Apr 25 2007Magic Tap real life illusion
It looks Photoshopped, but this Magic Tap fountain actually has a pipe hidden in the stream of water. A clever idea, though not as impressive as my sawing a woman in half illusion. For extra realism I actually saw the woman in half. I think I'm wanted in like eight countries.
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Reader Comments
1. David - April 25, 2007 10:29 AM
Finally comments!
AND THAT IS LE COOL BONE DADDY!
2. dude - April 25, 2007 10:30 AM
That is sweeet.
3. Brownian - April 25, 2007 10:32 AM
I hate to be one of those guys who says "I saw this like, twenty-five years ago" but I saw this, like, twenty-five years ago.
These were big on convention circuits. Kids like me discovered to pole early.
4. MobiusStrip - April 25, 2007 10:37 AM
That would be a nice alternative to a tazer, if it were shortened a little.
5. ace - April 25, 2007 10:41 AM
It's not a pole inside, it's a pipe. The water has to get up through it.
6. Jason G. - April 25, 2007 10:46 AM
# 5 - Its not a pipe, its a long water carrying apparatus using vacuums.
Oh, and the ability to leave comments is great.
7. vanman - April 25, 2007 10:47 AM
Is it so hard for you people to have faith that the water is actually coming from nowhere? Gawd, athiests piss me off.
8. cfuckerdie - April 25, 2007 10:47 AM
You suck at life
"3. Brownian - April 25, 2007 10:32 AM
I hate to be one of those guys who says "I saw this like, twenty-five years ago" but I saw this, like, twenty-five years ago.
These were big on convention circuits. Kids like me discovered to pole early."
9. jillybean - April 25, 2007 10:57 AM
I grew up in a small rural town and so was deprived of fancy inventions like this. It was probably for the best as us country folk would have cried, "witchcraft!!" and burned the creators at the stake.
10. vanman - April 25, 2007 10:59 AM
Well, of course you would have. You canadians are definitely a mean and violent breed. Now, us americans, I cant even remember the last time we acted out in a violent manner.
11. JoeMetro - April 25, 2007 11:04 AM
That is cool... old... but cool. I think I first saw that in the 70s brah.
12. Nobody - April 25, 2007 11:06 AM
Hey Brownian,
I bet you discoved the pole early, and you liked it.
Haha ur a fag
13. vanman - April 25, 2007 11:11 AM
Well played, nobody. So original. So, ummmm truly uninspired.
14. Brownian - April 25, 2007 11:20 AM
I'm pretty sure you'd lose that bet nobody, since I've never 'discoved' anything in my life.
Also, your last sentence is grammatically incorrect. You meant to write "Ur was a fag," giving the sentence a verb, conjugated singly and in the past tense since the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur no longer exists. Of course, as a proper noun, Ur should also be capitalised.
Even correctly written however, the sentence makes no sense.
Idiot.
15. Brownian - April 25, 2007 11:27 AM
I'm a fag
16. Nobody - April 25, 2007 11:28 AM
I knew it!
17. vanman - April 25, 2007 11:28 AM
High five to Brownian. Us guys from the streets gotta stick together. Aww dammit, I sure hope nobody makes a pun out of that sentence.
18. crap - April 25, 2007 12:01 PM
Mr Nobody, if you mess with Brownian then you mess with Hedo's gang, beware I say, we know the secret arts of russian ninjas.
Or else.
19. Brownian - April 25, 2007 12:03 PM
15. Brownian - April 25, 2007 11:27 AM
I'm a fag
16. Nobody - April 25, 2007 11:28 AM
I knew it!
Nicely done, Nobody. That did make me laugh.
So, anybody else miss Typekey?
20. Brownian - April 25, 2007 12:10 PM
I was gonna make a comment about Hedo's gang versus Geekologie's gang being like West Side Story, but I think that would indisputably (though perhaps misleadingly) answer the question of my sexual orientation. (I'm not a huge fan of musicals although I liked Spamalot.)
Instead I'll just say "Warriors....come out to play-ay!"
21. vanman - April 25, 2007 12:12 PM
Yes, brownian, I too miss typekey. It safeguards against people with apparently superhuman abilities to be clever beyond comprehension. How did he manage to do that? This 'nobody' must be some kind of super-genius. Wow.
Crap is right, I tangled with some hedo's awhile back, they are a rough bunch.
22. Papageno - April 25, 2007 12:15 PM
I am scared and scarred by new things.
23. Jab - April 25, 2007 12:23 PM
Booo I miss hedonistica
24. Brownian - April 25, 2007 12:36 PM
Jab may boo, but I say Boo-urns!
Boo-urns!
Boo-urns!
25. J.Rai - April 25, 2007 12:41 PM
Just don't try to run through the waterfall.
26. VANMAN (<----capslock is cool) - April 25, 2007 12:41 PM
Anyone else plan on arriving here through hedo? I know I will. Thats because i'm cool.
27. jillybean - April 25, 2007 12:47 PM
Dear Nobody and cfuckerdie:
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID CUNTS. (I'm a sucker for the classics)
Only I am allowed to abuse Brownian (mostly because he asks me to).
Christ, who are the jokers on this site?
28. vanman - April 25, 2007 12:54 PM
YO! I'm a joker! But, alas, twas not me.
29. Neutral - April 25, 2007 12:57 PM
Long time browser, first time blogger....
Brownian - you just put yourself on my list of Heroes with "Boo-urns". An incredible Simpsons reference. Well Played.
30. Brownian - April 25, 2007 12:58 PM
I can get abused by anyone I want and there's nothing you can do to stop me, jillybean.
Go ahead, Nobody and cfuckerdie, say what you will. Don't let these cranks muzzle you.
31. jillybean - April 25, 2007 1:13 PM
You are uncool brownian. Why can't you try being a little more immature and clique-y like me?
32. Dirtyjeans - April 25, 2007 2:10 PM
That "magic tap" idea has been around for atleast 20 years in European theme parks.
33. g-man - April 25, 2007 2:11 PM
JESUS CHRIST!
i wish we had these in Blighty
34. BA - April 25, 2007 2:32 PM
That's just awesome. It honestly did seem photoshopped at first.
35. KoRneY - April 25, 2007 2:34 PM
Holy shit! That's magical.
36. MyName - April 25, 2007 3:16 PM
Amazingly enough it has been around for years, and it still fools people.
37. proteon - April 25, 2007 3:53 PM
I see all the class filtered over from Hedo's corpse. Hi Brown!
38. akolvek - April 25, 2007 4:28 PM
There is a similar fountain display in front of the original Ripley's Believe it or not Museum in St. Augustine, FL.
39. nobody - April 25, 2007 5:30 PM
I once stuck a mouse up my butt and then forgot about it. Do you think it is still alive?
40. Nobody - April 25, 2007 5:34 PM
You should at least capitalize my handle if you're going to troll properly. Oh, and it wasn't a rodent. I lost a pet bunny that way. Sheesh...you can't get anything right.
41. wenger - April 25, 2007 6:58 PM
Culligan used to have something that used to look a lot like that fixture at stuff like small town fairs and stuff like that in Canada. Fun, when you were 10 years old, and your father was a great kidder.
42. michelleeee - April 25, 2007 10:11 PM
Holy crap. I am losing my mind over this! :D If I say I'm amazed, does that make me uncool? :( Maybe I should pretend to be blase and apathetic? ha.
43. Sboy - April 26, 2007 3:08 AM
You are are fucking cunt pole loving fags.
For everyone that doesn't know, Brownian (like like to make his pole brown), JillyBean (That's why she has no boyfriend, because she can't stop herself from passing gas) are Hedo sluts.
They love their internet personality and lash out at anyone who cuss them out.
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44. Sboy - April 26, 2007 3:11 AM
Oh, typo in #43
I meant "You all are fucking cunt pole loving fags."
Brownian grammar will ensue. Bring on the diatribe!
Roar.
Mew.
45. Spanky! - April 26, 2007 5:12 AM
I've actually done one of these (definately not this size) with a champagne bottle.
Water (champagne if you've got the $$ to throw around and can avoid the fizz) or even champagne-looking-water shoots out of the top of the bottle, hits the cork and splashes back down over the bottle (onto a tray which holds the water for reuse).
46. Mike - April 26, 2007 8:13 AM
You did WHAT with a champagne bottle? Are you talking about the picture or post #39???
47. Marion - April 26, 2007 8:28 AM
Looks like a Salvador Dali painting heh
48. Brownian - April 26, 2007 8:47 AM
Brownian belongs to no-one sboy. All my base are belong to you, though. I forget to let you know that one has a leaky faucet..
49. jules - April 26, 2007 11:06 AM
the first one ever built was at the piedmont water slides in quebec, canada
see here > http://blogue.canoe-inc.com/mediam/JV0562.jpg
50. Jab - April 27, 2007 12:16 PM
I was saying boo-urns
51. White comet - April 28, 2007 3:44 AM
listen, nobody, no one wnts to know about you shoving furry animals up your ass... because: A: its gross. B: you have no life. C: u fuck your sister. (for wich i dont care. you inbred pedophile!) go get smarter, stop insulting ppl, and get a job.
Yours Disrespectfuly:
White comet.
52. AmridikoN - April 29, 2007 5:56 PM
You can buy miniture fountains the same as this to sit on your coffee table.
53. Lord Pandemonium - April 29, 2007 7:08 PM
how is it even supported. looks like it weighs a mil tons and one pipe can support it?
54. not a tool - May 1, 2007 10:52 AM
Faux finish, smart guy.
This has been around for so long.. I used to see small versions at some bumblefuck state fair in Maine. It didn't impress me then (when i was 3?), and it still doesn't impress me now.
55. Jorge Kooney - May 3, 2007 5:57 PM
Fake
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57. Anyii - May 13, 2007 2:25 PM
Boring..
58. rapongi ongi - May 14, 2007 7:15 AM
chek dac deya bunjee dee renk..
in othr words.... SHAAADUP
besides i crave things up my juuntah !!!! like poles
59. 43. 92. 18. 7. 24. - May 15, 2007 1:54 PM
dis is teh ownzorzzzzzzzzzzz + 1
60. wiinja - May 15, 2007 8:48 PM
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61. Admin - May 16, 2007 2:04 PM
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62. MoeWong - May 16, 2007 4:56 PM
Whoa, I remember seeing one of these about a decade ago at some trade show.
63. Paranoias - May 17, 2007 8:20 AM
That is a aquatic park in "puerto de santa maria " Cadiz, south of spain ;)
64. WoeKitten - May 19, 2007 7:17 AM
I enjoyed reading what everyone had to say. It was quite entertaining. Brownian the things you say are especially witty. I do not get why people have to be so malicious to one another. Anyway, I went to the mall and saw one of these things at a Spencer's shopping for a friend. It's cool for about fifty seconds, that's about the time when I loose interest.
65. dado - May 19, 2007 9:24 AM
this is not fake its in aqualand in tennerife go there or go to the website google aqualand tennerife you will see what i mean
66. STFU??!??!?! - May 19, 2007 9:24 AM
How bout everyone shut the fuck up about whos right and wrong and actually use this comments section to comment on the post?????
Just an idea :P
67. dado - May 19, 2007 9:25 AM
canary islands part of spain but not in the spain island
68. nick - May 19, 2007 12:23 PM
Woo ive been there its in a hot place its reli reli coooool!
69. purple pumpkins - May 19, 2007 2:22 PM
Funny how your only comment has nothing to do with the post, stfu.
70. TokenBabe - May 19, 2007 6:29 PM
We have had a small version of this in the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum here in Niagara Falls, Ontario since the 1970's. I kinda figured it out then. plastic tubing going up and into the faucet. the water just runs back out and down the outside of the plastic tube. tah-dah!
71. thesexyness - May 19, 2007 10:19 PM
SWEET! whoot
72. Bob - May 20, 2007 6:41 AM
Spencer Gifts has been selling a small version of this for, oh, like 30 years. Blah.
73. charlieboy - May 20, 2007 9:55 AM
they have one of these in the ripley's believe it or not museum in hollywood...pretty cool.
74. schizzo - May 21, 2007 3:31 AM
so yeah i saw a lil beer bottle type thing at the local gift shop... i bought one. I filled it with beer. It looked real, and its funny when you're holding it around drunk people because when you let go of it they all go crazy :P (i also saw this at spencers)
75. Lovinitmtboy - May 21, 2007 12:12 PM
Umm, we had a fountain like that in our water park in Flathead Montana. Its been there since I was a kid, 20+ years, so that is "the oldest trick in my book"
76. Junnie - May 26, 2007 1:46 AM
I knew about this like, twenty-five years ago. And I'm only fifteen.
77. hofa - May 31, 2007 6:53 PM
We even have it in Belgium
78. Edi - June 22, 2007 3:00 AM
Wow, I found a fountain like this by Isamu Noguchi at
http://www.antonraubenweiss.com/expo/webimages/osaka04.jpg
79. dev - October 18, 2007 1:23 PM
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
80. sweeta-ic - March 26, 2008 11:09 PM
Sorry, but what is kimerikas?
Jane.