Why would you want to carry around 12 wives whenever you need a good scrubdown? that's just a hassle. Have you ever tried carrying around 12 wives (i know you've never met 12 women

but lets just pretend), it's impossible!
Now this teleportation idea, that's a good idea. Once you work out how to break the laws of physics, it's easy!
[edit] wow, i forgot this was a multiple page post. i'd just read the first page and figured "Oh, maybe the thread isn't dead yet!" and jumped in to post. But no, it's definitely deceased, rundown, spent, tired out, done in, dead, departed, late, gone, extinct, inanimate, and absolutely altogether completely entirely thoroughly totally utterly wholly lifelessly dead.