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I Sure Could've Used this Today
We call them "monkey pits", those areas in malls, department stores, and fast food joints that allow you to sit on the edge while your very own monkey scrambles and screams with all the rest. Well now it would seem someone's taken the next logical step:
Marks and Spencer, the venerable British department store chain, said Wednesday it was creating playpens for men in six of its stores, fully equipped with everything to keep the guys entertained for hours.The lads will be able to settle back in sofas and watch a selection of films and TV programmes such as The Best of Monty Python and Football's Greatest Ever Matches.
Each area will also boast a Scalextric slot-car racing set, remote-control quad bikes and walkie-talkies.
I'd give the TV a miss, but damn... slot cars!!!. It'd probably get to the point where I'd be dragging her out...
"Honey, we're out of... umm... candles! Time to go to mall!!!"
Dunno - in England, Football's Greatest Matches would include some of the best soccer games ever. Pure poetry to watch.
And Python? Please - one of the greatest shows ever.
Posted by: ron on December 12, 2004 05:08 PMBut... but... dude... slot cars. C'mon, what's a televised anything compared to scale model mahem?
Posted by: scott on December 12, 2004 05:25 PMTrue, true. However, I worry about people like you and I knocking them off track. If we do that, do we get kicked out? Do we have access to put them back on the slots or do we have to wait for some pimply-faced teenager?
What might be more fun is Halo2 free-for-all's. 16 people per network, big screen TV's, rockets, pistols, and a very, very small map...
Posted by: Ron on December 12, 2004 05:41 PMI think that's what those places called "video arcades" are for, Ron.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on December 12, 2004 07:18 PMBacon and Egg World at Fair Lakes Mall is a lifesaver on rainy winter days. But yes this sounds like fun.
Posted by: Eric on December 13, 2004 10:37 AM