Once at the Chinese zipper booth there was a great deal of very loud and animated conversation in their native tongue amongst the guys and quite a bit of gesturing. The lone woman there didn\u2019t look particularly happy about something.<\/p>\n
Having traveled in the far east, I understand native formalities that may accompany visitors to our shores. So, as that veteran of Asian travel I knew that I might be given a gift of an experimental zipper and would have to present a gift of equal or better value to the folks at the zipper booth. So with a well prepared bow I presented my host with the brochures and the phone condom I had just received from the blonde Swedish bikini-clad girl splashing around in the hot tub directly across the aisle from the zipper booth. They were well as well received as I\u2019d hoped.<\/p>\n
Well, I couldn\u2019t identify my guy (insert joke here at your own peril) from last year at the Chinese zipper booth. I\u2019m fairly certain his closest associates killed him in mid-sentence about the benefits of solid brass teeth versus plastic in cold weather, high-stress repeat usage. But, the remote controlled zipper has made its debut. You should have seen the look on the faces of booth folks when I asked what radio frequency the remote operated on. Why, they asked \u2026 Then I explained I was a remote control hacker. Suddenly, I wasn\u2019t welcome. I bet they have to go back to the drawing board and build in digital encryption to safeguard the worlds\u2019 trousers.<\/p>\n
As a geek, I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I couldn’t imagine a use for the zipper that had built-in headphones … and no, this isn’t a joke. I stood there for a while trying to imagine the reason for this invention. And even after a few drinks to loosen my thoughts this evening … I still can’t.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But you can’t stop progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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