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- From: reid@ucs.indiana.edu (Frank Reid)
- Subject: Re: More restaurant shenanigans
- Message-ID: <reid.57.728172260@ucs.indiana.edu>
- Keywords: worms, quarters, forks
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:04:20 GMT
-
- pettit@cs.unc.edu (Cynthia Pettit) writes:
-
- >Another fun one is to leave one quarter of your tip like this:
-
- >Take two forks and hold them together, tines matching on top of one
- >another [so you can see through them] and the handles going opposite
- >directions. Put one edge of the quarter through *both* tine-holes of the
- >forks, leaving as much of the quarter sticking out as possible. Now
- >balance the other edge of the quarter carefully on the edge of a glass.
- >If it wants to tip or fall off, you can "adjust" the construction by
- >moving the quarter to a different "notch" made by the tines, or by
- >changing the [slight] angle of the handles.
-
- >Before you leave the restaurant, blow sligtly so it rocks slightly...
-
- >Variations:
-
- >My mom can do this by forcing the two inside tines of the fork into the
- >bowl of a spoon and proceeding above with the quarter -- but I find the
- >two forks work best.
-
- >Also, I've been told that you can do this with wooden matches, then burn
- >the match down to the edge of the glass [the glass puts the flame out.]
- >Then it's balenced even *more* precariously!
-
- >Cyn
- >--
- > "It's not about driving down rt 66 and stopping at the Holiday Inn!
- > It's about *adventure*!!"
- > ---Richard P Feynman
- ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^
-
- A shenanigan and physics-lesson described in _Surely You're
- Joking, Mr. Feynman_ (required reading for shenanifans):
-
- If the service was really lousy, deposit your tip in a full glass
- of water. Cover the top of the glass with a paper card, invert
- the glass on the table, slide the card out. When someone picks
- up the glass, GLURP-- water everywhere! The proper way to defuze
- this trap is to hold a bucket under the side of the table and
- slide the glass over to the edge, but they _never_ think of that.
-
- --
-
- Frank reid@ucs.indiana.edu
-