Things that crack me up, #4
Like the auto industry, there seems to be a recent trend in mobility aids that are big, scary-looking, and will be able to four-wheel it almost anywhere. This is the aptly named tank chair.
While it may not look as though it fits my delicate sensitivities, here are ten reasons I need this chair:
1) My cat is not yet afraid enough of all my mysterious equipment.
2) I want to really be noticed the next time I am a bride's maid.
3) Sometimes little children who stare are annoying.
4) I'd like to change the focus of stranger questions from "How fast can that thing go?" to "What's the biggest thing you've ever run over?"
5) Nothing says feminist like driving your own personal tank.
6) With enough horsepower, the width of bathroom doors is irrelevant.
7) I need something to go with my new Doc Martens.
8) Being a bitter disabled person, I find I need a more efficient way to run over people's toes.
9) I want to finally fulfill my lifelong fantasy of being a Transformer.
10) I do not yet stand out in a crowd enough for my narcissistic liking.
6 comments:
I may be an able bodied person but that is a cool and interesting chair! feel free to run over obnoxious childrens toes (and a few adult ones too while you're at it)! and maybe outfit it with a few choice things to (on the off chance) give the one whom uses it the chance to defend themselves.
Thank you for this hilarious start to my day...
Some days, tank chairs are needed
It's weird though, how manual chairs are getting lighter and more manageable while power chairs are getting bigger and bulkier. You can't hardly buy a scooter with the smaller width of my first ones anymore. Meanwhile, bathroom doors remain a problem. Who is driving these things?
OMG. This is the best. Watch OUT NYC. Can you imagine that on the subway!!
Hee! Seriously! I keep thinking about driving it into a china shop just to see the saleperson's face.
It WOULD be very interesting to see the NYC subway riders and the china shop owners face when one would arrive in that chair. If and when that happens can I watch i sure the looks would be priceless!
-Jen (gwen)
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