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 Post subject: Build A Better Mousetrap!
PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:23 pm 
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You've probably seen it on Tom and Jerry or one of those old Looney Toons: a ridiculously complex moustrap, with dozens of steps in the process of trapping/maiming/killing a mouse.

The idea of the game is this: make up a step or mechanism in the mousetrap! For example:

Person A: The mouse takes the cheese, releasing a pressure plate that...
Person B: ...activates a bell which awakens a hamster who begins furiously running on its wheel, which powers a...

You get the idea. It can go on forever if you want, but try to keep the individual steps themselves somewhat coherent, legible, and at least SLIGHTLY realistic.

Alright, I'll start!

The aproach of the mouse triggers a thermal sensor, which sends a signal to a...

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Ah, a Rube Goldberg device!

...sends a signal to an open wire tip, causing it to spark and ignite a...

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...onto a switch, witch will activate...

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...which lowers due to the weight of the carrots, pushing onto a spring causing the carrot slices to fly up into the air...
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...the man much distress, so he jumps off, hitting a switch...
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...that causes his pants to fall down...

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(Wow. We're using a mouse to trap a mouse. :p)

. . . which generates an electric current which gets sent to famed celebrity. . .

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...itches his crotch...

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JTHomeslice wrote:
...itches his crotch...


You mean SCRATCHES his crotch? :-P (Sorry I hate it when people mix up things like itch and scratch...it's not "I have to itch!" but rather "I have to SCRATCH an itch!")

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