1. Construct a gas filled vinyl balloon having the shape of a bagel formed like an over-inflated Mickey Mouse auto tire. A continuous bicycle chain runs between the balloon’s axle and pedals in the basket. 2. Sit in the basket and if absent a full head of hair, don a woollen cap or better yet a helmet topped with a stuffed hare. 3. Launch the bagel balloon on a storm cloudy day and float above the wispy tops in the sunlight. 4. Proceed to pedal vigorously while applying hair/wool/hare to the surface of the rotating balloon giving it a negative charge and you with basket a positive charge. 5. Release some gas from the balloon to sink swiftly towards a positively charged cloud crest. 6. Feel repulsion and levity as you rebound upward while picnicking on fried hare gairaut style high above the lightning and hail.-- FarmerJohn, May 09 2005 Cloud Bouncing Simplified [FarmerJohn, May 11 2005] Basics of Static Electricity http://www.school-f.../science/static.htm [FarmerJohn, May 09 2005] Charge Distribution in Clouds http://apollo.lsc.v...e_distribution.html [FarmerJohn, May 09 2005] fried hare gairaut style http://www.cote.azu...tyle_17_lang_en.htm [FarmerJohn, May 11 2005] Don't float in the Ganges http://ebeltz.net/c...n/chs/1993colu.html [coprocephalous, May 11 2005] Axle? Balloons have axles?-- bristolz, May 09 2005 Cloud Bouncing for dummies?-- hidden truths, May 09 2005 [bris] As far as I know all bagel balloons have axles.-- FarmerJohn, May 09 2005 You'd be grounded if you were grounded.-- Basepair, May 10 2005 + just for the helmet with a hare strapped to it.-- moomintroll, May 10 2005 Illustration, please.-- normzone, May 10 2005 Where ... in Halfbakery did this first appear?-- reensure, May 11 2005 Repulsive...but in a good way.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, May 11 2005 Why, [reensure], do you conclude that it must have appeared here before?-- bristolz, May 11 2005 Okay, you got me, [bristolz]. Unless someone points to the idea appearing here in the past couple years, I'll have to admit that I've had the same idea myself (without the rabbit -- a VERY big without, mind you). +-- reensure, May 11 2005 what does the bunny get out of this?-- po, May 11 2005 I’ll give this a + for the image, but the last paragraph doesn’t work. There’s no rebounding because the balloon/basket is overall neutral.-- ldischler, May 11 2005 what's gairut style? gairaut...thanks.-- dentworth, May 11 2005 Link for [po] and [dentworth] without the typo-- FarmerJohn, May 11 2005 ah I see, this is all just an elaborate effort to gas, stuff and fry a bunny. I oughta fish you for that.
I want to see some practical uses for a snapping turtle. other than soup; they are ugly and mean... got anything?-- dentworth, May 11 2005 [dentworth] You could ship them to India to put in the Ganges - they were introduced there to eat the remains of corpses sent down the river. I'll see if I can find a link [edit] Linky.-- coprocephalous, May 11 2005 ugh, gag, blehhhhch. thanks [copro]-- dentworth, May 11 2005 What's the problem [dentworth]? Do you prefer to leave corpse consumption to worms? Are you vertebratist?-- coprocephalous, May 11 2005 random, halfbakery