Reply to: RE>Grape Racing [was Re: They came and went]
Berry says >Well, since it's Friday maybe I can prove I'm not an uptight jerk after all >and tell you folks something amusing... >>>>Steve Johnson said: >> Oh, and when I heated up Amy's plate in the microwave, the fig > > and grapes were still on it.... oops! >This sounds like a perfect straight line to introduce >MICROWAVE GRAPE RACING! >Take a plate or other dish with a smooth surface, put a little film of >vegetable oil on it for lubrication. mark parallel lines for start and >finish. Put it in the microwave. >Each drive chooses a grape and places it on the starting line, with the hole >where the stem was pointing *away* from the finish. >Clsoe the door and nuke the grapes for a few minutes. As the grape juice >begins to boil, a jet of steam will come out the stem-hole and you will >have >ROCKET PROPELLED GRAPES! >Loser buys the beer... > --berry Berry, I know you guys at parc are always ten years ahead of the rest of the world, but you've really outdone yourselves this time. give yourself a promotion and sell this idea to microsoft. Don Don_Kane@qmgate.arc.nasa.gov
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.