Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Self-Cleaning House? Or... Murder?

In doing a little research on strange Oregon sights, I stumbled upon the fascinating story of inventor Frances Gabe and her unique home. Located in nearby Newberg, this home does exactly as advertised-- it cleans itself at the push of a button. Well, let's let the folks at About.com explain it:
Each of the rooms in the termite-proof, cinder block constructed, self-cleaning house is fitted with a 10-inch, ceiling-mounted cleaning/drying/heating/cooling device. The walls, ceilings and floors of the house are covered with resin, a liquid that becomes water-proof when hardened. The furniture is made of a water-proof composition, and there are no dust-collecting carpets anywhere in the house. At the push of a sequence of buttons, jets of soapy water wash the entire room. Then, after a rinse, the blower dries up any remaining water that hasn’t run down the sloping floors into a waiting drain.
Sounds interesting enough, right? If not a little too mainstream for my usual posts. Well, that's what I thought until I stumbled upon the following clip at Weird America.com. It's a great lesson for us all: Clean up after yourself or you may be killed!

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love it! And to think all these years I have just been using a fire hose and bull dozer to clean my house! What a cool and creepy lady on the link! (They didn't mention mold?) Oh well, it's Oregon, we're immune! AL

3:03 PM  
Blogger Bowler Hat Productions said...

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHOOOOAAAAA!

Francis Gabe... what is your STORY, baby?!

And what-oh-what lies in the "bunk house"??? Is it... still there???

(Thank you, also, for not sticking with a "mainstream" post...)

10:58 AM  

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