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Some folks become enraged at the sight of a person driving while talking on a cell phone. Arguably, it is dangerous. Nobody becomes enraged at the sight of the driver talking to her passenger, since this has been going on for 100 years. By installing a cell phone in an animatronic dummy, drivers can
hold their conversations in the old-fashioned, non-distracting way: with a virtual passenger. Other drivers would be mollified at the sight of Thomas Jefferson riding shotgun in a minivan, calmly chatting with the driver.
Phone Calls for Dummies
http://www.halfbake...lls_20for_20Dummies
a lot like [FarmerJohn, Oct 04 2004]
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The hands of my hands free device are all over me+ |
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Provided they come in velociraptor or triceratops options. |
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Provided they don't come in velociraptor or triceratops options. |
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Also useful for the carpool lane. |
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Another use for robot girlfriends |
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The only sort you'll ever have, [beany] .... |
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//velociraptor or triceratops options// |
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No no no no. I mean, just, well, no. No. I can't put in any clearer than that - nein, non, ei, nyet. |
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What is needed, to best exploit available technology, is a scaled-up version of Virgil Tracy, Brains, Parker or Lady Penelope. Lip movement, in the same style as in the original Supermarionation, would be synced to the sound coming through the phone. |
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As a bonus, text messages and satnav instruction could be read out in the corresponding character's voice - "At the hurroundhabout, take the second hexit, m'lady." |
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