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    Image of DonLuc DonLuc
    09/16/09

    In reply to A Foosball Coffee Table That's Actually Semi-Affordable
    I picked up a 2nd hand one the other day for $40.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/16/09

    In reply to A Foosball Coffee Table That's Actually Semi-Affordable
    For something that is supposed to be fun, the picture is just depressing. Is that someone's vision of post-college life? An undecorated condo, business casual clothes, boys in blue and girls in pink, but HEY you get to buy whatever coffee table you like!
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    09/16/09

    @The Lab: Welcome to the real world. Looks nice enough to me.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/16/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: This is why I have been trying to return to the womb ever since I left.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    09/16/09

    @The Lab: Who's womb would that be?
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/16/09

    @Shamoononon: Whatever happens to be convenient at the time.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/16/09

    In reply to A Foosball Coffee Table That's Actually Semi-Affordable
    Foosball... giant glass screen... multitouch interface... we have a winner.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/16/09

    @met2art: Foosball, giant glass top, aggressive players....we have $600 down the drain in 3...2....
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/16/09

    In reply to A Foosball Coffee Table That's Actually Semi-Affordable
    Look, that wussy table is for show at best. You think you're gonna be having hardcore foos-tournaments on that thing? No. You will have coffee and go "oooh. Well, would you look at that?" with your stinking pinky out.

    You want the real cred, then tighten up that tool belt, get yourself a full-size foos table, a sheet of lexan and build a friggin' top on it. In addition to earning major cool points, you also get first picks of color. Forever.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/16/09

    In reply to A Foosball Coffee Table That's Actually Semi-Affordable
    That dude is totally going to get some tonight. How can any girl resist that?
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: You'd think so, until they sit down to watch TV and he changes the channel with his wizard wand universal remote...
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    09/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: She's certainly getting plenty of practice for later that evening. Heyooooo!
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    09/16/09

    @N@tedog: oh, is she participating in a foosball tournament at a later point in the night? how fun!

    *stares innocently*
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    09/16/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Can't resist? Does having a foosball table make him a rapist?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/05/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    "And there you shall find a new definition of pain, as you are slowly digested over the course of a thousand days!"
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    Image of EBone EBone
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    Send it to the XM/Sirius New York studio right away.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    This sounds like the first part of an episode of the "Twilight Zone" that ends with the human realizing that the entire house is part of a trap that provides fuel for a larger creature that, in the last moment, peers through the window and chuckles.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    And the designer could not have just turned the entry leg around so it was safely tucked away UNDER the table and not sticking out as a major tripping hazard for people? Or is this a purposeful design and part of his diabolical plan--there is actually a second fuel cell compartment that lines up with where your human victim's faces would land?
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    I didn't think there was anything as satisfying as watching my ball python crush and eat a mouse. It's an amazing event. My cat and dog sit and watch as well. This device, however, is a whole new world of phone. I would charge my cell phone on the souls of the fallen. Take THAT mickey mouse.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/04/09

    @Skeetz: "I didn't think there was anything as satisfying as watching my ball python crush and eat a mouse...My cat and dog sit and watch as well."


    Hey, Skeetz. I remember way back when you were posting announcements everywhere saying how you were devastated that your cat mysteriously went missing. Then, just days later, your dog also. Well, I think we may have just solved the mystery.


    Needless to say, I'd suggest not leaving your visiting grandmother sit unattended too long.

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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    I dont like mice, but I dont think I could have this. I look at it from the rodents point of view after thinking back to a favorite childhood book, "The Mouse and the Motorcycle".
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/04/09

    @Curves: I wonder if the mouse has to make the grinding sound in order for this glorified Cuisinart to work?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/04/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: It won't be as loud as the screams it will make.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    Firstly, holy fucksauce.


    Secondly, with my cats, a mouse wouldn't make it to the hole, unless, the mouse is chased into the hole by my cats.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    I don't like it. There aren't enough blades or flying spikes.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    How is it consumed as fuel? It looks like there a wheel for the mouse to run on, presumably to generate power. As long as food and water are available the mouse should last for a long time. The only two apparent issues are getting the mouse to run on the wheel consistently and figuring out what to power with the energy. I'm guessing a night light and that's about it...
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/04/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: That "wheel" you are seeing is from the top view of the table. That is the fuel-cell. The orthographic view from the link makes it a bit clearer. I'm pretty sure that the fuel-celled rodent only provides enough power to annihilate the next rodent, and so on.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/04/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: The website describes it as a "microbial" fuel cell. In all probability, they haven't figured out the power source yet. Hence, this is only a concept.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/04/09

    @BeautifulAgony: @Hello Mister Walrus:


    Yeah, I looked at it in more detail after commenting unfortunately.


    I still like my idea better. It's a little more humane and the mouse lasts longer..

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    Image of Pretz Pretz
    02/04/09

    In reply to Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
    AWESOME! But that house doesn't look like it would have a big rodent problem...or does it?
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    02/04/09

    @Pretz:

    "Head & Shoulders? but sarge you don't have dandruff."

    "I know."
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/04/09

    @Rabid Penguin: Subtle. Nice. ;^)
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/04/09

    @Rabid Penguin: How about you take the shoulders and I get the..
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    02/04/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: So you've come down to this?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/05/09

    @Pretz:
    Not anymore...
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