Here's an addition on the ideas put forth by John:
Pitcher of water held by passenger, cups on roadway along a short course.
Driver must stop at each cup so passenger can fill (plastic) cup at least 1/2
way. Water must be poured by passenger without opening door, figure 6 or so
cups on the course to be filled. Best time filling cups and back to the
starting line wins - (* optional * - extra points if passenger is female
wearing a tee shirt). We did this at the 1994 C Event of Brutal Agrressives
(that's AMGCR talk for our annual meet) - twas a blast.
Unlike John, I deny any guilt for perpetuating off topic digressions, was busy
fending off the right wing conspiracy against me and would have contributed
sooner but did not want to be distracted from the duties of my office. Isn't
life great when you emulate the President!!!
Dr. Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net On Behalf Of John J. Peloquin
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 7:53 PM
To: John McEwen
Cc: FunE4MG@aol.com; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: the Way Off Topic Threads
I like those ideas. They sound like a lot of fun and a test of one's
driving and other mechanical skills. Clearly, on some of these events
the tuning of ones auto would give a big advantage to those who did it
correctly.
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, John McEwen wrote:
=%OHi Tom:
=%O
=%OI'm guilty on two counts. Today I posted a perpetuation to the digression
=%Oand I haven't yet responded to your game idea.
=%O
=%O1. Blindfolded gymkhana - driver is bagged. Passenger directs through
=%Ocones with a reverse section included.
=%O
=%O2. Why won't it start? A simple disabling of an MG by some fairly
=%Osimple-to- discover method. Teams of two. Time limit.
=%O
=%O3. Basketball shoot. Car drives along line, series of wastepaper baskets
=%Oset up at a distance. Driver and/or passenger have a number of basketballs
=%Owhich must be shot into baskets. Driver may not stop. Event is timed.
=%O
=%O4. Slow race. Last one across the line wins. No one may stop. Make the
=%Ocourse short.
=%O
=%O5. Stop on the line - front and back. Driver must stop on a line going
=%Oforward and backwards. He may not lean out of the car.
=%O
=%O6. Car Olympics - Discus (hubcap) toss, Toss the caber (driveshaft),
=%OShotput (alternator), Javelin (antenna), Obstacle course - run a course
=%Ostepping in tires. (Make sure you get a waiver),
=%O
=%O7. MG Seesaw - 1 log two sturdy planks or a very strong ramp. Drive up
=%Oand balance.
=%O
=%O8. Top up and down. Time event. Judges for each car. Organize by car
type.
=%O
=%O9. Change a tire race. Must start and finish with everthing in trunk.
=%O
=%O10. Variation on the above. Rotate tires. Wire wheels in separate class
=%Ofor both.
=%O
=%OI can dream up more if you wish. I hope these will help.
=%O
=%OJohn McEwen
=%O
=%O
=%O>CLICK....Soap box mode...ON
=%O>
=%O>Why is it that we can get wrapped up in off topic ideas, but yet when a
fellow
=%O>enthusiast asks for some input on MG games, he gets only 4 responses...and
3
=%O>of those involved the senseless, and environmentally ill advised beating
of
=%O>other British Iron?
=%O>
=%O>Today, I've seen at least a dozen posts to the "Knock Down Power" of
weapons.
=%O>I've even responded privately to one person.
=%O>
=%O>Two Weeks ago, I asked for the help of the list to give me ideas for MG
Event
=%O>games that could be included in a Funkhana type of event.....to which I
=%O>received the aforementioned responses....the lack of real help (exception
here
=%O>was Bob Noguera) is astonishing....
=%O> I'd still like to solicit this list for game (not the type you hunt with
all
=%O>that knockdown power) ideas....any input?
=%O>
=%O>Soap box mode... OFF....
=%O>
=%O>Tom
=%O
=%O
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
John J. Peloquin
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
3205 BioSciences II
UC IRVINE
Irvine, CA 92697-3900
jpeloqui@uci.edu
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