"Whack a Banker"

[Ichingcarpenter]

An arcade game that allows people to vent their anger at bankers has proved so popular the owner keeps having to replace worn out mallets.

Inventor Tim Hunkin introduced "Whack a Banker", which is based on the older "Whack a Mole" game, at his arcade on Southwold pier in Suffolk.
Instead of players hitting pop-up moles with a mallet, within a set time, the target is pop-up bald figures.

Mr Hunkin said the game was "proving very popular".



"I keep having to replace worn-out mallets," he said.



"The bankers are bald and all look the same because that's how I think people see bankers, as faceless."

Players, who are promised a "truly rewarding banking experience", pay 40p to hit as many bankers as they can in 30 seconds.

When a customer wins a voice says:

"You win. We retire. Thank you very much to the taxpayer for paying our pensions."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/8410453.stm

[asdjrocky]

1. It would be much more satisfying if it were a real bankster.

[hobbit709]

2. I still think that setting up and testing a Guillotine on Wall St

would get their attention.

[Vidar]

4. A man after my own heart.

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Michael Moore's next movie: Bankster Mash

:)

[Deja Q]

10. I see you've already forgotten: Moore will quit making movies if people don't revolt for him.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/michael-moore-capitalism-a-love-story

http://current.com/items/91072412_moore-if-theres-no-revolution-i-quit.htm

http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/01/michael-moore-will-only-keep-m


So, you supporters of him better go out and start a revolution for him. Or else there will be no movie.

I'm sure he's holding his breath, too.

Just like how Rush Limbaugh is. (two sides, same worthless coin. Both thank their fans, of course...)

[Nikki Stone1]

12. I guess when the good Lord was passing out the perspicacity, you were in the restroom

You need to learn to discern when people fit your preconceived notions and when they don't.

[izquierdista]

3. Proof of concept model

The real full scale installation will be in the lobby of Goldman Sachs headquarters. :spank:

[cascadiance]

5. We need a "whack an insurance co. CEO" and a few others too.

To cover all of the banksters, gangsters, etc. now controlling our government...

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. I can see a huge market ....... whack a right wing hack,

Like BECK, Limpberg, Hannity, Coulter etc.

[cascadiance]

8. Yeah, each of the "whack" heads be actual figurine head replicas...

of these folks, as well as the various individual CEOS of the banks and other notorious companies. Perhaps one could build an industry of selling "collectible" "whack targets".

Then for the game, you shape the mallet like Thor's hammer, and play Ride of the Valkyries in the background.

Could this be "Marie Antoinette training"?

[Deja Q]

9. And I thought this thread was going to be kinky. My bad...

[AzDar]

11. Kick (for hilarity)

:kick:

[Gabi Hayes]

13. why whack a bankster when you can.....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/whack-a-kitty

[gmoney]

14. I figured this would be a Berlusconi link...

someone took the game a little too seriously.

[Mithreal]

15. It's a start.