"jason-segel-russell-brand-kiss"Posted on 05/13/2010 1:49:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono
EDINBURGH, Scotland - A Scottish college student said her invention, a clear plastic helmet with openings at the face and ears, is designed to help people talk in noisy bars.
Elaine McLuskey, 23, an Edinburgh Napier University student, said the sound bubble is designed to cut out background noise and help friends converse without straining in busy bars and pubs, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
"(There's) that frustrating situation of trying to catch up with a friend in a busy bar. You want to hear their news and have a proper chat, but you have to shout over the din of music, chatter and clinking glasses," McLuskey said.
However, some bar patrons in New York said the helmet brings its own problems, most prominently the fish bowl-like appearance.
"I'd be skeptical to sit near them," George Whitehurst, 59, said of people wearing the helmets. "It looks kind of awkward."
"jason-segel-russell-brand-kiss"Haha, he’s marrying Katy Perry though. Was it odd to see that? Yeah. But I don’t think that Segel is gay any more than I think Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera are gay for kissing Madonna. Kids in my generation just do that sometimes — not really sure why, I never have. But they grow out of it and realize that it’s just stupid and attention-seeking.
It was... JULIE!
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