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Much as I sometimes enjoy being what others laughingly refer to as 'grown up', I can't help feeling that some of life's simple pleasures are pretty much closed doors to me. One of these is being hoisted up onto a family member's shoulders and getting carried about the place - seeing over everyone else's
heads, bouncing about gently and generally having a better time than all the idiots walking.
I've tried to recreate this experience in recent years, but it always ends up being a rather unstable, precarious arrangement that lasts less than a minute before being put down - usually rather forcefully - to earth.
What I propose is a service where you can hire a great strapping person to piggyback you about places. This would come in especially useful when needing to see above a crowd of people, or just a novel way of getting about the place when you're not too bothered about speed.
This could extend to piggyback tours of tourist destinations, with your carrier also dispensing information about the local sights while you flail about grabbing their forehead.
carrymehome.com
http://www.halfbake...a/carrymehome_2ecom
Similar idea. [polartomato, Jul 20 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Eric the Half-a-Bee
http://www.wilken.f...on/Songs/song14.htm
For canitbee. May you read, sing, and enjoy this song! [The_Englishman_Abroad, Jul 24 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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I think carrymehome.com was a (edit: related) idea, for sending people home on someone's shoulders. Maybe you've seen it already. Of course, this is a general human transport plan. Why the hell not? (Crois given.) |
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no, this is totally different to carrymehome.com and I love it - croissant. children have all the fun. |
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Love it. Sign me up now please!
Croissant for you alx, and a ride on a Giant's shoulders for me (yay!) |
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Now the three of you promised croissants and the idea's only got +2. Who's fibbing? |
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Po did first. Mine's bolded up top. It's TEA. |
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oops sorry, was too engrossed in a pizza *blush* aforementioned croissant has been delivered *blush* |
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A croissant on your shoulders. I would like to request a
giant with big frizzy hair. |
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I'm worried that when people shaped robots become common, they will set off a SUV style escalation. I see swarms of chromed behemoths stomping around with their yuppy burdens perched on high sneering at the earthbound proles. |
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What do all the tall people do when the short people riding on tall people become taller than the tall people? |
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they ride on short people.. |
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And where does that leave us? |
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thcgenius: Elephant taxi service ? <pedant> (Taxi service using elephants, not taxis for elephants.) </pedant> |
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I just like seeing over everyone at concerts.. I'll have to rethink my whole strategy if this comes to light. I guess I'd just have to carry a bag of banana peels around wherever I go... (zip-SPLAT! "man, you should really watch where you walk") |
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I love this idea, though probably only because I have met a total of 3 people who are older than me and shorter than me, and far too many younger people who are taller than me. Croissant! |
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canitbee, any relation to Eric the Half-a-bee? |
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Taking this literally, would we see it develop into the sports of show jumping, dressage, steeplechase, etc.? |
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That would all rather depend on the availability and hardiness of the carriers. Personally, I think people with the suitable qualities are too valuable a resource to chance injury in sporting events - but I may be overestimating the risks. |
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Get me Dave Prowse, I have a business proposal for him. |
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[calum] Feeling the seductive power of the DARK SIDE? |
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No...never even read his annotations. Sorry, TEA! |
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No you silly lamb! Eric the Half a bee is a Monty Python creation!
See Link *wink* |
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Oh! The only Monty Python I've seen is The Holy Grail, which I only got around to seeing this year, after my friends quoted it at me one too many times. Love the song, and will sing it later. Thank you for the links...they really help us <kidding>uneducated</kidding> newbies. (For anyone who would take that seriously, I've added the proper tags. |
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Mephista, my feet stink to high heaven. Is that the same sort of thing? |
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Im glad western society is returning to the more demeaning foarms of servitude. |
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Robosaurus (Giant robot game) works in the US.
They are even making a movie about it. |
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"Smithers, this reminds me of the fat man I used to ride to work" |
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Giant carrying father carrying child - pyramid scheme |
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This reminded me of "Something About Mary" and Warren, the large guy with down syndrome. Granted, it's a movie, but he didn't seem to mind giving piggyback rides to others. Maybe we should just be a big brother/sister to someone who likes the attention and provide this service at the same time. |
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You just couldn't do this alongside the highways where I live since there are countless signs that state, "Travel On Shoulders Prohibited". |
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Trained gorillas, perhaps? |
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