{"id":1633,"date":"2010-03-20T07:29:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T11:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicholsclan.com\/tinblog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2010-03-18T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:43:00","slug":"how-to-scratch-that-itch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2010\/03\/how-to-scratch-that-itch.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Scratch that Itch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/18\/itch-chair-scratches-the-backs-of-lazy-meatbags\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Scratch Chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/03\/itch-chair-20100318-450.jpg\" alt=\"Scratch Chair\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m unsure why someone wants an uncomfortable chair with a built-in back scratcher, but should you be in the market, then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/18\/itch-chair-scratches-the-backs-of-lazy-meatbags\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">here you go<\/a>.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a hidden touchpad under the seat that allows you to position the little scratching device exactly where it needs to be.\u00a0 So there&#8217;s no excuse for not finding that sweet spot you&#8217;re itching to get scratched.<\/p>\n<p>However, this thing does lack the feel or appeal of a lady&#8217;s long fingernails on your back.\u00a0 And it seems to lack any ability to get the scratcher to hunt around your back in a pattern or random motion.\u00a0 Ideally, it needs a little voice activator that responds to things like &#8220;ahhhh&#8221;, &#8220;up a little&#8221;, &#8220;to the left&#8221;, &#8220;oh yes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On a whole, given that I can&#8217;t have Kim&#8217;s fingers at my disposal, I&#8217;m more inclined toward my dad&#8217;s solution to getting an on-demand back scratch.\u00a0 He always wanted a rough bark tree growing in the middle of the house that he could just rub up and down on like a big ol&#8217; grizzly bear.\u00a0 And let&#8217;s face it, the tree would look more attractive than this chair in the living room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m unsure why someone wants an uncomfortable chair with a built-in back scratcher, but should you be in the market,<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2010\/03\/how-to-scratch-that-itch.html\" title=\"Read How to Scratch that Itch\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geekypursuits","category-justforfun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}