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Offline Mickey1992

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« on: April 27, 2004, 12:21:38 PM »
...I am finally going to have time to start projects like the one below.



Michael Carmichael of Alexandria, IN, started in 1977 with a baseball and covered it with a coat of paint.  Approximately 18,000 coats of paint later.......
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2004, 12:22:59 PM »
crazy...i think collecting cats will work just as good...and keep people away from the "crazy cat mans" house...
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2004, 12:32:33 PM »
OMFG!!!

Such a waste of effort...

Dude, volunteer at a childrens hospital or something.
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Offline GtoRA2

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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2004, 12:35:58 PM »
Why would anyone want to paint a baseball 18000 times?


Jeez.
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2004, 12:40:37 PM »
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Why would anyone want to paint a baseball 18000 times?


Jeez.


because they didnt have enough money to move to hawaii or bermuda when they retired...
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Offline Sixpence

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2004, 12:47:56 PM »
So if we paint the earth 18,000 times, we'll have a bigger planet! We owe these men a great debt for their scientific work.
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Offline BlckMgk

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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2004, 12:50:22 PM »
Hell it sure beats eating paint chips... Paint Mini's from your Local Dunken Doughnuts.
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Offline Curval

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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2004, 12:51:50 PM »
Wait 'til you see my aluminum foil ball I plan to construct.
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Offline Tarmac

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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2004, 02:21:27 PM »
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Wait 'til you see my aluminum foil ball I plan to construct.


Hey Curval, do they say "aluminum" or "aluminium" in Bermuda?
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Offline deSelys

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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2004, 02:44:48 PM »
:rofl :rofl :rofl  Sixpence & Curval!
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2004, 03:15:57 PM »
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Hey Curval, do they say "aluminum" or "aluminium" in Bermuda?


It is said both ways....officially I suppose it should be aluminium.:)
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Offline Maniac

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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2004, 03:19:13 PM »
Life in Sobrietry sucks! - Ozzy
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