VeeshanVault

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 6:46 pm**

wtf? I guess it could double as a scam to get into the carpool lane. The nose looks fake!

Are you a woman going solo? Try a blow-up man

Tue Jul 25, 8:53 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - He fits in a car's glove box, appears at a flick of a switch and when a woman has finished using him, she can just pull the plug and he deflates.

He's the "Buddy on Demand," a blow-up man launched on Tuesday with the aim of making solo female motorists feel less nervous about driving at night.

According to research by the inflatable friend's creator, insurer Sheilas' Wheels, 82 percent of women feel safer with someone sitting in the car beside them and nearly a half don't like driving alone in the dark.

"We're not saying that an inflatable man is the only answer but we do hope it will give women extra confidence and make journeys in the dark less fearful," said Jacky Brown, the spokeswoman for Sheilas' Wheels.

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 7:24 pm**

do you have a purchase link?!?

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 7:38 pm**

Syenye wrote:do you have a purchase link?!?

Look he even comes in pink to match your DS and purse! =P

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 7:40 pm**

This sounds like the makings of a bad horror movie. Dark road... woman driving alone... inflatable man with a hunger for souls. Yep, it's got it all.

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 7:59 pm**

bad rip off of the auto-pilot in Airplane!

Posted: **July 25, 2006, 8:30 pm**

sexism in a box

Posted: **July 26, 2006, 9:52 pm**

Syenye wrote:do you have a purchase link?!?

noone would mess with froggy, so you drive as late as you want !

Posted: **July 26, 2006, 10:49 pm**

I'd be more creeped out with a blow up man sitting next to me than being alone... sheesh. Inflatable Ken is creepy:

Posted: **July 26, 2006, 10:57 pm**

Get your new unrealistic inflatable Lenin companian while it's hot!

Posted: **July 27, 2006, 5:58 pm**

lol cause criminals are terrified of chubby white guys in red v-necks