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Many gyms now have climbing walls,
which mostly resemble a rising expanse
of
concrete, covered with large blobs of
brightly coloured chewing gum. Great
physical exercise,
but
lacking in much for stretching the
imagination.
My idea is take the complete, and varied
contents of a large
department store like IKEA,
Sears or Harrods, and attach it to a wall
for
climbing purposes. The wall would
obviously need to be of substantial
dimensions, but happily the Halfbakery
knows few limits.
The entire value system and purpose of
the
various objects attached to the wall will
therefore be
converted
into an index of
hand and foothold usefulness. Larger
items such as smooth surfaced fridges
should provide a particular challenge,
whilst a Rolex watch strap would quickly
become a well worn foot hold.
Sofas and chairs would jut out at various
angles to provide resting points where
climbers might share their experiences of
swinging across the famous "wig route",
or
negotiating the notorious "Power-Tools
of
Terror" passage.
Mobile Climbing Wall
http://www.dorsetfo...o/Climingwall_1.jpg
I thought this was most excellent - had to share [xenzag, Sep 28 2007]
Russell's Paradox
http://plato.stanfo...es/russell-paradox/
[xenzag, Sep 28 2007]
(?) http://pioneeringoo...ds/2014/09/ikea.jpg
My idea as used by IKEA [xenzag, Oct 17 2014, last modified Oct 18 2014]
[link]
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Pulling myself up using the gold leafed toilet brush handle.[+] |
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... and for the hoi polloi like me, read charity shop. |
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<supports left foot on an old Jim Reeves album> |
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I thought I would NEVER get past the ladies undergarments section! (+) |
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ok, i'll bun, even though i really wanted it to be more artistic, like a 3-D rendering of a Dali painting or an M.C.Escher-O-Gram. + |
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Could work. Maybe attach an escalator to
it for hefty folks? |
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Climbs the wall of chain saws>>>>>>>>>>+ |
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What if you find yourself in the Climbing Wall department? |
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Then you stop and start reading
Bertrand Russell's thoughts on
categorisation (see link) - as you
consider the extra paradox of
negotiating the "awkwardly projecting
ladders"
section. |
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//...the notorious "Power-Tools of Terror" passage// |
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See last link..... I think they should at least send me a flat
pack trophy for using my idea. |
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[xenzag]; it's like some-one has posted your Ideas on Facebook
or something. So many are getting baked! |
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Saves me a lot of bother, and I still get to claim
the credit. |
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