Rube Goldberg Machine

Dog Blog Post #708: It's been quite busy around here, and this is one of the reasons why...

Scavenge Challenge June 2012 - "2. So...what have you Googled lately? Show us the subject or the reason you looked it up."

"A Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, invention, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction."

Or at least, so saith Wikipedia.

I'm thinking it's a device whose construction takes over your entire house and causes otherwise sane people to start ransacking their belongings in an endless pursuit of potential components for energy changes.

The one pictured here, contains...

Our Daily Challenge - June 3, 2012 - "Stairs"

… for dominos to climb, and was constructed by my son for his Physics class.

Its simple task? Pop a balloon, which would normally be sitting on the board just about where the boys heads are in the top shot.

And yes, it worked.

Twice in a row!

Let's hope it works tomorrow in Physics class.

Note: Mouse trap was a special purchase item. The one time we had a mouse, I used a humane trap to relocate it to a more appropriate habitat!

As it has resulted in the boys being barricaded out of the kitchen/family room, they have every right to view it as a prime source of Monday Mischief.

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