The above photo of a Volkswagen prank is one year old as of today, but it’s the most current picture available of the annual UBC Engineering prank, which involves suspending hollowed-out Volkswagen shells from (mostly) Vancouver-area bridges. See, this year’s attempted prank failed to yeild any photos—what with the Beetle that the five students were trying to suspend plummeting into the Burrard Inlet and all.
Archive for February 2nd, 2009
Watchismo: For aficionados of the fashionable arm-clock
Frankly, they had us with the pun alone. Watchismo.com’s selection of unusual vintage wristwatches and design-forward modern time pieces is worth a look even if you are one of those people who refuses to wear a watch because you’re such a free spirit, always late to meetings and continually pestering friends and strangers alike to find out what time it is. Shame on you, you chronometric information mooch!
Where were we? Oh yes, after the jump you can see some more boss pictures of elegant horology, like the 1940s Lord Elgin Jump Hour ($750 US) pictured above.
