Comments on: We are blushing http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Anonymous Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:35:17 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=551#comment-549 We interrupt this discussion to make an urgent announcement--<a HREF="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/002916.html" REL="nofollow">CUTE BABY RHINOCEROS!</a>  SOOOO CUTE!  <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://ssrdatta.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="sahelidatta at hotmail dot com">Saheli</a> We interrupt this discussion to make an urgent announcement–CUTE BABY RHINOCEROS!  SOOOO CUTE!  

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Anonymous Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:12:45 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=551#comment-548 =v= I used to make kid-like Pinewood Derby cars, too. Rather than attempting smoothness and aerodynamicity, I based my design on my whittling abilities. I figured I'd have no trouble carving it into a Barney Rubble car, which is basically a log with wheels.<br/><br/>After carving it about halfway in front, I weighed it. It seemed to me that I wanted the thing to be as heavy as possible, since it's a downhill race, and already I was alarmingly lightweight. I changed the design goal: since the front looked like a loaf of bread, I pretended it was an old-fashioned radiator. I drew a grid on it with a magic marker, and to bring the weight back up to just under the minimum, I put a nail in the seat and stuck a Fisher Price Little Person on it.<br/><br/>I did not win any awards for prettiness. However, I did almost win. During the penultimate race, my car hit a seam in the track assembly and my Little Person popped out and landed on the other car's track. I was afraid that my driver's kamikaze tactics would disqualify me, but it was clear to everyone that my car would've won that race anyway, so I was allowed to go on to the finals -- but without the Little Person.<br/><br/>My now lighter-weight hunk of wood came in second. So close ...<br/><br/>P.S.: Cars suck. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://www.mememachinego.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="jym at econet dot org">Jym</a> =v= I used to make kid-like Pinewood Derby cars, too. Rather than attempting smoothness and aerodynamicity, I based my design on my whittling abilities. I figured I’d have no trouble carving it into a Barney Rubble car, which is basically a log with wheels.

After carving it about halfway in front, I weighed it. It seemed to me that I wanted the thing to be as heavy as possible, since it’s a downhill race, and already I was alarmingly lightweight. I changed the design goal: since the front looked like a loaf of bread, I pretended it was an old-fashioned radiator. I drew a grid on it with a magic marker, and to bring the weight back up to just under the minimum, I put a nail in the seat and stuck a Fisher Price Little Person on it.

I did not win any awards for prettiness. However, I did almost win. During the penultimate race, my car hit a seam in the track assembly and my Little Person popped out and landed on the other car’s track. I was afraid that my driver’s kamikaze tactics would disqualify me, but it was clear to everyone that my car would’ve won that race anyway, so I was allowed to go on to the finals — but without the Little Person.

My now lighter-weight hunk of wood came in second. So close …

P.S.: Cars suck. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:43:41 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=551#comment-547 <i>Pinewood</i>  Derby. The car is the size of your hand, and you could not sit in it unless you had a severe genetic disorder or an unusually clever parent. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="rednblack at alum dot mit dot edu">saurabh</a> Pinewood  Derby. The car is the size of your hand, and you could not sit in it unless you had a severe genetic disorder or an unusually clever parent. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:39:18 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=551#comment-546 Where did you grow up, Saurabh? 1950? They seriously still have boxcar derbies? <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>Dan Where did you grow up, Saurabh? 1950? They seriously still have boxcar derbies? 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/we-are-blushing/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:17:35 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=551#comment-545 I remember the time one kid's dad shellacked his racer, and it was SO DAMN SHINY that your Cub Scout Troop leader Dad invented a new award on the spot, for "Most Shiny". I think the leader was the dad who painted the damn thing too, and his shiny car didn't win... <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>DearDarlingDidi I remember the time one kid’s dad shellacked his racer, and it was SO DAMN SHINY that your Cub Scout Troop leader Dad invented a new award on the spot, for “Most Shiny”. I think the leader was the dad who painted the damn thing too, and his shiny car didn’t win… 

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