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This pool is deep and circular, lightly cone-shaped. At the bottom is a bubble generator, that spews out one giant bubble of air at a time.
The swimmer dives down, and grabs two straps with his arms, so that he remains in a fixed position, right above the generator.
By pulling the straps, a huge
bubble bubbles up. The swimmer releases himself inside it and travels up. As he arrives at the surface, the bubble bursts.
-This pool will be marketed especially to wealthy stock brokers and bankers, at least during their bullish cycle, when their profits are big enough to buy this very expensive pool.
-Amazing footage of dolphins playing with and enjoying their own toroidal vortices [link], is used in this marketing campaign.
Fantastic footage of dolphins playing with their own air bubbles
http://www.youtube....Gq7AZk&feature=fvst
At least they know their bubbles will burst. [django, Jul 01 2012]
Nude_20Bubble_20Gym_20of_20Death
[hippo, Jul 04 2012]
The South Sea Bubble
http://en.wikipedia...i/South_Sea_Company
No compressed air, hot or otherwise, required. [8th of 7, Jul 04 2012]
[link]
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// The swimmer releases himself inside it and travels up. |
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Why wouldn't the swimmer, now supported by nothing, just fall through? |
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//Why wouldn't the swimmer, now supported by nothing, just fall through?// |
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Indeed, you need some initial movement. I forgot to mention that he makes an upward movement when he pulls and pushes down the strings. A movement that propels him upwards, right before he gets trapped by the bubble. But that's the sport of it: you need to learn to coordinate that movement. |
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**What is more: even if the physics of the thing don't work, we can still trick stock brokers into buying it. They love start-ups, even if they're worthless! Bubbles they need, and bubbles they can get. |
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You could insert stock markets, or property booms,
one in each of the bubbles, as a metaphor for
something or other. |
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You shouldn't sell yourself short, [bigsleep]. |
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I wouldn't try to speculate on that. |
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Similar idea linked, but with added nudity and peril. |
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Thankfully, today's investors are not so venal, credulous, greedy, foolish, gullible and stupid ... |
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Ah, so your Voices are particularly loud and insistent today too, [bigs] ? |
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