families
anyway there are people that would like to communicate more or share tasks
during the 20th century the television was kind of a communal family activity area
visualize a knitted thing like a blanket that you throw on the TV with pockets that have task cards; to watch tv the family member must do a task card
tasks might be:
write some song lyrics
show a parent your homework
play with the fish
make an out of state call
load the dishwasher
talk about school
discuss where we should vacation
its a way of programming family togetherness as well as moving ahead on things
knitted n amateurish as I thought it might make a nifty craft that moms could make n put on ebay (yahoo answers frequently has moms looking for lucrative projects)-- beanangel, Apr 18 2008 (?) link of unusual comp knitware peculiarity http://gizmodo.com/...y-laptop-jumper.jpg [beanangel, Apr 18 2008] play with the fish?-- evilpenguin, Apr 18 2008 Well, it beats sleeping with them.-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Apr 18 2008 I'm not gonna play with the fish. Fish don't like me.-- jaksplat, Apr 18 2008 This could be built into a TiVo or VCR. You watch for 15 minutes and then, instead of a commerical, the screen fades to black and a message comes on: WASH DISHES. Press "I did it!" when finished.-- phundug, Apr 18 2008 <WARNING!! Very bad, very old pun ahead!!> I tried playing with the fish once, but their sound was very badly off-key. Does anybody out there know how to tuna fish?-- Canuck, Apr 19 2008 Bun for a useful and social idea. Meta-bun for your new style of writing.-- wagster, Apr 19 2008 random, halfbakery