Awesome Toy! - Page 2

Kingswood · 06-15-2007, 02:10 AM

One of my coworkers has one. There's been one of those here in the office for about a month. Whenever the fin-de-semaine feeling hits on a Friday afternoon, out it comes for a few laps of the office.

TheMercenary · 06-15-2007, 10:22 AM

cool. I want one.

glatt · 06-17-2007, 10:20 AM

I just got one for father's day! I was trying to convince my wife that we should buy one for our daughter's 8th birthday next week, but she got one for me instead! She knows me well. It's fun!

Cyclefrance · 06-17-2007, 06:02 PM

My older son usually takes some ridiculous toy when he goes to Le Mans each year (he went this week) - this year it was a giant catapult affair that launches water bombs a claimed 300 feet (I'm waiting to hear if he has been strung up by the French as a result!). I thought (quietly to myself, naturally) that this was pretty awesome - then, blow me down, in today's paper there was an item about a saucer-shaped object that floats unassumedly in the swimming pool and is remote-controlled - the operator can surreptitiously position the object opposite a chsoen victim, line it up and then shoot a jet of water over 10 feet in their direction.

Now, should I tell my son about this.....?

monster · 06-17-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

My older son usually takes some ridiculous toy when he goes to Le Mans each year (he went this week) - this year it was a giant catapult affair that launches water bombs a claimed 300 feet (I'm waiting to hear if he has been strung up by the French as a result!). I thought (quietly to myself, naturally) that this was pretty awesome - then, blow me down, in today's paper there was an item about a saucer-shaped object that floats unassumedly in the swimming pool and is remote-controlled - the operator can surreptitiously position the object opposite a chsoen victim, line it up and then shoot a jet of water over 10 feet in their direction.

Now, should I tell my son about this.....?

No, but tell me about it.....

please?

Cloud · 06-17-2007, 09:16 PM

I saw some motorized pool chair "bumper cars" that looked really cool--but they looked a little too slow to be really fun

Cyclefrance · 06-18-2007, 12:56 AM

Catapult here and here... and the remote controlled jobbie here and here

monster · 06-18-2007, 07:19 AM

Thanks CF. $130 is a little outside my budget, but that would be so neat for our pool (small neighnorhood pool -20 yards by 10, seating round the edge, everyone in range

)

BrianR · 06-24-2007, 10:12 AM

No law that I know of prevents you from hopping up those bumper boats.

Imagine a trolling motor and larger pitch prop?

06-15-2007, 02:10 AM	#16
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	One of my coworkers has one. There's been one of those here in the office for about a month. Whenever the fin-de-semaine feeling hits on a Friday afternoon, out it comes for a few laps of the office. __________________ Ur is a city in Mesopotamia.

06-15-2007, 10:22 AM	#17
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	cool. I want one. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-17-2007, 06:02 PM	#19
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	My older son usually takes some ridiculous toy when he goes to Le Mans each year (he went this week) - this year it was a giant catapult affair that launches water bombs a claimed 300 feet (I'm waiting to hear if he has been strung up by the French as a result!). I thought (quietly to myself, naturally) that this was pretty awesome - then, blow me down, in today's paper there was an item about a saucer-shaped object that floats unassumedly in the swimming pool and is remote-controlled - the operator can surreptitiously position the object opposite a chsoen victim, line it up and then shoot a jet of water over 10 feet in their direction. Now, should I tell my son about this.....? __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-17-2007, 09:16 PM	#21
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I saw some motorized pool chair "bumper cars" that looked really cool--but they looked a little too slow to be really fun __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-18-2007, 12:56 AM	#22
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Catapult here and here... and the remote controlled jobbie here and here __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-17-2007, 10:20 AM	#18
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just got one for father's day! I was trying to convince my wife that we should buy one for our daughter's 8th birthday next week, but she got one for me instead! She knows me well. It's fun!

06-18-2007, 07:19 AM	#23
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks CF. $130 is a little outside my budget, but that would be so neat for our pool (small neighnorhood pool -20 yards by 10, seating round the edge, everyone in range ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-24-2007, 10:12 AM	#24
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	No law that I know of prevents you from hopping up those bumper boats. Imagine a trolling motor and larger pitch prop? __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

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