Mar 11th, 2017: Das Boot

xoxoxoBruce · 03-11-2017, 09:54 PM

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, if you move down to Texas you can too.
Yeah I know, it’s not a shoe it’s a boot. With a shoe you have to contend with laces,
but a Texas boot you have to check for snakes in the morning, so I call it a draw.

Of course living here you’d have to close the curtains unless you’re an exhibitionist, it’s going to draw tourists and gawkers.
The boot is in Huntsville Texas and it’s a two-bedroom, one-bath, with granite floors, and a spiral staircase to a roof deck.
The company that built it focuses on recycled and salvaged materials, so I wonder if it smells like feet?
I hope not for $1200 a month.

link

footfootfoot · 03-11-2017, 10:19 PM

Everything's bigger in Texas.

Snakeadelic · 03-12-2017, 08:13 AM

"You're getting the boot."
"But I just got here! How did I get in trouble already?"
"Not THAT kind of boot. Here, lemme show you the guest room..."

Snakeadelic · 03-12-2017, 08:17 AM

There are buildings shaped like everyday items hidden all over the place. Tacoma has the Java Jive, a coffeeshop and bar in a building that's shaped like a giant teapot on the coffeeshop side, or at least it did when I lived there. In one of the small Idaho Panhandle towns, there's a realty office in a similar building to the Java Jive, except its "novelty" half is an old-fashioned miner's helmet & light (which, thank goodness, doesn't light up because it's like 8 feet wide and aimed right at I-90).

Someone interested in novelty buildings should start a thread about them. Those are the only other 2 I've seen with my own eyes.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2017, 11:37 AM

Roadside America.

MtnDsrt · 03-12-2017, 11:58 AM

Just Googled images of "odd houses". The results seem to go on forever. Some are pretty funny!

http://tinyurl.com/jbqyk5t

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2017, 01:20 PM

The upside down houses seems to be a recent fad in the last decade or so, but shoes, barrels, logs, and teapots have been around forever.

Happy Monkey · 03-13-2017, 01:39 PM

The upcoming TV show "American Gods" is based on a book inspired by roadside attractions.

monster · 03-13-2017, 05:57 PM

In a doubly-radical alternative kind of move, my house is built in a house shape.

03-11-2017, 09:54 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mar 11th, 2017: Das Boot There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, if you move down to Texas you can too. Yeah I know, it’s not a shoe it’s a boot. With a shoe you have to contend with laces, but a Texas boot you have to check for snakes in the morning, so I call it a draw. Of course living here you’d have to close the curtains unless you’re an exhibitionist, it’s going to draw tourists and gawkers. The boot is in Huntsville Texas and it’s a two-bedroom, one-bath, with granite floors, and a spiral staircase to a roof deck. The company that built it focuses on recycled and salvaged materials, so I wonder if it smells like feet? I hope not for $1200 a month. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-11-2017, 10:19 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Everything's bigger in Texas. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-12-2017, 11:37 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Roadside America. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-12-2017, 01:20 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The upside down houses seems to be a recent fad in the last decade or so, but shoes, barrels, logs, and teapots have been around forever. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2017, 01:39 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The upcoming TV show "American Gods" is based on a book inspired by roadside attractions. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-12-2017, 08:13 AM	#3
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	"You're getting the boot." "But I just got here! How did I get in trouble already?" "Not THAT kind of boot. Here, lemme show you the guest room..."

03-12-2017, 08:17 AM	#4
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	There are buildings shaped like everyday items hidden all over the place. Tacoma has the Java Jive, a coffeeshop and bar in a building that's shaped like a giant teapot on the coffeeshop side, or at least it did when I lived there. In one of the small Idaho Panhandle towns, there's a realty office in a similar building to the Java Jive, except its "novelty" half is an old-fashioned miner's helmet & light (which, thank goodness, doesn't light up because it's like 8 feet wide and aimed right at I-90). Someone interested in novelty buildings should start a thread about them. Those are the only other 2 I've seen with my own eyes.

03-12-2017, 11:58 AM	#6
MtnDsrt Lead Subordinate Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 15	Just Googled images of "odd houses". The results seem to go on forever. Some are pretty funny! http://tinyurl.com/jbqyk5t

03-13-2017, 05:57 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	In a doubly-radical alternative kind of move, my house is built in a house shape. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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