Here's a REAL game. No limit on the number of players. You start with an empty trash can. Then each player puts a piece of trash inside. The game ends when the last piece of trash makes the other pieces fall. Here's a game in progress:
This is one of the wastebaskets at the local junior college field house, where The Pony and I and many a student participated in a science fair today. Funny how there was another trash can just like this one a couple of staircases down, but a totally empty one just along the rail from that burrito-looking advertisement.
I suppose the competitors wanted a challenge, not a slam-dunk.
That's a lot of trash! Surprising it could be piled that high.
ReplyDeleteI predict the next contestant will lose.
ReplyDeleteIs that a trashcan or is it a collaborative science fair project? Or is it part of one of those candid camera schemes? When the trash finally DOES topple, what will that person do?
ReplyDeleteSome people just enjoy a challenge. I hate it when the bathroom trash cans have five paper towels overflowing and nobody will shove them down. I remove my shoe and compress the mess.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but notice how much of that is recyclable.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, I have two teenagers and they play the same game. I call it the lazy game.
Stephen,
ReplyDeleteWell, this WAS a gathering of kids who whipped up science experiments and tested them and presented their findings. So I figure they're better at problem-solving than your average trash-pilers.
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joeh,
This was a science fair, not a casino. Keep your money in your pocket.
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Sioux,
It should have become an experiment for next year. Alas, the participants were down on the gym floor all day, except when released for lunch, when this sculpture appeared.
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Linda,
Good thing you weren't at the science fair. I might not have gotten my fuzzy-focus picture.
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Birdie,
You'd think that the college would have recycle bins. The people in town have them for weekly pickup. We're not all that backward here in Backroads.