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The "Hawaii Chair" Freaks Us Out

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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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God in heaven! I have no sound here at work - what the hell are these things supposed to be used for?!?

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That is so funny - I can just see me reaching for my coffee at the office, and spilling it all over me while I try to make it into my mouth.

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That CAN'T be serious. This it right up near the top of my list of stupid products.

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dood I would get motionsick and ralf all over my keyboard.

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Dont ya just love all the tons of idiotic excercize equipment ads out there? My personal fav was the one that you attach to your stomach & it shocks you. LOL! Shock those pounds away!


Even worse are the bajillions of absultely useless snakeoil remedies out there that make outrageous claims or get around making outrageous claims by using "creative marketing" (my favorite being "head-on").


Actually I really do hate all these companies who sell this crap & muddy the waters for items that actually DO work as they claim.

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I want this chair, but for ALL the wrong reasons.

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@Balisong: They tone your abs without exercise. "If you can sit, you can get fit."

There is NO WAY I can do work in one of those things.

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Last night on attack of the show they played outer space Hawaii Chair Jenga. Talk about upping the difficulty on an already hard game.

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I gotta watch that a second time - what a silly product.

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@forgottenpassword: "My personal fav was the one that you attach to your stomach & it shocks you."

That actual works by causing muscle contractions. It will tone the muscles, but it won't make you lose weight.

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Did anyone catch on G4TV's Attack of the Show... Kevin and Olivia rode the Hawaii Chair and tried to play Jenga. Good stuff.

[www.g4tv.com]

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That totally looks like they're having some kind of weird sex.

Some people will buy anything. Literally, you could put just about anything in front of them, tell them it'll help them in some vague, unclear way and they'll put out their credit card.

People make me sigh.

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I imagine that if you don't keep your feet firmly planted on the floor, you could have a pretty rough ride on that chair. I'm thinking sort of a mechanical bull competition in the office.

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@ucdcsteve: Olivia totally looks like she's doing bad things.

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Agreed; without being able to hear what they are saying (no sound at work) really amps up the bizarre level here

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you have got to go to the website. They have an option for a 2 Year warrenty that will cost $100.00 or they have a 3 Month Warrenty that will cost $150.00. Thats not a typo on my part. It's what the warrenty drop down box actually says.

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anyone tried the number yet?

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@mercurypdx: Thanks!


I'm stuck imagining trying to have a serious conversation at work with someone sitting in one of these things. The scene involves a lot of akward pauses and glances.

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That chair is a back rehab doctor's dream. Talk about a new patient generator! The way that thing whips around it looks like it would do a great job of straining something in your lower back.

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waiting for the class action suit from victims with hemorrhoids aggravated by the Hawaii Chair.

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Just as you think you've seen it all... along comes something like this. What scares me more than anything is the fact that there will be people STUPID enough to buy this.

How lazy can people get?! To think you're going to lose weight by sitting on a moving object is just r.e.d.i.c.u.l.o.u.s.!

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Yes, just what every workplace needs: a fat-person jiggler!

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Can you imagine trying to get anything done in that infernal chair? Good Lord...

"If you can sit, you can get fit. The Hawaii Chair!"

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They should change their angel and sell it as a sex enhancer... Bet it works wonders on one's libido!

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The Attack of the show kids tried to do an entire show in the hawaii chair with hilarious results.

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Retrofit into a sex toy in 3... 2... 1...
/hell, probably weeks ago...

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Well, make that "change their ANGLE"... not sure there's anything angelic about this product.

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No place of business would allow an employee to bring one of these into work. As soon as they did, there would be a new policy about using only "company purchased office furniture."


And some people are really really fat, and it is sad. I just want Richard Simmons to go help them out and make them feel better about themselves and to get healthy. These chairs are like Richard Simmons only in that they are ridiculous to look at. Simmons actually helps seriously overweight people make themselves better. And the marketers of this chair prey on those people. It make me mad.

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For those of you asking, this is a real product. Ellen Degeneres ordered several for her show last week. She sat in one, her guests sat in one, and a handful of audience members were subjected to it as well.

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Anybody ever see the movie "The Jerk"? I see a class action lawsuit coming on from a lot of cross-eyed... I mean, motion sick people!

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So now I know where they got the idea for the infomercial near the end of the recent movie "For Your Consideration"-- the one with Harry Shearer's character, the washed-up movie actor demonstrating the amazing "Hula Balls"!

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If this was the 1950's, the commercial would have everyone filmed from the waist up only, and Elvis would be suing for theft/dilution of his trademark....

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Only up to 300lbs? Won't be seeing that at Walmart anytime soon. Unless they make a deluxe model...

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Heh, there is a knock off too, they even have a warning about it.

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This kind of machine is all the craze in Japan. They also have 'slightly' better ad campaigns

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Of note it seems QVC in Japan is a tad more visually appealing than it is here :P

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"It feels great on my abs."


I TOTALLY Thought he said something else!!!!!

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This is just too funny. Would get a good thing to get to mess with people.

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Ha, it makes everyone look like they've gotta pee.


I swear one of the models in the background on the opening of this commercial looked like she was about to hurl because of motion sickness.

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This reminds me of those silly "fat shaker" machines people used 50 or 60 years ago -- the ones where you put a big strap around your body and let the machine "shake you thin".

Like these, actually.

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The AMAZING! chair that makes anyone, no matter how healthy, look like they have late-stage Parkinsons.

Finally!

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We just got back from Hawaii and we saw no such chair. I think they may be fabricating its authenticity.

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I just like to watch the girls in the chair.

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It's like they are doing the pee-pee dance in their chair.

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@SGODUN - Me Too!
I'm tingling just thinking about it.

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I like the slight look of fear in the eyes of the people using the chair. Everyone looks like they have accidentally found themselves on an episode of Candid Camera and are praying the host will come out soon and relieve them of their misery.

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@ironchef: Aggravated? That thing'd probably rip 'em out and toss them across the room!

Sorry, gotta go play it again!

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See it in action! This made me laugh pretty hard: [ellen.warnerbros.com]