Aug 27 2009I'm Proud Of You: Geekologie Reader Makes House Of Cards On Amusement Park Ride
Geekologie Reader Fitz and his friends, inspired by the post we did a while back about playing chess on roller coasters, decided to put a different spin on the pastime and make a house of cards on a coaster. This is the resulting shot.
We went to the amusement park yesterday, but we wanted to make it a special day, and after seeing your post with the checkers trick in a roller coaster, we though we could do something even more awesome.
I really hope you'll enjoy it, we putted a lot of effort into it (building a card castle in a water coaster, even with tape is freaking hard!). Plus my friends would be really happy to be on the Internet :P
Good lookin', Fitz. Of course, it would be even better looking if that little Asian girl in the front was puking all over you. What can I say, I like action shots.
Picture (high res)
Thanks Fitz, now how about a game of Risk next time?
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Reader Comments
1. bibs - August 27, 2009 2:56 PM
chess >>card castle
2. deadbodyman - August 27, 2009 2:56 PM
Homie on the left looks like he's wearing my tie on his head.
3. Livinius Nwambe - August 27, 2009 2:59 PM
Why does the guy in the next row look like he's had a hand ripped off and is left with nothing but a bloody stump? is it because he's a ginger?
4. ginger - August 27, 2009 3:00 PM
Mom and dad would be so proud. If they were 15.
5. GoSS Jerk - August 27, 2009 3:00 PM
if only the kid on th front row had puked and sprayed the castle (and builders) this woulda been epic
6. Fitz - August 27, 2009 3:06 PM
Thanks GW!!!!
Internet fame, here I come! :P
7. Mr. cow - August 27, 2009 3:12 PM
Moo
8. STOMPY - August 27, 2009 3:12 PM
Nice job Fitz, pretty soon you can cash in your internet points for real money! You'll be rich!!!
9. Fitz - August 27, 2009 3:15 PM
I'd like to remind that I didn't do this alone! The 3 other one did most of the job! (I'm the one in red with the 2 cards)
10. TMagee - August 27, 2009 3:15 PM
This is so clearly fake. Funny, but also completely illogical.
11. Pat - August 27, 2009 3:16 PM
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=8505903&id=681015175
12. Cup-O-Jesus - August 27, 2009 3:18 PM
So some guy glues some cards together and rides a rollercoaster?
I'm going back to hitting on the white power guys on youtube. It's fun cause they're all like 15 and scared as hell.
13. deadbodyman - August 27, 2009 3:20 PM
Man. That jubilee advert is tempting.
14. Fitz - August 27, 2009 3:28 PM
Hiding it was the hardest part :P
We had approximately 40 seconds to make it while in the ride... we first did a ''bendable'' one with fishing rope... we weren't able to remake it in time
Second try: Tape it but bend it and tape it while in the ride... we did it but the angle was crappy...
Third try: The castle was all wet, we couldn't bend it anymore, so we just asked to ride with it and they letted us in...
so much effort for nothing XD
15. GoSS Jerk - August 27, 2009 3:31 PM
1 hour and 30 minutes till end of workday... i'm about to gauge my eyes out i'm so bored.
16. Colorless Rainbow - August 27, 2009 3:40 PM
I'm more interested in the kid with his/her head down with the ZELDA t-shirt! FTW.
Fitz: I'll save you the retard remarks and inform you that "letted" is not a word. Just say "let".
17. Fitz - August 27, 2009 3:45 PM
@16 Yeah... english is not my main language :(
18. Sarah - August 27, 2009 3:46 PM
:D my bf and I got a shot of us kissing at the top of splash mountain!
19. Cup-O-Jesus - August 27, 2009 3:46 PM
I used to fool around here years ago. Some bad links but always an interesting ride:
http://map.jodi.org/
20. Cup-O-Jesus - August 27, 2009 3:47 PM
This is a classic. GW ought to post IMHO:
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
21. Daisy - August 27, 2009 4:03 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie NEver BAck Down where Max was stranded int he desert, and was directing the other people in his group on how to build a small plane with parts friom their big plane. Later they got mad when they found out he was a model plane designer.
22. Fitz - August 27, 2009 4:10 PM
Yay, Daisy posted :P
This is truly a glorious day!
23. Graf Zeppelin - August 27, 2009 4:10 PM
exactly daisy, exactly
24. Drax - August 27, 2009 6:07 PM
Does anyone else see the demon in Zelda kid's hair? (Look in the high-res version)
25. Stygian Lady - August 27, 2009 6:40 PM
You're awesome! ^^
26. Colorless Rainbow - August 27, 2009 8:48 PM
@24, I don't see a demon (you better take meds for that) but I'll tell you what I don't see - Dandruff.
27. Jaded Icon - August 28, 2009 7:43 AM
@ 18
That's HOT! Assuming that your bf is also a girl. Please send pics for authenticity.
@ 26
That's because he/she uses Pert Plus.
28. Birr Crinton - August 28, 2009 11:10 AM
i see giant lego blocks. you purposely went to a weak theme park with weak coasters to make it easier. no credit.
29. Ricardo Diagonal - August 28, 2009 11:50 AM
Letted, putted wtf? Where did ya all lern english? In Mexico?
30. Oli4 - August 28, 2009 12:31 PM
@29 haha
writing it in bad english makes you a dumbass or one seriously funny dude ...
i suspect ...
dumbass ?
31. Fitz - August 28, 2009 3:59 PM
@28 Try doing this in a freaking water slide! 3 times in a row!
32. Geekogee - August 30, 2009 5:13 AM
Must See!!!
http://alturl.com/obg7
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33. links of london - August 31, 2009 10:01 PM
http://www.linksoflondons.uk.com/
34. p4r4n0i4 - September 9, 2009 4:42 PM
Hard to believe that it came this far from the original idea
http://xkcd.com/249/