# Now that's a houseboat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 8, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658 "2011-09-08T20:54:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/1 "2011-09-08T20:54:26Z")

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[World’s first mobile block of flats launched in Turku, Finland.](http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/09/worlds_first_mobile_block_of_flats_launched_in_turku_2856693.html)

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> The world’s first-ever mobile apartment building began a sea voyage from the south-western Finnish port of Turku on Thursday. The completed three-storey block of flats is being delivered by sea to its future location on an island.

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> If need be, it can be moved again when the lease on the plot runs out.

Pretty neat.

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/2 "2011-09-09T01:08:19Z")

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Have we run out of land already?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/3 "2011-09-09T15:22:47Z")

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Meh. I see stuff like that in the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalogue all the time.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/4 "2011-09-09T18:18:51Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Meh. I see stuff like that in the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalogue all the time.

I see your “Meh” and raise you a “so what?” _H-S_ got the idea from the 1973 _Nieman-Marcus_ Christmas catalog. 😃

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/5 "2011-09-09T19:00:35Z")

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nm

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/6 "2011-09-09T19:05:32Z")

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> [@Toucanna](#):
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> I see your “Meh” and raise you a “so what?” _H-S_ got the idea from the 1973 _Nieman-Marcus_ Christmas catalog. 😃

I was gonna get one from Skymall but it was like $600.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658/7 "2011-09-09T20:27:45Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I was gonna get one from Skymall but it was like $600.

If you go to H-S you’ll be able to pay a lot more.