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Because someone didn't do their shackle up tight enough and the sun had gone down.
Aside: maybe a shaking limp hand, as a communication gesture.
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Ah yes. This is exactly what I was thinking. |
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So ... is this a sort of dating app for pairing up unrelated
paragraphs? |
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I think there's a pineapple of bewilderment for you somewhere. |
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I find myself unable to disagree with this idea |
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I literally can't even... |
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It's all quite clear if you've read "Godel, Escher, Bach" in the original Welsh. |
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Well, at least it's not in product:trailer:safety |
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// if you've read "Godel, Escher, Bach" in the original Welsh // |
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Since the welsh apparently lack any form of comprehensible language, written or spoken, how is that possible ? |
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The Welsh edition of GEB comes as a 34 square mile arrangement of standing stones. Chapter headings are marked by sheep. Footnotes are sung by a male voice choir. Only one copy is known to have been sold, and is being used as Milton Keynes. |
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That neatly resolves a large number of obscure, puzzling and indeed downright frightening questions. Thankyou. |
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Wow, I'm so glad I checked in today...gives me something to
think about all day...(waves shaking hand to communicate). |
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OK, I've looked up what a drag chain is. And I've noted that the
category is "fireworks", so, from the title, I'm thinking "sparklers".
Then, from the first paragraph, I'm inferring a story where you're
driving along in the dark, and there's a chain dragging along
behind you, making coloured sparks as it scrapes along the
tarmac. And this is because your load has fallen off. Which
you're celebrating by ... No, it's warning you, because ... And then
your hand goes limp as a sign of something ... Which is
connected with the drag and the coloured sparks by ... mardi
gras? No. I'm stuck. |
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I've got it now - the chain is coated in metal salts
(same as the compounds in fireworks) so that as the
chain drags on the road behind your car is makes
brightly-coloured sparks. This is only really evident
at night (hence "...and the sun had gone down").
Other drivers on the road alert you to this dragging
chain (like you're unable to hear it?) by shaking a
limp hand from their car windows as they pass you. |
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This whole idea tastes of stone soup to me. |
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[hippo] The guy was in a truck and I was not mentally fast enough to think up the gesture before passing by. This was probably due to the fact that I was imagining the colours the sparks could have been. The chain wasn't hurting anyone (too short) and it was quite pretty, so I wasn't that worried. |
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[Max] People pay a lot of money for the old old school supplements. |
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The metallic salts would have to be chosen carefully as heat in dry areas, even at night, might be a risk. |
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[xandram] <looks behind oneself> "am I dragging something" </looks behind oneself> |
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Oh, I did think about when the use of the dangly hand could be used in human relations. And not just in a toilet paper moment. |
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Wow! - I correctly guessed what this idea was about!
- either that or [wjt] has now decided on my
explanation as what this idea was supposed to mean |
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If I were you, hippo, I'd worry about being able to
correctly guess what any halfbaker were on about. |
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I got to vote for it, because with [WJT]'s further explanation I like it! |
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Also, many vehicles have a grounding thing that drags the ground, these could also be sparkly. |
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// many vehicles have a grounding thing that drags the ground // |
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In the Southern USA, that's usually known as an uppitty nigg ... ah, no, let's not go there. We don't want to get into more trouble than we are already ... and that's a LOT ... |
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More trouble than spelling "uppity" incorrectly ? |
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Magnesium and aluminium for the nuptual getaway? Or copper cholride if it was missed. |
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I got it first time. says a lot about me I suppose. |
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Your Galactic Institute Award for Extreme Cleverness awaits you. |
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Sorry, I can't beat the Marvins. |
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If there was an index of these compiled for some sort of statistical purpose, would this be called "chinkler's list"? That's all I have to say on the matter of salty danglings. |
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