hmm... sounds like a pipe-dream to me

Chameleon8474

didn't richie rich have one of these or was that blank check cant remember which movie.

rexfrmgr

How long is this again? It is one thing to go down a closed in slide outside in the daylight. It is another thing to go down one in a house, especially when it is so long that you can't see light at either end.

nailscars

i hope you saw the sarcasm in that.

kellygeorge

Hahahaha

michaelwiggins

quote:

"Actually LeeAnn, you caught me. No, it's NOT a Super Slide (who would be dopey enough to take up valuable indoor space on such a silly thing).

It's actually a laundry chute that goes from the East Loft down into a tiny back corner on the second floor behind a wall alongside the Home Theater.

All the dirty clothes from the attic are sent down the chute and pop out where no one will ever see them again. This way Mom doesn't have to wash them (which increases our carbon footprint) and haul them back upstairs (which increases her stairs footprints). The dirty clothes simply disappear. It's a big win-win for both Mom and the environment."

Bloggers...read the comments as well ;)

michaelwiggins

I'm pretty sure Matt is taking license because it looks like a water slide even if it isn't one in nature. But what I need clarified: they have a BUMPER CAR ROOM too? Need to see that!

Tim Faulkner

When my mom was growing up on the south side of Chicago her family bought a house from a guy who had done a similar thing. They had a water slide that went one floor down and into their massive bath tub, which apparently was the side of a swimming pool. Not Olympic or anything, but still, pretty epic. Wish I could have seen it.

mhlaxp

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Valicious

Do people even read the articles they are "writing" about. It's not a freaking water slide!
Here's the quote,

"But not everyone dreams the same, some people love giant water slides, and this family went a little nuts and installed one inside their house for the kids."

No where in the original story does it say they put a water slide in their house.

Barry99705

Yup.. just re-read the whole source article.. they call it a SUPER slide because of it's size. No water involved.

badweasel

It's just a slide.. not a water slide. Right?

badweasel

Wow that's a pretty big commitment right there, building it into the house and all. I see the kids playing with it for a week.

zed0

@rexfrmgr: 'was Blank Check he hassone from the second floor office of the Castle to the Pool Outside.

childhood. what a million dollars did then. now i can't even buy the pool +slide let alone the castle to shove it on for a million.

ah...inflation <_<

Soulgenesis

Mario's childhood....

zxdxz

This slide would be fucking frightening....think about it.

There is so much setup for 'worst-case scenario(s)' here.

Jackson

"It's actually a laundry chute that goes from the East Loft down into a tiny back corner on the second floor behind a wall alongside the Home Theater."

By grandma had a laundry shoot in her old old house in Battle Creek. It went from the bathroom to the basement. Straight drop, not much of a slide. Made a little bit of a racket when you stopped yourself halfway down. I don't think laundry basked was made to handle three young boys dropping down into it.

LoganSix

Speaking of laundry chutes

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Stabio

It's all fun and games until some fat ass goes down and plugs it for life...

atomx

Oh, and did anybody else read the rest of the posts on their blog? What a friendly, warm, well-adjusted family they seem like.

What FREAKS. Nothing like the rest of us.

thebullfrog

As an emotionally stunted parent (and somewhat of a fatass), I've gone down a few of these with my kids. It's not one's adult girth but length that's the issue.

You can't start making a tight turn in these things before you finish the PREVIOUS turn.

Also: the blog mentions his grandkids digging it so it seems like a long-term plan.

thebullfrog

@atomx: Naa, wait a couple months. The body will start to fall apart once the connective tissue decomposes. Then you really will wish it was a water slide.

Barry99705

I'd hate to be the first person trying it out...too many places to potentially get stuck and i'm sure it gets dark as hell at some point. I'm assuming assuming none of them are claustrophobic, cuz I am, and I'd be scared shitless.

aKed