Buckle in, folks – we’re going to jolly old England for this one! I can understand wanting to be cool and trendy, and wanting to do something that no one else in the world has done. But, I just wonder what the thought process was like for that first person to say, “hey what if we put a pool between skyscraper rooftops?” Maybe I’m just not a big idea guy. Maybe I’m incapable of seeing the big picture here. But, here we are, folks – a video clip has gone viral this week, after a massive acrylic swimming pool that connects at the rooftops between two high-rise buildings was just opened to the public at a London apartment complex. Take a look at this wondrous sumbitch:
An 82-foot swimming pool spanning between two apartment complexes in London just opened to the public https://t.co/AFi0mTznLw pic.twitter.com/OY11wL5hbF
— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2021
My fear of heights is not that great. Do I love being in perilous situations? No, I’m not that kinda junky, but I do actually generally like heights. I still don’t know if I have the sack to get into something like this. Actually, I know for a fact that I wouldn’t have a sack in this pool, because I’d be so tense my testicles would be in my stomach. What makes me cringe about this clip is the potential liability issues that have to come with a pool created in between two huge buildings. You know the insurance bill is hefty on that thing.
I’m no engineer, and I don’t believe I will take the time to become one just to understand the physics behind bridging an acrylic pool between two rooftops, but on the surface, from my regular eyeballs, it looks like a million things could go wrong. How do you service this thing? A cherry picker? I make a lot of jokes on this SoBros Network blog, but I’m being dead serious, as serious as a heart attack, when I ask that. I have no idea how the upkeep on something like this is going to work. You gonna just hang somebody out of a helicopter for repairs? That’s going to be expensive. How devastating would one crack be? How easily does acrylic crack? I have an acrylic award that I won at a day job six years ago, but it’s roughly the size of an index card – I’m not sure how effective of a test I could perform on it. I’m getting way too stressed out about how this thing fucking works. Oh, and also – it costs $1.4M for a two bedroom apartment in this complex. Now, that’s what I call yikes.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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