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Mime Creation
Inspired by Mr David Blaine and nasty footage of captive bears. | |
When animals are kept in confined spaces for considerable periods of time, they go a bit mental. If kept in small crates, they will compulsively shuffle back and forth, to the maximum extent of possible movement. If they are ever released, they will often continue to perform this shuffling, unable
to comprehend that they can move wherever they like.
Assuming that the same phenomenon would manifest itself in humans subjected to similar treatment, a new tiny glass-walled cell should be available as a criminal punishment. At the end of a sentence in such a box, society should be minus one criminal and plus one fully functioning street performer.
For the sake of diversity, create other cells featuring very strong winds, or heavy suitcases or whatever.
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So you're saying there's a chance that David Blaine could go crazy? Imagine that. |
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I can't believe that you could suggest something so disgusting, so inhumane : create *more* mimes? The third lowest form of life on this planet? No criminal, or society, deserves that. :P |
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I would vote for this idea if it were to take existing mimes, and put them in these boxes. |
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Sorry, this is cruel and unusual. (Inflicting more mimes on society, that is.) |
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Curry, what? mimes are kool. |
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I simply kannot abide the replaking of c's with k's. A disgusting habit. |
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Wherever we put the mimes, the following message should be skrawled on a large surfake nearby: "LEARN THE WORDS." |
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//I simply kannot abide the replaking of c's with k's.// Did you mean //I simply cannot abide the replacing of c's with c's.//? |
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This idea is soooo kruel.... I like it, mwahahaha. |
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And [Eugene], I'm with you on the replacement of c's. I hadn't realized it's a phenomenon that goes on in every language, performed mostly by "wannabe cool" teenagers. |
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//sp. "kewl"//
sp. "k3w311" |
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//I would vote for this idea if it were to take existing mimes, and put them in these boxes.//
Hmmm, a renondeprogramming centre for aberrant mimes. It'd be a worry - it might create militant 7th Dan ubermimes who will fanatically and perfectly mime all day and all night, irrespective of the presence of an audience. Perhaps if a "trapped in a glass box" mime were punished with a "high winds" box, his mind would be rent, reducing him to a semi-insensible state. Or perhaps he'd become more powerful. Either way, we'll give it a shot. It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not. |
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[calum] I said nothing about letting them out. Ever. |
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I like the way you think. I'm not sure about your Melmac policies, though. |
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<silentscream>let me outta here!</silentscream> |
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