"A Welsh inventor claims to have found the perfect solution to rowdy youngsters - noise.
"Howard Stapleton says his device, the Mosquito, emits an uncomfortable high-pitched ultrasonic sound that can be heard by children and teenagers but almost no-one over 30.
"The ability to hear high frequencies deteriorates with age, but some adults might still be able to hear the Mosquito. No-one except young troublemakers appears annoyed, however."
If I won the lottery, I'd buy one of these for every public place in my city and every city I ever visit for any reason. I hope Stapleton invents a "pocket" version that can be carried around to keep the little bastards at bay.
Imagine the possibilities if Stapleton teamed up with consumer electronic companies and developed a gadget that serves as a cell phone, PDA, MP3 player, and brat repellent. I'd buy it.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
I gotta get me one of these
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Darn: they don't say how to order one.
Hey, I just stumbled onto your blog after reading about the Chicago bakery guy. I googled "child-free blog" and your came up. Keep up the fight.
German "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" did a feature on your blog and Kinderhasser in general.
http://www.faz.net
Hello big bastard, haven't you once been a little bastard too?
My parents were married before I was conceived, so I don't qualify for the "bastard" label. "Asshole" might be more appropriate. That's the word I usually hear.
Of course I was a little asshole before I became a big asshole, and I disliked other little assholes even when I was one. Fortunately, childhood is a stage most of us grow out of. I am no fonder of childhood and its residents now than I was at the time I lived in that neighborhood.
Such devices should be installed all over parks and playgrounds to keep those dirty assholes out and we can enjoy a quiet walk with our sweet pets.
I'm 31 and I can still hear those frequencies, and I'm liable to become quite annoyed with you if you were to turn one of those things on near me.
Then again, I get quite annoyed at obnoxious breeders who bring their SUV-sized strollers with tiny, screaming infants somewhere in the middle of all the crap on them on the city buses, so I guess I'd have to pick and choose... *grin*
If you could market your wonderful dream device,do you realize that all the ankle -biters evil parents would probably try to beat you to death in the streets?You'd need security that would rival that of the the White House!
"You'd need security that would rival that of the the White House!"
Nah. I'd throw plastic bags full of Cheerios around to distract all the angry parents, and they'd be so busy picking up the freebies that I could make a quick getaway.
Where can I get one?
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