Weekly Penguin

Weekly Penguin 202

Okay, now these are really weird birds. Believe it or not, these are called 'palm warmers'. Essentially they are sturdy plastics bags filled with gel of some kind and inside there floats a metal plate. Twisting this plate starts off a chemical reaction that heats up the plate – which in turn heats the gel it floats in. As the result, you have an instant palm warmer to fix those borderline-frozen fingers.

These are reusable, too; according the manual used, penguin can be 'recharged' by keeping it in hot water for a while. And that, dear friends, is the reason I haven't even tried these yet; I don't want to throw penguins into boiling water!

Added: 2011-06-21