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Students Build Life-Sized Trojan Horse For Class Project
A good old-fashioned Iliad diorama just wasn't big enough for a group of Chicago area students. They decided to build a life-sized Trojan Horse for their class project instead. From the article: "As Newsradio 780s Mike Krauser reports, their teacher couldn’t believe it. 'It was a surprise and it was a big surprise,' said teacher Bob Pomykala. The students wouldn’t tell Pomykala what they were up to. 'They said they had a great idea, but they wouldn’t tell me what it was,' he said. What they did was build a giant Trojan Horse, which, according to Greek mythology was used to sneak soldiers into the city of Troy for a triumphant battle. They built it in senior Sergio Aguilar’s yard, and then moved it right in front of Marengo Community High School.
They used it to sneak drugs into the school...
It's a trap!!!
This is /. so I would expect a story about a trojan unicorn (preferably one without a goatse link).
Who ever heard of students sneaking into school?
This horse only holds 12 people. The original Trojan horse held 30 people, according to Wikipedia.
So it doesn't exactly sound "life-sized" to me.
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I want to know who they're giving it to.
... the Trojan wears you.
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....of being wary of geeks bearing gifts?
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Especially after the rabbit failed.
Imagine how bad they'll feel when they learn that the entire Greek Civilization never existed and they did all that hard work for nothing...
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Yesterday it's near-space photography. Today it's Trojan Horses. They're up to something, I tell you.
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Or did they settle for Girl Scouts?
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But we cut chains and snuck ours in like real Trojans. Kids these days got no guts.
Now the question is, will Mythbusters show up with 500 polished shields to try and set fire to it!
10$ says this thing gets torched in effigy at the end of the school year at the big schools out for summer bender.
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These kids are in high school. That's pretty amazing that they were able to build that on their own, without it being assigned, including forming a team, agreeing on the project and following it through on their time and expense. I'm sure some of you were splitting atoms after school but my high school was certainly not like that. It may not be sized/shaped to historically accurate accounts (whatever that means) but they are making something by hand, and staying off the PC/Gaming Console/TV long enough to finish it.
I'm an amateur woodworker and can point out all sorts of flaws but that's really not the point here. It's easier to tear something down than build it up.
...the safety inspectors arrived.
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We made a life-sized trojan also, but it got us kicked out of school.
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I was expecting there to be wheels. Either way, still cool, and better than a tree fort.
Really, there was one Trojan Horse, thousands of years ago
There is no more Troy or Trojans, and these school kids aren't engaged in war
...Who gets out of the rabbit?
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They used the same plywood that was available to Odysseus and the Achaeans!
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Perhaps if they built a large wooden badger...
it's a gift bearing geeks.
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If they built a life-sized Trojan Horse I am expecting sooner or later someone will eventually build a life-sized Worm, Dancing Pigs, Lion Worm and maybe even ANNA KOURNIKOVAs
Even ignoring the use of plywood and (I think) metal strapping, there are huge holes in it! You may get people into it, but they sure aren't hidden.
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What the horse had to do?
Carry enough men inside to take out the local night watch and open the gate. Men back then were smaller then we were, by about 2 feet or more, hence they could probably fit more people in it. The men inside probably had nothing more then their tunics, sandals, and a single short-sword, and some bread and water. The Heavily armed men were outside.
Why did the Trojans accept it?
1) The horse was the symbol of Troy.
2) It wasn't just a horse, the entire Achaean, (Greek), army struck camp and sent their ships off. The Trojans could clearly see both the camps gone and the ships sailing off over the horizon. Logistics being what they are, the Achaeans couldn't last more then a few days without the support the camps and ships provided. It's also worth mentioning that the Trojan war had lasted for 10 years, and then all of a sudden the enemy army leaves, and drops a tribute to your city on your doorsteps.
... of gifts bearing Greeks.
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