MOST RIDICULOUS ITEM OF THE WEEK
Pet translators all the rage in Japan

In the "now I've seen everything department" comes this little diddy ... a DOG TRANSLATOR!

Bow-Lingual, The Dog Translator can tell it's user if their pet is experiencing any one of six emotions — Happy, Sad, Frustrated, Needy, Angry and Assertive — by analyzing it's bark.

It sells at SHARPER IMAGE for $99.99.

David Hannum (not PT Barnum, mind you) was right.