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When my daughter was just starting to scooch herself around the hardwood floors, I wish I'd
have gotten a nickle for every time someone said "Put a swiffer under her and you'll never need to mop the floors!" I'd
have had a dollar in nickles by the time she actually learned how to crawl.
Well, a Japanese company apparently took such folksy wisdom to heart and manufactured a suit for your little scoocher to wear across the floors, taking the idea that your child could be a valued part of your housecleaning team one step further.
I don't think this is entirely serious (a Japanese commercial for this product appeared at the beginning of a recent Jet music video for "Roll Over DJ"), but the Japanese are known for their Chindogu ("silly/useless inventions"). I wouldn't put it past them.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
12-18-2005 @ 7:03PM
christy said...Hey! Just like the Swiffer Sleeper!
http://www.devilducky.com/media/38179/
Those SNL writers are clairvoyant.
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12-18-2005 @ 7:03PM
momma2mingbu said...ROTFL! That's hilarious!
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12-18-2005 @ 7:03PM
L. said...Hmmmm, I don`t know if this is a joke! When we lived in Tokyo, I stocked up on SWEEPER SLIPPERS -- same idea, but for feet. They made great presents for people. They were kind of self-explanatory, but they did have helpful instructions (all in Japanese, of course) and also had nifty little illustrations of happy housewives (always wives) sweeping the floor while they did other chores.
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12-18-2005 @ 7:03PM
David Boss said...It most certainly is. But i wouldn't be surprised if the japanese actually made something for that for real.
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