Failed ProjectsYou start off with the best of intentions, but through raging incompetence, ineptitude or the plain fact that you're working in IT, things go terribly wrong and there's hell to pay. Tell us about the epic failures that have brought big ideas to their knees. Or just blame someone else.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 14:19)
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Genius!I had a friend who seemed to spend most of his time thinking up get-rich-quick schemes. For example:
"I'm going to buy an ex-police dog, you know, the kind that can sniff out pot, and just go for walks in the woods to find people's pot plants and steal them. I'll make a fortune."
But his best work: He found an old, probably broken car alternator, managed to somehow attach a lopsided bamboo rod and bit of cloth to it, and proclaimed it a "windmill." It was difficult enough to rotate manually, the wind was going to be much less successful. His plan was to put it on his roof, and rake in the savings on his energy bills. My reaction:
"Mate,* even if this thing worked, it would probably barely produce enough energy to power a lightbulb."
"Yes, but if I had 50 of these..."
* I am American, so of course what I really said was "Dude," but I'm trying to localize my story for all y'all across the pond.
(, Sun 6 Dec 2009, 2:50, 2 replies)
The Police Dog wasn't a bad ideamy mate was raided by about 1000 cops when a couple of retired Filth Dogs smelled his "for personal use" hydroponic set up and their do good patsy owners reported their suspicions at the local Pig Pen.
(, Sun 6 Dec 2009, 12:21, closed)
To be honest,you dont need a pigdog to sniff out a hydro grow. Those things can be detected at 50 yards!
(, Sun 6 Dec 2009, 13:14, closed)
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