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Disco Nunchaku

UV reflective, LED-studded Nunchaku.
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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]

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       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
  
      
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