The Last Post Game!!!!

[Swatopluk]

Can't beat bad ol' probability.

In the 19th century it was a common saying that the likelihood of a building not falling down was in inverse proportional relation to the scholarly education of the engineer desgning it.

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[Griffin NoName]

Building models? I thought we were talking about ideas. Or is this pie in the sky models?

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[Swatopluk]

The patent offices in some countries in the past required a working model of any invention registered.

And for the pie in the sky there is the patented airhook.

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[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Last _{waiting for nanotube carbon rope or tape} Post

[Griffin NoName]

Tethering those pink elephants to the ground might well take nano technology.

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[Swatopluk]

Painting them black on top should do the trick

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[Griffin NoName]

What type of paint is necessary?

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[Swatopluk]

Non-reflective, so not actually 'shining' black

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[Griffin NoName]

Surely black will only work at night?

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[Swatopluk]

No, it will only work during the day.

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[Griffin NoName]

what about nights then?

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[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Why not fill them with helium?

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[Swatopluk]

Nah, too expensive.
Also one would have to empty them first or they would get even heavier

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[Griffin NoName]

Where do flying pink elephants go at night?

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[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

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