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Radiator Man
Sounds like a superhero, but he's not. Unfortunately. | |
Imagine an articulated skeleton made of hollow brass pipes. Moveable joints (elbows, knees, etc) have rubberized pipes running through them that allow this big brass bugger a certain degree of flexibility in all the key areas.
From the big brass spine that runs up the back of Radiator man, there is
an anatomically uncorrect pipe that juts out at right angles and plumbs him into your central heating system, thus filling him with hot water. Much to his gurgling delight.
So what’s the point of an articulated skeleton radiator? On the face of it, not much. It’s not like you can toast marshmallows off him or anything.
But on the other hand – if you’ve just washed a particular outfit that you need again in a hurry, switch on radiator man the night before, dress him up in your required attire, and by the time you awake it’ll be dry.
And, when winter really starts to bite, set your central heating to come on an hour before you wake up, dress up radiator man in your clothes the night before, and you’ll be all cosy toasty warm when you walk out into that frosty new day.
And besides, his ribcage would make a really good towel rack.
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It would kind of suck if he took a leak. |
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Could one's butler not perform
essentially the same function? |
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One's butler could, if one had a butler. |
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I thought this was going to be an alternative to zone heating, with Radiator Man following you around and heating just the room you are in. But I guess it could be set up to do that too. |
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Welcome back, doggie! Stop licking me! Ooh, what dead animal have you been into??? |
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//Gosh, I just assumed everyone has a butler. You mean there are people who don't?// No-one worth speaking of. |
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Yes. And if you unscrew the top of his head, you can brew coffee in him too. |
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Ooohhh, so he IS a butler. |
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tres cool, but what about an open mesh torso, with a fan blowing air up into the cavity. (warm or cold.) |
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Install the fan in his butt. Warm "farts" for everyone. |
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When I first read this, I assumed you'd somehow use the pressure in the radiator system to make him move through steam pressure. But it's pretty cool anyway. [+] |
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I love watching people do The Robot. |
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This would make an exceptional piece of practical art. Some 40, 25, and 12.5 mm copper pipe, some silver solder, a few plumbing tools, a few fittings & a fan, and this could easily become a reality. Sans the flexible joints part, - that would be a real challenge. |
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Imagne the family gathering around the anatomically-approximate copper skeleton, rubbing their hands together in his warm, homely glow. |
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There is a series of advertisements for overactive bladder with something like this. Just a bunch of pipe people walking around. Have you seen them?
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I've always liked this - bunned long time
ago. |
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