At 10:55 AM 7/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_635168.html - with pic!
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>Ananova:
>Inventors' strap-on duck will keep you awake
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>Argentinian inventors have created a strap-on rubber duck which they claim
>will combat tiredness.
>The Duckmaster fastens around the user's neck and starts quacking if the
>owner's head slumps forward.
>The Patomaster group is selling the Duckmasters online for £7 on their
>website. [http://www.patomaster.com.ar/]
>Their publicity says: "This is a derisory price for a product that can
>change your life."
>The Duckmaster is being marketed as "an ultra-efficient anatomical wake-up
>device" which "means being sleepy won't get you into trouble."
>The website contains testimonials from satisfied users including a student
>who uses the Duckmaster to stay awake in lectures while a woman says she
>used the device to keep alert while painting her flat.
>One of the Duckmaster's inventors, Matías Gilli, said he and his friends
>came up with the idea while they were studying at the University of Buenos
>Aires.
>"We have got quite a stock of Duckmasters left because of Argentina's
>economic crisis," Gilli told newspaper Las Ultimas Noticias. "But we are
>still hopeful of continuing production."
>Gilli said the Duckmaster could also save lives. He said it would prevent
>bus or lorry drivers from falling asleep at the wheel.
>Story filed: 16:14 Tuesday 23rd July 2002
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