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LazyHusband Smart Phone App Compliments Your Wife for You (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the yes-honey-that-dress-looks-great-on-you-no-you're-not-fat dept.

The guy who came up with the LazyHusband app, Ethan Duggan, isn't married. That's good, because he's only 12 years old. One of his local (Las Vegas) TV stations says this about him: "...the 12-year-old from Henderson, Nev., said he was tired of always replying to his mother's questions of how she looked in an outfit, he came up with common phrases that, with a touch of the screen, can tell his mother, 'You look amazing today.'" The app costs 99 cents for iOS, Android or Kindle. Ethan admits that Dad helped, but says the app is his own work and was his idea. He's now working on Lazy Kid and Lazy Wife. The TV story says, "Phrases for Lazy Kid include, yes, I did my homework and I love you. Ethan said he is having a hard time coming up with common phrases that a wife might say to her husband." Pro basketball retiree turned business guy Shaquille O'Neal is reportedly interested in LazyHusband, which means you may hear plenty more about LazyHusband and the prodigy who created it.

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  1. Congrats kid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and the prodigy who created it

    Slashdot thinks you are a prodigy. Of course Slashdot editors aren't that smart either so don't get too caught up on that.

    1. Re:Congrats kid by Graydyn+Young · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Or maybe, just maybe, Ethan's Dad is a marketing genius, and his marketing plans involve using his 12 year old son.

    2. Re:Congrats kid by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny

      in that case, his Dad's pretty smart. not everyone predicted app stores 12 years ago

      --
      how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
  2. Re:there is only one word you need to know by kevinT · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot the all purpose response -- "yes dear"

  3. Lazy! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we need LazySlashdotter, with such gems as:

    "Minus 1 - Troll!"

    "Minus 1 - I disagree!"

    "Ok, mom. I'll put the wash in the drier right after this raid is over!"

    "No, mom. My school doesn't have any dances scheduled this year."

    "No, mom. My college doesn't have any dances scheduled this year."

    "Ok, mom. I will try OKCupid right after this raid is over."

    "Thanks for bringing me my AARP application, which they mail to people at age 50. You really didn't need to come down all these stairs into the basement at your age."

    --
    (-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
  4. Brainstorming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Ethan said he is having a hard time coming up with common phrases that a wife might say to her husband."

    Let me get you started, kiddo:

    1. No i don't want to have sex tonight
    2. No i won't be cooking dinner tonight
    3. No I don't want to have sex tonight
    4. We are out of food, seriously there is nothing to eat [play this automatically any time user is near a refrigerator]
    5. for the last time, no we aren't having sex tonight so shut up already!

    AC because there *is* a snowballs chance in hell my wife might accidentally google and find this...

  5. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by TsuruchiBrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I want a divorce, and I am taking the kid(s) that didn't invent this stupid app. You can have Ethan."