The Japanese are awesome - hold an adult diaper fashion show

One after the other, the models strutted across the stage to bouncy '80s dance tunes, all showing off designs of the same article of clothing — adult diapers.

That's how this story begins. Leave it to the Japanese to do this first. I mean, it makes sense. Old geezers want to look good too, even while they are filling their drawers.

"Diapers are something that people don't want to look at," said Kiyoko Hamada of the Aging Lifestyle Research Center, a leading organizer of the show.

Do ya think?!

"But if you make them attractive, then people can learn about them more easily," she said.

Uh, what? They're diapers. For adults. Nothing can make that less disgusting. Nothing!

The Nikkei, Japan's leading business newspaper, conducted a survey this week that showed sales of adult diapers have more than doubled over the past decade, reaching an estimated 52.5 billion yen ($500 million) this year.

Hmmm... $500 million in Japan alone? I think maybe I have solved our financial crisis. Take all that money and invest it in adult diapers. Problem solved!