SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
They claim that one of the American dreams is to own your own home.
I'm here to tell you that it's actually a nightmare.
I scrimped and saved for years to be able to afford a nice house, and finally in 1998 I bought one.
This was the built-in bookcase in the master bedroom.

Nice, huh?
Until one day I tripped and grabbed the edge of the bookcase ...

What the ... ?!? I got to my feet and cautiously peered around the corner of the case, only to see ...

Curiouser and curiouser! The realtor never mentioned this "feature". I slowly took the first few steps down and saw ...

A spiral staircase?!? INSIDE MY WALLS??? What in the world ... I grabbed a flashlight and my hunting knife, just in case, and sweating like a drunken sailor I made my way down the staircase to find ...
I'm here to tell you that it's actually a nightmare.
I scrimped and saved for years to be able to afford a nice house, and finally in 1998 I bought one.
This was the built-in bookcase in the master bedroom.

Nice, huh?
Until one day I tripped and grabbed the edge of the bookcase ...

What the ... ?!? I got to my feet and cautiously peered around the corner of the case, only to see ...

Curiouser and curiouser! The realtor never mentioned this "feature". I slowly took the first few steps down and saw ...

A spiral staircase?!? INSIDE MY WALLS??? What in the world ... I grabbed a flashlight and my hunting knife, just in case, and sweating like a drunken sailor I made my way down the staircase to find ...