We envision a future where spindly robotic legs shudder under the weight of our grossly obese frames -- but maybe we've seen Wall-E too many times.

ENGADGET: Honda introduces new walking assist machine, doubles as bionic wedgie maker

At each new moon, we wondered whether it would ever appear again (were we hoping that it would simply disappear?), and when it did reappear, looking more and more like a comb that had lost its teeth, we averted our eyes with a shudder.

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We'll see if Madonna is ultimately driven to adopt the same strategy though I shudder to think how "Like a Virgin" will sound with fiddle and steel guitar.

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