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Thread #62373   Message #1007535
Posted By: Bobert
24-Aug-03 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea
Subject: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea
Well, I just heard last month that 3 out of every 5 Americans are overweight or obese. Hmmmmmm? Then I read a couple of weeks ago that some researcher has discovered that "portion size" is directly related to overweight and obesity. Hmmmmmm? I thought this was a *given* but I guess not...

So ac ouple of years back the P-Vine (wife person) purchased a treadmill and all I could foresee was it sittin' in the corner of the bedroom collecting dust fir a year until I dragged it out to the road with a "Free to Any Home" sign tied on it but, no, to her credit she actually suses it everyday... (And looks great, I might add...)

But like I went into the bedroom the other day and there she was poundin' away on the treadmill (plugged into the lectrical) watching Dr. Phil on the TV (also plugged into the lectricical). Hmmmmm? So, I'm thinkin' of a treadmill that rather than having to be plugged into a wall had a generator in it and as you walked you generated enough lectrical to power a TV mounted on the counsel of the treadmill, where it tells you how mnay calories you've burned.

Hey, not only would it provide some entertainment but it would reduce our needs for energy. Plus, there would be that extra incentive to keep walkin' until Dr, Phil, or whoever, was finished...

And some of you Catfolk don't think ol' hillbilly got any sense! For shame...

Hey, maybe we got enough folks here with the expertise to develope the thing, maufacture it and market it...

Nevermind...

Just say no...

Bobert