Thread: Rocket Trophy

Hi,

Well the trophy has been won by a very happy group of highly inebriated women and one man. As advised there was a lot of phallic humour and I realised that I needed to get a sense of humour. Sorry for being precious about the comments posted. I actually did get a lot of comments from people on the night admiring the finish. This was the first time I used EEE products and must say i was very impressed.

The trophy will now be used as a perpetual trophy for when we have our yearly trivia nights.

Todd

I think it was a great effort.

This thread reminds me why this is the best turning forum on the planet.
Discrete and funny @ the same time and yet still on topic.
Cheers and nice wordsmithing to all.
John

Originally Posted by toddbron

Hi,

Well the trophy has been won by a very happy group of highly inebriated women and one man. As advised there was a lot of phallic humour and I realised that I needed to get a sense of humour. Sorry for being precious about the comments posted. I actually did get a lot of comments from people on the night admiring the finish. This was the first time I used EEE products and must say i was very impressed.

The trophy will now be used as a perpetual trophy for when we have our yearly trivia nights.

Todd

Ah well! Perhaps it was the perfect "rocket" for the situation! Glad it went down well! Although I'm sure rockets are supposed to go up!

So did you get any orders for more?

I understand Todd's initial reaction. I once made a gear knob for a car when I was at school. How can I put this? It was a long slim design very similar to a rocket. It was only years later when batteries became common place (joking) that I realised what I had done.

It was my innocent intention that had my nose out of joint. However, in the modern world I would suggest that, beautifully executed as the trophy was, it would have gone down very well (even now I can see that could be better phrased if I was more articulate) and from Todd's comments it made the evening. Well done.

Just on the subject of rocketry, isn't the streamlined shape required to escape the earth's gravity and minimise the effect of friction. I had always thought that it was only above our atmosphere that a non streamlined shape was viable.

Have you noticed how in science fiction movies the baddies ships are ugly and rectangular while the good guys' ships are smooooth? So I think once you had decided on a rocket, you were locked into the streamlined shape and it is hardly your fault if other industries have seen fit to copy the design for their purposes.

Really nice trophyand a very amusing thread. This is what it's all about.

Regards
Paul