Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I'm *not* assuming Biden will win, because that would just lead to heartbreak similar to 2016, but I *also* can't assume Trump will win. Like, my brain is literally unable to make that assumption, because that also would crush my spirit.
Yes. That is totally where I am and it is not a comfortable place at all.
Election limbo is the worst. I'm miserably afraid because I just don't know what's going to happen.
Okay, I have some data. Our nice long PVC pipe turns out to be too narrow to reliably deliver candy. After testing all 9 kinds of candy, 3 go down easily, 3 sometimes get stuck, 3 won't even fit in at all.
The testers (mr. flea and Dillo) then moved on to testing the 4 foot ballista they built for Dillo's 4th grade latin project. It was hit or miss, literally. Dillo did hit mr. flea square in the nuts with a Charleston Chew. They eventually devolved into shooting one Reese's Piece at a time (because they're ROUND), with mr. flea trying to catch them in his mouth.
The tabletop trebuchet is not impressive at all.
The testers think it's a total failure and we'll just have to eat the candy ourselves.
Tim is currently building the trashpipe. (He also just said "Use the PVC pipe to make a bigger, more reliable trebuchet. Don't MAKE me come up there.")
Steph, how is Tim joining the soda bottles together? Duct tape?
I just feel like this is important information. I might need to make a trashpipe someday, you never know.
flea, that post was a wonderful story.
Damn it! Skittles will not go down the trashpipe!
Steph, how is Tim joining the soda bottles together? Duct tape?
I...actually don't know. I'll go look.
Clear packing tape.
Also, Twizzlers and Starburst *will* go down the trashpipe. So I guess we'll save the Skittles until last, if we run out of Twizzlers and Starburst, and then, I don't know, throw them at the kids?
You see our dilemmas! The PVC pipe was too narrow for Reese's, bags of Reese's Pieces, and Junior Mints.
Throwing skittles at trick or treaters seems like it could almost be part of their marketing plan.
I'm enjoying the candy delivery systems reporting very much! I didn't even buy candy this year, just gonna leave the light off. Trick or treating is discouraged anyway, although the city has several "drive through trick or treat" locations which seems like a pretty good idea for a compromise
flea, do you have any cardboard (like Amazon boxes you kept for your cats to play in) you can use to make an open-top candy slide/chute?