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Teens Arrested For Motorized Office Chair

Posted by samzenpus on from the crazyboy dept.

German police have confiscated the world's fastest office chair and arrested its 17-year-old inventors. The duo added a lawnmower engine, brakes and a metal frame to the office chair and were reported to be driving it all over the streets of Gross-Zimmern. Police did not comment on the chair's handling or acceleration but I look forward to it being profiled on Top Gear.

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  1. So much for the seeds of .... by BitterOldGUy · · Score: 5, Funny

    German engineering.

    1. Re:So much for the seeds of .... by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I for one welcome our rocket chair creating overlords. "

      In fairness, the picture is wholly unrelated to the story - unless they have started making Barcalounger shaped office chairs and 8 hp piston engines that shoot gigantic flames out the back. Both of which would be AWESOME!!

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    2. Re:So much for the seeds of .... by MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's an office chair isn't it? I'd like to roll up to a departmental meeting in one of those.

       

      Depends on which company we're talking about. If Microsoft, I shudder to think what Balmer could do with one of these. It'd be as if millions of programmers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

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  2. Re:Ahh, the nanny state. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't this the country that banned potato guns?

    Yes. They kept shooting potatoes at all the motorized office chairs.

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  3. Re:ACHTUNG! by megaditto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well you gotta nip that sort of youthful "creativity" in the butt.

    Remember that German kid who wanted to become an architect? They let it slide, and the next thing you know, he was annexing Poland.

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