21 October 2011

The Wipers (not the punk band)


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 1. Usual configuration. The meat and three veg of windscreen wipers.

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2. Bit more up-market. Always exciting when it looks like the blades will hit each other in the middle.

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3. Even more exciting as far as potential for crashing into each other. Seems like the ratio of wiper to windscreen is a little overly generous - "I could wipe way more windscreen if I wanted to."

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4. The minimalist wiper.

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5. Minimalist with a twist. High chance of having an accident because you're trying to see how it does that little jig in the middle, rather than concentrating on the road.

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6. No nonsense. Good for the armoured vehicle you've knocked up in your garage in preparation for the apocalypse.

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7. Inspiration for the Sydney Opera House. Good for confusing junkies trying to do your windscreen at traffic lights.

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8. Old school. This is how the wipers worked on Fred Flinstone's car.

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9. Vintage. This is the design favoured by '20s gangsters. And their molls.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Haaaa! You're crazy! I enjoyed this. M.R.