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In a message dated 5/3/02 6:00:33 AM, scribblers2@... writes:

<< Next, we are going to go searching on the internet to see

if anyone has in fact ever made a tennis court out of mud.

>>

Well how do they make a clay tennis court?

My favorite dumb question (from which my kids learned lots about testing and
precision and divergent thinking) is on a pack of trivia questions--the
bound-in-one-corner cards called Brain Quest. It is
"Which of these uses electricity?
"bed
"lamp
"table
"chair"

My kids just looked at me for the longest time. (We were playing a
gambling-for-pennies game.) We all started laughing.

From being in the SCA and general camping they know of LOTS of non-electric
lamps. Oil, candle, propane. Cylume glow sticks.

From being in life they know of electric beds (hospital beds that adjust,
beds with massage features, waterbeds with electric heating elements), tables
(we have a light table, and one with just an outlet on the side for plugging
in lamps or tools), and "the electric chair" is an idiom on its own, although
there are other chairs--our elderly neighbor had a chair to lift her up out
of it; baby rocking swings can be electric (or wind-up). So we shared all we
could remember about those appliances with and without electricity, and all
due to a bad question.

Sandra

susan marie

that was were my next thought went -- how do they make a clay tennis
court? back to searching. :-)

susan

On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 11:59 AM, SandraDodd@... wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/3/02 6:00:33 AM, scribblers2@... writes:
>
> <<  Next, we are going to go searching on the internet to see
>
> if anyone has in fact ever made a tennis court out of mud.
>
> >>
>
> Well how do they make a clay tennis court?
>
> My favorite dumb question (from which my kids learned lots about
> testing and
> precision and divergent thinking) is on a pack of trivia questions--the
> bound-in-one-corner cards called Brain Quest.  It is
> "Which of these uses electricity? 
> "bed
> "lamp
> "table
> "chair"
>
> My kids just looked at me for the longest time.  (We were playing a
> gambling-for-pennies game.)   We all started laughing.
>
> From being in the SCA and general camping they know of LOTS of
> non-electric
> lamps.  Oil, candle, propane.  Cylume glow sticks.
>
> From being in life they know of electric beds (hospital beds that
> adjust,
> beds with massage features, waterbeds with electric heating elements),
> tables
> (we have a light table, and one with just an outlet on the side for
> plugging
> in lamps or tools), and "the electric chair" is an idiom on its own,
> although
> there are other chairs--our elderly neighbor had a chair to lift her up
> out
> of it; baby rocking swings can be electric (or wind-up).  So we shared
> all we
> could remember about those appliances with and without electricity, and
> all
> due to a bad question.
>
> Sandra
>

>
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Susan

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susan marie

the short answer is that clay tennis courts are made from crushed brick
(which is made from... :-)

have a good weekend all,
peace,
Susan

On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 11:59 AM, SandraDodd@... wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/3/02 6:00:33 AM, scribblers2@... writes:
>
> <<  Next, we are going to go searching on the internet to see
>
> if anyone has in fact ever made a tennis court out of mud.
>
> >>
>
> Well how do they make a clay tennis court?
>
> My favorite dumb question (from which my kids learned lots about
> testing and
> precision and divergent thinking) is on a pack of trivia questions--the
> bound-in-one-corner cards called Brain Quest.  It is
> "Which of these uses electricity? 
> "bed
> "lamp
> "table
> "chair"
>
> My kids just looked at me for the longest time.  (We were playing a
> gambling-for-pennies game.)   We all started laughing.
>
> From being in the SCA and general camping they know of LOTS of
> non-electric
> lamps.  Oil, candle, propane.  Cylume glow sticks.
>
> From being in life they know of electric beds (hospital beds that
> adjust,
> beds with massage features, waterbeds with electric heating elements),
> tables
> (we have a light table, and one with just an outlet on the side for
> plugging
> in lamps or tools), and "the electric chair" is an idiom on its own,
> although
> there are other chairs--our elderly neighbor had a chair to lift her up
> out
> of it; baby rocking swings can be electric (or wind-up).  So we shared
> all we
> could remember about those appliances with and without electricity, and
> all
> due to a bad question.
>
> Sandra
>

>
>
> ~~~ Don't forget! If you change the topic, change the subject line! ~~~
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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Peace,
Susan

There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of
the deepest messages of the Incarnation. -- Madeleine L'Engle





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