Cold Steel Question?

[Carl]

in article [email protected], rorschandt at
[email protected] wrote on 1/23/03 1:36 PM:

> "Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> 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 http://www.rube-
> goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm

There's also an annual contest to actually build a Rube Goldberg machine, hosted by Purdue
University. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/rube/rube.index.html

-Carl

 

[Joshua Goldberg]

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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"rorschandt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > 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
> http://www.rube- 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
> very wounding experience. rorschandt