The Grenette jukebox

This device was conceived to solve a recurrent dilemma for many customers who enter this bistro: “Will I go home tonight with someone, or will I get a mine again?


All you have to do is slide a two-franc coin into the slot. A marble rises, falls on a pendulum, hesitating, and then falls into a labyrinth.
When it reaches the bottom, there are three possible choices, depending on whether it falls to the right, the centre or the left.

To the right? The machine generously delivers a tablet of Alka Selzer.
In the middle? …Nothing, except that the pub radio slowly switches off, the jukebox turns on for 15 minutes with thousands of songs to choose from a hard drive, Youtube or your own usb stick, then the radio comes back on again.
On the left? You get a condom. (dimensions: European average. Sorry.)

Other details:
– Every hour that passes is marked by the discreet tinkling of hard drives clattering together


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– Two places are provided for Alkas Selzer or condoms that may not be needed. They are marked “Condoms on hold” or “Alkas on hold”. Anyone can use them, in short, a bit like the “waiting cafes”.

Now for some trivial considerations. This piece was born free of any fashion, aesthetic trend, customer’s desire or need to please. It was born, but will never be able to live (Patrick Hernandez is wrong, it cannot be said enough) because of some dark legal details:

– Federal law on gaming houses (LMJ 935.52 art.4, need for a concession
)- Expertise and qualification of machines of chance (CFMJ 712-004, need for expertise and qualification)
– Federal law on medicines (LPTh 812.21 art.30, need for an authorisation)
– PLCoC 930.01.1 art.64, (need for a patent)

And probably many others, but I think the boat is full…

Those who prefer the technical side will go here