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Many cars still have external aerials for
their
radios. For some reason these are very
attractive to vandals, which is why
I have developed the "Aerial of Thorns".
It's like a regular car aerial only a bit
thicker.
This is to facilitate its "thorny" mode. On
activation the entire length
of the aerial
becomes encusted with retractable
thorns
and looks like a sprouting rose vine.
Thorny vine
http://www.mooseysc...lery/rose-thorn.jpg
looks like this when activated [xenzag, Oct 25 2007]
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"Lookathat flashh carr... I'm justagonna fugging rip ovv it's arieoooooooowwww!!!!" |
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I approve of anything that is a danger only to vandals. Slash the bastards. |
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That said, is there any kind of record of what injuries occur to pedestrians specifically from the aerial? |
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most car aerials are not that accessible to
casual encounters |
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+ as long as mine can sprout a rose at the top, too. |
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Maybe even add a delayed reaction taser feature - so not only does the thug get his/her hand filleted... but then the open wounds would get a taste of 20 or 30,000 volts o' juice. Eat IT! |
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It's not so much designed to injure, but to
deter, whilst retaining some aesthetic
value. |
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It might improve reception too. |
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Can it be weaved into a crown? |
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...I think you mean "woven". |
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I'm guessing that this idea is about the car's radio antenna. |
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Don't aerials usually retract when you turn
the radio off? |
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Only on some (usually more expensive) cars. |
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Well, if it doesn't retract, can one not ask
one's man to retract the aerial after he has
parked the car? |
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Many people don't have a man, and most of the men that people do have won't "retract the aerial". |
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But then who would drive their car? |
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Most people have to drive the car themselves, if they have one. |
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"upon activation" implies some kind of sensory device, prone to malfunction and overide. Rather use disguise. Either by duplication (the Hairy Back of Constant Reception) or disguise of the thorns within the aerial itself (the Obfuscated Spikes of Non-removal), also slightly thicker but "thorns" unretractable. |
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Great idea! Would like to see them laying nice and flat all along the length, then fluff out like a cat's tail when someone tries to mess with it...Could it hiss too? Or could there be a 'whip' antenna version that lashes out at anything in close proximity to the vehicle? (your remote would de-activate it)(cat'o nine and tenners?) |
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