Held annually in London in a cobble-stoned square surrounded by Victorian mews.
As you walk in, the first thing you notice is the wretched smell of rotten fish mixed with freshly baked pastries. You make your way to the small podium laid in the centre of the square surrounded by dozens of people stood quietly, holding baskets and dressed appropriately for the time period. You close you eyes briefly and make a silent prayer, for it is your turn to take the stand
You begin by announcing the name of your idea, followed by a summary, and then proceed to give a detailed description.
As you arrive to the main-body of your description you begin to hear the quiet rumbling from the crowd as they reach into their baskets for one of the 2 objects each contains.
And so the judgment begins...-- shinobi, Dec 26 2006 18th Century Halfbakery 18th_20Century_20halfbakery [hippo, Dec 27 2006] þe old halfbakery http://www.halfbake...=1900s_20halfbakeryHalfbakery in the 1900's [spidermother, Jun 08 2011] Genius, i love it... might also have to replace a few smelly fish with rocks, just for fun.-- Dmedia, Dec 27 2006 hahah.....Lt, too fuuny.-- shinobi, Dec 27 2006 + (checks mail for invitation)-- xandram, Dec 27 2006 21Q....I'm genuinely flattered-- shinobi, Dec 27 2006 21Q... Nice to see that you do have a positive side to your personality. Well done. Have a (*)-- Dmedia, Dec 27 2006 Dmedia. whats a (*)? Looks like a butthole. oh...its a star.-- shinobi, Dec 28 2006 how would you anno?-- jenifemeral, Dec 30 2006 Heckling.-- imaginality, Dec 30 2006 Nah, a chalk board.-- DrCurry, Dec 30 2006 Annotation could be managed by the right honourable chairperson, who gives each member a turn to stand and speak on the idea.
"Order! Order! The chair recognises the right honourable Una Bubba Esq."
Fishbones and croissants would have to be on strings, so voters could reel them back in and cast anew as the discussion proceeds.-- BunsenHoneydew, Dec 30 2006 I sort of like the idea of the fishbone / croissant pileup if voters were not recycling them. Would make the climb to the podium a bit treacherous though. Maybe custodial duty could be arranged.-- jenifemeral, Dec 30 2006 Custardial duties? Croissants and Fishbones on the end of fishing-rods please.-- zen_tom, Dec 30 2006 sp: olde-- Voice, Jun 08 2011 heh!-- blissmiss, Jun 08 2011 hmmm. steampunkish. How about a spinning governor (visually impressive) with a steam line to fill the globes at the far parts of the governor with condensed water to finely adjust the spinning (valve) effect? I have not heard of s spinning governor with weights adjustable at the spin before.-- beanangel, Jan 07 2018 To go a bit further back, we could reconstruct Raphael's "School of Athens".-- pertinax, Jan 08 2018 You really should post that as a separate idea.
A vast depiction of stylized halfbakers, holding models or standing by depictions of their most cherished ideas, with a background of other notable HB ideas ... Raphael meets Breughel meets Hieronymus Bosch, with a leavening of Salvador Dali.
L. da Vinci could be in the picture as an honorary Baker; and Noah, of course - probably the first HalfBaker. A huge ship made from Gophers ? Mad as a spoon ....
Go on, [pert], you've got the basics. Take it and run with it. Run. Run now. Run far, run fast, and DON'T LOOK BACK ...-- 8th of 7, Jan 08 2018 random, halfbakery