# Those wacky Japanese at it again **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034 "2011-09-30T05:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/1 "2011-09-30T05:13:32Z")
Survive the next tsunami in a big tennis ball! > **[Japan's Answer to Next Tsunami? Mini Noah's Ark](http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/09/30/japans-answer-to-next-tsunami-mini-noahs-ark.html?test=latestnews)** > > A small Japanese company has developed a modern, miniature version of Noah's Ark in case Japan is hit by another massive earthquake and tsunami: a floating capsule that looks like a huge tennis ball. ![http://a57.foxnews.com/imag-sf/imag/Rich%20Media%20Images/Beauty/396/223/093011_japanark.jpg](http://a57.foxnews.com/imag-sf/imag/Rich%20Media%20Images/Beauty/396/223/093011_japanark.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/2 "2011-09-30T05:23:30Z")
I’m thinking those air holes aren’t water tight… ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/3 "2011-09-30T05:23:59Z")
Funny pic and it needs a caption, but this is actually a really cool idea. I really am laughing that this thing can fit 4 adults, dubs as a play house for kids in the off season, and that the air holes seem counter intuitive. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/4 "2011-09-30T05:41:45Z")
Fits 4 Japanese adults maybe. Your typical American would need two and look like a big yellow snowman bobbing around in the flood aftermath. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/5 "2011-09-30T07:06:36Z")
I want to see a video on these things. lol I can just picture a person inside rolling around getting their ass kicked at the waters tumbled them around. lol “In todays news, 1 person dies from minor tsunami in Japan after trying to escape. The man got in his tennis ball bubble that was designed to keep you out of harms way with a tsunami, only to find he was being bounced around inside and received severe head Trauma. Had he not left his house. He would most likely have lived.” ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/6 "2011-09-30T07:26:48Z")
[https://youtu.be/FF7vObu2dsU](https://youtu.be/FF7vObu2dsU) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/7 "2011-09-30T07:31:35Z")
ummm, dont they read history books? this is proven to work ![http://i.pbase.com/g6/00/39600/2/78108249.NyvcdBEL.jpg](http://i.pbase.com/g6/00/39600/2/78108249.NyvcdBEL.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/8 "2011-09-30T08:09:55Z")
gives a new meaning to hot boxing ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/9 "2011-09-30T08:18:23Z")
If I were to buy this thing. I would pad the entire thing on the inside so that my head wasnt rattling off the walls. lol ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/10 "2011-09-30T08:19:51Z")
I would fucking FREAK out if I was trapped in that thing in the middle of a tsunami. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/11 "2011-09-30T08:21:10Z")
If four people are inside and one drops a nasty fart…the other 3 are gonna kick his ass all should have a tracking device. Last i would want is to “live” and be stuck in the ball in the ocean only to die of no food or water ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/12 "2011-09-30T08:22:55Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I would fucking FREAK out if I was trapped in that thing in the middle of a tsunami. Probably not as much as you would if you were in the middle of a tsunami just trying to swim around being bashed by all the debris though. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/13 "2011-09-30T08:26:06Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Probably not as much as you would if you were in the middle of a tsunami just trying to swim around being bashed by all the debris though. I would prefer a larger, self righting vessel with an actual seat (full harness to keep me planted) and more windows. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/14 "2011-09-30T09:03:39Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I would prefer a larger, self righting vessel with an actual seat (full harness to keep me planted) and more windows. I hear that. Put a damn racing seat and harness in that bitch, then let it run around in the water and bounce all over. Then while everyone is freaking the hell out in the tsunami, I’m just enjoying a rollercoaster ride. lol ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/15 "2011-09-30T10:12:14Z")
![http://www.dreamagic.com/vivianrose/contact.gif](http://www.dreamagic.com/vivianrose/contact.gif) Anyone ever see Contact? ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-wacky-japanese-at-it-again/217034/16 "2011-09-30T11:31:37Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > Anyone ever see Contact? Yes! I’ll take one of those big machines!