Oakley THUMP PRO 512MB MP3 Sunglasses
Friday, February 16th, 2007
It’s a hard and uncompromising world we live in. If you’re a music-loving runner or cyclist, it’s tougher still:
“Athletes have endured the ‘ball and chain’ of portable players for a quarter of a century. Cords dangle. Wires tangle. The base unit knocks around.”
But have no fear, for Oakley have come to your rescue. There’s no point describing it. You can clearly see what it is. It’s a pair of sunglasses with a built-in MP3 player.
I’ll be honest and say that I was going to heap scorn and ridicule on this self-consciously stylised, yet paradoxically lumpen and unattractive device/eyewear. But then I saw something that made me change my mind.
The Oakley THUMP PRO (big letters please) 512MB Sunglasses feature components made of my favourite substance - unobtainium. Yes, some part or other - they don’t specify what - is made of finest unobtainium - the most ludicrously-named of all the made up substances.
Not only that, but there’s an added bonus. The lenses are made of plutonite, which, if I’m not much mistaken, is also made up.
This product’s a winner, despite looking totally ridiculous.
