Fun Stuff for Adults
While surfing the web, I found some things I really, really want.
1. An Umbrella Squirt Gun
Graphic Designer Alex Wooley created this. The umbrella funnels the water into the squirtgun so that you can squirt unsuspecting victims. Possibly one of the greatest inventions ever made, making Wooley even smarter than Albert Einstein (Einstein never thought of it).
2. A Remote-Controlled UFO
Why hasn't anyone thought of this sooner? Linn Murphy, 51, liked to fly his homemade UFO around crowded areas just to mess with them, until he got caught recently. Read the article here. The story is funny and I have a feeling there will be more UFO sightings after people read about Linn and realize what a great idea it is. YouTube has a video of Linn's UFO.
3. A Free Apartment at the Mall
I'm amazed that it was there for four years and no one knew about it. From the Boston Globe:
Artist Gets Probation for Building Secret Mall Apartment
October 2, 2007
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The leader of an artists' cooperative has been sentenced to probation for illegally setting up a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall that was equipped with furniture and a video game system.
Michael Townsend, 36, said he and seven other artists built the apartment in a 750-square-foot loft in the parking garage four years ago and lived there for up to three weeks at a time while documenting mall life.
The apartment included a sectional sofa and love seat, coffee and breakfast tables, chairs, lamps, rugs, paintings, a hutch filled with china, a waffle iron, TV and Sony Playstation 2 -- although a burglar broke in and stole the Playstation last spring, Townsend said. The artists built a cinderblock wall and nondescript utility door to keep the loft hidden from the outside world.
There was no running water -- instead they used the mall bathrooms.
Townsend said plans to make the loft "super-sweet" with laminated wood flooring and other perks fell apart last week after he and a visiting artist from Hong Kong walked into the room and were greeted by three security guards. He pleaded no contest to a trespassing charge.
Mall spokesman Dante Bellini Jr. described the living space as little more than "an area with stuff in it."
But Providence Police Major Stephen Campbell said he and other detectives were so intrigued they visited the apartment to see for themselves.
"I was surprised at what he was able to accomplish," Campbell said. "But what he did was clearly criminal. The mall is private property."
