No more looking like Joe Blow with your hand at your ear, or like the village idiot seemingly talking to yourself, when you use your mobile phone. Look smart with a dummy on your knee, who'll look into your eyes and hang on your every word.

The lightweight doll is constructed of balsa wood and carbon fiber, papier-mache. The telephone of your choice is placed in its chest cavity. Your voice is transmitted from its ears to the phone, and the phone output is relayed to a speaker behind the jaw that then moves. The happy face rotates towards you, when speaking or hearing your voice.

A volume dial allows whispering confidential calls, and Velcro on the hands and feet allow the dummy to hang on your neck and/or waist when strolling. Make a style statement and never be alone again with your lip-syncing cellmate.
-- FarmerJohn, Feb 05 2003

It's really just a very, *very* big hands-free kit, isn't it?
Monumentally silly!
-- angel, Feb 05 2003


Will this have a false arm that looks like it's up the dummy's jumper?
-- oneoffdave, Feb 05 2003


Oh no, John. No John. No John. No!
-- DrBob, Feb 05 2003


Yes John, YES! This is fantastic, I don't own or like mobile phones, but I want one of these. You weird bastard.
-- RoboBust, Feb 05 2003


I think you've misunderstood. You speak normally to the phone dummy; it answers it elf with moving "lips".
-- FarmerJohn, Feb 05 2003


how would your mate feel about you bringing your phone down to the pub? might warrant some odd questions.
-- rbl, Feb 05 2003


It would be Ok as long as the dummy bought its own round, shirley ?
-- 8th of 7, Feb 05 2003


<pounces on ambiguity> What, a whole family of dummies?
-- egbert, Feb 05 2003


you can go in the carpool lanes while talking on (or to) your dummy phone. what a bonus (unless it really needs to sit on your lap, the police may object). Anything that makes cell phones less convenient is a good idea.
-- rbl, Feb 05 2003



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