Published on 11/29/2006
I suppose when a nation has reached a certain level of development and have more than enough money to splurge on the extras, it is then that everyday appliances get the royal treatment by being bathed in gold or even made from more exclusive and expensive materials to satiate the appetites of the affluent whose egos are soothed only when they have something different from the working class. Hulger sees to this desire for opulence with the Ziricote Wooden Phone which is essentially a fully functional landline phone that is handcrafted from African hardwood Ziricote. Each £2000 purchase comes with its own wooden box and a pot of wax for maintenance purposes. I wonder what the termites would think of it...