A short section in the centre of a skipping rope is covered with soft broom bristles. Sweep the floor with barely more effort than is required for ordinary skipping.
-- spidermother, Jun 29 2006

this wouldn't just sweep dirt away, it would fling it toward whatever wall was closest in the direction of travel. would be a good novelty gift, but not so great for actual sweeping.
-- tcarson, Jun 29 2006


Excellent - would be perfect if a partner had the companion "skipping rope shovel" and they worked up a carefully choreographed routine. I'm a big fan of skipping ropes anyway so a natural +
-- xenzag, Jun 29 2006


This sort of idea is why the hb exists. It makes me want to go and retract my buns from all those ok-ish ideas that I bunned because there was nothing wrong with them.
-- wagster, Jun 29 2006



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