“Glassphemy” - The Great Beer Bottle Throwing

You know how it is; sometime you just have to throw a beer bottle at someone. It could be that they said something you didn’t like. It could be that you caught them checking out your date. It could be that they’ve had it coming for a long time. Or it could just be that they have that kind of face. It happens and now, finally, someone is making it possible to itch that scratch. It’s called “Glassphemy.”

It started when David Belt decided that recycling had just become “too damn boring.” I’m not really sure that I understand this complaint. Was recycling every exciting? Apparently, it once was for Belt.

Anyway, in order to recapture that high that conserving resources used to give him, Belt put together “Glassphemy.” Basically it’s a big cage made of steal and bullet proof glass. The bottle throwers stand inside; their targets stand outside and bottles are flung. The bottles will break harmless on the cage walls and the throwers, presumably, while find outlet for their aggression.

Belt isn’t quite sure yet what’s to be done with the broken glass. The shards might wind up in light fixtures or the bottle bits might be ground down to sand. He’s open to suggestions…

Is Nirvana In an Empty Beer Bottle?

Heineken wallCould be or at least one might be able to achieve nirvana from within a million and a half empty beer bottles.

Here’s what I’m talking about. Buddhist monks in Thailand have constructed a temple out of 1.5 million green Heineken and brown Chang bottles. It’s known as Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew or “the Temple of a Million Bottles.”

The monks have been collecting bottles since 1984. Once they started building the temple they alerted local officials that they could use more bottles. Since then they’ve been able to construct an entire complex including the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, a water tower and even bathrooms.

The monks say that the bottles serve as great building material. Their color never fades, they are easy to clean and provide great lighting.

That’s one more thing I have to see before I die.

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