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A variant on the giant foam finger/hand usually found at sporting events, designed to aid hitch hikers.
Coming in a range of bright and noticeable colours, it would also have a rewriteable white-board type surface in the centre for the hitch hiker to write their intended destination. Of course, it
would come with a pen and eraser for writing and rewriting. Discrete hinges also allow it to fold down to save space when the well prepared hiker manages to thumb down a ride.
http://www.wolfwareonline.com/pd_foam.cfm
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 21 2006]
http://saints.merse...mages/Thumb_000.JPG
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 21 2006]
my idea to use them for something useful, too
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[xandram, Sep 21 2006]
I imagine this is almost exactly what you had in mind...
http://www.youtube....watch?v=gKgjLTs8Or0
[fridge duck, Apr 12 2007]
Jumbo Thumb (similar to the one used in a Pee Wee Herman Movie
http://madhattermag...hp?products_id=2413
[veryvermilion, Apr 15 2007]
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I love this. Used to do quite a bit of hitching when I was younger. |
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Here are a couple for templates. [links] |
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fill with custard and lay across road. |
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+ Nice idea, esp. the rewritable surface. |
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(spell check doesn't recoginize the word *rewritable*) |
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[+] Good idea, but maybe an inflatable thumb would be better. Combined with a battery powered air pump for quit inflating / deflating. You would get the same effect, with easier storage. The last thing a hitchhiker needs is a huge wad of foam to lug around. |
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[Veho], yours is an interesting idea, but I was going for the low-tech end of the market personally. Also, I thought about making it inflatable, but decided that it would make writing on it awkward. |
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//The last thing a hitchhiker needs is a huge wad of foam to lug around.// |
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Make it as a removable piece of your camping mat. |
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"Honestly Officer, I wasn't hitchhiking. This is a gift for my Mom. She adores Tampa Bay, that's why I wrote that." |
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//Honestly Officer, I wasn't hitchhiking.// |
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Is hitchhiking illegal where you are then? |
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I think its illegal for a lot of the US |
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\\Is hitchhiking illegal where you are then? \\ |
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Either that or [Shz] knows someone named Honestly Officer. |
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It is illegal here, a state law. I'm not sure how widespread it is across the country. It doesn't stop people from doing it, though, nor does it prevent bunning hitchhiking ideas. I don't recall anyone getting arrested for it, ever. |
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I've seen rubber thumbs, about eight inches long, they looked as though they were made in the sixties. |
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And hitchhiking may be illegal in some states, but most places it's regulated by how you do it. No standing in the roadway, no hitching on the freeway. |
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\\designed to aid hitch hikers\\
\\a rewriteable white-board type surface \\
\\Discrete hinges also allow it to fold down\\ |
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Even if foam thumbs are widely known (I'd certainly never heard of them), I'd still think this to be a significant departure from the sporting event variety. |
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Nice idea there [webfishrune]. Perfect for the camping hitch hiker. |
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//I've seen rubber thumbs, about eight inches long// Are you *sure* they were thumbs? |
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Point taken, but yes, I'm sure. I miss my hitchhiking days, I had so much fun and met so many good people. Probably don't have the patience to do it now, but it's a good emergency skill to have. |
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