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Burka-compatible Segway   (+2)  [vote for, against]

(Further to my annotation in the linked idea.)

Having been required to disguise myself under circumstances which need not concern us here, I can attest to the fact that a burka is not the most comfortable attire in a hot climate. Walking around in one is, at best, a hot and bothersome experience.

At the same time, the burka does provide a wealth of opportunities for the concealment of a variety of items (again, the circumstances need not concern us here).

On a superficially unrelated note, the Segway is an admirable form of personal transportation. However, a regular Segway is ill-suited to intraburkal concealment, having too wide a wheelbase relative to the burka-wearer's hips. Moreover, the handlebars sort of bulge, giving the game away.

MaxCo's middle-east division, therefore, is proud to announce the launch of its burka-compatible Segwayesque personal transportation - the Burlesque.

Narrower than a conventional Segway, and with with the handlebar redesigned to allow control in a smaller envelope, the Burlesque allows the hot and bothered burka-wearers of the world to glide effortlessly and mysteriously, maintaining a serene smile which, of course, nobody else will be able to see.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 27 2012

Arising from: burka_20hurdle_20jumpers
[MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 27 2012]

//the foot platform could be lowered// Yes, but only at the expense of height. If an effortlessly gliding burka is impressive, an effortlessly gliding 7ft burka is all the more so.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 27 2012


//effortlessly gliding 7ft burka// - er, excuse me - are you Vader's bodyguard?
-- lurch, Jun 27 2012


//So you want to...// In a word, of course.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 27 2012


And so they'd just appear to sortof drift around like angels of death, or unhorsed ringwraiths?
-- RayfordSteele, Jun 27 2012


Burqa-compatible combine harvesters...
-- Phrontistery, Jun 27 2012


How about a Segway burqua in, for instance, a nice Dalek-print ... ?

// are you Vader's bodyguard? //

Vader needs a BODYGUARD ? Vader is the reason FOR bodyguards ...

You're thinking of the Emperor, aren't you ?
-- 8th of 7, Jun 27 2012


I'm not thinking of the Emperor. I'm thinking such an apparition might trigger odd reactions, stupid questions, etc.
-- lurch, Jun 27 2012


//My understanding has been that traditional Muslim attire is actually quite cool// I can attest to the contrary, even when allowance is made for the tweed jacket and plus-fours I was (of necessity - a long story) wearing underneath.

//is the idea for...// Yes, you have apprehended my intention most perspicaciously.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 27 2012


//My understanding has been that traditional Muslim attire is actually quite cool in hot environments...//

So why don't the men wear it?
-- Loris, Jun 28 2012


[Max], can't you just tell us the story?
-- theleopard, Jun 28 2012


//can't you just tell us the story?//

Sadly not until 25 years after the deaths of Seyed Ali Khamenei, Sturton Buchanan, the president of the World Wildlife Fund (or possibly the World Wrestling Federation - I forget) and Mr. Jacob Tebbe of Golder's Green, London.

Fortunately Mr. Tebbe is looking quite unwell, and so he at least is unlikely to be the rate-limiting factor.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 28 2012


I'm quite surprised you can actually tell us the criteria governing your ability to reveal the story.
-- hippo, Jun 28 2012


Only because the really important people are either dead, no longer in power, or amusingly insane. There are some things which man is not meant to know.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 28 2012


//no longer in power// rather pompous to refer to the retired deputy convener of Tadminster second chess team supporters’ club like that!
-- pocmloc, Jun 28 2012


No, he's one of the dead ones. He knew too much.

I should emphasize that names have been changed to protect the guilty.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 28 2012


[MB] the number of sovereign states which you can never visit again since you have been sentenced to death in absentia is getting disturbingly extensive.
-- 8th of 7, Jun 28 2012


No no, [8th], I only have to avoid those states that have extradition treaties with Absentia.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 28 2012


I'd be avoiding those with extant extradition treaties with Reality, too, [Max].
-- UnaBubba, Jun 28 2012


Reality rarely, if ever, visits the HB.
-- AusCan531, Jun 29 2012


Many a true word said in HB annotations, [AusCan].
-- UnaBubba, Jun 29 2012



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