While We’re At It, Let’s Reinvent the Wheel
Watch this vid touting a contraption called the "SpeedFit," then get your punchlines ready. We like this one from the YouTube peanut gallery:
By
Ben Fried
7:59 AM PST on November 25, 2008
Watch this vid touting a contraption called the “SpeedFit,” then get your punchlines ready. We like this one from the YouTube peanut gallery:
they already have that. its called walking.
Hat tip to Burbia by way of Andrew Sullivan.
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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