Comments on: First Annual Flossy Awards

By: mpyre9

mpyre9 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:50:53 +0000

still waiting for a winner.

Mpyre9

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:38:07 +0000

I nominate Jacob Wanderlutz, the Amish farmer who invented a high fiber cheese.

By: Lindsay D

Lindsay D — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:08:43 +0000

I nominate the Wizard Rock community, for dedicating themselves to writing songs all about the Harry Potter universe and to rocking out with the fans!

By: dw

dw — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:31 +0000

I nominate me & Toby for inventing the Beer Battered Chicken Fried bacon Cheese Brats …. on a stick. Coming to a county fair near you.

bar-b-log.blogspot.com/2006/10/beer-battered-chicken-fried-cheese

By: dw

dw — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:22 +0000

I nominate me & Toby for inventing the Beer Battered Chicken Fried bacon Cheese Brats …. on a stick. Coming to a county fair near you.

bar-b-log.blogspot.com/2006/10/beer-battered-chicken-fried-cheese

By: dw

dw — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:12 +0000

I nominate me & Toby for inventing the Beer Battered Chicken Fried bacon Cheese Brats …. on a stick. Coming to a county fair near you.

bar-b-log.blogspot.com/2006/10/beer-battered-chicken-fried-cheese

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:52:16 +0000

I nominate Gauri Nanda, who invented Clocky while a student at MIT. Clocky is a furry alarm clock. When you reach out your arm and hit the snooze button, the clock’s wheels start and the furry clock rolls off your nightstand and hides, still playing the alarm. To turn it off, you have to get up and find it. This helps you get out of bed! I think it is genius.

By: butterfly84f

butterfly84f — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:36:02 +0000

Well, if you’re throwing it up (again), I’m not cleaning it up.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:27:25 +0000

I’m an armchair origami enthusiast… so let me just point you to Robert J. Lang.

I actually saw a short story on him recently on the CBS Sunday morning news. He’s a engineer and physicist turned to origami artist. His work is amazing. He’s published several books on the subject.

He’s also a major player in origami mathematical theory, and has used his folding experience to help to develop things like highly efficent airbag folds and a folding space telescope lens.

By: Mpyre9

Mpyre9 — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:29:05 +0000

Well, the skull is a plastic one and he is currently filled with corn to give him some weight. he has a banner on the front of his forehead that says mental floss champ, and a piece of twine that passes through him. each month about 8 of us floss daily, and have the scores recorded. at the end of the month, we have a winner, and they get to keep the skull for the next month until a new winner is pronounced. somewhere along the lines, people started putting their initials on it. currently, it sits proudly in my office. i put out a floss newsletter a few times a year as well.