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University of Leicester has one. I know someone who had to ride it (for the first time) on the way to her PhD defense. Truly unnecessary added pressure.
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Corpus Delectable Was it in the Attenborough building? Because that one's a great paternoster!
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Binro the Heretic
WHO, IN GOD'S NAME, THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Many, many grown adult people were involved in the creation, design and construction of this thing and none of them ever said, "Wait, maybe this isn't such a good idea."
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SolRo It was probably designed in the early 20th century, when having a car with a steering colomn that would impale you in any low speed crash was thought to be fine.
lead paint
radium water
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Pillager
It culls the slow & clumsy.
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The Mothership
Don't know how appropriate the music is; if I was anywhere near this thing, I would probably do the opposite of the song title.
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CuteLucca
...what happens at the top? Like, if the building is 12 stories tall, and you accidentally miss that stop, will you get flipped upside-down as the thing reverses direction? ...because I can see a lot of little old ladies breaking their hips, if that's the case.
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Agent #1 It hangs down as it moves, like a ferris wheel.
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memedumpster
Inspired by the Quake 3 engine and its homicidal elevators.
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Caminante Nocturno
I'm taking the stairs.
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duck&cover
Do they call it a paternoster because you say a prayer before you use it?
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Jet Bin Fever
This is a liability waiting to happen.
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erratic
Never knew this existed til now. I actually thought of something similar but dismissed it as a bad idea for the obvious reasons. Seems like it has a kill switch near the top of each floor just in case your head is sticking in the shear zone. I could still see lots of ways for it to fail.
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cognitivedissonance
Nobody know what happens when you reach... THE 13TH FLOOR. *thunder clap*
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kingarthur
As a kid, I thought these things were only found in Italy.
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Siebenstein
These are fun and exciting to ride.
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Redford
I am a slightly clumsy person by nature due to a slight handicap I've had since birth. Because of this I have to pay attention when I'm going down stairs (or fall on my butt) and avoid escalators if I can. Pretty sure if I used this thing on a daily basis it would only be so long until something magical happened.
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hammsangwich
Never rode in a paternoster, but I think a man-lift in a grain elevator is the next scariest means of conveyance.
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That guy
Is it crushing? I guess "crushing".
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baleen
Almost all the comments on this video are funny. 5 stars for poetv.
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