3/26/2006: Japanese indoor beach - Page 2

Pancake Man · 03-27-2006, 10:29 AM

First, welcome StereoMike!
Second,

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Not ass-cold, like their real ocean is. You'd need a wetsuit to enjoy the real beach it is next to most of the year.

If you've ever been to Cape Hatteras in November, you will know what that feels like.

ferret88 · 03-27-2006, 12:55 PM

[quote=Undertoad]
Right next to the real beach, but... uh... better?
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It DOES appear that the ..uh.. indoor beach has more sand.

wolf · 03-27-2006, 01:23 PM

The beach without actually being at the beach. This could work for me.

This is really important to know before I sign up: do they have a heating element underneath the sand to make sure that it's kept at unbearable temperatures?

Pi · 03-27-2006, 02:16 PM

And false sand which doesn't itch in/between every part of my body...

milkfish · 03-27-2006, 05:35 PM

Indoor beaches, indoor islands - why doesn't someone get a dozen of these big hangars together and construct an indoor Palestinian homeland? With waterslides!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-27-2006, 07:18 PM

Excellent idea, milkfish.

Kagen4o4 · 03-27-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by milkfish

Indoor beaches, indoor islands - why doesn't someone get a dozen of these big hangars together and construct an indoor Palestinian homeland? With waterslides!

you mean an indoor isrealy homeland so the palestinians get theirs back?

Clodfobble · 03-27-2006, 08:52 PM

Is it salt water or fresh water?

milkfish · 03-28-2006, 06:37 AM

In a similar vein, we could imagine evacuating the Green Zone in Baghdad, convert it to one huge amusement park, and give every resident under the age of thirty free a day pass provided that they surrender an improvised explosive device or a weapons cache or something on that order. In half a year they will be so soft and decadent that they will pose no trouble at all. In fact they will be begging to become the 51st state.

For areas in country distant from the capital, we'll just air-drop pallets full of game consoles and the like.

I think this might be less expensive than the current military operations, especially if we get Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to underwrite part of the cost of the air-drops.

Elspode · 03-28-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Do you really think a population should judge their worth, as a whole or as individuals, on the possession of sports franchises? Can't you think of better things to spend hundreds of millions on than a bunch of overpaid whiners?

Well, sure, there's lots of better things. But people aren't going to pass that, either (although we are now building a shiny new arena that was badly needed). But - it is a definite facet of a first-line city that you have professional sports, and preferably not just Arena Football, Team Tennis or Minor League Hockey. I don't make the rules, I just note them.

Society is funny that way. No major league sports franchises build their own stadia anymore, anywhere. The business of pro sports is conducted in venues paid for by public funds. Sometimes the teams will pay for lavish window dressing and excess that the public just won't spring for, but the basic stadia, arenas and ballparks are virtually always public edifices.

Besides...I think pro sports fill the niche left empty by the collapse of the Roman Empire, taking gladiatorial contests with it. Football is ritualized combat, complete with everything but swords and shields. I think society needs that sort of thing. However, because it is inherently anti-intellectual and pretty much stupid to pay gazillions of dollars for it, a city/county/state has to pretty much all agree that it is worth *something*...on whatever basis...to have it. That' why we're voting - to find out if people think it is worth it.

I, for one, will miss it when it is gone. Hell, I just had season tickets. Sniff.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2006, 06:11 PM

Well, I guess the public should kick in for the facilities, seeing how the owners spend hundreds of millions to bring us teams we can be proud of..... like the Eagles and Yankees.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by milkfish

In a similar vein, we could imagine evacuating the Green Zone in Baghdad, convert it to one huge amusement park, and give every resident under the age of thirty free a day pass provided that they surrender an improvised explosive device or a weapons cache or something on that order. In half a year they will be so soft and decadent that they will pose no trouble at all. In fact they will be begging to become the 51st state.

Are you suggesting Bush's war is a Mickey Mouse operation?

BrianR · 03-30-2006, 01:12 AM

SHARK!!!!!

wolf · 03-30-2006, 01:43 AM

It's a dolphin.

barefoot serpent · 03-30-2006, 10:28 AM

it's a robot carp.

03-27-2006, 01:23 PM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The beach without actually being at the beach. This could work for me. This is really important to know before I sign up: do they have a heating element underneath the sand to make sure that it's kept at unbearable temperatures? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-27-2006, 02:16 PM	#19
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	And false sand which doesn't itch in/between every part of my body... __________________ Complex simplex

03-27-2006, 07:18 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Excellent idea, milkfish. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-28-2006, 06:11 PM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, I guess the public should kick in for the facilities, seeing how the owners spend hundreds of millions to bring us teams we can be proud of..... like the Eagles and Yankees. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-30-2006, 01:12 AM	#28
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	SHARK!!!!! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

03-27-2006, 12:55 PM	#17
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	[quote=Undertoad] Right next to the real beach, but... uh... better? QUOTE] It DOES appear that the ..uh.. indoor beach has more sand.

03-27-2006, 05:35 PM	#20
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Indoor beaches, indoor islands - why doesn't someone get a dozen of these big hangars together and construct an indoor Palestinian homeland? With waterslides!

03-27-2006, 08:52 PM	#23
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is it salt water or fresh water?

03-28-2006, 06:37 AM	#24
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	In a similar vein, we could imagine evacuating the Green Zone in Baghdad, convert it to one huge amusement park, and give every resident under the age of thirty free a day pass provided that they surrender an improvised explosive device or a weapons cache or something on that order. In half a year they will be so soft and decadent that they will pose no trouble at all. In fact they will be begging to become the 51st state. For areas in country distant from the capital, we'll just air-drop pallets full of game consoles and the like. I think this might be less expensive than the current military operations, especially if we get Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to underwrite part of the cost of the air-drops.

03-30-2006, 01:43 AM	#29
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's a dolphin. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2006, 10:28 AM	#30
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	it's a robot carp.

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