I’m very taken with the new ipads. They are very, very sexy. And the stuff they can do. Well I want one. But I won’t get one, but it doesn’t stop me from lusting after one.
It’s the internet costs that would kill me. I’m all for the prepaid usage, and when that come in I’ll join the other 4 gazzillion people in the world who have an ipad, but until then for me the ipad would be a bit like playing Russian roulette with the potential of bills in the thousands of dollars that I would run up courtesy of my internet provider.
There’s also the issue of how you get about town with one of them. Now I’ve seen quite a few men trotting around the streets with their ipad grasped in their hand. To be frank they look pretty stupid and a little bit attention seeking. I mean the thing is too big to tuck under your arm and there’s the very real potential of having it accidentally knocked out of you hand…or snatched and grabbed.
I sort of feel a bit sorry for men. They aren’t offered the handbag option that we women have. And we women have great big handbags that could easily keep an ipad and half of Brisbane safe and sound. Perhaps then the ipad may see the revival of the manbag, a much maligned fashion accessory that apparently 10.4 million men have sported at one stage of their fashion journey.
My husband takes a manbag when we travel overseas. He wouldn’t be seen dead with one in Australia, but in Europe, why not? I love the manbag because it means he gets to carry all the heavy stuff like water and guide books while I swan around carrying…nothing.
If he had an ipad, he’d definitely have to consider having a manbag here in Australia, though it might mean he’d be ridiculed and maybe even beaten on a regular basis. For obvious reasons, different to mine, he doesn’t have an ipad.
But these men do–Daniel Craig, David Beckham, Kayne West and P-Diddy. Now they’re cool. Gen X at their finest. And I’ll bet their ipads are safe and sound.
So here are a few options (some more hideous than others) if you’ve decided to stop looking like a tryhard flashing your ipad all around the place. Go on, put it away. I dare you.
For all you ipad carrying bogans. Your flanny shirt does double duty. Image
For all awesome ipad daddies. Now you can practice your nappy skills on your ipad. Image
For the environmentally aware ipad carrier. An all natural cover made from finest hessian. They swear you’ll love it. Image
For the alcohol loving ipadder. It’s cork and can double as a beer coaster. Very handy. Image
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