table tennis on O'Connell street

chewy · 27-01-2005 9:44am #1

anyone see the table tennis... table on O connell street, was walking down there yesterday and I saw two people playing table tennis on the median, its some sort of sculpture, made out of stone, infact there was a half page about in the times yesterday i must go read it, it was cool to see people playing the game on the street, it was like those stone chess tables you have in parks but a bit more active, unfortunately for safety reason they had put up very ugly railings, netting and sandbags around the table so people wouldn't run into the road, it pretty much ruined the whole effect but I guess it was needed as that part of the median is fairly narrow and earlier a large group of Chinese people had been playing it for real and doing the hwhole standing two metres back and rallying it so there be good chance you could run into the road, but the could had desinged a much nicer protection...they should have but it up outside the GPO that near plaza thing is a bit of a wasteland

NotMe · 27-01-2005 4:03pm

Is it a sculpture of people playing table tennis or just a table?

John R · 27-01-2005 5:44pm

Just a table. It'd be a bit difficult to play if there were two stone statues in the way.

NotMe · 27-01-2005 5:50pm

Sounds like a crap idea for a sculpture. I'll see it tomorrow I suppose.

Hugh Hefner · 27-01-2005 5:50pm

Aww man this is cool. I must try it with a friend someday. Not that I'm brilliant at the game, but I can kick a bit of ass.

Jonny Arson · 27-01-2005 6:45pm

Sounds quite bizzare!

Flukey · 27-01-2005 6:55pm

There was a bit about it on TV recently. The guys who did it got the idea from Berlin, where similar things are done. It is an unusual idea.

simu · 27-01-2005 7:53pm

It's those damn communists subverting our streets!

robbie1876 · 27-01-2005 7:57pm

That's a fairly handy bed for when people fall out of the clubs. I wonder how many babies will be conceived on it??

fjon · 27-01-2005 9:18pm

robbie1876 wrote:

That's a fairly handy bed for when people fall out of the clubs. I wonder how many babies will be conceived on it??

Unless you're a total exhibitionist I think you'd look for somewhere else first! This table could not be more exposed...

*adele* · 27-01-2005 9:20pm

oh i saw it the other day i think its cool

table tennis on O'Connell street

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