Anyone that has ever assembled a foosball tables knows it can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Rarely, do you get everything assembled correctly on the first try. There is usually something that was put together wrong and needs to be taken apart.
A foosball assembly project inadvertently turned into a team-building exercise for one company.
So that begs the question: how many Dittos does it take to assemble a foosball table? Answer: Five Dittos … plus five cups of coffee (refilled at least once), four screwdrivers, two Allen wrenches, one level, some wood glue, and duct tape. After all, I never heard of a project (an offline one anyway) completed by a bunch of geeks that didn’t involve duct tape.
If you have $7600 to spare on a coffee table, then why not buy a coffee table that can function as a foosball table?
The Offside Football Coffee Table can be yours for $7600 or £2,499.
Manufactured from Solid Oak with a Stainless Steel frame and a glass top to protect the mirrored football pitch underneath, this table is superbly built and would make a perfect addition to any living room or bar.
A columnist at the Michigan Tech Lode wrote an article on why he thinks foosball is one of the greatest sports of all time.
Many people don’t consider foosball a sport because everyone can play it. Au contraire, I say to these people. The fact that anyone can play increases the sport’s greatness.
A bizarre suicide in Missouri over a year ago is now making news. Why? The victim, Megan, suffered from depression and attention deficit disorder. It is thought that her suicide was triggered by one of her friends on MySpace. The friend, Josh, told her she was cruel just a day before she committed suicide. There is a strange twist though; Josh never existed. The profile was created by a family in the neighborhood. You can read the complete story from the A.P. The paragraph below caught my eye.
Megan’s parents had been storing a foosball table for the family that created the MySpace character. Six weeks after Megan’s death, they learned the other family had created the profile and responded by destroying the foosball table, dumping it on the neighbors’ driveway and encouraging them to move away.
A new champion was crowned at the 2007 The World Graphic Design Foosball Championship as last years winner, Doyle Partners, didn’t show up to defend their title. This opened the door for Sia Ea Graphic Design (last year’s 9th place finisher), which stormed thru—losing only one game all night—to take the one-legged trophy.
Do yourself a favor and skip the first few paragraphs. The first part of this article is completely useless banter about alcohol and bar games.
Start at this paragraph…
This debate will continue to rage—or simmer, anyway. But those clamoring to win credibility for their favorite bar game might want to take cautionary note: one documentary suggests that the promotion from game to sport may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Foos: History of American Foosball chronicles the rise to prominence (and fall from grace) of foosball, that ubiquitous tavern staple featuring little plastic men on sticks who spin wildly about in the pursuit of a miniaturized ball.
I’m not going to review the review. I just thought I’d let you know it’s out in cyberspace to be read.
Do you have $28,000 lying around? If you do, you may consider buying this unique foosball table from 20 ltd.
The Good Versus Evil Foosball Table features real-life and fictional characters.
On the Good side:
Santa Claus, Sir Thomas More, Bobby Moore, Dr. Jekyll, Christopher Robin, Saint Francis of Assisi, Flash Gordon, Mother Teresa, Mary Poppins, God and Gandhi.
On the Evil side:
The Child Catcher, Vlad the Impaler, Lucifer, Caligula, Mr. Hyde, Pot, Hitler, Amin, Jack the Ripper, Rosa Klebb, and Lady Macbeth.
