The Marxist idea of communism advocates a classless society in which everything is shared and owned equally with ultimate goals achieved through human emancipation, enlightenment and a shared consciousness of the human condition. The lesser known Czapiewski theory of communism isn’t quite so straightforward but appears to involve the construction of an upside down house. 

Bizarre though it may sound, Daniel Czapiewski and his merry band of builders have worked through 114 disorienting days to construct an Upside Down House in the tiny Polish village of Szymbark.

Visit the website and you can view this structure in all its upended glory.  Straight from a ‘Ripley's Believe it or Not’ catalogue, the Upside Down House looks like God’s cruel joke on the construction industry. But Daniel intends it to have a serious message.

As a political statement, its effectiveness is questionable. When interviewed, the scores of tourists who visited this reverse dwelling seem to be more excited by photographing furniture on the roof and queasiness competitions than political revolution. 

So, it looks like Mankind’s Mr Fix It may have to go back to the drawing board. The Upside Down House may kick-start Szymbark’s tourism revolution but it’s a political and practical failure. 

Think of all the broken crockery and misplaced shoes and we still haven’t answered the question of how you flush the toilet.

Simpsonise Me

Despite being the world's most dysfunctional family, we all love The Simpsons. Some of us love them enough to want to be them. Life seems so much simpler in a two dimensional, animated world where donuts are king, work is a four-letter world and tensions are comfortably resolved in 26-minute chunks.

The Simpsonise site lets you create your very own Springfield character – upload a headshot photo onto your PC, click Simpsonise and watch as your very own Simpson materialises.

And it doesn’t end there; you can spend hours configuring various parameters – whether it be facial scruff, body type, eyebrows, nose, ears, glasses etc to create the perfect likeness.

Being free and totally non-invasive, cartoon cosmetic surgery could be the future of beauty and, when it comes to procedures, there’s none more qualified than Springfield’s famous practitioner, Dr Nick Riviera.

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