September 20, 2011 Washbowl Alley

CaliforniaMama • Sep 20, 2011 9:32 am
[SIZE="1"]On their way to school:

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glatt • Sep 20, 2011 9:39 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 • Sep 20, 2011 10:00 am
Student: He doesn't swim well teacher.
Teacher: What does that have to do with his attendan...oh....
Clodfobble • Sep 20, 2011 10:11 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 • Sep 20, 2011 10:14 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 • Sep 20, 2011 12:36 pm
glatt;757152 wrote:
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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:02 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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:10 pm
footfootfoot;757192 wrote:
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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:11 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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:15 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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:20 pm
Could be worse...Could always be worse
infinite monkey • Sep 20, 2011 1:26 pm
I once cried because I had no washbowl. Then I met a man who had no washbowl arms. :(
glatt • Sep 20, 2011 1:28 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 • Sep 20, 2011 1:32 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 • Sep 20, 2011 4:28 pm
[SIZE="1"]Wait[/SIZE][SIZE="2"]wait[/SIZE][SIZE="3"]wait[/SIZE][SIZE="4"]wait[/SIZE][SIZE="5"]WAIT!!![/SIZE]

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

C'mon people!
SteveB2580 • Sep 20, 2011 4:46 pm
LOL ha i totally agree!!:sweat::sweat:
Gravdigr • Sep 21, 2011 5:10 pm
:welcome: to the Cellar Steve.