The beginning of the end (especially in Spain)

[ozzy72]

A hi-tech washing machine called Your Turn could soon enforce gender equality in every British household.
Pep Torres, a Spanish designer, has exploited fingerprint recognition technology to subvert what was supposed to be the perfect Father's Day gift. His washing machine is programmed to prevent the same person using it twice in a row to try to ensure that men do their share of domestic chores.
"I thought it would be good to finish with macho man from the ice age who doesn't do anything around the house except drink beers," Mr Torres, of the agency DeBuenaTinta in Barcelona, told the BBC World Service programme Everywoman broadcast today.
"Spain is changing a lot, and I wanted to come up with an invention to enable men to do more around the home."
Mr Torres was originally approached by a white goods manufacturer and asked to design an innovative Father's Day present. It has inevitably appealed more to women who relish the opportunity of banishing washing day blues. "It was a tongue-in-cheek idea which seemed to catch the imagination," Mr Torres said.
For Your Turn to function as a regulator of domestic harmony, both partners are required to register their fingerprints on the scanner while it is linked to a home computer.
If men are inclined to cheat, Mr Torres suggests, they could suffer a small forfeit: "The man can leave his finger at home... we have 10 fingers, so he won't miss one - well, you don't use the little finger a lot."
The implied criticism that it is time for men to pull their fingers out follows a shift in popular opinion away from the charms of machismo culture. Forty per cent of men in Spain reportedly do no housework at all.
Last month a law was introduced to oblige men to "share domestic responsibilities and the care and attention" of children and elderly relatives. Failure to meet the obligations, it stipulated, would be taken into consideration by judges when determining the terms of divorces.

[Craig.]

so once again those with no clue of the real world, try to make it tougher again.

[TacitBlue]

I think its a dumb idea. What happens when the washer is eventually sold, or the couple splits up? would you have to have your neighbors come over once in a while to start your laundry?

[Omag 2.0]

I already have a " man should do his part in the homework" contraption... it's called a girlfriend!  ;D

[Smoke2much]

So it would be no good if you live alone then.  Or if you want to do more than one load of washing whilst your partner is out.

Another emasculated moron joins the fray!

[Woodlouse2002]

If you're a man and never want to have to do the laundry, simply volunteer once and instead of putting washing powder into the machine simply put bicarbonate of soda and Alka Seltza in it instead. She'll never want you to go near the machine again once the door's blown off and there's foam filling the house.

[Tequila Sunrise]

and there we have it... a practical use for high shool chemisrty  8), thanks Woody  ;D

ok so does this mean there will now be finger print thingys on tool boxes so that when a shelf needs put up or a picture needs hanging a man can't  be made to do both ?

Craig  8)

[Saitek]

Good one Craig....

And when the car is broken down or needs jump starting or when the computer networking has gone bust or the roof needs repairing - well just remind 'em...

[Anti-Societys Snake]

I see no futur for this thing. the "lazy" man who does nothing will refuse the use of the money he earned while going to work. dumb f****ing idiots.