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be a very Zen-like experience. Throw some clothes in a bag, get the
dog put down and you’re out the door. Some people, however,
take the whole “preparation” thing a little more seriously.
Take a look at some of these must haves... |
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The
Banana Guard
Of all the delightfully kinky things that can
be done with a banana, somewhere near the top of the list would
have to be putting it in a plastic container and stuffing it in
your backpack. Nice work, Banana Guard - you appear to have solved
the squishy banana problem forever. There’s only one thing
that worries us here - have our lives really become so trouble-free
that now all there is left for us to do is solve the issue of the
Bruised Banana? Only time will tell.
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The
Carry n’ Go BBQ
Generally speaking, a briefcase is not the first
item on our packing list when we hit the road. Until now, that is.
The Carry n’ Go (does every gadget have to have an n’
in its name?) is your classic barbecue, crammed into a fold-out
briefcase setup. Easy to store in the trunk of your car, you’ll
never be wondering what to do with that roadkill again. Plus you
can look like a busy executive when really you’re just off
down to the park to cook up some sausages and down a few coldies
with friends.
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The Sip n’
Surf Sandal
Here at XelaWho we do not generally condone the
wearing of reef sandals, except in certain circumstances involving,
well, reefs. Then the Sip n’ Surf came along and changed all
that. What’s special here is that the sandals have a special
compartment in the sole, which holds about two shots of your favorite
liquor.
Taking a swig out of your shoe may seem a slightly ungainly process
(and unlikely to impress nearby beach bunnies), but we’ve
decided that the combination of water sports and hard liquor is
such a fine one that we have to give this one the thumbs up.
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The
Wearable Sleeping Bag
Here at XelaWho we often bemoan the fact that we
have to exit our sleeping bags if we want to shoot pool, do push
ups or ride our bikes. Well thank you, Selk’bag for making
our lives just that little bit easier. This wearable sleeping bag
allows full movement of arms and legs, weighs in at a little under
2 kilos and will keep you toasty down to a temperature of 5 degrees
celsius.
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The
Atmospheric Data Center
You may not need a weatherman to know which way
the wind blows, but with the handy Atmospheric Data Center, you’ll
never be at a loss to know the exact level of humidity, which is
always a great conversation starter.
Another bonus is that when you’re sweating your ass off down
the beach you can be the guy who everybody loves, making periodic
announcements like “Hey! It’s 39 degrees!”...
“Hey! We just hit 40”... “Hey! Where’s everybody
going?”. Other vital info that the ADC provides includes barometric
pressure and altitude readings.
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The
Electronic Translator
We’ve all come to accept that learning
a language is hard work (except for Dutch, which is really just
English with a funny accent) and it’s become plain to us
over the years that hard work never really amounts to anything.
That’s why we recommend the ECTACO Partner Dictionary and
Travel Audio PhraseBook E15J800.
This little baby’s got a 10,000,000 word vocabulary (roughly
50,000 times bigger than your average XelaWho writer) and its
features include reverse translation, state of the art voice recognition
and professionally narrated native-speaker voices, meaning that
you’ll be busting out fluent conversations (in a Stephen
Hawkins kind of way) from the moment you clear customs.
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The
Mile High Kit
Extensive research by the XelaWho team has revealed
that there was a time in history when bumping ulgies was one of
the few activities that didn’t require a whole lot of equipment.
Well, those days are gone, according to the pundits at Oro design.
If you want to get your groove on in the airplane bathroom, you’ll
be needing the Mile High Kit, which includes a set of scented cloths,
a tin of hot cinnamon mints, a folding pocket mirror, a blindfold,
a “do not disturb” door hanger, massage oil and personal
lubricant, a feather tickler, a mini-personal massager, three condoms,
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Moblie Washer
There comes a point in traveling when everything
comes down to laundry - you can get so over sights and sounds that
washing your clothes becomes an Activity for the Day.
The team at Astone understands perfectly, which is why they invented
the Mobile Washer - it weighs just 2kg and when inflated (that’s
right, inflated) and holds over six liters of water. That oughta
keep you busy.
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The
Land Walker
Streets flooded again and you don’t want
to get your shoes wet? Tired of haggling outrageous prices with
unreasonable taxi drivers? Don’t worry - the folks at the
Sakakibara Kikai Corporation have got your back. Their Land Walker
is a 3.4 meter high sit-in robot which travels at a zippy 1.5 km
per hour. There’s only one at the moment, meaning that we’ll
have to wait a while before we can see what we’ve been waiting
so long for - robot wrestling - and even longer before we can see
what we’re really waiting on; two foxy robot chicks getting
it on in an all out cyborg catfight. |
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