Mr Boddy switches off the lights.......

xoxoxoBruce · 02-20-2006, 04:45 PM

Mr Boddy switches off the lights....... when the lights are restored, you're gone. But the door is still locked....how did you escape?
Creative home Engineering knows. You turn a candle stick, or press a book and a secret passageway opens....... just like in the movies.
How cool would that be, to have a secret shortcut or a hidden room? Not only could you hide valuables, you've got somewhere to throw all the crap when the Parson is ringing the bell.
It could be a safe room, made safer by being hidden completely. Or a place to set up the monitors for all the wireless TV cameras you've placed in your neighbors bedrooms and bathrooms.
It would also help to bolster your reputation as the neighborhood weirdo, should they find out you have hidden passages.

Lucy · 02-20-2006, 07:52 PM

I want one of each. I've always wanted a house with a secrt passageway or hell, even a back staircase would have done, in a pinch.

lookout123 · 02-20-2006, 11:19 PM

a friend had a "secret passage" behind a bedroom mirror. it went to another room that had a sunken hot tub. that mirror was the only entrance and from the outside you never even noticed the extra room. kinda weird, kinda cool.

sandypossum · 02-20-2006, 11:59 PM

About 20 years ago I cleaned houses part time for an agency. I usually got instructions on what they wanted done before I went.

I went to one house, and was supposed to also clean the en suite bedroom, but - bugger me! - do you think I could find the master bedroom?! I searched for ages and was starting to think I must be turning blonde, when I noticed that part of the floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the lounge room was not quite in line with the rest of it. I grabbed one of its shelves and pulled, and VOILA! the master bedroom! I thought it was pretty cool, and ever since then I have wanted at least one secret room in my own house (hopefully next year, when I finally build one).

Mind you, I think it's pretty blonde not to tell your cleaning lady about this sort of thing...

MaggieL · 02-21-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucy

I want one of each. I've always wanted a house with a secrt passageway or hell...

Like that fridge in Ghostbusters?

"Zul!"

Quote:

Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër ?

Elspode · 02-21-2006, 12:13 PM

Those responsible for the sacking of those who were just sacked, have been sacked.

seakdivers · 02-21-2006, 01:47 PM

I want a secret room/ passageway too. We looked into doing something like that when we built our house last year, but we found out that insurance companies are beginning to frown on that sort of thing.

Figures. Stupid insurance companies!

glatt · 02-21-2006, 02:05 PM

Why don't insurance companies like them? Is it because fire fighters can't find the room to rescue someone? That's the only thing I can come up with. You'd think insurance companies would love the security a secret room provides.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-21-2006, 05:49 PM

If it's a secret room, the Ins. Company wouldn't know about it.

tw · 02-21-2006, 07:04 PM

I would rather worship a refrigerator that suddenly appears out of the wall chock full of beer.

Spexxvet · 02-21-2006, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Like that fridge in Ghostbusters?

"Zul!"

I am the gatekeeper.

capnhowdy · 02-21-2006, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seakdivers

I want a secret room/ passageway too. We looked into doing something like that when we built our house last year, but we found out that insurance companies are beginning to frown on that sort of thing.

Figures. Stupid insurance companies!

The heating system would rapidly deteriorate the substructure.

mrnoodle · 02-22-2006, 09:30 AM

I used to daydream about having secret passages and such in my castle. Living in a 1970 vintage split level doesn't quite match up. I thought at least we'd be able to dig out a bunker of some kind, but it turns out the water table is too high.

sigh.

I'm holding out for that call from the kinfolk in Scotland telling me I've inherited Robert the Bruce's old digs. You never know.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-22-2006, 06:08 PM

The only thing left to do is build a tower.... with parapets.

02-20-2006, 04:45 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mr Boddy switches off the lights....... Mr Boddy switches off the lights....... when the lights are restored, you're gone. But the door is still locked....how did you escape? Creative home Engineering knows. You turn a candle stick, or press a book and a secret passageway opens....... just like in the movies. How cool would that be, to have a secret shortcut or a hidden room? Not only could you hide valuables, you've got somewhere to throw all the crap when the Parson is ringing the bell. It could be a safe room, made safer by being hidden completely. Or a place to set up the monitors for all the wireless TV cameras you've placed in your neighbors bedrooms and bathrooms. It would also help to bolster your reputation as the neighborhood weirdo, should they find out you have hidden passages. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-20-2006, 11:59 PM	#4
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	About 20 years ago I cleaned houses part time for an agency. I usually got instructions on what they wanted done before I went. I went to one house, and was supposed to also clean the en suite bedroom, but - bugger me! - do you think I could find the master bedroom?! I searched for ages and was starting to think I must be turning blonde, when I noticed that part of the floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the lounge room was not quite in line with the rest of it. I grabbed one of its shelves and pulled, and VOILA! the master bedroom! I thought it was pretty cool, and ever since then I have wanted at least one secret room in my own house (hopefully next year, when I finally build one). Mind you, I think it's pretty blonde not to tell your cleaning lady about this sort of thing... __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

02-21-2006, 12:13 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Those responsible for the sacking of those who were just sacked, have been sacked. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-21-2006, 05:49 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it's a secret room, the Ins. Company wouldn't know about it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-22-2006, 09:30 AM	#13
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I used to daydream about having secret passages and such in my castle. Living in a 1970 vintage split level doesn't quite match up. I thought at least we'd be able to dig out a bunker of some kind, but it turns out the water table is too high. sigh. I'm holding out for that call from the kinfolk in Scotland telling me I've inherited Robert the Bruce's old digs. You never know. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

02-20-2006, 07:52 PM	#2
Lucy Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 75	I want one of each. I've always wanted a house with a secrt passageway or hell, even a back staircase would have done, in a pinch.

02-20-2006, 11:19 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	a friend had a "secret passage" behind a bedroom mirror. it went to another room that had a sunken hot tub. that mirror was the only entrance and from the outside you never even noticed the extra room. kinda weird, kinda cool.

02-21-2006, 01:47 PM	#7
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I want a secret room/ passageway too. We looked into doing something like that when we built our house last year, but we found out that insurance companies are beginning to frown on that sort of thing. Figures. Stupid insurance companies!

02-21-2006, 02:05 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Why don't insurance companies like them? Is it because fire fighters can't find the room to rescue someone? That's the only thing I can come up with. You'd think insurance companies would love the security a secret room provides.

02-21-2006, 07:04 PM	#10
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	I would rather worship a refrigerator that suddenly appears out of the wall chock full of beer.

02-22-2006, 06:08 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The only thing left to do is build a tower.... with parapets. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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