lamp. 🙂
Mary P.
August 21, 2012 at 8:50 PMI voted for #12, however, I must confess that it wasn’t actually MY vote, but that of my son. And he wasn’t actually voting for the UGLIEST lamp, but what he deemed as, “THAT’S SUCH A BITCHIN’ LAMP!”
Captain Micah
August 21, 2012 at 8:50 PMI hope that I’m not ruining the vote by picking the one that I LAUGH at the most. I sure love your commentary, too.
Though the skull one will probably make me sleep curled up in fetal position tonight, rocking back and forth, I voted for the seductive gladiator. Because it cracked me up!
vikki
August 21, 2012 at 9:13 PMMan, I really wonder what people are thinking, Ugly is right. I was tempted to poke out my eyes after the first glance but I made it though. Skulls always creep me out so that got my vote.
Donna C
August 21, 2012 at 9:15 PMThat skull lamp would give me nightmares!
@thekeswickblog
August 22, 2012 at 4:51 AMThese are just too horrendous. But in a way that almost makes then cool. But only almost.
Shelly @A Creative Space
August 21, 2012 at 10:02 PMHow could something be so horrible and so fun at the same time? You’re cracking me up with the Gladiator.. “Shhhh, the universe does not need to know…”
Karyn
August 21, 2012 at 11:15 PMOh my word, you’re funny. Love this post.
Wendi
August 22, 2012 at 1:12 AM#10 is just so phallic–I can’t stop laughing at it!
Marty
August 22, 2012 at 8:26 AMOk, they’ve all been ugly, BUT #12 has to be the worst I’ve EVER seen!
Kathy from DoubleNickelsandBeyond
August 22, 2012 at 1:46 AMSeriously, I’m thinking of going into the lamp business. Whatever I come up with can’t possibly be as horrendous as these! Can they?
Michelle Baker
August 22, 2012 at 3:12 AMOh my. Your comments are more fun than looking at the lamps. You should do this at least twice a year. I laugh out loud reading the descriptions. Thank you for the laughs :)))
Anonymous
August 22, 2012 at 10:27 AMthey are all so ugly, how can i pick just one?
Tracy
August 22, 2012 at 4:13 AMSo enough of us LOVE the God of Lighting … she should run an auction. How big is that bad boy?!
The Invisible Mo
August 22, 2012 at 4:41 AMWow…I think you’ve outdone yourself. #8 defies description and how in the world would a lampshade fit on it? It would have to be a tiny one. I find myself going back over and over to #10 trying to figure out what in the world it was really supposed to be, especially after I noticed that it takes two tiny light bulbs there in the front. It was really hard to vote this round. Should it be creepy bears, evil skull or clam flexing? Yikes…maybe I will just close my eyes and point.
Anonymous
August 22, 2012 at 12:47 PMOMG! How can I pick only 1? It’s not even 8 in the morning I just said “What the Hell?” about 5 times. LOL
Anonymous
August 22, 2012 at 12:51 PMWhat exactly is the gladiator doing to his cat in Number 8? AAHHH
suzyq
August 22, 2012 at 9:20 AMLindsay I almost spit my tea out of my mouth laughing at your # 12 comment – they’re all funny – but you had me at Sweet Holy Heaven – where’s the prayer lamp – You are absolutely hilarious!!!
The demon wins this one –
Hands down!!!
Anonymous
August 22, 2012 at 5:51 PMI had to come back to see the comments on Randall. Lol. It’s interesting to see the numb-skull non-critics… I did skulls and dragons as a teenager and they still don’t freak me out or anything, but that lamp is really ugly and way too colorful for the look it’s trying to pull off. Not to mention that styrofoam looking ball on top and the fangs. It wouldn’t have worked for teenage goth me and therefore not sure it works at all. Lol.
But that clam flexing… smh
Ally
August 22, 2012 at 1:33 PMI’m with you Lindsey – the praying hands was my vote until my girls all voted for the lady. Today I’m going with my gut. That incredibly sexy gladiator gets my wholehearted vote.
Three Blue Owls
August 22, 2012 at 3:26 PMCreepy creepy creepy! The evil bears thing cracks me up! Some are scary and others just deeply disturbing…
elise
August 22, 2012 at 11:52 PMIt was a real toss up for me
between #10,and 12 . I ended up voting for the flexing muscles.
Jillian {Her Split Ends}
August 23, 2012 at 1:39 AM#10 looks like fallopian tubes…ha…gross 😉
Cheers
~ Jillian
http://www.hersplitends.com
Anne
August 22, 2012 at 11:43 PMI missed this one yesterday! I don’t know what I enjoy more, the photos or your descriptions! lol LOVE IT!
janna
August 25, 2012 at 1:59 AMHaha my hubby has my skull tattooed on his chest, replica of one of many CT scans throughout our trials of 11 brain surgeries I’ve had. Kinda jealous the lamp is more colorful…..looks like a visit to tattooist is on calendar. I need a make over.
janna
August 25, 2012 at 1:59 AMHaha my hubby has my skull tattooed on his chest, replica of one of many CT scans throughout our trials of 11 brain surgeries I’ve had. Kinda jealous the lamp is more colorful…..looks like a visit to tattooist is on calendar. I need a make over.
Sam V.
April 28, 2019 at 1:23 PMAnybody know where I can find a lamp for sale just like or by the same person as #9?