Comments on: Upside down house http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593667 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593667 Neat- I wonder how you get downstairs? Just don't try to use the toilet. Neat- I wonder how you get downstairs?

Just don’t try to use the toilet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593673 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593673 Not an original idea. There's been one in California for years (http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10167). Not an original idea. There’s been one in California for years (http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10167).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-594204 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594204 No Basement? No Basement?

]]> By: Evil Jim http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593975 Evil Jim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593975 Mrs. Piggle Wiggle! Also, does anyone else remember the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtBiuLNdLc">Sideways House</a> sketch form The State? Mrs. Piggle Wiggle!

Also, does anyone else remember the Sideways House sketch form The State?

]]> By: SednaBoo http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593722 SednaBoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593722 Surefire way for people to leave the toilet seat down Surefire way for people to leave the toilet seat down

]]> By: pentomino http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593731 pentomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593731 The State presents: The Sideways House Family! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtBiuLNdLc The State presents: The Sideways House Family!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtBiuLNdLc

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593741 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593741 I have to wonder if the workers putting it together would get a bit disoriented at the start of every day. I assume you'd get used to it but it looks so convincing I imagine your brain would be fooled the first few minutes. I have to wonder if the workers putting it together would get a bit disoriented at the start of every day. I assume you’d get used to it but it looks so convincing I imagine your brain would be fooled the first few minutes.

]]> By: TsukiNoKemuri http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593747 TsukiNoKemuri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593747 Reminds me of this upside-down restaurant in Japan: http://under.s66.xrea.com/text/tour/sakasa.html How delightfully disorienting that must be! Reminds me of this upside-down restaurant in Japan:
http://under.s66.xrea.com/text/tour/sakasa.html
How delightfully disorienting that must be!

]]> By: pfurrie http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593753 pfurrie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593753 He obviously owes more on the house than it is worth. He obviously owes more on the house than it is worth.

]]> By: mrgaric http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593754 mrgaric Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593754 1969 Sunrise, FL upside down house: http://media.photobucket.com/image/upside%20down%20house%20sunrise%20fl/dustysage/Weekend%20Update%202009/012409/PostcardJunkie/upsidedownhouse.jpg Leading the world in upside down technology 1969
Sunrise, FL upside down house:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/upside%20down%20house%20sunrise%20fl/dustysage/Weekend%20Update%202009/012409/PostcardJunkie/upsidedownhouse.jpg

Leading the world in upside down technology

]]> By: Brother Provisional http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-594276 Brother Provisional Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594276 Uncanny. I'm also in the childhood dreams of upside down houses camp. I used to daydream about what would happen if gravity suddenly reversed and everything fell to the ceiling. Uncanny. I’m also in the childhood dreams of upside down houses camp. I used to daydream about what would happen if gravity suddenly reversed and everything fell to the ceiling.

]]> By: gATO http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593765 gATO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593765 So cool! Since I was a kid, I've dreamt of having an upside-down house; I've always thought that ceilings are much more interesting than floors, with all those beams and arches and stuff... So cool! Since I was a kid, I’ve dreamt of having an upside-down house; I’ve always thought that ceilings are much more interesting than floors, with all those beams and arches and stuff…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-1024362 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1024362 ha ha ha i love this first pic its abnormal i have never seen a house like this befor in my life i wonder how you might go to the toilet ha ha ha i love this first pic its abnormal i have never seen a house like this befor in my life i wonder how you might go to the toilet

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593774 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593774 Shades of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! Shades of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-594287 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594287 "Be a hero, shit on the ceiling." “Be a hero, shit on the ceiling.”

]]> By: MrScience http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593776 MrScience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593776 I'm oustounded to be the first to mention Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and her magnificent upside-down house left to her by her late pirate husband! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Piggle-Wiggle I’m oustounded to be the first to mention Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and her magnificent upside-down house left to her by her late pirate husband!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Piggle-Wiggle

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593786 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593786 And to think, this is how everyone in the southern hemisphere has to live every day. And to think, this is how everyone in the southern hemisphere has to live every day.

]]> By: maxoid http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593788 maxoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593788 It's like when you lay on the floor and look at the place upside-down, and try to ignore your inner ear, and just imagine yourself trying to get from room to room or fetch something from the fridge. Or run the sink, which would be endlessly entertaining. Winsor McCay drew this out in lovely form, back in the day; palatial halls instead of modest houses, but still. Originality is in the execution, not the base idea. It’s like when you lay on the floor and look at the place upside-down, and try to ignore your inner ear, and just imagine yourself trying to get from room to room or fetch something from the fridge. Or run the sink, which would be endlessly entertaining.

Winsor McCay drew this out in lovely form, back in the day; palatial halls instead of modest houses, but still. Originality is in the execution, not the base idea.

]]> By: Shithead http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593798 Shithead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593798 I wonder if there is a turd on the floor? I wonder if there is a turd on the floor?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-594090 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594090 There's one in Poland http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=576129 AFAIK it's done as the promotional project of the house building company. There’s one in Poland
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=576129

AFAIK it’s done as the promotional project of the house building company.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-594145 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594145 Tragically, a note was found this morning, explaining Doug's decision. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26005083@N08/3943133666/ Tragically, a note was found this morning, explaining Doug’s decision.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26005083@N08/3943133666/

]]> By: Spookyland http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593652 Spookyland Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593652 I like the second picture you posted. It looks like a handyman version of the last scene in <b>The Blair Witch Project</b>. Har. Mr. Spooky I like the second picture you posted. It looks like a handyman version of the last scene in The Blair Witch Project.

Har.

Mr. Spooky

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/upside-down-house.html#comment-593657 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593657 I.Love.This I.Love.This

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