Sinclair's Answer To The Segway 302
slumos writes "BBC News Online is reporting on Sir Clive Sinclair's reaction to the Segway. The British inventor thinks it's fine for factories, but not for crowded streets, and he's even planning some competition in the form of a top-secret follow-up to the Sinclair C5."
The real question is: (Score:1, Funny)
Followups (Score:5, Funny)
Cool (Score:0, Funny)
I'm Glad He's Doing This (Score:2, Funny)
Sinclair C6 (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Sinclair's other attempts... (Score:1, Funny)
Yikes, serious flashback time. "You can go on a zike bike if you like. If you like you can go in an old blue shoe. Just go go go, please do do do!"
GWB on the segway... (Score:5, Funny)
That's what he would call bad driving strategery.
dodgy (Score:3, Funny)
He's missing out on a crutial market... (Score:5, Funny)
He'd sell alot more that way.
Re:Oh what a surprise... (Score:2, Funny)
P.
Re:What's so wrong with what we HAVE? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Interresting to see the difference (Score:0, Funny)
A bit like the British railroads then..?
Yes, apart from the cheap aspect.
Re:Interresting to see the difference (Score:2, Funny)
C6 power supply? (Score:3, Funny)
Add the optional forward ramming scoop for refueling, and you're good-to-go!
I had one of these growing up (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The real question is: (Score:2, Funny)
It was used to blow up most of the unsold Sinclair C5's.
Re:The real question is: (Score:1, Funny)
"shit his pants"
Does that mean that he excreted his pants into being?
Does it mean that he had previously eaten his pants (as a given) and is just now excreting them back into the world?
Or is it an ignorant usage of language meaning:
"shit IN his pants"?
The last option would not make any sense since it would indicate that he is potentially incontinent due to his usage of the Segway. Or he is frightened by some quality of the Segway, in which case I would advise that he seek counselling immediately.
If it means that he ate his pants, then counselling is still not out of the question. There are many mental illnesses that will cause a person to eat something that is not meant to be eaten.
If it means that he actually produced a pair of pants whilst excreting digested matter, then I think it's time to say "stop the presses! Man shits pants into existence! New textiles on the horizon!"
I am not a troll.
Re:Gone googling... (Score:2, Funny)
I was wondering just how dangerous it was.
Not nearly as dangerous as the previous model, the C4, which had a tendency to explode.