Electric Underwear and You

Many of our readers have been following the developments in the UK's NHS experiment with electric underwear, and have been asking us many questions.  While we did not develop the electric underwear the NHS is using, we have worked with other laboratories to create electric underwear in the past, so we have some expertise there.  We hope this post will be informative and help you understand how electric underwear will affect you in the New Future.

Q.  Who will use electric underwear?
A.  The NHS is using electric underwear to prevent bedsores, which can be painful and dangerous for patients stuck in bed.  Our experiments in electric underwear were related, but focused more on operatives stuck in uncomfortable surveillance positions with no room to move while on duty for days at a time.
Q.  Will the GNU Public Dictatorship encourage or require others to use electric underwear?
A.  Not unless they express an interest in trying it out or if they are deemed to be at risk for bedsores later in life.
Q.  Does using electric underwear before you are bedridden make a difference?
A.  Of course it does.  It zaps you.
Q.  Who will decide who gets electric underwear?
A.  In most cases it will be between the physician and patient or between the operative and his or her superiors, but in some cases the Board of Dictators may be called in to decide whether someone should use them.
Q.  Are they fun to wear?
A.  None of our test subjects elected to keep wearing them after the need for them was gone, so we don't think so.
Q.  Where can I get some?
A.  Contact your local GPD office.