Buttons

"Who" fans like to poke fun at this control from "Genesis Of The Daleks". But given other story titles such as "Planet Of Evil" (all together now: Don't go there!), subtlety has rarely been the program's strength.

When I was in Year 9, a Year 10 lass came to school wearing matching "Panic Button" badges on her regulation green woollen jumper in positions one could only assume corresponded with her nipples.

I don't remember said uniform breach in a pervy way. Suffice it to say that I wasn't her type, nor she mine. However, I do recall being impressed by her boldness. This was a Catholic college in the 1980s!

Fast-forward four decades and Amazon is offering the following device, which spouts various accusatory phrases when pressed, to help call out lies. Stop, don't press it now. I promise the badge-gal anecdote is true.