...one day...maybe when I win the lottery...

It looks very precarious. Like it could topple over at any moment.

CarrieMpls said:

I showed it to my wife, and she said "All you need is a tidal wave and you're a gonner."

That is similar to my dream home!




that one in Sri Lanka


I think WAS washed away in the tsunami
(didn't Phil and Val visit this one?)

ZombieKitten said:

Where is that first one???

PurpleJedi said:

sweden

I loves my privacy but uh...that's a new level on my own island.

ZombieKitten said:

Aaahh-!
Nice, but my dream house is in the Carribean (the northern coast of Honduras to be exact).
Warm weather is a prerequisite to my "dream world" (in addition to an endless supply of margaritas and tortilla chips).

PurpleJedi said:

by similar (in my post) I meant not really similar

I know, the weather on my island sucks for 8 months of the year

ZombieKitten said:

That's OK though...think about this; if one of those mutant zombie viruses ever gets unleashed, the Swedish cold should keep the zombies at bay for 8 months of the year, and you can destroy that little bridge so that no one can get to you during the warm months.

PurpleJedi said:

actually funny you should say Swedish and zombies in the same sentence

I'm reading this book:
Handling the Undead (Swedish: Hanteringen av odöda) is a 2005 horror novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated into English in 2009. The book revolves around the unexplained resurrection of thousands of recently deceased people in Stockholm, Sweden. The plot focuses on the reactions of society and the many conflicts that arise between Swedish authorities and the relatives of the undead. An important theme is the affection between parents and children. It is Lindqvist's second novel.

ZombieKitten said:

Sounds interesting.
I assume that in the book, the "undead" aren't flesh-eating zombies?

PurpleJedi said:

so far not, they just want to go home, and I think it is the souls coming back, but the bodies don't work so well due to decomposition etc. Actually heart breaking

ZombieKitten said:

...sounds interesting...

PurpleJedi said:

have fun in the Hurricane!

PurpleJedi said:

I just finished the book and bawled my eyes out

BobGeorge909 said:

Spoilsport!!!!

...damnit you got a point.

PurpleJedi said:

build yours out of steel and rubber or something

ZombieKitten said:

Yeah, it's hard to imagine that steel & concrete could bend like that, right?
I remember someone telling me that the guy who lost his dog was a "daredevil" - when the bridge started swaying soon after its construction, they closed it down, but guys would dare each other to drive across - and the idiot jumped out of his car but left his dog inside...then tried to go back, but the swaying got progressively worse that day until it finally cracked & fido went swimming with the fishes.

Anyway - as for my island-mansion, I would cut a cellar into the rock on which it stands to weather any storm. And while it's not being used to hide from a hurricane, I would host Prince-music Raves on the weekends in it.

PurpleJedi said:

Tsunami


I would love to have a home on an island but not that small. Something with a grocery store and a movie theatre on it would be nice.