I saw a funhouse at a funfair recently. It reminded me that, as a child, I always reckoned that these should have sprays of water - or, better yet - gungings as part of the surprises in store.

That show with Pat Sharp just wasn't anything like it could be.

So, if anybody's got twenty thousand pounds or so to hand, why not buy one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262594201866?clk_rvr_id=1083153642908&rmvSB=true

and do it up for gungey fun? (Come on, Messyworld, I'm looking at you...)

Alternatively, has anybody got an alternative - or, dare I say it, more practical - suggestion?

Glad you mentioned Messyworld, because if you look at any of the pictures accompanying their posts in the last year or so, such as their "carwash" tank, I'd say they've pretty much got "the ultimate gunge tank" already...

The ultimate gunge tank would also be a time machine, so you could bring the most stunningly beautiful people from the past into the present to take part in a gunging.

On a more practical note though, a tank that was arranged so that instead of dropping onto the gungee's head, the gunge was fired out from each side at neck/shoulder height, so we could watch it spraying and flowing all over their clothes while their head and face stay clean so you can see their reactions, and then once the main gunge is all over their body, a separate overhead tank that pours slowly onto their head so we can watch the gunge flow all over their hair and face, instead of landing with force and bouncing off the top of their head, blocking the view and wasting most of the mess.

I always hated how on the various TV gunge tanks, most of the goo just wasted itself on the inside of the tank instead of on the person receiving it.

Hi DungeonMasterOne, i fully understand and sympathize. I too hate it when the gunge goes everywhere but on the person - also when a screen is put in front (which also gets covered) and blocks the view of the gunge-victim.

However there is a bright light on the horizon - take a look a the pic i've uploaded and note how much gunge landed on the tank, just a few splatters whereas i'm totally covered!

Katie x

A tank that has a way of, gathering the gunge from the bottom of the tank, back up to the tank above your head.

With a heating element in the overhead tank. Be very useful for food.

There's always room for more. What if the carwash, after its slow progress through the various sprayers and droppers, reached the edge of a vat of gunge and tipped the recipient in?

My favourite gunge tank was the one Gungetankgirls used a few years back. There was some kind of grill/grid for the flow of gunge, so it came out in a sort of shower effect. That way, it didn't matter where the girl stood/sat, it didn't matter if they had their hair up or down. They'd get covered with one continuous flow regardless.

The best gunge tank I've seen to date has to be the one used at the Kids' Choice Awards this year to gunge Cameron Dallas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVvcr0SVg-M

This Cameron Dallas gunging has become one of my favourites, and it was justly deserved! We also got a friend joining him!

For me, it would be like an elongated version of the classic NHP gunge tank with several containers (around 4) each containing different foodstuffs. The recipient would sit on a chair at one end of the tank, and would then be cranked through from left to right whilst receiving the contents of each of the containers. Finally, they would emerge out of the right hand side so the audience could get a full view of the end product.