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Pleasantly surprised at how much I like this. + |
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I have a less creative intruder deterrent that nonetheless
resembles this idea in function if not form; a pair of
littermate pit bulls sleeping at the top of the stairs.
They're not particularly vicious or even ill-tempered, but
they're easily excitable and they go down a staircase like a
herd of buffalo caught in an avalanche. |
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And don't forget to include an interlocking set of stairs above that
fall down like a trap, mashing the intruder as if inside giant teeth,
and extracting the
juices. |
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somehow I remember ideas like this violating the rule against ideas intended to harm intruders. |
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No harm is intended, though some incidental risk to the
end-user may be imposed by activation of the device. |
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If these are the 14 steps of paranoia, the 13th should
be the last. |
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Many mediaeval castles had a "trip step" that was designed to catch out an unwary intruder who might be hurtling up the steps of a keep's stone stairs. |
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Falling down a flight of stairs in full medieval battle-rattle... what I
wouldn't give to be there to see it happen. |
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Yeah I would definitely have the first section being normally spaced stairs, just to lul them into a false sense of security - then BAM - a higher step with protruding lip followed by three short steps. A dry ice-in-water smokescreen waterfalling down the staircase would suitably hide the hazard. |
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