Muggers had better look out – that frail old lady hobbling to the Post Office with an odd-looking stick may be packing the latest in personal safety equipment from Gerilectric Inc.
The £79 ‘SafePoke’ is fitted with a twin-probe cattle prod, producing up to 300 shocks of 8,000 volts.
Powered by a 9 volt battery, the SafePoke also features a camera bracket for taking triumphant post-attack selfies or better still, HD movies of muggers squirming in agony on the ground. It may also be used as a walking stick.
The new product was welcomed by Age Concern, who told Spoofflé that it was high time Britain’s elderly fought back.
Fantastic idea! Unfortunately as a regular user of this kind of equipment for reaching and picking up thingys for people with extremely short and arthritic arms I can see one major fault ! It can easily be mistaken for the common or garden picky up stick which I use all the time for lifes more difficult tasks like putting on ones trollies. One slight loss of concentration and one could zap the familly jewels with disastrous consequences! It definitely needs bringing in to line with elf and saftey rules with at minimum of fluorescent tape and warning signs !