|
Post by shatnerswig on Aug 18, 2010 6:16:59 GMT 10
Park officials in China have found a way to stop people from hogging their benches for too long - by fitting steel spikes on a coin-operated timer. If visitors at the Yantai Park in Shangdong province, eastern China, linger too long without feeding the meter, dozens of sharp spikes shoot through the seat. The spikes are too short to cause any serious harm - but long enough to prevent people from sitting on them comfortably. Park bosses got the idea from an art installation in Germany where sculptor Fabian Brunsing created a similar bench as a protest against the commercialisation of modern life. "He thought he was exaggerating. He didn't foresee that a very practical country like China might actually use them for real," said one critic. Parks in China suffer from chronic overcrowding at weekends when millions of people try to escape the country's teeming cities. "We have to make sure the facilities are shared out evenly and this seems like a fair way to stop people grabbing a bench at dawn and staying there all day," said one park official.
|
|
|
Post by gambit on Aug 18, 2010 8:27:34 GMT 10
Too long for me, I think I'd stand. And BTW where do said people put their legs? Well, besides in the air when the spikes come through. This is mental.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2010 14:01:52 GMT 10
Sydney has one of the worlds biggest gay communities, these would go down well here.
|
|
|
Post by alienbeing on Aug 18, 2010 22:55:20 GMT 10
if thats not a when harry met sally moment i dont know what is. if you see a lady sat on that bench. all hot & bothered just leave her be the kinky chinks
|
|
|
Post by brillbilly on Aug 19, 2010 1:16:17 GMT 10
thats just great when ya been drinking n fancy a romantic stroll with new sucky sucky bride to be n ya see somebody jump up next to ya like a frigin rocket!
|
|
|
Post by brillbilly on Aug 19, 2010 1:17:25 GMT 10
and i know some ladies will stay put and go back every lunch hour?
|
|
|
Post by theshee on Aug 19, 2010 3:01:02 GMT 10
My friend Auntie Garry would love sitting there hahaha
|
|