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Picture the scene, you're lying in your death bed saying your final farewells to your family, imparting great nuggets of wisdom to your eldest son and you finally slip away.. There's suddenly a terrible stink and all your family is left with is the horrible realisation that you've just shat yourself.
Introducing
Auto Sphincter Tightener v1.0. This device is implanted in your bowel (possibly a 60th birthday present) and monitors your heart beat. As soon as your heart stops it send an electric current to your sphyncter muscle to keep it closed and hence preserve your dignity in front of your immediate family.
The device only has to last so long until rigor mortis sets in and then you're home free.
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I hope there's not a particular reason for the death theme. |
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nope, just taking care of the old and infirm. |
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It is unlikely that you will evacuate your bowels immediately, if you are lying down. Rather it will happen as your body relaxes, over the course of a few hours. |
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If, however, you are hanged to death then voiding your bowels and bladder are quite common, immediately before the time of death... It's part of the fight-or-flight reaction, where the body shuts down non-essential functions in an attempt at self-preservation. |
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This is really in poor taste, [sporn], but you already knew that. |
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Oops, [jutta] got there first. |
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This does absolutely nothing for people who shit themselves while they're still alive. |
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yeah, unless they're unfortunate enough to have a heart attack at the same time. |
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jutta, i think funny is subjective. Personally I think death is quite funny in a way. Ever heard of the darwin awards? |
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You don't need it now. It's just another form of insecurity. |
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well i guess that it would be useful for fight or flight situations like car accidents then. The device could be linked to a cell phone to dial emergency services whilst keeping your ring closed... |
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Strangely enough, being in a situation where you are *really* in danger will sometimes produce odd physiological reactions... and they are the least of your worries when you are dangling 400 feet above water by your fingertips on an unstable rockface. I got a reminder about gravity when the ledge under my feet decided to cleave away from the face. On that occasion I pissed myself, probably because I was too busy doing important things to notice that it happened. |
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Equally, if you are dying then what difference does it make to you that you might shit yourself. It's not your problem anymore. Babies do it a lot and we don't think any worse of them for it. |
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hmm... a toilet proximity detecting ring closer for babies - you may be on to something there... |
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Sounds like a road to nowhere, to me. |
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yeah, you're right, it's a crap idea (gettit?) oh nevermind. |
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What I meant was that babies don't actually use toilets. Toddlers begin using toilets, at around 18 months of age. |
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Even better, have it shock your heart back into motion once it detects that it stopped, that way you don't have to die at all! |
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[sporn] - // well i guess that it would be useful for fight or flight situations like car accidents then // |
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Or incorporate a nappy (diaper) into the airbag mechanism? |
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So, people crap themselves when they die, and see a white light at the end of a tunnel. Coincidence? |
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Be able to fart again after a..."stretch"... in jail? |
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//So, people crap themselves when they die, and see a white light at the end of a tunnel. Coincidence?// |
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Yeah. That ain't a train that just came out of that tunnel. |
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I don't know about the m-f-d. The way I see it, in a Galaxy populated much like that of "Hitchhiker's..." - it'd fit right in. That Galaxy is not unlike that of the halfbakery Galaxy. |
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Douglas Adams would love it. |
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I could use this device for when I feed my snake. When she grabs onto the rats and squeezes them they always go number 2 all over the place. this would be a good device if it could withstand Zeus's own sphincter type muscles. Would I be able to take it out and put it in the next rat though? Or would my snake have a bunch of artificial sphincter closers stuck in her? |
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You people are waaaay too sensitive. I didn't realise there were taboo topics on halfbakery... |
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taboo? you find a subject we will not discuss! |
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We're touchy about using dwarves as slaves, as I recall. |
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//You people are waaaay too sensitive// |
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Sad, isn't it, that everyone on the march is out of step, except you? |
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yeah, that schindler was well out of order. |
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"imparting great nuggets .." was that before or after you die? |
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