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What eejit started calling them *HOVER*boards?

  • 04-12-2015 09:43AM
    #1
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭


    They've got WHEELS ffs - why does anyone (or everyone if you work for the mass media :rolleyes: ) call them hoverboards when they don't hover?

    Why does anyone even want one if when they don't hover? They're just a Segway with no handlebar ... :p


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  • #2
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    CelticRambler wrote: »
    They've got WHEELS ffs - why does anyone (or everyone if you work for the mass media :rolleyes: ) call them hoverboards when they don't hover?

    Why does anyone even want one if when they don't hover? They're just a Segway with no handlebar ... :p

    Somebody thought people hadn't enough dissapointments in life.


  • #3
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    All you need is a comb and a thin piece of paper.


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Because it's back to the future year and real hoverboards doesn't exist.


  • #5
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    CelticRambler wrote: »
    They've got WHEELS ffs - why does anyone (or everyone if you work for the mass media :rolleyes: ) call them hoverboards when they don't hover?

    Why does anyone even want one if when they don't hover? They're just a Segway with no handlebar ... :p



    A Segway without handlebars that may explode or catch fire for no apparent reason.


  • #6
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    My friend got this thing
    http://www.airwheel.net/x6.html

    Or a Chinese clone of it, everyone that's had a go has injured themselves somehow, also it tends to magically stop working so you fall flat on your face from time to time.

    Think on the box it was called Magic Balance Wheel

    He loves it !


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  • #7
    King George VI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    biko wrote: »
    Because it's back to the future year and real hoverboards doesn't exist.


    Oh really? This picture says otherwise.


  • #8
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,647 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    kneemos wrote: »
    A Segway without handlebars that may explode or catch fire for no apparent reason.

    There is a reason - it's the battery. Cheap Chinese tat.

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  • #9
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Whatever happened to self-perambulation?


  • #10
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    keithclancy wrote: »
    My friend got this thing
    http://www.airwheel.net/x6.html

    Or a Chinese clone of it, everyone that's had a go has injured themselves somehow, also it tends to magically stop working so you fall flat on your face from time to time.

    Think on the box it was called Magic Balance Wheel

    He loves it !


    Luckily he's wearing a helmet.


  • #11
    Youngblood.III
    Site Banned Posts: 777 ✭✭✭Youngblood.III


    Marty McFool.


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  • #12
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    I also saw watchdog last night, with the burns that woman got off the 'overboard' terrible it was.


  • #13
    traprunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭traprunner


    kneemos wrote: »
    Luckily he's wearing a helmet.

    But no hi-vis. Wait until the RSA hear about this!


  • #14
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    give it a month or so til everyone gets these deathtraps for crimbo and all the safety issues come out.
    the government will have them banned quick enough.


  • #15
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,647 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Now is the time to ban them, not after little jack or sorcha get burnt to a crisp.

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  • #16
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Now is the time to ban them, not after little jack or sorcha get burnt to a crisp.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo


  • #17
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    WORST




    HOVERBOARD




    EVER.


  • #18
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    This why no one will buy a Chinese car or plane.


  • #19
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,426 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    This why no one will buy a Chinese car or plane.

    Give them another 20 years. People said the same about the Japanese cars.

    Edit: Just to clarify that's chinese indigenous brands. I'd love a new Volvo XC90 and that's the Chinese owners money that made it possible.


  • #20
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Sure they already have started exploding and ****, thats why they're apparently banned in the UK.


  • #21
    King George VI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    Sure they already have started exploding and ****, thats why they're apparently banned in the UK.

    They've started exploding?


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  • #22
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    At least 50% of the time you're using a Lolo Ball you're hovering. Somewhat. Don't get technical with me.


  • #23
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    the groutch wrote: »
    give it a month or so til everyone gets these deathtraps for crimbo and all the safety issues come out.
    the government will have them banned quick enough.

    They're already illegal in public places, and there have been seizures of importations.


  • #24
    Blackwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭Blackwell


    traprunner wrote: »
    But no hi-vis. Wait until the RSA hear about this!

    What does it have to do with the Republic of South Africa?


  • #25
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Chickity China the Chinese Chicken, have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin


  • #26
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    the groutch wrote: »
    give it a month or so til everyone gets these deathtraps for crimbo and all the safety issues come out.
    the government will have them banned quick enough.

    People are already riding them illegally as they are not pedal assisted.

    http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=1728&Lang=1
    What is the legal status of electric/battery powered scooters?
    The use of these types of scooters has become very popular in recent years, especially with children. The legal position is that if one of these scooters can be powered by mechanical or electrical power alone, and does not require pedalling or scooting for propulsion, then the scooter is considered to be a mechanically propelled vehicle (MPV) in terms of road traffic legislation, irrespective of engine capacity. If such scooters are to be used in any public place, they require insurance and road tax as with any other MPV. The driver would also require a driving licence and is obliged to wear a crash helmet. If the user of such a scooter cannot fulfil these legal requirements, then the scooter should only be used on private property.


  • #27
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    Give them another 20 years. People said the same about the Japanese cars.

    Edit: Just to clarify that's chinese indigenous brands. I'd love a new Volvo XC90 and that's the Chinese owners money that made it possible.

    Hape.


  • #28
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Those Universal Remotes are another complete let down.


  • #29
    King George VI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    kneemos wrote: »
    Those Universal Remotes are another complete let down.

    They are universally shite


  • #30
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Johnny Carson wrote: »
    They are universally shite

    Really ? I have a Logitech Harmony and it works great, just chose everything i had and then plugged it in via USB and I was done.


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  • #31
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    The only hover board I shall ever buy will be the one from Back to the Future, the rest are lies...LIES!!!!!!!!


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