Love them or hate them, the Three Stooges were one of the most underrated comedy teams of all time. And among the most underrated of the Stooges was Shemp Howard. Most people think of Shemp as the anemic replacement for Curly. After all, Curly had perfected signature lines and trademark moves 40 years before countless […]
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Are you tired of the Barbies, the Nintendos, the generic gadgets and plastic figures that populate the shelves of Wal-Mart? Well, these little-known toys may just be the coolest ideas for toys ever. If you’re running out of unique toy gift ideas, these could fill in your gaps, and turn out to be the most […]
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Whether you call it a Rube Goldberg machine, a Rube Goldberg device, or even a Rube Goldberg contraption, the essence is the same – design a machine to take an incredibly simple task and perform it in the most complicated manner imaginable. That simple premise has inspired Rube Goldberg Contests, car commercials and has even […]
1. Difficult Instructions Playing Mousetrap consists of setting up a complex series of chain reactions (turning a crack pulls a rubber band that snaps a piece into place to knock over a small bucket with a marble in it, etc.) in order to drop a small plastic cage onto another player’s mouse. This means that […]