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In the UK there's a place call Diggerland (not World - thanks [hippo]), where adults and kids get to drive various pieces of construction/demolition machinery. Who wouldn't want to?!!
One omission is the wrecking ball. Since driving this might be considered dangerous to some of our younger citizens,
and probably to most other non-trained adults there is a way that we could 'experience' the wrecking ball in the pursuit of entertainment.
Sporting a helmet and sturdy goggles, our intrepid exponents of the wrecking ball art are attached to the end where the ball would normally be. A qualified driver then proceeds to use them to knock down polystyrene or similarly light building material walls.
Weeeeeeeethwokweeeeeeee !!!!
Diggerland
http://www.diggerland.com/
[hippo, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Diggerland accident
http://news.bbc.co....nd/wear/3624411.stm
Two people were hospitalised in an accident earlier this year. [hippo, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Bullard
http://www.bullard....products/custom.cfm
These people will print logos on hard hats for you [hippo, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
A hardhat for po
http://members.cox....deb/croishelmet.GIF
be sure to order one in time for the Halfbakery bed-in in that leaky warehouse [dentworth, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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You mean "Diggerland". I should be going there this weekend. |
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great venue for a halfcon! |
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A step closer to the UK version of Burning Man. |
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Yup - time for another Halfcon. Note that Diggerland has had some accidents (see link), but what did they expect? |
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hb hardhats are called for... |
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Baked - "Hi, I'm Preston Lacey, and this is Human Wreckingball". |
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But the third paragraph kind of makes this a more original idea. On Jackass, they just swung the poor guy into port-a-cabins. |
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Would the croishelmet be soft, like a croissant, or hard and made of fibreglass, like a baguette? |
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Edible hats... there's a market for that somewhere. |
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I'm <10 Mins from the Kent one!
and if you want to get there properly fromLondon way that is a SHITE map!
EDIT - It's not as bad as I thought since they have moved. It is now < 5 Mins from me but <6 Mins fro the pub! |
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oh gnome! is it creeping nearer you all the time? |
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glad you like the helmet, it is a metal croissant, but I will direct your comments to marketting for further consideration. Have you seen our line of edible underwear? |
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Well I went to Diggerland this morning.
Pretty good - real construction
equipment and some nice diggers and
my (six year old) son got to drive a real
dump truck (I was operating the
pedals). I think what I liked most
though was that it didn't come across
as being run by a faceless corporate
money-making machine. The guy who
drove the off-road caterpillar-tracked
vehicle was smoking a roll-up, one of
the staff when we arrived gave us a very
honest summary of all the attractions,
including saying "Don't go on that one -
it's a rip-off", and the cafe sells beer
(and a decent cup of tea). |
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I hope the caff was authentic - dripping with grease and ketchup. was flashing a builders' bum compulsory? |
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No bums, but lots of ketchup. |
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Hardhat world exists?!?!? |
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Is this talk of halfconing serious? |
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wearing the half-cones is a pain though. |
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Especially when worn upside-down. |
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Depends where you make the cut. |
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