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Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race Photos
YetAnotherName writes "Tom Jones again has coverage and plenty of eye candy of the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, where engineering prowess converges with a sense of humor. Check out what bizarre contraptions for 2005 won awards for Best Engineering, Best Art, Best Bribes, etc., and if anyone actually finished the race."
For anyone at work on this fine Saturday, be advised that the link in the summary labeled "coverage and plenty of eye candy" is not safe for my work, and likely many others.
I found out the hard way - it would be better to put a disclaimer in the summary.
I'm a big tall mofo.
There is a picture of what appears to be a papier mache turtle or tortoise about halfway down the page. This construes a clear violation of company policy, as we believe that all creatures were created by god, and any effigy of a creature (ie. created by man & science) is an abomination against christ.
This site is only not safe for work if you happen to work for some kind of totalitarian mothers against everything company.
It's not unusual for people to be named Tom Jones. You'll find it happens all the time.
A more serious note:
While entering the water at Canton, the Westward Ho train lost control on the wet ramp and over several seconds skidded into the rocks, and apparently also into a young boy, who started screaming, "I'm gonna die!" While the Coast Guard called for an ambulance, the boy's father was eventually located, and a physician on the scene conducted a brief examination after which the boy was well enough to walk away. Please exercise due caution when attending races of any sort.
You seem to be indicating is a fierce desire to see naked plastic dummies. Although you say "no one cares," you'd assiduously avoid countries that hide them and you can recount how many you've seen in a mall visit. Interesting. Sure, we'll work on that list for you, but in the meantime, tell us about your childhood. Do you visit the mall daily? Have you ever ever missed an important meeting because you were at the Mall "ignoring" the dummies?
Just as an aside, I happen to work at the Vatican and we surf pr0n sites all the time--no problemo.
--Archbishop (name withheld)
The best part was at the end of the article:
A more serious note:
While entering the water at Canton, the Westward Ho train lost control on the wet ramp and over several seconds skidded into the rocks, and apparently also into a young boy, who started screaming, "I'm gonna die!" While the Coast Guard called for an ambulance, the boy's father was eventually located, and a physician on the scene conducted a brief examination after which the boy was well enough to walk away. Please exercise due caution when attending races of any sort.
I can just imagine the train verrrrrry slowly sliding on its side down the ramp into the water, while some boy is standing in front of the sliding train for several seconds watching as it slides towards him, not moving an inch, and then suddenly screaming "I'm gonna die!!!" when it barely touches him, and then the coast guard whips into action, beaching their 40 foot cutter in the 2 inch deep water next to the ramp to save the boy, calling for ambulances to race in and make sure that the boy's scraped knee is not life-threating.
ocular confection?
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