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February 02, 2004

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One fad I cannot understand is the craze for roller shoes with retractable wheels. There is not a shopping centre in Hong Kong where kids leaning back on their heels and gliding around like Disney on ice are not a feature along with overpriced shops and difficult to find bathrooms. It's another one of those pointless crazes that seem to exist only to baffle those of us with functioning brains.

 posted by Simon on 02.02.04 at 03:31 PM in the




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I remember the first time I saw them. I saw this kid gliding by....WTF!!??!?

 posted by: shaky on 02.02.04 at 03:38 PM [permalink]

What's so pointless about it? It's fun for the kids. Isn't that the point of all kid-targeted gadgets?

Had the same experience as shaky, though. Felt like I was in a Monty Python skit.

 posted by: Nicholas Liu on 02.02.04 at 04:23 PM [permalink]

Now, when they build little engines into them, that will be cool.

 posted by: Pixy Misa on 02.03.04 at 04:36 PM [permalink]




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