Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> No I don't, but... what's so great about an Xbox?
>>
>> Hype. Same with the iPhone, same with the Wii, same with the Playstation,
>> etc
> 
> Ah. I was wondering why everybody is so excited about the iPhone. (Is it 
> because it has an "i" in the name? I'm still waiting for Apple's 
> intelligent vacuum cleaner, the "iSuck". :-P )
> 
> As for the Wii... Apart from the obviously ridiculous name, I think it's 
> an "interesting" concept. But when I tried to play with my sister's 
> boyfriend's Wii [do NOT say this out loud in public!] it just made my 
> arm hurt [do NOT include this part in public either!!]
> 
> Seriously - the centrifugal forces just make the veins in my hand 
> overpressure. And my wrist hurt.
> 

Don't swing so hard, it maxes out at 3Gs.

> I wonder... surely there have been some pretty serious injuries / 
> property damage due to the Wii, no?
> 

No injuries, thankfully. I think we only had one person slip while 
playing Tennis, and bowling in socks on a hardwood floor is just asking 
to learn to do splits. I can just imagine someone going to the doctor 
with a sprained wrist or elbow . . .
Doc: "What have you been doing that might have caused this?"
Patient: "Well, I've just been playing with my Wii."

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