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Friday, December 02, 2005

Here's a thought from the "in" side of sane: You know those little wheels in hamster cages? They go round and round.... I need one or two. But I need someone to build it to specifications. It needs to be big enough for a two year old and/or a four year old. Any takers? Anyone out there like to build things? Here's a project for you! I think it would be great. Give the girls some way to get that last bit of energy out before bed. Maybe then they won't get out of bed (six times tonight) every night. And on those rainy days, great way to let them get their exercise. Hey moms, how 'bout those days when you just don't have the energy to take them out to the park? Sick mom, alergies again? Flu got you down for the count? Pull out the wheel, they can run all they want. Oooo!!!!! Wait, I got one better!!!! You want to cut down their TV time? Electric bill just getting too high? HOOK THAT WHEEL UP!!! Plug the TV into the wheel. Those kids want to watch that video again for the upteenth time? Then run, children, run. They beg to watch a cartoon on Saturday morning? They pick the show, they run. Dont' want to run? No electricity, no tv, no video. That would be the end of the 'couch potato' generation.

2 Comments:

Blogger punchberry said...

Okay, clearly you were joking, but, back when I used to be an engineer, I worked with this couple, who were both both engineers, not that sane, and way too clever for their own good. Anyway, their kids were always fighting over the TV, so one day, they bought a stationary bike and built some sort of circuit that prevented the TV from being on unless the bike was at least at a specified speed. Problems solved:
-- the kid who is on the bike gets to pick the channel
-- the kids would not watch TV for more than abotu an hour
-- plenty of exercise

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6:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, punchberry. You just made my night! What a great idea, I am now wracking my brain trying to figure out how to do that. Surely there's something useful in that garage...

2:51 AM  

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