Philosophy
If you need to entertain your holiday guests, especially those with a competitive streak, and you have a couple of old phone books laying around, Stephen Fry and his QI guests are here to teach you a simple and inexpensive party trick you can use on them while simultaneously teaching them a simple lesson on the physics of friction.
I cannot be held responsible for any objects that get broken in the process :)
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Philosophy
Friction - A Christmas Party Trick
If you need to entertain your holiday guests, especially those with a competitive streak, and you have a couple of old phone books laying around, Stephen Fry and his QI guests are here to teach you a simple and inexpensive party trick you can use on them while simultaneously teaching them a simple lesson on the physics of friction.I cannot be held responsible for any objects that get broken in the process :)
- Fat Tuesday: The Honest Holiday
Playground regulars know of my holiday hypothesis. "Holiday" comes from "holy day" and while we claim that our holidays commemorate virtue, actually they function as controlled outlets for vice. Thanksgiving is not about gratitude, it is about...
- Trick Or Treat?
Once again, we took the short people trick or treating last night. It's really not fair. They go door to door collecting attractive little packages of candy they are not allowed to have. Taking kids who can't have candy trick or treating is a...
- Reindeer Bucks
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Cash Cow: Inside the Economics of Reindeer Farming" The population of reindeer is plunging. Demand to rent them at Christmas is surging. But what's an owner to do with them the other 11 months out of the year? by Vickie Elmer...
- 12 Days Of Christmas Gifts Exceed $100k
"Gifts in ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ Cost $107,000 This Year, Thanks to Rising Feed Prices" by Nick Carbone November 26th, 2012 Time Who gives turtle doves anymore? If the holiday classic “12 Days of Christmas” were updated to fit a modern...
- Castle And Price For The Classic Horror Film "house On Haunted Hill"
Wikipedia... House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror film. It was directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and stars Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren. He and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to...