I learned, painfully, to use nunchaku many years ago with a hardwood set (signed by the late Pat Morita) ...which I may or may not still possess given their illegality in my jurisdiction.
These message-signalling mobile 'phones (where you jiggle the unit above your head and it appears to spell out Hi!, or some such inanity aimed at some disinterested babe / hunk / fellow desperado on the other side of a crowded club) seem wholly inadequate to me.
What's needed, if you want to send a decent sonnet or a bit of Valentine's Wagster Chaucer across a room is a bit of *area*, such as the large circular area that results from rapidly twirling nunchaku.
It would also be possible to program the LED display to form a large set of lips blowing a kiss, a picture of a rose or a puppy - or a large copy of your latest report from the clinic attesting to your STD free status.-- ConsulFlaminicus, Feb 14 2006 Glowing Message Ring-Simply Swing, Your Message Will Be Displayed In Sky http://www.himfr.co...e_Displayed_In_Sky/They are still somewhat obscure, thank Zeus, but they are called "Message Wands" in some places. I don't see a 'chucks version. (How the heck do I even know about these things?) [baconbrain, Mar 01 2010] Disco + Martial Arts = ... http://www.youtube....watch?v=o0sZh-1_DxA...'Kung Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas. [DrBob, Mar 01 2010] Let me guess, you are single, right?-- zeno, Feb 15 2006 No, middle-aged grumpy old married fart actually :) Would never use this device myself, it's just a twirl of fancy - taking something as silly as a mobile phone message signaller and poking fun at it by taking the concept to an extreme. Plus it gave me a chance to name-drop, in a pathetic attempt to link myself to someone famous.-- ConsulFlaminicus, Feb 15 2006 I haven't tried twirling nunchaku in a club, but I expect that 20-stone bald bloke with the bomber jacket and the radio in his ear might have something to say about it. I would futher suggest that if you are using them to broadcast soppy messages in pseudo middle english, a word from the aforementioned goon may hurt a bit more than it might otherwise.-- wagster, Feb 15 2006 Properly dressed, in a peach and lime Elvis disco suit and twirling a set of fluffy white fur nunchaku creating red letter love poems in the air.... who's going to touch you? [Sillie queynte] :0)-- ConsulFlaminicus, Feb 15 2006 Sounds Suitable for a Electric Six video.-- skinflaps, Feb 15 2006 hehe hehe-- zeno, Feb 16 2006 Love is a battlefield ... 80's music to the rescue.-- sub-ob-ject, Mar 01 2010 [+] I'd settle for Batman-cartoonesque "Pow", "Blam" etc.-- FlyingToaster, Mar 01 2010 //illegality in my jurisdiction//
I'm intrigued. Two sticks joined by a chain or cord are illegal? That is bizarre.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 03 2010 As someone trained in their usage, I assure you that nunchaku can be whipped around at very high and dangerous speeds.-- DrWorm, Mar 03 2010 random, halfbakery