Airquee's Inflatable Pub

It seems that there's never a bar around when you really need one, like on days when your editor keeps nitpicking your minor grammatical errors and harping on your use of so-called "inappropriate humor." [You should have seen this post before I got my hands on it. -Ed.] Well those days are over, friends, as now the super-strong among us can carry around our very own portable, inflatable pubs, complete with faux stone siding and tin roof. Measuring 40 x 19 x 22-feet, Airquee's temporary shelter for the alcoholic-on-the-go can be inflated in around 10 minutes (with two small pumps) and is able to pack in 30 of your closest pals. A sturdy, internal aluminum frame can be used for hanging speakers, plasmas, or a disco ball, and doubles as a safety-measure should one of your guests accidently spill that flaming Dr. Pepper all over those plastic walls.

[Via Bleepblog]

[Irishdrunk @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

OMG my dreams have come true!!!

[surge @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

i'm all bout this...

[J @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

This is about 2 years old.

[uclatommy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

At first glance, I thought this was a screen shot of an rpg video game.

[Zex_Suik @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

this is awesome, why didn't I think of this? It has so many applications and now that someone has changed the presentation it rocks!

[zimma @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

i want to live in it.

[benhc911 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

i thought it was an mmorpg screenshot... lol

[Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Wasnt this posted already or am I just thinking stuff.

[Wanax @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Some of you guys are just deuchetastic

Read #3:
http://announcements.engadget.com/entry/4115667355611978/

[matticus66 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

what happens when they go to play darts?

[Wanax @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

JimK,

That's great and all but:

#1 I never saw this before
#2 I don't read Gadgetryblog

And I'm willing to bet there are other people here who can say this. If it is something you've seen before, just ignore it and let us newbies enjoy it.

[Kristana @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

And More Here:

http://www.thegreenhead.com/watercooler/2004/12/airquee-inflatable-pub-worlds-first.php

[Justin France @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Jimk:

At least Engadget doesn't give me faux-Windows XP bait-n-click ads that totally disrupt the ability to read the page.

Theres a reason why Engadget is great, like minded people with intelligent and funny commentary. Don't like, don't read it. Sheesh.

And unless a post offends you beyond petty nitpicking, save us all the hassle.

And, uh, I want that pub.

[Google Nazi @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Mind you #2 that this is a blog not a news site about everything new. However this is new to me and i want it!!! looks so cool! It would fit well in the field in my backyard :)

[Muze @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I need one of these!!! We live in the country, and the nearest club is about 20 miles away!!!

[James @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Looks more like a tiled roof than a tin one..

[Digital Rebel @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I guess darts are out of the question

[EngFan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

JimK:

While you are clearly excellent at criticism, it is just as clear that you really have no idea what Engadget is all about. I will try to explain it to you in very precise terms.

Engadget is a website that collects stories from hundreds of other sites, that they believe their readers will find interesting. They then summarize these longer stories into funny, informative, bite-sized pieces, always citing the original source, just as your beloved GadgetryBlog does.

Yes, not all of the products featured are brand-new. However, many important people read the site, people who do not have as much free time as you must to gather every single press release from every single company on the planet. Therefore, these busy people enjoy going to one place where they can discover both brand-new products as well as products that are just new to them.

P.S. Be sure to let us know when GadgetryBlog gets a first look at a brand-new anything, let alone a new Treo.

[crypt @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

BEST INVENTION EVER!!!

[JimK @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

My "beloved Gadgetryblog?" I don't have any affiliation to the site other than I sub to the RSS feed. As, apparently, does the author of this post.

Grow up, fanboys. This was a lame post. It's bound to happen sometimes.

Hey, have you guys heard about this new crazy website where a girl lives on live webcams. Her name is Jenni. It's so hot. Maybe someone will post about it next July.

[Chuck @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

This thread is cracking me up. I went to that dude JimK's website and it's f'in terrible, all misspelled and sh*t. He should probably spend more time working on the quality of his site (its google page rank is a frickin 4) and less time talkin smack about about real sites or raffling off his crappy old ipods.

[zillanamon @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Wonder if it doubles as a jumping castle.. I mean pub?

[JimK @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Why would a pagerank matter for a podcast feed?

Fanboy.

[Craig Shergold @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Burning Man in a Box!

[egarc @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Even if the fans provided ventilation, it still seems like it'd get too hot. Now if you could float it in a swimming pool...

[Justin France @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

"Hey, have you guys heard about this new crazy website where a girl lives on live webcams. Her name is Jenni. It's so hot. Maybe someone will post about it next July."

It's all perfectly clear now.
JimK is an idiot.

[krang @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I actually saw this at Bristol Kite Festival this year, they had an inflatable church as well.

[eye @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

"Engadget is a website that collects stories from hundreds of other sites, that they believe their readers will find interesting."

Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, Engadget is a website that receives press releases from manufacturers complete with product photos, and publishes them under the pretence that they're journalists reporting news. Whichever PR firm sent the release to Gadgetryblog, sent it to Engadget too.

Don't worry, it's not new. It's how newspapers have worked for decades. Read this story for the background.
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

JimK, you are a moron.

[Web Design Ireland @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Being Irish, this really is not needed, but WILL come in useful when we go on those remote country ....emmm, holidays.

[tellute @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Ok so people saw this years ago, I hadn't.

So in those 2 years has anyone actually seen/been inside one of these?

And yes JimK is an idiot.

[Brad @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

excellent idea.

[Trachalio @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Very Snowcrash I'd say. Does it come with rednecks that have "poor impulse control" tattoo'd on their foreheads?

[CB @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Yeah come on Engadg, I pinch your stuff everyday for my site, if you can't keep it on the edge I may take my business elswhere, and where will that leave you eh?..eh?

[fdisk @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Set one of these up about every three holes on a golf course, and you'll have a gold mine.

[Rich Hansen @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Do blow-up dates come with it?

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