WE CAN'T BELIEVE NOBODY THOUGHT OF THIS EARLIER
Commutapult.
(Thanks to lairbo)
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Even better than the People
and sharkMover!Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Looks like something out of The Horizons Pavilion from EPCOT Center.
Posted by: twitter.com/JugglerOfGeese | July 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Paging Elroy Jetson...
Posted by: Cheesewiz | July 30, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Y'know, Washington D.C.'s traffic is maybe even worse than Seattle's, so here's my plan:
1) Install Commutapult in DC.
2) Issue free passes to all Senators and Representatives.
3) Once in use, a little selective re-aiming, maybe a booster rocket or two, and one morning we'll wake up and find all our problems solved!
Posted by: padraig | July 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM
I'm holding out for a Futurama-style tubeway.
Posted by: Lairbo | July 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM
I can see the billionaires standing below with shotguns. "Pull!"
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 30, 2010 at 12:42 PM
If they are trying to sell this there, maybe someone should try to sell them a monorail...
Oh, wait. You say that there is already a monorail in Seattle?
Suckers.
Posted by: Baron vonKlyff | July 30, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Thx Lairbo--
This Mark Selander guy demonstrates one way visually creative types can market themselves. Good stuff.
Posted by: OC Dolphin | July 30, 2010 at 01:06 PM
Good idea. Climb into a rock and get launched into the air with a bunch of other rocks flying about.
Who needs a landing funnel in DC, pad, just drop 'em into the Potomac. No fuss, no muss. I'd pay to watch.
Posted by: Loudmouth | July 30, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Don't they already do this with airplanes?
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 30, 2010 at 01:30 PM
I'm sorry but if I've been catapulted through the air I don't think I could sit back,relax, and read the newspaper. I might need to USE the newspaper but not read it.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 30, 2010 at 01:36 PM
they are having wayy to much coffee in seattle.
Posted by: queensbee | July 30, 2010 at 02:00 PM
Still waiting for my personal jet pack that Popular Science promised was coming...
Posted by: Allen at Division | July 30, 2010 at 02:14 PM
Loudmouth, isn't the Potomac polluted enough already?
That's what the booster rockets are for, get 'em out to the deep ocean.
Posted by: padraig | July 30, 2010 at 05:37 PM
I think we need to perfect the air freight version first
Posted by: Ralph | July 30, 2010 at 05:41 PM
Ane remember,
We have a fawless safety record.
Typing record, on the other hand...
Posted by: oneblankspace | July 30, 2010 at 06:05 PM
I have a veeeerrrryyy bad feeling about this...
Posted by: AlBnatral | July 30, 2010 at 10:57 PM