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When we see something like this Cane Map, all we can think of is the Sean Connery-esque Colonel Gentleman from Venture Bros., but we suspect any old dude will find it incredibly useful. You see, it's a cane, but it's also a map—the duality of which probably exploded as many minds when it was invented back in 1940 as the atomic bombs tests around the same time. Except this map (made for the American Legion National Convention) is of Boston, where the only treasure you'll find are the highways leading out. [CooperHewitt via Wired via Sci Fi]
Cane Map Empowers Old Man Adventurers
7:15 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Jason Chen
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Amen. Here's betting it has its X's marking the spots where the roads run off the edge.
But what to call it? Mane, Cap, Man, and Cape are already taken. Maybe that's why it never took off.
As soon as I see the name "Colonel Gentleman". all I can think about is
"Toys Colonel Gentleman wishes they had when he was a little boy:
-Micronauts
-AT-AT Imperial Walker
-Csnr map..."
"Cane Map Empowers Old Man Adventurers"
So does Viagra.
Jason,
Why the Boston hate? You have many readers who love it here and quite a lot of gadgets have come from Boston, Cambridge and MIT.
@nocar: I'm from Lexington, and I for one decry Jason's Boston hatred! I demand an apology and baked beans! Lots of baked beans! Preferably down his pants!
Nicholas Cage needs one of these to find some Treasure.
If you need the cane to stand, how are you supposed to look at the map?
@nocar: Jason is just jealous of the Sox and the Pats.
At least one of these is gonna get blown up by the Boston Bomb Squad. Wagers?
Will the map accidently pop out if you, sort of, um, hit a hooligan or two?
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