People Are Hitting So Hard The Mallets Need Replacements

Whack a Banker

"LON­DON (AFP) – A new “Whack A Banker” amuse­ment ar­cade game is prov­ing so pop­u­lar in Britain that the mal­lets used to clob­ber them are wear­ing out fast, its cre­ator said.
In­ven­tor Tim Hunkin’s ma­chine at his sea­side pier ar­cade in South­wold, east­ern Eng­land, of­fers pun­ters a “tru­ly re­ward­ing bank­ing ex­pe­ri­ence”.
“You pay 40 pence (65 US cents, 45 eu­ro cents) to hit as many bankers as you can in 30 sec­onds as their heads pop up,” he said of the game based on the amuse­ment ar­cade clas­sic “Whack A Mole”.
“It’s prov­ing very pop­u­lar. I keep hav­ing to re­place worn-​out mal­lets.
“The bankers are bald and all look the same be­cause that’s how I think peo­ple see bankers — as face­less.
“And, of course, the bankers nev­er re­al­ly lose. If you win the game a banker’s voice says: ‘You win. We re­tire. Thank you very much to the tax­pay­er for pay­ing our pen­sions’.”