this falls into the "so much more trouble than it's worth" category....

This has been around for quite awhile... I think maybe 2 years?

Slow news day at the giz...

Old, maybe, but still kind of funny.

Just put the wire down your shirt. Problem solved.

still havent seen a person wearing it

Another solution in search of a problem. I'm a bit over 6 feet, and extra iPod cable is the least of my worries. I refuse to wear a stupid belt clip. They're the contemporary equivalent of the pocket protector, don't clip on your belt very well, and their functionality has an inverse relationship with attractiveness. My back pocket is about 1 inch too far away so if I bend or twist they pop out of my ears. My front pockets put a lot of pressure on the connector. My backpack works great, but I don't usually wear it when I'm walking the dog or working in the yard. This "Barrel Of Monkeys" factory second is no value to me.

But will it open my beer?

Sorry to get picky, but isn't this more of a rappeller (def: A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point) than a spelunker (def: A person who explores caves). Not being a huge fan of caves I can't be sure that one does not contort themselves this way when spelunking, but . . .

They should've just had it wrap around the figure's neck, and call it the iNoose.

I just noticed that it's using the old (old old) Apple ear buds. It's missing the detangler hoogie-thingie. I wonder, does it still work as well? Well being a relative term.

[Please let me know if that's not the correct spelling of "hoogie." hōō' jē ]

@imajoebob: Just get one of those lightweight silicone skin cases that comes with a lanyard and hang the pod around your neck. Make sure the lanyard is the "shoelace" kind, though, because if you've got anything bigger than a nano the thin wire-like lanyards will dig a hole in the back of your neck in very short order.

You must have gotten some way short earbuds, though, because my son's 6'7" and doesn't have a cord-shortage problem.

just run the cord under your shirt, even with a ridiculous looking monkey thing you're still gonna stag the wire on stuff.

Or you can spend $5 now to get twelve monkeys in a barrel.

@infmom: I've got a full-size iPod, so a lanyard really isn't an option. Relatively, it may not be all that heavy, but it'll raise a good welt after it bounces against my sternum a few hundred times. And that might trash the disk, so I'd need a full harness. I have no desire to look like I'm wearing a c.1961 hearing aid.

I'm 6-3, but have a long torso (gotta get XLL - not XXL, XLL shirts). The earbuds are standard - it's my second iPod (3G and Photo) and the lengths were identical. By the way, the AMEX replacement plan is a wonderful thing! My Photo's disk is dying, and I've got 3 more months to make a claim. I'm holding out for the 6G. The newest buds, without the little cylinders, may be longer. An extra inch or two would be great (where have I heard that?). I could put it in the brush pocket of my painters' pants.

I'd really like to get the Sennheiser MX500s. They're about 15 bucks and sound phenomenal. But they're even shorter.