The World's Most Complex Way to Pass the Wine

We've come to expect the most ridiculous Rube Goldberg contraptions from Joseph Herscher of Joseph's Machines (previously at Neatorama), but this one takes the cake. Passing the wine from one end of the table to the other involves stunts that couldn't possibly happen in the real world, could they? In many of the events, nothing happens that would advance the sequence the first time around, but maybe the second or third time around. In some places, you are sure you can see what's going to happen, but you are wrong. And then you find yourself becoming more invested in one little piece instead of the overall process, like wondering when that wine glass is going to break (because you just know it will eventually). Or worrying about the welfare of that mouse. Joseph gets his wine in about four minutes, after wrecking the entire table. The rest is Patreon credits. -via reddit