Funky Furniture

April 19, 2007 8:36 PM

The Obselisk. The bastard child of a Mensa quiz and rattan furniture. Getting apart is probably ok, but I don't want to put it back together - particularly after drinky-poo's. But certainly a talking point - particularly at $9,890 . Via
posted by ninazer0 (18 comments total)

That's a US$ figure and here's the "it" that's missing from the paragraph above.

*sigh*
posted by ninazer0 at 8:41 PM on April 19, 2007

Is there anywhere this chair huge nonvibrating cock puzzle hasn't been?

(it doesn't vibrate, does it?)
posted by isopraxis at 8:46 PM on April 19, 2007

It's not as big as London's.
posted by dhartung at 8:52 PM on April 19, 2007

Obselisk? Obsolete obelisk?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:02 PM on April 19, 2007

Oh lordy - I didn't even see it. It's Friday afternoon - I'm obviously more distracted than I realised. Also, more sober than I should be.
posted by ninazer0 at 9:05 PM on April 19, 2007

There's a cheaper "green" version called the Basilisk.
posted by breezeway at 9:19 PM on April 19, 2007

I saw this on bb a few days ago - everyone I got to see it agreed wholeheartedly that it was awesome.

As for putting it back together, why not wait until the next day? =)

By the time I could afford to blow $10k on a set of deck furniture, the 'big one' (earthquake) would have already hit Vancouver.

Then again, most any rattan artisan in Asia could deliver hundreds of these to you at mere hundreds of dollars... or less.
posted by porpoise at 9:21 PM on April 19, 2007

The world's most expensive suppository?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:55 PM on April 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Wind? A problem?
posted by Wonderwoman at 10:01 PM on April 19, 2007

The chairs look like commodes, too, when they're apart. I begin to see the appeal...
posted by maxwelton at 10:08 PM on April 19, 2007

In Germany, people keep their good dishes in the commode. (same word, same meaning, totally different usage!).

Why does the page call them 'arm chairs', when there are no arms? A guess they failed their Mensa quiz.

Given the icy-looking setting, shouldn't these be in black with white? Or would that be too Linuxy?
posted by Goofyy at 10:26 PM on April 19, 2007

It looks like the Green Giant's butt plug. Or maybe that's Paul Bunyan? Or Bill O'Reilly's?
posted by fenriq at 10:35 PM on April 19, 2007

Metafilter: A huge nonvibrating cock puzzle
posted by ninazer0 at 10:42 PM on April 19, 2007

They have really missed the market with their pricing. People who can drop $9K on some party furniture already own places large enough that this wouldn't be needed for anything other than the neato factor.

Make it cheap enough that it could be used in the small condo market and they could move some real volume. I'll wait for the ikea version.
posted by srboisvert at 12:08 AM on April 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

I'll wait for the ikea version.

Which means you'll be drunk, trying to put it back together, and you can't find the hex key.
posted by eriko at 4:57 AM on April 20, 2007

And here I was just thinking — if only someone made a good vibrating wicker monstrosity, I'd buy one.

So close, guys. So close.
posted by nebulawindphone at 6:18 AM on April 20, 2007

any chance there is a Gaulish delivery service?
posted by 8 Bit at 7:00 AM on April 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

It's five pieces and they stack A B B A C. This is not quantum electrodynamics. I'm thinking you fail the Mensa test if you spend $10,000 on four wicker chairs.

Of course Mensa wants $40 to let you take their IQ test so there is a subtle irony there.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:28 PM on April 20, 2007