Quick test for you!

So, last week, I'm going around my local ASDA doing my weekly shop and I get bored with fruit and vegetables and wander over to stationery where I spot a new product I've not seen before - a FLEXI RULER. As you can see it looks like a normal 12 inch ruler but when you pick it up you discover that it's, er, well, flexible.

Allow me to demonstrate...

So what goes through my mind? Is it...

a) Can't see much point to that unless you intend to measure 'round curves with it, or

b) That's a neat idea, because it wouldn't get snapped in the bottom of a school bag, or

c) Wonder if it stings?

Okay, I'd put money on that the sort of people who read this page, like me, all went for answer (c) straight away which is, of course, why I bought it. It's a very convenient size and could be used on someone OTK, it's safer than a hard wooden ruler on the palm of the hand, and it looks to have good potential for what my old maths teacher in primary school used to describe as "a good whizzing 'round the back of the legs."

What I'm lacking at present is a young lady who would like me to try it out on her so I had to resort to trying it on myself which is never as good but does at least give me an idea of what it's effects might be. I can report that it does sting and the flexibility allows you to use a bit more force than you might with a rigid rule - result of one firm stroke on the palm of my hand and it was still uncomfortably sore ten minutes later which I find unusual. It's also a bit less noisy than many similar items so could be useful in hotel rooms.

Now all I need is a young lady - say 18-30 - and preferably in the North East of England...