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Re: HoverThing Contest Entry: The Zeno HoverTub
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:56:54 GMT
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Now that is the funniest thing I have seen in a while.  Reminds me of all the
cartoons that used to show bathtubs in place of a trunk on limos.  The funniest
part is that is a completly practical space design.

-Mike Petrucelli.

In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 
>   Hi!
> 
>   Someone had to be a snarky goofball about the contest, and
>   since nobody else has done it, I guess it falls to me.  It's
>   all the better because this is such an Obviously Winning Entry(tm).
> 
>   Therefore I hereby submit, for your approval, the Zeno HoverTub:
> 
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-01.jpg
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-02.jpg
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-04.jpg
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-05.jpg
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-06.jpg
> 
>   The five images above are generic images of the HoverTub in
>   flight.  The raw power and graceful lines (not to mention the
>   stunning hygiene!) of the HoverTub aren't just for flight,
>   although it can surely fly rings around (ha! ha!) anything
>   else in the Ancient Greek sky.  Why, our friendly little
>   Acropolis-top philosopher friend can even land his ceramic
>   beauty:
> 
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-07.jpg
> 
>   And then, he can drive it away:
> 
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-08.jpg
> 
>   Finally, what good is being the cleanest guy in the sky if
>   nobody can see you?  Here's Zeno, in all his bearded-and-
>   loinclothed glory:
> 
>   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/zeno-03.jpg
> 
>   If anyone has any doubts as to the HoverSupremacy my O.W.E.
>   exhibits, I would also like to point out that the shower
>   attachment *is* detachable and has a variable-stream head.
> 
>   Feedback and lousy plumbing puns welcomed.
> 
>   best
> 
>   LFB.fnord



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(...) Completely practical space design? C'mon, where are the *wings*?! <G,D,&R> :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (25 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.space)

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Hi! Someone had to be a snarky goofball about the contest, and since nobody else has done it, I guess it falls to me. It's all the better because this is such an Obviously Winning Entry(tm). Therefore I hereby submit, for your approval, the Zeno (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-01, to lugnet.space)

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