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New Forms of Transportation

flomojopoanode by flomojopoanode · Oct 20, 2004 · 174 views · Spastic

(hang tight, the intro doesn't last long)

So apparently they've made miniature jet engines the size of a button. But there's no way we can use that to transport ourselves. They want to use it as a replacement for batteries. It's pretty cool.. Check it out:

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/freedman1104.asp

But that's not what I want to talk about. What I'm really talking about is new modes of transportation that Alex Kelly (the funky fresh's younger brother/drummer for "band from society") and I have developed for the near future. See that you are not amazed.

1st: The Ford Mammoth.

It's the size of a medium-sized factory (anyone familiar with M&M Mars?--yeah, about that big). It's got no wheels, because it's actually shaped like a giant Wooly Mammath, sans the wooly, of course. It would require an elevator to reach the floor of the driving compartment. Unfortunately it's so luxiury that there's only room for one, unless you order the manual transmission model. This model requires 2 people, in order to manually operate the 4 seperate legs. Also, it can be equipped with tusks to remove vehicles and even small buildings from your path. Nothing can stop you in your Ford Mammoth, except maybe the Ford Brontosaurus scheduled to appear in 5 years after the Mammoth's release.

2nd: The Daewoo Underoos.

We're always on the run, especially when you've got the runs. Why not shoot over to the potty in your daewoo underoos. This thing really zips! (basically a pair of underwear with wheels under your rump.) They kind of make you look like you've got a load in your pants--wear baggy pants.

3rd: The Cadilliac Catapult.

Only outdone by the Cadilliac Trebuchet, this mechanism hurls you to (at?) your destination at breakneck speeds, and can be programmed to meet you at your destination by the time you're ready to go home!

4th: Subaru Subterrainian WRX.
They say the fastest way to any one point is a straight line--so why go around on top of the earth, when you can go STRAIGHT to your destination! This is equiped with emergency escape hatch at the top, and a great security system. Enter through the back of the vehicle, at Entrance Chute. If you are not identified as the owner, you will be hurled out Mortar Style.

There were some more, but I'm a little foggy on the details.
okay, wait, I remembered one last one...

5th: Honda Slug

0-38 mph in 51 days. There's not even enough fuel in this thing to keep it going for 51 days, and that's why we like it! This baby is just right for dangerous drivers, because they can never really get fast enough do any real damage! It looks like the mix of a snowmobile and a toboggan. Really sleek.

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20 Comments

originalsnob #1 originalsnobOG 2004

It's official I HATE YOU Todd!
It should be illegal for anyone to make me laugh THIS hard. I especially luved this part The Daewoo Underoos...you look like you've got a load in your pants

PRICELESS!!!

flomojopoanode #2 flomojopoanodeFounder

wait, before anyone else does this TL:DR

My response to you who say such. TB:ITT YARMO

(too bad:I think that you are really missing out)

thefunkyfresh #3 thefunkyfreshFounder

hahaha... so funny when you guys were talking about this the other day.

YOU BET I'M CRAZY! crazy enough to hop on a pogo stick all the way accross the bering strait!!! WHOOOOP WHOOOOOP!! WHOOOOOP!!!

flomojopoanode #3.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

lol, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man! I love you guys!

forrestina #4 forrestinaOG 2002

hahaha I will be first in line to try these.

sunshyne #5 sunshyneOG 2004

are you implying my daewoo makes my b-u-t-t look big?

flomojopoanode #5.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

hahahahaa

maybe.

sunshyne #5.1.1 sunshyneOG 2004

i have a 2001 daewoo nubira and ophelias mom calls it the "nubian princess"

superhero #6 superheroOG 2004

you know what i want - a segway - i put a down payment on one but siegfried and roy got them instead

yay #6.1 yayOG 2004

and she's riding the segway, to heaven.

socalgal #7 socalgalOG 2003

OOOH i want the cadillac catapult!! I'm too impatient for anything else! :P

flomojopoanode #7.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

it's the most chill. The first 3 minutes are spent with screaming as you hurdle through the air, but when you run out of breath or your voice goes...it's actually quite relaxing. Trebuchet's are being set up in place of Airbus and Boeing as we speak. They can launch whole groups of people from airport to airport.

socalgal #7.1.1 socalgalOG 2003

i TOTALLY need one now!!!!

forrestina #7.2 forrestinaOG 2002

haha there is a mitsubishi commercial on the radio about this now. the guy takes a catapult to work and like as he's flying away his wife asks "but how are you going to get home?"

yay #8 yayOG 2004

Oh wow this is totally not what I was expecting.

I was hoping you were going to talk about hydrogen powered cars, PBS had a tv special on them and it was incredible.

flomojopoanode #8.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

really? Well, google, my friend, hook us up with REAL stuff...or come up with more fake ones.

yay #8.1.1 yayOG 2004
flomojopoanode #8.1.1.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

nice, thanks, I'll read it.

thatdarngirl #8.2 thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yeah. Too bad the economy will fall to pieces if they were to introduce them all at once so we're stuck paying outrageous prices to drive places.

forrestina #8.3 forrestinaOG 2002

alan alda is the man!

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