Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
38 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Add your own options for how to scale the wall that won't happen (Original Post) Mira Dec 2018 OP
Bungie cord shenmue Dec 2018 #1
Trebuchet and parachute (Put one on each side and charge for the "ride") ret5hd Dec 2018 #2
Catapult and parachute GreydeeThos Dec 2018 #15
Well, there ya' go...proof of concept. ret5hd Dec 2018 #20
There was a movie about a family crossing The Wall near Berlin in a home made balloon TrogL Dec 2018 #3
Steel cutting torch Takket Dec 2018 #4
My first thought as soon as Trump began ranting about "steel slats"... Rollo Dec 2018 #18
Forget the oxy acetylene. Just get a plasma cutter ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #24
Not to mention det cord... RichardRay Dec 2018 #30
Holy crap! That was quick and easy! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #31
"Beam me over Scottie!" dameatball Dec 2018 #5
The Batclaw....like the one on Batman's utility belt. AJT Dec 2018 #6
Why scale it? dubyadiprecession Dec 2018 #7
Um, enter the country legally on a tourist, work, or student visa and then just overstay? FSogol Dec 2018 #8
That's how more than half have entered in the last 10 years TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #38
Maybe they can latch on to the Amazon delivery drones... hlthe2b Dec 2018 #9
That, or Elon Musk's boring machine Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #17
Human shot from cannon. nt NCjack Dec 2018 #10
Disapparate. Nt BadgerKid Dec 2018 #11
A pack of Jack Russells, Dachshunds, and coteries of Prairie dogs... Solly Mack Dec 2018 #12
but it's not a wall now.... it's a fence IcyPeas Dec 2018 #13
or a beaded curtain. ret5hd Dec 2018 #21
I heard Nancy Pelosi would pay for the beaded curtain IcyPeas Dec 2018 #22
Cannonball. moondust Dec 2018 #14
Acme Products carries a full line of devices to do the job. bluedigger Dec 2018 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2018 #19
Humans joke about everything. cwydro Dec 2018 #23
It is humor but not without purpose Takket Dec 2018 #27
Red Green, and the boys from the Possum Lodge came up with some brilliant ideas, but his Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #25
Zipline !!! One person crosses and secures one end...... alittlelark Dec 2018 #26
Helium Balloons. Scaffolding. SCAFFOLDING !!! UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #28
Send a fake check to MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #29
This documentary covers it pretty well Major Nikon Dec 2018 #32
see-saw on the top, reaching the ground Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #33
Gldier planes. They are silent. Liberty Belle Dec 2018 #34
Old Fashion Motorcycle ramp- ala Evil Knievel style marked50 Dec 2018 #35
Be skinny NotASurfer Dec 2018 #36
Pole vault! cwydro Dec 2018 #37

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
18. My first thought as soon as Trump began ranting about "steel slats"...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:03 PM
Dec 2018

And you could get small gas tanks to do it: acetylene and oxygen. Heat the steel up white hot with the acetylene and oxygen, then shut off the acetylene and run pure oxygen. The steel just oxidizes into dust. Bingo! (Don't forget to wear appropriate face/eye protection!)

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
24. Forget the oxy acetylene. Just get a plasma cutter
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:45 PM
Dec 2018

Small, light, make it through in a couple minutes.

I've been saying this for awhile now. There are a dozen ways to quickly cut through steel. Demolition saw, plasma cutter, sawzall with a steel blade, cut off wheel, even a good old hacksaw will make it through. Give me two helpers and $2,000. I will have a hole big enough within half an hour. By the time border patrol finds it, thousands will have made it through.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
31. Holy crap! That was quick and easy!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:55 PM
Dec 2018

And here I was going to sit around for ten minutes with a plasma cutter when all I needed was some det cord.

Now some people are going to say that Mexicans don't have these devices. The deplorables view Mexico as some third world country. Not so! They have access to everything mentioned. They have people who know how to use the devices. They have the incentive. Before 100 miles of the idiot's wall can be built, there will be at least three holes in it.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,165 posts)
38. That's how more than half have entered in the last 10 years
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 03:07 AM
Dec 2018

Of course that demographic is probably less poor and BROWN.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
12. A pack of Jack Russells, Dachshunds, and coteries of Prairie dogs...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:47 PM
Dec 2018

will dig while I unleash a lounge of Geckos to climb over the top and drop dog treats on the other side.

Response to Mira (Original post)

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
23. Humans joke about everything.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:34 PM
Dec 2018

My parents grew up during WW2 in England. They lived through the Blitz.

And they joked. Throughout it all.

Both lived to ripe old ages. I miss them so much, and wish they were here to joke about this pox on our country now.

I think there must be a place around here to hitch high horses lol.

Takket

(21,552 posts)
27. It is humor but not without purpose
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:10 PM
Dec 2018

The point being to demonstrate what an absurd waste of time and money the wall is. The only eyes that see it as effective are the racist and stupid ones of his followers.

Brother Buzz

(36,412 posts)
25. Red Green, and the boys from the Possum Lodge came up with some brilliant ideas, but his
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:01 PM
Dec 2018

idiot nephew, Harold Green, came up with the simplest idea that even Red Green could find little fault in:The Handicap Stair Lift


alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
26. Zipline !!! One person crosses and secures one end......
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:07 PM
Dec 2018

other end already secured - then, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, .......

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,320 posts)
33. see-saw on the top, reaching the ground
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:40 PM
Dec 2018

Got sand? Ramp.

Or, re-enact WWII and the Maginot Line -- walk around it.

Liberty Belle

(9,533 posts)
34. Gldier planes. They are silent.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:43 PM
Dec 2018

They've already been used here to smuggle in drugs.

More likely we'll see more smgglers packing people into trunks of cars or backs of large trucks in efforts to drive across the border.

Or some will come by boat, or by plane and simply overstay visas.

NotASurfer

(2,149 posts)
36. Be skinny
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 11:03 PM
Dec 2018

DU did the math based on the picture that Two Scoops tweeted. Ten inch gaps between the slats

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211586110

If I was desperate enough and had a bar of soap...

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Add your own options for ...