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| number    = 260
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| date      = May 5,2007
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| title    = The Glass Necklace
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| image    = the_glass_necklace.png
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| titletext = Well, for some value of 'actually work'.
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== Explanation ==
 
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Later, after the storm has cleared, he finds the canister, removes the glass, admires its natural beauty, and takes it to a jeweler. ([[White Hat]]) He sets it and turns it into a proper necklace, for Cueball to give to Megan. This shows how hard he worked, and, in the title-text, to give some actual meaning for it.
 
Later, after the storm has cleared, he finds the canister, removes the glass, admires its natural beauty, and takes it to a jeweler. ([[White Hat]]) He sets it and turns it into a proper necklace, for Cueball to give to Megan. This shows how hard he worked, and, in the title-text, to give some actual meaning for it.
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==Trancscript==
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[A man is drawing a diagram of a cylinder with electrical terminals on either end]
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[The man is shown at a workbench making the device in a workshop]
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[He kneels down on a beach and scoops up sand]
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[He pours the sand into the cylinder]
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[He ties a spool of string to one end of the cylinder, and ties a deflated weather balloon to the other end]
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[The weather balloon is inflated, and raised up into the clouds as thunder rumbles]]
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[The end of the string is tied to a stake in the ground, and lightning is flashing in the background][Lightning hits the balloon, travels through the cylinder, and fuses it's contents]
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{{Later}}
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[The man follows the string to find the cylinder]
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[He detaches it, opens it, removes a solidified piece, and admires the piece]
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[He takes the stone to a jeweler]
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[The jeweler examines, grinds, and sets the now-shining stone in a necklace]
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[The man approves of the final result]
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[He gives it to a woman]

Revision as of 07:34, 12 January 2013

The Glass Necklace
Well, for some value of 'actually work'.
Title text: Well, for some value of 'actually work'.

Explanation

Here, Cueball, instead of just buying a necklace, makes the actual necklace. Sometimes glass necklaces are considered cheap, but here (as the title-text says) he actually worked hard for it.

In the first drawing, Cueball is making a blueprint. In the third, he is colecting sand, which glass is made from.After pouring it inside his "canister," he ties it to a hot air balloon and flies it during a thunder storm ( similar to when Benjamin Franklin made his experiment with his kite) hoping lightning will strike it and provide the extreme heat needed to fuse sand into glass.

Later, after the storm has cleared, he finds the canister, removes the glass, admires its natural beauty, and takes it to a jeweler. (White Hat) He sets it and turns it into a proper necklace, for Cueball to give to Megan. This shows how hard he worked, and, in the title-text, to give some actual meaning for it.

Trancscript

[A man is drawing a diagram of a cylinder with electrical terminals on either end] [The man is shown at a workbench making the device in a workshop] [He kneels down on a beach and scoops up sand] [He pours the sand into the cylinder] [He ties a spool of string to one end of the cylinder, and ties a deflated weather balloon to the other end] [The weather balloon is inflated, and raised up into the clouds as thunder rumbles]] [The end of the string is tied to a stake in the ground, and lightning is flashing in the background][Lightning hits the balloon, travels through the cylinder, and fuses it's contents] Template:Later [The man follows the string to find the cylinder] [He detaches it, opens it, removes a solidified piece, and admires the piece] [He takes the stone to a jeweler] [The jeweler examines, grinds, and sets the now-shining stone in a necklace] [The man approves of the final result] [He gives it to a woman]