Monday, January 22, 2007

Wacky Websites

January 20th:

Catch this short film in which fictional entrepeneur Ira Gobbler presents George Lucas with a host of ideas for great Star Wats toys, like "Bike Buddy Kenobi," who tells kids to "Use the force, let go of the handlebars," with disastrous results.

http://www.goblertoys.com/pages2/goblerstarwars.html

January 21st:

When a bank in Tenino, Washington, failed in 1931, the chamber of commerce decided against traveling over 30 miles to get change. They issued an alternate form of currency, and Lo! the wooden nickel was born. See dozens of examples at this site, and order some of your very own.

http://www.wooden-nickel.net

January 22nd:

What inspires us to take pictures of ourselves with really big boulders? Visit this page of photos of the Webmaster standing next to huge rocks in upstate New York. With locations, so you can go pose with them yourself.

http://home.rochester.rr.com/srinz/bigrocks.html

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