By Prof P J Whimbrel
At a time when people are living longer – the average lifespan of, for example, a 14th century thripp crimper was about six minutes – great efforts are being made by various non-governmental agencies to develop devices and strategies which might help we young-ish non-loopy types cope with the average Wandering Wrinkly.
The first age related solution we tested is the Nonothisway exo-skeletal programmed direction suit, the Boomerang. Dr. Erica Phont, development Director at Nonothisway told me, “Basically the Boomerang is basically a remote controlled exoskeleton which basically can be programmed to only allow the wearer to follow basically pre-programmed domestic routes, which can be basically timed to coincide with observed personal needs. The Boomerang will always return to its point of departure, basically. “
We found the Boomerang worked well within the range of its electric flex, but fitting it to the wearer was very fiddly. See illus. from Boomerang users’ guide below.
My husband has got dementure. At first I thouht he was just a bit loopy like old folk get but the docters all say he has demneture. So I got him one of the Boomrenang things and sowed zips into the back of his pants, shirt and cradigan. It took me ages to get him in it. I bought the one with the 5 kilometer flex. Bomerang does not work. I havenot seen my husband for three weeks.
ReplyDeleteYrs Truly,
Hilda Pennington [Mrs., 74]