I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT (ALL-TERRAIN DRIVABLE TOILET EDITION)
I am going to a local arts center to attend a seminar called “How To Start A Tank”. The flyer claims that the instructor will demonstrate how a tank works and how to operate one. I’m fairly sure I know what to expect, as I’m assuming it’s similar to starting and operating an armored personnel carrier, which I learned how to drive in the Army. But it’s free, so why not?
Once everyone is there, the instructor leads us out the back of the center and down a hill along a gravel road. At the bottom of the hill under a large tree is the tank, though I can’t see it clearly because a crowd has already gathered around it. I hear the tank start up, but of course at the back of the crowd I can’t see how it was done.
The instructor leads the crowd back up the hill to give a quick briefing on how to drive the tank, as we are all going to take turns driving it. As the crowd disperses, I hang back to check out this tank - and it’s not what I thought.
It’s actually a toilet mounted on caterpillar treads with two steering/braking levers. Put another way, it’s an all-terrain drivable toilet.
I straddle the toilet, and see that on the inside rim there’s a matte-silver switch. I reason that must be the start/stop switch. I flip it and the toilet tank roars to life. I move the levers forward and the tank starts rolling, but at a far greater speed than I’m expecting, which makes it harder to control. I drive the tank up the hill towards the class, and park it next to them.
The instructor looks at me sternly. “We actually haven't got to that part yet,” he says.
Getting ahead of myself,
This is dF
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Once everyone is there, the instructor leads us out the back of the center and down a hill along a gravel road. At the bottom of the hill under a large tree is the tank, though I can’t see it clearly because a crowd has already gathered around it. I hear the tank start up, but of course at the back of the crowd I can’t see how it was done.
The instructor leads the crowd back up the hill to give a quick briefing on how to drive the tank, as we are all going to take turns driving it. As the crowd disperses, I hang back to check out this tank - and it’s not what I thought.
It’s actually a toilet mounted on caterpillar treads with two steering/braking levers. Put another way, it’s an all-terrain drivable toilet.
I straddle the toilet, and see that on the inside rim there’s a matte-silver switch. I reason that must be the start/stop switch. I flip it and the toilet tank roars to life. I move the levers forward and the tank starts rolling, but at a far greater speed than I’m expecting, which makes it harder to control. I drive the tank up the hill towards the class, and park it next to them.
The instructor looks at me sternly. “We actually haven't got to that part yet,” he says.
Getting ahead of myself,
This is dF
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