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Animal legs for humans: Kim Graham's Digitigrade Leg Extensions
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| May 14, 2009
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Posted on 05/15/2009 11:48:52 AM PDT by Kjirstje
Animal Legs for Humans
A Seattle designer has come up with the ultimate gadget for people who would like to be taller and more graceful - animal leg extensions.
Kim Graham's Digitigrade Leg Extensions add 14 inches of height to the wearer - and she claims a number of famously pint-sized actors and performers already have their names on the two-month waiting list.
The fine art sculptor says the steel extensions are much more than just stilts and insists: "They give a person the uncanny and graceful appearance of an animal."
They're made of steel, cable, foam, and rigid plastic - and, according to Ms Graham, take just 10 to 15 minutes to learn to walk in.
They apparently work well on level surfaces, although sharp inclines are difficult and stairs are downright risky.
The legs cost just £500 a pair - or £665 for spring loaded hooves for those requiring a little extra bounce.
(video at: http://gizmodo.com/tag/digitigrade-leg-extensions/)
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To: Recovering Hermit
Not guilty.
Do they come in fishnet ?
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posted on
05/15/2009 12:27:07 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Maybe she is a mutant Ninja Turtle?
42
posted on
05/15/2009 12:27:34 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Crolis
43
posted on
05/15/2009 12:28:22 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: jaydubya2
WOW...you are right.....that is a HUGE camel toe!
44
posted on
05/15/2009 12:28:42 PM PDT
by
Snurple
(VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
To: jaydubya2
I see two majors and one minor.
45
posted on
05/15/2009 12:32:20 PM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
To: Little Ray
I can’t disagree that some of them have a vision of utopia in which the Segway figures prominently. I don’t share anything remotely close to that view. It’s just nutty.
46
posted on
05/15/2009 12:51:18 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Pres__ent Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya. She was there.)
To: DoughtyOne
BTW: Have you seen the picture of Chinese cops practicing maneuvers on Segways while carrying assault rifles?
I think it was back when they were prepping for the Beijing Olympics.
47
posted on
05/15/2009 12:59:21 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: Little Ray
I missed that. Next they’ll have the machine gun attachment installed for policing free speech like Tienimen (sp?) Square.
48
posted on
05/15/2009 1:03:43 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Pres__ent Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya. She was there.)
To: Recovering Hermit
49
posted on
05/15/2009 1:03:57 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: Kjirstje
50
posted on
05/15/2009 1:04:03 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: brytlea
I wonder if it can lead to biomechanical problems like wear in the hip joint, bursitis, etc? I'm thinking lower back. It throws the center of gravity off forcing unnatural tilting of the upper body to maintain balance.
Any chiropractors out there?
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posted on
05/15/2009 1:09:05 PM PDT
by
Ditto
To: Ditto
That too. It really looks like a very unnatural and bad position.
52
posted on
05/15/2009 1:13:00 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Kjirstje
Hmm...they might look almost natural on Sarah Jessica Parker.
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posted on
05/15/2009 1:47:42 PM PDT
by
AreaMan
To: Kjirstje
... and she claims a number of famously pint-sized actors and performers already have their names on the two-month waiting list. Yeah, now a bunch of Hollyweird morons can have horse's legs to match the horse's ass between their shoulders.
54
posted on
05/15/2009 2:17:33 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
(Tyrant: "Spartans, lay down your weapons." Free man: "Persian, come and get them!")
To: Kjirstje
55
posted on
05/15/2009 2:20:40 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: real saxophonist
MAN, as if the article I posted along with THAT photo wasn’t weird enough... Then you go and top it BIG-TIME with YOUR picture...!!! Not to mention how bizarrely apropos it is. I’ll be creeped out for days after seeing it. Kinda like a bad dream that just hangs on...
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posted on
05/15/2009 5:23:43 PM PDT
by
Kjirstje
To: Kjirstje
Sorry, just the first thing that came to my mind. But if you listen to the album from which that picture was taken, it’ll make it worthwhile. And I do have a T-shirt with that same art on it.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:05:12 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: Red in Blue PA
Sicko is in the mind of the beholder
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posted on
05/15/2009 7:03:21 PM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet!)
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