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In these days of enforced social isolation and distancing,
there is an apparent need for a slightly greater personal
space than you are used to observing.
The obvious solution is the return of the crinoline and
bustle... though a little more modern in design and in a
range of colours that
allow not only female but also
male wearers to feel suitably protected and dignified,
whilst wearing a massive bustle.
In short, an inflatable ring that protrudes a distance of 1
metre from your widest point, to ensure a 2 metre gap
between you and others.
N.B. This is also a powerful economic stimulant, as it will
necessitate the widening of doorways, hallways, cars,
trains, buses, aircraft, chairs and a range of other things
and places, to cope with the new normal.
Coronavirus: Italian man wears large disc to enforce social distance.
https://www.indiato...-1655418-2020-03-14
[tatterdemalion, Mar 22 2020]
You mean like this right?
https://www.dailyma...istancing-Rome.html
Baked ;) [Skewed, Apr 01 2020]
Just like yours
https://www.faceboo...2111&type=3&theater
Very couture. [blissmiss, May 01 2020]
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Or you could simply use laser distance sensors instead, then they could bellow out 'citizen! please back off!' |
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A garment of dirty, tattered sackcloth, a bell, a chant of "Unclean ! Unclean ! ", and hideous facial disfigurements will keep most people away. |
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So, just go as you are, [UB] ... |
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There are no social distancers in MBTs, [8th], assuming they
can get in the things in the first place. |
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// another symptom of the virus is a loss of taste. // |
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An excellent premise for a rapid diagnostic test - say "Isn't Pop Idol a teriffic show? " and if they agree, that's a positive. |
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Of course,elevated temperature, coughing, and loss of taste are also symptoms of the common cold, but the rhinoviruses are probably all self-isolating at the moment... |
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These 'laser distance sensors", [bhumphrys]... I have access
to a 25kW device. Is that enough? |
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Wonder if you sewed two of those old fashioned "Hoop Skirts"
together if that would come out to be about six feet. You
know, sew one on where the first one ends. |
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Hmmm, I know where there are a bunch of them around here
in the historical sites. I'll steal them and cut em up and see if
they work. |
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Of course, I hope they work in prison too. |
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What about some sort of powered hula hoop ? Belt round the waist*, with a track ... single point of contact with the eccentrically orbiting hoop ... centrifugal force keeps it horizontal. |
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It would need to be lightweight lest the gyroscope effect become troublesome. |
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*for those with an identifiable waist. Don't go there, [UB]. We know how your mind** works. We're watching. And that goes for the rest of you miserable bunch, too. |
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** or what you refer to as a mind. |
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I saw one on The Steph Show, Channel 4 UK this morning, being used by a jogger. It was a suspended extended hula-hoop. It seemed to work well. |
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Our Coronavirus Zorb is more innovative. |
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//the rest of you miserable bunch// |
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Ah, you little ray of sunshine, you. |
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More of a focussed beam of ionizing radiation, but the principle's the same. |
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Someone in Italy beat you to it, already had a working
prototype b4 12th of March ;) <link> |
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Ah! I see [tatter] had already found it. |
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