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"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Obviously I am NOT getting this at all, there is a man named "Rube Goldberg" who once operated a
Hotel in the Catskills...not far from

There was a Rube Goldberg, a cartoonist of sorts I believe. He would diagram outlandish
contraptions that would eventually perform a simple act. For instance(and I'm making this up on
the fly, so don't expect much)a piece of toast pops up in the toaster, which frightens the cat who
has a string tied to his tail. The cats actions then trip a lever releasing food for the fish
tank. Many people are entertained by tracing the circuitous route to achieve a simple task.I am
not one of them, however, I am providing a link because I know what it is like to have no clue
about some pop culture thing that nobody will bother explaining rube-rube-Open ↗
goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm

There's also an annual contest to actually build a Rube Goldberg machine, hosted by Purdue
University. news.uns.purdue.edurube.index.htmlOpen ↗

-Carl

Oh THAT Rube Goldberg, yeah I taught him everything he knows. In University I wrote a Book called
"Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Home Repairs", the book was to sell for a mere $1.00. The
2nd Volume was to be called "Everything You Ever Needed to Know...to Undo the damage you did after
using Volume One"...this book was to sell for $99.99. The Publishing company Editor used one of my
(quick & easy) solutions in Volume one...before she agreed to publish the book. I cannot explain
what followed, but the Police did suggest I use a Body Guard till the Editor calms down and they
arrest the Hit Men she hired to take me out.
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"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Obviously I am NOT getting this at all, there is a man named "Rube Goldberg" who once operated a
Hotel in the Catskills...not far from

There was a Rube Goldberg, a cartoonist of sorts I believe. He would diagram outlandish
contraptions that would eventually perform a simple

act.

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For instance(and I'm making this up on the fly, so don't expect much)a piece of toast pops up in
the toaster, which frightens the cat who has a string tied to his tail. The cats actions then trip
a lever releasing food for the fish tank. Many people are entertained by tracing the circuitous
route to achieve a simple task.I am not one of them, however, I am providing a link because I know
what it is like to have no clue about some pop culture thing that nobody will bother explaining
rube-rube-Open ↗ goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm

Mine was "Any port in a storm", which an ex refused to explain what she meant after she used it.
She did not use it in a nautical context. It was

a

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very wounding experience. rorschandt