September 20, 2011 Washbowl Alley

CaliforniaMama · 09-20-2011, 08:32 AM

On their way to school:

glatt · 09-20-2011, 08:39 AM

I'm surprised they can make any forward progress at all. I'd expect them to just stay in one spot and spin when you paddle.

Hillrick · 09-20-2011, 09:00 AM

Student: He doesn't swim well teacher.
Teacher: What does that have to do with his attendan...oh....

Clodfobble · 09-20-2011, 09:11 AM

What's with the strings? Both bowls have them, though they are obviously different bowls. Maybe it's a relatively short waterway, and they pull the washbowls back for each kid to cross?

infinite monkey · 09-20-2011, 09:14 AM

Well, you can't leave yer travellin' bowl just floating around willy nilly, can you? Maybe they tie to a dock. Ha! OK, they probably bring them on land but the string would help in 'pulling.' Also, they have bike locks because kids are ALWAYS stealing other kids' bowls for joy rides.

Beest · 09-20-2011, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm surprised they can make any forward progress at all. I'd expect them to just stay in one spot and spin when you paddle.

Coracle Doesn't say on the wikipedia article how to get anywhere, other sources suggest you more sort of pull from the front than paddle at the sides, also mentiones was making a figure of eight motion on one side.

footfootfoot · 09-20-2011, 12:02 PM

Having a string dragging behind may be like a drogue anchor acting somewhat like a rudder, explaining why they don't just go round and round in a circles will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?

infinite monkey · 09-20-2011, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Having a string dragging behind may be like a drogue anchor acting somewhat like a rudder, explaining why they don't just go round and round in a circles will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?

Even if they don't, I bet they pressed on...

glatt · 09-20-2011, 12:11 PM

I remember as a kid having one of those cheap inflatable rafts and trying to paddle it with a single canoe paddle. That was possible, but very hard. You spun much more than you went forward.

infinite monkey · 09-20-2011, 12:15 PM

Dad used to get those giant machinery (bulldozers and the like) innertubes that we could play in or on at the gravel pit. You had to be pretty quick with your arms on both sides to go forward.

glatt · 09-20-2011, 12:20 PM

Could be worse...Could always be worse

infinite monkey · 09-20-2011, 12:26 PM

I once cried because I had no washbowl. Then I met a man who had no washbowl arms.

glatt · 09-20-2011, 12:28 PM

I keep suppressing a giggle as I imagine that poor one-armed kid trying to paddle in a straight line. I'm going to Hell.

infinite monkey · 09-20-2011, 12:32 PM

Don't worry. I'll save you the room next to mine. I'm on track to be Satan's lover, so I'll get pretty much anything me and my friends want.

Gravdigr · 09-20-2011, 03:28 PM

WaitwaitwaitwaitWAIT!!!

No recipes???? They're already in the fucking pot!!!!!!!

C'mon people!

09-20-2011, 08:32 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	September 20, 2011 Washbowl Alley On their way to school: via Today I Learned Something New

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Hillrick Ender of Vendors Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 44	Beuhller....Beuhller... Student: He doesn't swim well teacher. Teacher: What does that have to do with his attendan...oh....

09-20-2011, 09:11 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	What's with the strings? Both bowls have them, though they are obviously different bowls. Maybe it's a relatively short waterway, and they pull the washbowls back for each kid to cross? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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09-20-2011, 08:39 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm surprised they can make any forward progress at all. I'd expect them to just stay in one spot and spin when you paddle.

09-20-2011, 09:14 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Well, you can't leave yer travellin' bowl just floating around willy nilly, can you? Maybe they tie to a dock. Ha! OK, they probably bring them on land but the string would help in 'pulling.' Also, they have bike locks because kids are ALWAYS stealing other kids' bowls for joy rides.

09-20-2011, 12:11 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I remember as a kid having one of those cheap inflatable rafts and trying to paddle it with a single canoe paddle. That was possible, but very hard. You spun much more than you went forward.

09-20-2011, 12:15 PM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Dad used to get those giant machinery (bulldozers and the like) innertubes that we could play in or on at the gravel pit. You had to be pretty quick with your arms on both sides to go forward.

09-20-2011, 12:26 PM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I once cried because I had no washbowl. Then I met a man who had no washbowl arms.

09-20-2011, 12:28 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I keep suppressing a giggle as I imagine that poor one-armed kid trying to paddle in a straight line. I'm going to Hell.

09-20-2011, 12:32 PM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Don't worry. I'll save you the room next to mine. I'm on track to be Satan's lover, so I'll get pretty much anything me and my friends want.

09-20-2011, 03:28 PM	#15
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