10.31.04
Last night I went to see a life-sized replica of the Rube Goldberg device in the board game Mouse Trap. They dropped a 6,000 lb. safe 20 feet onto a 300 lb. pumpkin about 4 feet in diameter.
When the safe dropped, crushing the giant pumpkin, I had two thoughts. The first thought was "I love San Francisco." The second thought was that there is not a single good reason in the world to drop a 6,000 pound safe on a pumpkin. That itself is a great reason to do it, of course - it's a gesture of pure celebration.
This much was obvious to the two hundred spectators, who burst into applause when the pumpkin exploded.
Last night I went to see a life-sized replica of the Rube Goldberg device in the board game Mouse Trap. They dropped a 6,000 lb. safe 20 feet onto a 300 lb. pumpkin about 4 feet in diameter.
When the safe dropped, crushing the giant pumpkin, I had two thoughts. The first thought was "I love San Francisco." The second thought was that there is not a single good reason in the world to drop a 6,000 pound safe on a pumpkin. That itself is a great reason to do it, of course - it's a gesture of pure celebration.
This much was obvious to the two hundred spectators, who burst into applause when the pumpkin exploded.