A musical Taser. That's right, a Taser stun gun with a built in MP3 player.
Taser International sells the musical weapon under the name iTaser. How quaint. From The Guardian:
Arizona-based Taser International sells the handheld stun guns under the rather hyperbolic banner of "Changing the World and Protecting Lives". It maintains that the iTaser "allows for both personal protection and personal music for people on the go".
According to Rick Smith, founder of the company, "personal protection can be both fashionable and functionable".
The company says the new device is particularly aimed at women - with red, pink and even leopard print designs intended to make carrying a stun gun fashionable. A spokesman in Las Vegas said the inclusion of a music player would encourage purchases by women who want a form of self defence while out jogging, but would otherwise choose to take an iPod or other MP3 player with them instead of a weapon.
"A lot of women aren't going to go into a gun store and feel comfortable enough buying a Taser, so now we have some outdoor companies and dealers - some cellphone places are starting to carry them and hang them next to phones," he said.
4 comments:
Well, we'll need something to protect ourselves from the mounties at the airport...
Oh Mike, don't get any ideas. The public is allowed to carry Tasers in 43 American states but I'm pretty sure you'll never get that Harley if you get caught toting one around here.
He he... I'm wrestling with MS SQL Server queries in SSRS and I'm feeling a tad snarky today....
(and if you know what gibberish means, then you know exactly what I mean)
;)
Why yes, Mike. I believe you're dealing with the astonishingly straight forward Microsoft server reporting services which, among other things,can "Automate effective delivery of real-time information that helps drive better business decisions for users across the entire enterprise." It's Microsoft, what can possibly go wrong?
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