Skirting the criminal

First there were pepper sprays and karate moves – The Age now writes about this Japanese skirt to ward off crime [link via textually – where a tenuous link has been established between this piece of news and the main focus of their blog – mobile phones!] – quoting from an article in the age – the above skirt serves as a disguise, by converting a person into a vending machine, to elude pursuers – Now I cannot honestly say that I know how this works – woman stops for a second, opens her skirt and lo! turns into a Cola vending machine – and lo! lo! pursuer is left baffled?

And how about this – Take the “manhole bag”, a purse that can hide your valuables by unfolding to look like a round sewer cover. Put it on the street with your wallet still inside, and unwitting thieves are supposed to walk right by.

A phone booth for Superwoman now? All I can say is I hope the women don’t end up drinking all that Cola and finding themselves unable to fit into the skirt the next time they need it.