an illustrated plan

J treated us to an illustrated lecture on a plan for a "thief trap". I believe this is from a video cartoon he saw, but it was an interesting lecture none the less, so I figured I would share for those of you not privy to lectures by Professor J.

Here is the PLAN. You use a boot to stomp down on a board, which launches a pumpkin.

The pumpkin flies into (following the arrows) a faucet, turning it on.







The water fills and then overflows a bathtub, where a rubber ducky (who was sitting on the bottom of the empty tub), floats over the edge.



Water and ducky flow down a water slide, at the bottom the duck's beak hits a door and opens it, causing a pot to fall over, which flips another pot upwards to hit....ok, so I wasn't clear on what the 2nd pot was hitting, but follow the arrows and you can see what "it" looks like.

The "it" then knocks into some sort of complicated series of attachments holding a suspended bag, which then releases the bag and lets it drop.

In the words of Professor J:

"And do you know what's in the bag?"

(no, of course you don't)

"SWILL!"

Ok, then. Glad I'm not a thief.