Jul 1 2008Roll-A-Bout: Because WheelChairs Suck (Hoverounds And Rascals Are Still Legit)
Forget to pay your bookie? Girlfriend beat you in the leg for commenting on the delicious roundness of another woman's posterior? Or did you just slam your leg into the coffee table on the way to the bathroom one night? Whatever the case, the Roll-A-Bout is for you! The $600 - $740 device is made for people with lower leg injuries (one leg at a time, please) that think wheelchairs are for old people and want something a little bit more office chair race-y. The basket comes standard on the model, but the cup holder will set you back an additional $15. Of course, if you want to save some money you could just mod an office chair like a normal person. Just add a little scooter engine, cooler, some turn signals, a microwave, card table, bedpan, a few magazines, pillows, custom mini-rims, naked lady mudflaps, and presto: you still get pulled over doing 8 in a 35.
The Roll-A-Bout - A Questionable Alternative To Crutches Or A Wheelchair [ohgizmo]
Reader Comments
1. Julian - July 1, 2008 3:24 PM
In some sort of extra leg holding mechanism could be added to this, it would be perfect. Geez, if I had one of those then I'd show those damn geriatric bastards who the real king of the mall is. I'll take 10 minutes to get in the damn elevator.
2. SmokingGirl - July 1, 2008 3:25 PM
That looks horribly uncomfortable.
FIRST!
3. SmokingGirl - July 1, 2008 3:25 PM
Dammit...not first.
Now I'm embarassed.
4. Julian - July 1, 2008 3:27 PM
SmokingGirl, we keep running into each other. . . see, we're totally not strangers anymore.
5. guate6 - July 1, 2008 3:39 PM
SG: it's "frist"
But regardless, don't worry, it happens to the best of us.
6. Rod - July 1, 2008 4:45 PM
guate6, I beg to differ. "The best of us" don't go around spouting "FIRST!" like attention seeking children, so it couldn't happen in the first place.
7. number6 - July 1, 2008 5:34 PM
@smoking girl:
It really isn't. I had to have some screws put in my foot and rented one of these bad mofo's for a month. Way faster than crutches...way faster than walking with no injury for that matter.
8. Clinch - July 1, 2008 7:38 PM
So people are worried about looking like old people, but aren't worried about looking like morons on what looks like a scooter-bike-shoppingkart-hybrid they stole from a kid?
9. Joey - July 1, 2008 7:58 PM
I bet my 7-year-old would love this.
10. serene - July 1, 2008 8:29 PM
thank god they had the foresight to put brakes on this bad boy, because obviously you're going to be jamming pretty hard, or going down some pretty intense handicapped ramps.
11. Momboelitist - July 2, 2008 11:05 AM
@4, seems we keep running into each other as well and I'll be running into you with my First if you don't back away from my interweb techblog comments section girlfriend! Get it!?!
Wait, did I say that right?.....*interw...tec..bl..girl*...Yes, I did so....OK then!
12. J - July 2, 2008 11:50 AM
I saw a girl with one of these in a Wal-Mart checkout the other day...
13. Wanks - July 2, 2008 4:19 PM
I would def right that but the roll-a-bout sucks ass!
14. Sly - July 2, 2008 6:48 PM
I'd hit it! Oh, wait... this isn't fazed.
15. illuminati - July 7, 2008 2:22 AM
This kind of thing has been around forever.
16. Sheila - July 7, 2008 12:42 PM
My cousin used one of these when she broke her foot. She loved it. It was easy to move around in and very comfortable!