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Showing posts with label Odd. Show all posts

December 9, 2010

Strangest Ebay Auction


That's right folks, there was an actual nuclear missile silo that went up for sale on Ebay with a price tag up to $1.5 million. This missile complex was originally designed to withstand nuclear attacks and house Titan 1 nuclear missiles. The nuclear missile was not included in this deal of course =).


This missile base is located in central Washington and comprises of 57 acres in the $1.5 million listing. More specifically included in the deal are 16 underground buildings. Out of the 16 underground structures, three are 160 feet high missile silos, three equipment terminals that are each four story high, two antenna silos, a control dome and a power dome.

Seeing how this complex was built to survive nuclear attacks, this would be an ideal home for survivalist groups or cults. One could easily imagine Dr. Evil or a James Bond villain operating out of a nuclear missile base such as this one.

Thinking in a more realistic sense, this former Titan 1 missile base would probably be better off converted into a luxury home similar to the Atlas missile silo. Parts of the missile complex are 50 years old and would likely need a renovation in order to be usable. There was an estimate mentioned by BBC that it would take several million to completely renovate. If someone only plans to use a few of the buildings, the price range of renovating are in the hundred thousands. The remaining images are from the Atlas F missile site.



A truly unique nuclear resistant home for millionaires or any interested group that can afford this.

October 21, 2010

Five Weird Commercials

I'm sure many have seen the insane Old Spice commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa "The Man Your Man could Smell Like". The tactic of adding extremely bizarre elements to a marketing campaign produced some very successful commercials. These commercials were not as well known as the Old Spice commercials but they are just as peculiar.



A Japanese commercial about high blood pressure which I had to ask myself "what did I just watch?". I found this commercial to be strange but also comical. This is one of the craziest way to advertise a product.




This was a very clever Sega Saturn commercial which is now around 15 years old. It has the element of crazy yet amusing at the same time. It was very relevant to their products unlike some other commercials.




A fairly odd commercial about... light bulbs. It does not seem to be about anything at all until the very end.




This commercial has successfully convinced me to never have kids. Wow, just wow. The product this commercial is advertising makes the commercial far out there though.




I did not find a relation between this commercial and its product at all. The girl at one point almost appear to be having a seizure. This is a unique and peculiar commerical.
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