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Stephen Hawking has a distinctive computer generated voice that I particularly enjoy.
The Stephen Hawking Shoulder Parrot is a replica figure of the great man in his wheelchair, that perches on your shoulder, and delivers a range of pre-recorded messages in his famous voice.
A simple pocket held
remote control interfaces with the figure, which can also be set to random gibber mode.
Hawking talking
http://www.youtube....watch?v=ei-pKsNiINk
about his cameos on the Simpsons [FlyingToaster, Apr 06 2011]
Not art, but partially prior
RC_20Hawking
[MaxwellBuchanan, Apr 06 2011]
[link]
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Maybe its twitters could be his Twitter(tm)s. Does he Twitter(tm)? Does a parrot twitter? |
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[-] I hope he's feeling well and wish him all the best.
And apologize on the behalf of those halfbakers - the
majority I hope - that don't mock someone who is
informed but ill. |
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BTW xenzag, I once posted an idea I thought was
good (for fighting terrorists), but was told that it was
just plain cruelty. I realized they were correct and
removed the idea. You can do so too. |
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I'll be sure to pass on your best wishes and concerns. |
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[pashute] I'm not sure this does mock Hawking - any more than the cartoon version of him which appeared on The Simpsons did (which presumably he agreed to). |
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Nothing to do with expectorants then? |
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There is, somewhere in here, or possibly just in my mind, an Idea for statuettes of (famous) people that give lectures. (I can't remember enough of it to Search)[edit: found it: it's one of my own annos]. If I were to vote on this that's the bit what would get the bun. |
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As is we're left with the bit about ordering train tickets which is possibly mocking Hawking. I don't find it funny either way. |
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The Simpsons episodes were real voiceovers, not just "celebrities are fair game" license. <link> |
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[xenzag], brilliant. I want one. No way does this mock him... if I was him I'd buy a dozen of them to pass out as gifts. BUN.[+] |
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I was really hoping this would be a parrot for stephen
hawking, so that his famous computer voice would
be spoken through a parrot-shaped speaker on his
shoulder. |
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That's what I thought it was and bunned accordingly. |
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Guess that idea's available. I'd add a whole "Steven Hawking as a pirate" thing to it based around the speaker parrot. Have him write a program that inserts "Arrrgghhs!" and "Ye swabbies" at random in his speeches so it'd be like: |
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"Arrrgh! We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star ye swabbies. But, avast ye landlubbers, we can understand the Universe shiver me timbers. That makes us something very special ye bilge rats.” |
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I'm guessing Steve would think this was a great idea. I understand he's got a great sense of humor. |
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I sincerely believe he'd wear one himself. |
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