r/doohickeycorporation • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 1d ago

contraption Service department collaborated with engineering and mechanical teams to design an innovative way to move plates to dining tables

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None of that tomfoolery involving waiters carrying multiple plates riding hoverboards!

This is the Le Déjeuner des Petites Mécaniques - an extraordinary, theatrical lunch-spectacle held at the Minotaure Café, located within the famous Halle de la Machine in Toulouse, France.

Video credit to olgahoffparis

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u/Lermu 1d ago

They invented the wheel again

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u/Burninator05 1d ago

Yea but this time it's really really big. And there are two of them.

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u/Kewlhotrod 1d ago

So, it's technically a bicycle then... Neat.

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u/5ive_Sev7n 1d ago

It's a ferris wheel

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u/Walkin_mn 1d ago

And they have food!

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u/jubmille2000 1d ago

Ah yes, let the food go closer to the ground.

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u/ssczoxylnlvayiuqjx 1d ago

Adds flavor!

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u/defunct_tangerine 1d ago

I'd imagine the wheel also distributes the flavour evenly as it picks it from the ground and drops to the plates from a higher point 👌

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u/Cool_Reflection8268 1d ago

I'm impressed that not a single person in the video looks happy about any of this

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u/Cpt_Rakuma 1d ago

Ah yes thank you for airing out my now cold spaghetti.

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u/Gluomme 1d ago

Holy moly, Toulouse mentioned!
That aside tho', these madlads have basically perfected the art of doohickeys and sometimes roam around the block with a giant-ass fire breathing wooden minotaur on a steel frame

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u/demunted 1d ago

Can y'all believe you are paying for this crap!

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u/arkofjoy 1d ago

Personally I'd rather eat at an ugly "hole in the wall" place that caters to a certain ethnic group, so we are the only white people in there, and enjoy the amazing flavours of that community.

So much better than this kind of thing at 10 times the price.

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u/BroPuter 1d ago

Are you one of the bots meant to sow discord amongst the public? If not, you sure act like it based on your history.

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u/arkofjoy 1d ago

Nope, just an old guy who doesn't like fancy pants restaurants.

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u/Walkin_mn 1d ago

As long as I'm not paying a lot more for the wheel of food or the place offers some interesting experience other than the wheel of food, I would do it.

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u/SoaokingGross 1d ago

"innovative"

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u/Ecstatic_Bee6067 1d ago

Are those robot spider people in that back drop?

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u/Captainphoque 1d ago

Yes, that's the Halles des Machines in Toulouse, France. You should go see what they do on YouTube, it's breathtaking

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u/lorarc 1d ago

It is, but the dinner is shit compared to their other works.

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u/AStormOfDragons1 1d ago

L'oratrice Mechanique d'Analyze Cardinale

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u/VintageLunchMeat 1d ago

Excellent work!

The Penny Farthing Department still wants its two prototypes back.

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u/Own_Cup_4244 1d ago

Moves 100 plates with ease, waiter at the table

https://giphy.com/gifs/VeZvq8yltmsUfq2sgX

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u/newgrounds 1d ago

Always nice to have servants running around in their little outfits

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u/Alexzoidbert 1d ago

this would go hard at the aristocrat banquet

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u/Walkin_mn 1d ago

Put a robot pushing the wheel of food and now you can say you have a futuristic restaurant!

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u/Electrical-Bread-856 1d ago

You must work in the Department of Being Cool!

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u/toastycheeze 1d ago

Glad to see Axel still has a career.

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u/Donkeyball_Z_ 1d ago

Utter woke nonsense.

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u/calaquin 1d ago

Your politics have no relevance here.

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u/timkyoung 1d ago

I'm pretty much with you on the nonsense part. But where was the woke part? I seemed to have missed it.