Back in the 70s, my parents had a hippie friend who lived in a school bus. The one vivid memory I have of this dude is that he would come to our house to use the washing machine because the coin laundry never got the clothes very clean, and his young son would get diaper rash because of it. Weird what one remembers.

And if those balloons get into the wild, they may end up choking birds and sea turtles! :( But otherwise it's a cool idea.

This is just like that recent Doctor Who episode in which the emission control systems in all the cars in the world were actually Trojan Horse devices for the invading aliens.

This sounds like a job for John Rain.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=john+rain&x=0&y=0

I'm just worried that the Dept of Homeland Security is going to use this video as an excuse to ban mini-vans with double doors.

@5 and @6: I only saw this being done in flat parking lots where there were lots of people around.

Another thing people do in Seoul is to double park, but leave the parking break off. Then person you may be blocking can just roll you out of the way.

Thanks for a great reminder of my trip to China two years ago! Everywhere we went in Beijing and Shanghai, merchants would follow us trying to sell stuff. I had the refrain, "Gucci, lady! Gucci, lady!" haunting me in my sleep for weeks.

Considering the fact thatyou can't buy beer on a Sunday in Connecticut, he really didn't have any other choice, did he?