Comments on: Electric bubble-baths: miracle weight-loss technology of 1933 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: GammaBlog http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144414 GammaBlog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144414 This noise is driving me crazy, where's the damn switch....zzzzzzap!zftzzz. This noise is driving me crazy, where’s the damn switch….zzzzzzap!zftzzz.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144422 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144422 the foam is to hide the blades below the foam is to hide the blades below

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144425 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144425 But, will she blend? But, will she blend?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144426 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144426 use "frappe" use “frappe”

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144224 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144224 ZAPS pounds away! Well, someone had to say it. ZAPS pounds away!

Well, someone had to say it.

]]> By: Clayton Hove http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144229 Clayton Hove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144229 Hmm.... 86 years later, perhaps this is what was going on in <a href="http://commercial-archive.com/node/142951" rel="nofollow">downtown Miami last week.</a> Sony must've invented a city-wide weight loss device based on 30s foam and bubble technology! And here all this time I was waiting for somebody to invent a shrink ray instead. (grumble grumble) (Actually, they were just shooting a commercial, but you have to admit that the foaminess of it all shows huge leaps forward in bubble-based R&D.) Hmm…. 86 years later, perhaps this is what was going on in downtown Miami last week. Sony must’ve invented a city-wide weight loss device based on 30s foam and bubble technology! And here all this time I was waiting for somebody to invent a shrink ray instead. (grumble grumble)

(Actually, they were just shooting a commercial, but you have to admit that the foaminess of it all shows huge leaps forward in bubble-based R&D.)

]]> By: GammaBlog http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144234 GammaBlog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144234 It obviously works by extracting body fat and turning it into a delicious whipped topping the whole family can enjoy. It obviously works by extracting body fat and turning it into a delicious whipped topping the whole family can enjoy.

]]> By: heydemann3 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144268 heydemann3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144268 If only this worked. I love a bath and would be svelte in no time. If only this worked. I love a bath and would be svelte in no time.

]]> By: Chorske http://boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html#comment-144269 Chorske Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-144269 Huh. An electric air compressor on the floor of the bathroom, beside the tub. Wonder why the idea didn't take? Huh. An electric air compressor on the floor of the bathroom, beside the tub. Wonder why the idea didn’t take?

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