but an instant hit if you accidentally screw into an irrigation line... :)

If I'm going to be screwing something of the neighbors, it certainly won't be his lawn.

One of he stupidest inventions I have seen lately.

simplemac:but an instant hit if you accidentally screw into an irrigation line... :)

Or a gas line.

What's wrong with you know, regular chairs, that just rest on the ground? I mean, this would be great if you plan on BBQ'ing near a jet engine or during a hurricane but seriously folks. If someone showed up to my BBQ and drilled his chair into my lawn, he would have a lawn dart embedded in his skull.

But just imagine if you have a really huge bottle of wine...

So do you call Miss Screw before you screw?

Scott77
simplemac:but an instant hit if you accidentally screw into an irrigation line... :)

Or a gas line.

Don't forget electricity. Actually, this thing could turn out to be the life of the party, so to speak.

So....twice the hassle of a lawn chair and it screws up your yard.

Nice

efficientscheme:So....twice the hassle of a lawn chair and it screws up your yard.

Nice

Which government department spent our tax money developing this?

5,000

Over/under on the number of people that order one of these only to find they have really rocky soil and this thing won't go more than half an inch into the soil.

A cheap folding lawn chair can be set up in seconds, without even having to put down your beer. You can fold them up and stuff four of them into your trunk, along with the cooler. And they don't wreck the lawn.

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Yep, broken sprinkler lines and they dumbass that brought it will have to take home 2 pounds of dirt in his car after he unscrews his dumbass chair.

The Lardo U S American Edition comes with a twelve foot long screw so you'll get enough foundation to sit.

Hey, Freakstorm. Stick that chair of yours over there.
By this "Underground Natural Gas Line" sign?
Yeah.
Okay. Mind if I smoke
I'd be surprised if you didn't.

I do not believe this is intended to be a temporary "take to the neighbors" kind of chair. Do not accept the premise of the writer and comment on that.... It is not a perfect design, but good for a seasonal solution. And it spins!

You'd need a level for it to go in straight. If your soil was a little soft and you leaned back a little bit, it could tip right over and tear an even larger hole in your lawn.

Used properly you'd never fall over when you lean back, the chair wouldn't rock on an uneven surface and you'd be level on a slope. And there are less legs to trip over and you can probably swivel it easily. It's specific to a certain circumstance, not really dumb.

Wait, how do you screw it into the ground if the chair spins when you sit on it. It must only spin one way.

That being said, at a birthday party for a kid the other week I noticed how out of shape and lazy most people were. They couldn't even sit in lawn chairs because they were the kind that were too low to the ground.

We can't even sit without specially designed chairs that enable us to do the least work possible to sit down.

Pathetic.

From link in the article,


This seems to make sense, if your in a wooded area on the side of a hill. Not made for country club lawns.

That chair doesn't look comfortable no matter how big you are.

I don't know how many times I've been on big slanty hill with no grass and nothing of any particular interest in sight and though, you know what I should have done, is carry a clunky uncomfortable chair with me that I could screw into the ground so I could sit and look at the trees.

Or I could just sit on the ground.

Sit on it and spin takes on a whole different meaning. Especially if you sit on the chair upside down.

Your lawn after half a dozen of your friends show up with these things:

You people have some real problems if you're so vain you cant have a few holes in your yard. The yard is supposed to be USED, not stared at like a thing of beauty. Yards are utilitarian. People are too damn picky about the way things look. Who cares what other people think.

My parents wouldn't probably give a shiat if someone wanted to spin little holes in their yard with this half-assed lawnchair, but one of the reasons we don't have grass as much as weeds and dry spots is because the land is very very sandy (due to the fact that a very long time ago it would have been covered by the Bay) and if you so much as sneezed while sitting down, you and your chair would fall right over.


So yeah, bring that chair. We could use the laugh.

orlong:Who cares what other people think.
The Home Owner Associations. They'll have your ass in a sling if you have holes in your lawn. They might harbor rodents. They could fill with water and breed mosquitoes. A horse can step in one and break it's leg. Perverts will try to stick their penises in them.

All sorts of chaos can come about from holes in lawns.

I don't particularly think that this chair is a good idea, except as a niche market item. Maybe someone has the perfect weedy slope next to the soccer field, and wants a chair to watch their snowflake.

That being said, I'd like to know the average age of the Farkers here. I'm detecting a large amount of "get off my lawn"

I think that when people first glance at that picture, they're assuming that the base of the chair is a huge auger, when it's really just a spring -- so it wouldn't be that big of a hole. It would still be a problem if you hit the buried pipes or power lines or gas main or dead bodies...

Those comments are priceless.

eggrolls:Your lawn after half a dozen of your friends show up with these things:

Hey, that was my lawn 2 weeks ago!

(Building a new deck)

Screw Chairs will NOT be welcome at the Deck-warming BBQ.

I don't care what kind of chairs are at the bbq as long as at least one fatty totals theirs.

testsicles:I don't know how many times I've been on big slanty hill with no grass and nothing of any particular interest in sight and though, you know what I should have done, is carry a clunky uncomfortable chair with me that I could screw into the ground so I could sit and look at the trees.

Or I could just sit on the ground.

THIS.

From the pic in the article, it looks a bit unwieldy and annoying to carry all over. They should take it back to R&D, try to find some way to make it fold up for easy travel and storage.

I'd much rather just carry a small blanket, or one of those easy folding mesh chairs. Especially since if I'm going to a backyard barbecue or a picnic, I'm not only carrying a chair; I'll be carrying picnic supplies, food, etc.

Jozabad:I think that when people first glance at that picture, they're assuming that the base of the chair is a huge auger, when it's really just a spring...

Actually, if you look closer, there's also a great big pole in the middle of that spring.

its not polite to stare!!!!

Now all they need to do is mount a dildo on the top side of the seat and they can call it the "Double Penetrator"

Maybe it works something like this.

testsicles:I don't know how many times I've been on big slanty hill with no grass and nothing of any particular interest in sight and though, you know what I should have done, is carry a clunky uncomfortable chair with me that I could screw into the ground so I could sit and look at the trees.

Or I could just sit on the ground.

If you're gonna sit on the ground, sit in style.
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\I keep a longback in my trunk for just such an occasion

testsicles:orlong:Who cares what other people think.
The Home Owner Associations. They'll have your ass in a sling if you have holes in your lawn. They might harbor rodents. They could fill with water and breed mosquitoes. A horse can step in one and break it's leg. Perverts will try to stick their penises in them.

All sorts of chaos can come about from holes in lawns.

Which is why HOA suck. I OWN my house and can do WHATEVER I WANT with it, piss off HOA. Secondly if it wasnt prohibitively expensive Id pave my yard and paint it green, then I dont even have to mow it.

testsicles:orlong:Who cares what other people think.
The Home Owner Associations. They'll have your ass in a sling if you have holes in your lawn. They might harbor rodents. They could fill with water and breed mosquitoes. A horse can step in one and break it's leg. Perverts will try to stick their penises in them.

All sorts of chaos can come about from holes in lawns.

BTW Home Owners associations are only for pompous, vain, snobby assholes who worry more about their "image" then anything else

I like my WearEver Backpack Chair (^). wish I'd gotten the aluminum one rather than the steel one, tho.

orlong:I OWN my house and can do WHATEVER I WANT with it, piss off HOA. Secondly if it wasnt prohibitively expensive Id pave my yard and paint it green, then I dont even have to mow it.

First, you don't own your home you just think you do. Even if it's paid off the government allows you to live there as long as your taxes are paid. Stop paying taxes and you'll lose your home and either go to jail or be killed if you protest.

Democracy is not freedom.

This should bring a whole new level of pain to the "my balls are caught in my chair"

Home owners association? We don't need no stinking home owners association.

Anyone else notice that guy modeling the chair looks like a dorky Greaser?

/kids today with their music...

The party host's solution to this problem?

///Turn the giant screw chair upside down and forcibly invite the errant guest to sit on the other end!

//That's one way to tell them to get screwed!