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Author:  sb_enail.com [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Build A Better Mousetrap!

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...

Author:  PianoManGidley [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:36 pm ]
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Ah, a Rube Goldberg device!

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

Author:  DukeNuke [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:07 pm ]
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...tiny dynamite, who's explosion causes a book to fall over and...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:12 pm ]
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Hit a s small see-saw, causing a block to fly up and...

Author:  topofsm [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:44 pm ]
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...hit the button on the fan, causing it to blow a paper airplane...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:26 pm ]
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Into a dog, who will wake up and jerk his tail...

Author:  PianoManGidley [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:05 pm ]
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...thereby pulling a string, at the other end of which is tied a plank of wood that was holding up a...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:44 pm ]
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...marble, which will roll down a "half pipe" shaped plane (like half a tube)...

Author:  Exhibit A [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:46 pm ]
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...onto a switch, witch will activate...

Author:  Teh Ch8t [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:51 pm ]
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A 50 pound weight to drop on a...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:53 pm ]
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,,,grapefruit, which will squirt juice...

Author:  Teh Ch8t [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:09 pm ]
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...onto a cat, making it jump and knock over...

Author:  buhubs [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:53 pm ]
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...A Huge butcher knife causing it to fall and cut up...

Author:  Marshmallow Roast [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:01 pm ]
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...a carrot, the slices of which will fall into a...

Author:  Alberto [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:02 pm ]
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...A mini catapult...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:11 pm ]
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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...

Author:  Alberto [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:13 pm ]
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... Hitting an old man sitting on a rocking chair....

Author:  JTHomeslice [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:16 pm ]
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...who then flies out the window...

Author:  PianoManGidley [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:18 pm ]
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...and onto a large waterbed, which shakes and ripples, causing...

Author:  Ju Ju Master [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:25 pm ]
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...the man much distress, so he jumps off, hitting a switch...

Author:  JTHomeslice [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:28 pm ]
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...that causes his pants to fall down...

Author:  Marshmallow Roast [ Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:29 pm ]
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...revealing a barcode on his underpants, which...

Author:  buhubs [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:15 am ]
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...Gets scanned into his son's computer, which releases a spork with jam smeared all over it, causing to hit...

Author:  PurpleKoopa [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:03 am ]
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...a lamp, which turns on due to the hit, and the lamp wakes up...

Author:  DukeNuke [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:04 pm ]
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...a mouse, who starts running in a wheel...

Author:  mathgrant [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:30 pm ]
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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. . .

Author:  netzen [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:20 pm ]
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Brad Pitt! Who then...

Author:  JTHomeslice [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:22 pm ]
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...itches his crotch...

Author:  netzen [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:32 pm ]
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Um, witch freeks out his mother who...

Author:  PianoManGidley [ Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:29 pm ]
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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!")

which freaks out his mother who...runs to stop him, tripping over a wire that...

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