It's late at night and you are walking home alone down a dark street, when you hear voices - suddenly you are under attack! Activate the Hat o' Nine Tails and they will be repelled.

This device is in all appearances, a normal top hat, but inside is a powerful spinning machine just waiting to lacerate the extremeties of unsavoury characters. Nine strips of leather about 80cm in length are attached to a high speed rotating motor - folded up inside the hat. A cord hangs down which when pulled - the hat pops off leaving the brim and revealing the whips that are beginning to spin. Another tug on the cord and the motor is switched off - much like a lamp switch.

The action is similar to a helicopter or lawn trimmer - but on the head.
-- benfrost, Oct 21 2004

ducks will be repelled also.
-- benfrost, Oct 21 2004


If the strips were attached to the motor at varying heights then the whipping would cover a greater angle. Other than that, I guess you'd just have to learn to angle your head correctly to repel attackers. I recommend studying the fighting style employed by RamMan from "Masters of the Universe". [+]
-- DocBrown, Oct 21 2004


Or torque reaction twists your neck off?
-- unclepete, Oct 21 2004


I like it. Ball bearings on the end of each tail would be good too.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 21 2004


Also doubles as a great way to practice fanblade opera. (shameless reference).
-- RayfordSteele, Oct 22 2004


go go gadget hat-o'-nine-tails
-- dentworth, Oct 22 2004


I can see the police using these in crowd control situations. Bun for putting cops in top hats. (+)
-- MrDaliLlama, Oct 22 2004



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