With Our Forces Combined We Are....

Here I'll have two friends select one random object each. I'll think of everything that comes to mind for each item and then try to combine them below.

CELLPHONE: Communication. Family. Friends. Appointments. Texting. Long distance. Love. Conversation. Arguments. Battery Life. Plug in. Connection to people. Email. Past. Present. Future. Location. Lost. Found. Pocket-sized. Multi-functional. Games. Alarm. Organizer. Planner. MP3. GPS. Broken screen. Small compared to laptop. Varying sizes. Sound. I'm not the type of person to have the latest and greatest cellphone. But not by choice. I don't have my own money, so unfortunately I have to get my parents to pay for my phones. Mostly, my phones just call. I have never had an iPhone or a Blackberry. I've never been able to check my email or use GPS... but God I hope my parents buy me something that does soon.

TRICYCLE: Fun. Kids. Transportation. Toys. Rusts in rain. Outdoors. Playful. Tires. Horn. Red. Driveway. Street. Safety. Laughing. Interaction. Back yard. Plastic. Metal. Small compared to bicycles. Bigger than most toys. I remember my first bicycle with training wheels. It was white and pink and may have had Barbie stickers on it. I rode it back in forth in our driveway.

Combination:

1. Tricycle with built-in GPS
2. Tricycle with easy-to-use phone built in
3. Tricycle that sends SMS of location in neighborhood to parent
4. Tricycle that can be adjusted to fit a large range of child sizes
5. Tricycle that is collapsible to fit in a pocket
6. Tricycle that is also scooter/bicycle
7. Tricycle that can play music
8. Tricycle that can hold a cellphone securely
9. Tricycle that is battery operated
10. Cellphone for children
11. Cellphone that can stand tougher wear and tear (be outside for a while and still usable)
12. Cellphone that expands and becomes a bicycle
13. Cellphone shell made of rubber (tire rubber)
14. Cellphone powered simply by human turning of a dial

It's crazy how I knew how to describe "cell phone" a lot more deeply than a tricycle. Am I getting so old that I've forgotten what it was like to ride a tricycle?

Anyway, I think a couple things were pretty cool that I thought of. The last one, cellphone powered by turning of a dial or some sort of crank I thought would be pretty awesome to have. (I say this as I have my cell phone plugged in because it was dying earlier today.) How nice would it be to be able to crank up your phone when its on its last bar of life? I know there are things out there that can charge a battery with a crank, those emergency radios, but not a cellphone, from my knowledge.

Obviously cellphones with the durability of a tricycle would be great for anyone. It might not be great for companies to make something with a longer durability, because the customer might come in to the store less often, but it will definitely make customers happier to have a phone that is water resistant, doesn't crack easily, buttons always work, etc.

And who knows, maybe one day we will all own a travel sized bike in our pocket and whip it out whenever we're running late.