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Good idea – shame it won’t work

// September 26th, 2005 // Personal

***Feminist disclaimer – before you jump up and down in the comments box please bear in mind that I’m joking! Got a problem with that? No? Then read on***

Some spunky young scientific types at Brunel University have taken a simple step to address a basic need in women’s lives – you can now get a handbag that illuminates itself.

Unfortunately, whilst the idea and implementation are ingenious the student in question has neglected to incorporate one key issue – women are incapable of being practical when it comes to shoes and handbags.

Just think of the number of times you have been invited to a posh do and the women arrive clad in gorgeous gowns with stupidly uncomfortable shoes and tiny handbags. Why do you think a suit has so many pockets? To carry whatever is left over once Ms. Stylee has filled her bag with … oh I don’t know … a pack of gum!

Now I know that I’m generalising here. There are some women who have very practical bags capable of holding all matter in the known universe but those bags are so massive and cavernous that the light would need to be about 1000 kilowatts to work.

So my commiseration’s to the students in question – it’s a great idea but it’s never going to fly