We don’t really know what else to say about the Hawaii Chair. Watching people fidget suggestively on what looks like an office desk chair makes us uncomfortable for some reason. Maybe it’s the way they’re pretending there’s nothing weird going on?
(Thanks, Joe!)
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ugghhh… You wouldn’t believe it, but I used to see this commercial all the time on the Asian TV networks. And sadly, my parents decided to buy one. I couldn’t believe it! And the reason they bought it…. To try it out. They have maybe used it once or twice. I’ve tried it out too and it’s a piece of crap. And at about $500, it’s such a waste of money. I still can’t believe they have that thing. Everything I see it in there house, I just shake my head at it…
Yea, I’ve seen commercials for this chair for the last couple of years. My parents and my parents always talk about it and my aunt has one of them. I saw them sit on that thing, and I can’t see how it is at all comfortable for even 5 minutes. One of the worst product I’ve seen. It’s like a knockoff on the iGallop thing from Shaper Image.
It’s Parkinson’s on your terms.
Creepy @.@
@clevershark:
My pap pap still has one of those fat shakers in his basement, and I always use it when I make the trip home a couple of times a year. It just feels good!
Also: I am not fat. Do with that what you will.
One more also: This totally belongs on Jezzie or Fleshbot.
@misstic: Thank God I wasn’t the only one!
@smitty1123:
It’s been done in Asia (why am I not surprised):
[www.tokyomango.com]
(surprisingly it’s a SFW link).
They’re gonna need seatbelts! I bet Alan Rothenberg The Injury Attorney is already foaming at the mouth over this. Miss I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up is probably on call too. All this needs is a Clapper and Life Alert tie in. A Billy Mays with Oxyclean for those embarrassing stains.
ugh-And Billy Mays.
i saw this on ellen lol
Y’all are definitely watching Ellen then, huh?
If not, be sure to check out the “Tiddy Bear”. Good stuff.
Can’t wait to go to a bank office or similar and sit down across from somebody trying to sell me something while sitting on that thing… or have that come into MY office environment…
No, I can’t think of any situation that doesn’t make me laugh hysterically.
@clevershark: Costco sells those actually, and they cost $2.5k! I couldn’t figure out what the “power plate” was, then when it clicked, I couldn’t stop laughing. Who in the world buys those things?
This hula product makes me upset. No, not upset at how dumb it is, rather, how dumb I am to not have lowered myself to thinking about such a thing in the first place. I really, really need to figure out how these people come up with these things, so I can make money too.
How about a two-legged chair? Think of the fat you’ll burn as you try to stay upright! I’ll call it the “Carb Chair!” Your body actually burns calories, WHILE YOU SIT ON IT! It’s like magic weight loss but without the effort! Only 15 easy payments of $16.99.
This is a must buy for Spirograph lovers.
You can’t use this chair at work. It only has 3 legs, and OSHA says that you need 5 legs on a chair.
Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had all week…never seen anything quite like it. Still laughing, I think I’ll watch it again.
Reminds me of the Osim iGallop that they sell at Brookstone.
So… hard… to… type…!!
So indiscreet. Who would want to look so stupid for 8 hours a day?
Two words: lap dance.
yeah i definitely saw this on Ellen a few weeks ago. it was completely ridiculous.
omg. at first i thought it might be a snl skit. and it isn’t. i’m sorry but in order to strengthen your core, you actually have to do the workout. what a bad idea.
Brings new meaning to the phrase “Sit and spin.”
They look like they have motors in them. They are lucky. We have to do that by ourselves here.
They call those “Hawaii” chairs because in Hawaii, by law we are required to do that when we sit down to ward off the giant attorney squid.
It is horrible, his immense hulk has destroyed many of our paved roads chasing ambulances.
the people that are stupid enough to buy this thing wouldn’t have sit down jobs anyway
Hrm. If only it didn’t have arms, and were upholstered in black velvet, it might make a fun sex environment. The Sex Swing for the new millennium.
Just bought several chairs for the board room at our office. Shoulda known about these!
@psyop63b: Ha ha. I’ve worked with people that looked “so stupid” without this chair’s help
My office has a small gym with treadmills, free weights, and machines. Even the busiest people who WANT to work out make a 30 minute commitment 2 or 3 times a week.
oh getting “abs” takes far more concentration on diet than it does exercise.
And even if you’re not a gym /abs buff it’s not hard to exercise. Just starting walking – one foot in front of th other – or go biking 8-9 miles on the weekend
I am from Hawaii and I do not support the use of the word “Hawaii” in the name “Hawaiichair.”