Inventor Creates Fastest-Ever Furniture: 130MPH Table

For some, fast food is a treat; for some, it's a bugbear. For Perry Watkins, a sales director and inventor from Windgrave, England, "Fast Food" is a fire-spewing, chicken-and-fruit-tray-toting dinner table that holds the world's furniture land speed record. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMenagsYWHY&feature=player_embedded#at=35 Watkins achieved this feat, which he expects Guinness to certify, when he took the table for a spin last year. "It was actually worse than I thought it would be. It felt like 200 mph," Watkins told The Telegraph. Compared to Fast Food, the old record holder---a souped-up sofa---is a mere couch potato, crawling at a mere 92 mph. Costing roughly $7,800 and one year of Watkins' life, the record-breaking table looks at first glance looks like an elaborate dinner set-up, complete with candles, lace tablecloth, fruit, and champagne. But on closer inspection, you see that the dishware is bolted to the table, the chicken is fake, and the gravy ...