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Some people, when anxious, impatient, or otherwise stressed, quickly bounce their leg up and down. Some other people really get annoyed by this motion. I am one of them.
Too many times in class settings, where multi-student tables or attached seats are utilized, a nervous test-taker down the row drives
me insane by bouncing his/her leg.
The solution? Anti Leg-Shaking Pants.
These fasionable, comfortable pants include a small electric motor with an off-balance weight, similar to a vibrating mechanism on a cell phone, but larger, and a sensor to determine the exact frequency of the leg-shake. A small controller reads the info from the sensor and tells the motor what speed to spin to counteract the leg-shake.
Base models are powered by batteries, but a rechargeable battery pack with AC adapter is available for a nominal cost.
You may be interested in working for one of our local divisions...
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[normzone, Feb 08 2007]
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Thanks, [normzone]. I may be looking for an internship next summer... Do you have a division in Texas? |
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Why the fishies? This could be extremely handy on the tube, I have to sit next to Shakin' Stevens most mornings. |
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where I live we call this "disco-leg" |
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where I live we call this "prelude to a slap on the back of the head" |
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Does it work with disco-leg due to extreme exertion? My legs go nuts sometimes whin I'm climbing. Perhaps some kind of atomic exoskeleton would be in order... |
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An atomic exoskeleton wouldn't be very big |
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I give you a croissant. In fact, I'd give you more than one but it's just not possible. |
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The worst is when you're on a public transportation, and the person sitting next to you jiggles their foot...and it is touching your jeans or some such other clothing article. The result being that you are generously given a rash as a result of the constant friction from your clothing. |
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That being said, I wonder if you meant "anti leg-shaking" and not "anti-leg shaking", The first of course meaning the prevention of the leg shaking. The second meaning the shaking due to an anti-leg mindset or something like that. |
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Good point. Anti Leg-Shaking it is. |
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Wish I had one on the bus today. |
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I tend to do this sometimes, but I still get annoyed when others do it. I think its a great idea. |
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Bun for you. Could I order a couple of pairs? |
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I dunno. There was a guy where I worked whose leg shook all the time. He was the skinniest person in the office, and I thought there might be a connection. I tried shaking my leg as part of a weight-loss effort--it may have helped. As long as this idea doesn't prevent calorie burn, I'm for it. |
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Id like to order 4 pair for my wife. Do you take a credit card?....No! Then how a bout a Bun! |
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I read somewhere that an actual study showed people who fidgit constantly (i.e. bouncing their legs) have faster metabolisms due to the constant activity, and are thus more likely to be thin. |
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There's an opening for a slimming agency that works by making people nervous. |
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I'm especially un-fond of this in portable classrooms. The floors are a little thin, so anyone shaking within ten seats of you makes it feel like there's an earthquake. |
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My high school cross-country coach used to to give us heinously hilly courses by attempting to convince us he was doing us a favor -- that by starting with a steep downhill, you could end on a horrible uphill, and they would cancel out, and essentially it would be flat. |
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...On that note, maybe you should build a GIGANTOR one for where I live, San Francisco. They're predicting the big one soon. |
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It's funny, this is a true story. I was absent-mindedly rapidly bouncing my left leg, as I am wont to do, while perusing the "recent" list. As soon as I saw the title of this idea, it stopped. This is no lie, as I said. |
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So, what I'm trying to say is, you baked it by half-baking it. |
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//...On that note, maybe you should build a GIGANTOR one for where I live, San Francisco. They're predicting the big one soon.// |
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hehe, i can just see [SeriousBusiness] and the rest of San Fran pulling an enormous pair of slacks over the city and bracing for the worst. : ) |
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if there were a poll here, i would check the box that said "skinny and nervous legged. i am, however, also empathetic, so i don't indulge when my tremors will affect others. i want to bone this idea because only an empathetic person would buy pants to ease the people near them anyways. the clod hoppers with no regard for their neighbors won't. which makes this a moot point. so, neutral. |
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(and, [global], i wasn't bouncing until i saw this title and then i started... this is no lie.) |
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