Tuesday, July 25, 2006

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LONDON (Reuters) - He fits in a car's glove box, appears at a flick of a switch and when a woman has finished using him, she can just pull the plug and he deflates.

He's the "Buddy on Demand," a blow-up man launched on Tuesday with the aim of making solo female motorists feel less nervous about driving at night.

According to research by the inflatable friend's creator, insurer Sheilas' Wheels, 82 percent of women feel safer with someone sitting in the car beside them and nearly a half don't like driving alone in the dark.

"We're not saying that an inflatable man is the only answer but we do hope it will give women extra confidence and make journeys in the dark less fearful," said Jacky Brown, the spokeswoman for Sheilas' Wheels.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That doesn't look very realistic at all. You'd think it would be disturbing and disconcerting having that big puffy thing sitting beside you. Not to mention you would appear crazy if anyone saw you.

-rt

tee said...

I think they've already invented a pointless object full of hot air...it's called a boyfriend.

Anonymous said...

Zing!

Blake said...

for someone who's dated every guy and some of the girls on the baseball team, what do you have against boyfriends?

tee said...

SOME OF THE GIRLS!!! That's crazy talk, I've dated ALL of the girls. Get it straight mister.

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