

How does it feel for your tweet to have gone viral? It has now been retweeted almost 30,000 times and faved almost 50,000 times. Most would think his actions were a result of Adderall or some crazy LSD but his actions were just down to being blackout drunk. Well normally, we might slap “DRUNK” stickers on our foreheads, but Mark has brought new light to those of us who are unproductive drinkers. Mark says that he imagines his design may work, and he looks forward to trying to recreate his work into a remote-control model with his colleagues this is the greatest thing I've seen on twitter all year- spookie jebbie⚛ SeptemHas there ever been any kind of inebriated ekranoplan designing before? Or is it normally the more usual fare of traffic cones on heads and falling over garbage cans? It’s actually called an ekranoplan, which is more like a very high speed aircraft that floats above the water (Mark is trying to dumb this down for me). Well technically, it’s not an airplane like I claimed. So, would the aircraft fly? Does the design hold up in a sober setting? It is no surprise to me that his work while intoxicated was still very visually appealing. Mark, although very intelligent towards math, also works towards industrial design and some minor graphic designing. Mark’s designs are spread across graph paper, a whiteboard, and a notepad – that’s some real attention to detail and dedication … He was passing out on his whiteboard from time to time as well. After he sketched some designs, he said that he needed to leave and grab his aerospace mathematics textbook and whiteboard.Īccording to his drinking buddies, he was drawing frantically explaining his thoughts out loud and at the time he was very intoxicated. Alex, a friend of Mark’s, said that he began staring at the ground and said that he asked for pen and paper immediately. They explained to me that Mark began a tantrum and began creating his design. The guys that Mark shared drinks with were with him for more of the night than I was. Photograph: Keith Flaney Was anyone else lucky enough to witness this? Keith Flaney and Mark, the designer of the plane. I did no encouraging towards the creation of this, but I did encourage him to continue talking because it was hilarious. Cody and I were in tears from laughter because the aerospace mathematics he tried telling us about sounded like a slurred robot. My friend Cody and I both looked at Mark as he then began to spew information about his whiteboard designed craft and the calculations behind it. He came stumbling back two minutes later to grab his giant whiteboard

Around 1.30am, he came back and he sat on the couch with a worn look on his face. I just laughed as I sat on the computer listening to his murmurs. He then came stumbling back two minutes later to grab his giant whiteboard. From what the person who brought him up was saying, Mark had a ton of rum and vodka-mixed drinks. Mark burst into the room in a drunken sway, asking where his textbooks were and after greeting me he rushed back out of the room. What time did Mark come home, and what had he been drinking? Did he just bowl straight into the aircraft designing, or was there some lead up to this? Keith and Mark – that’s not his real name, as he’s somewhat worried about his drinking exploits in the context of future employment – agreed to answer some questions about the fact that Michigan Tech students seem to have much more productive periods of being absolutely trashed than the rest of us, who are more usually found racing each other in shopping trolleys and hitting on our colleagues. So my roommate came back drunk last night and doesnt remember designing an entire fucking airplane /A8El9Jyrn6- keith September 6, 2015
