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Whereas,
in days of olde when harvest days would find our forefathers in the Sweet
Labour of bringing in the pickles from the field, the community would come
together in pause of their endeavour to celebrate the Bounty by challenging
each other with contraptions and ingenuities to flinge a pickle at a basket
some pointe distant. |
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So
now we will join with our forebearers in like frivolity by commencing
the
FifthAnnual Farmer’s Faire “Ye Olde Pickle Flinge” on
Saturday, October 21, 2006, 12:30 p.m. will be the appointed
contest
time and the flinging will commence on or about that hour on the flinging
field adjacente to the Dillsburg Elementary School. The rules for aforesaid
contest shall be as follows: |
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A team consisting of no fewer
than four but no more than eight shall endeavour to Design and Construct
a Device, which will be used to flinge a Pickle into a basket a set distance
away--one hundred cubits (150’). Contestants shall supply own pickles
(not cucumbers) of any size or style (Dill preferred). Only whole, unadulterated,
and unmodified pickles will be acceptable.
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The team will be allowed to use any type of Device, which employs only stored human energy (i.e. Catapults, Trebuchets, Ballistas, Mangonels, Onagers, Centripetal Machines, and the like). No explosive devices or propellants will be allowed. Flinginge Device must employ a Trigger contraption that sets the engine in motion. Simple slingshot devices are not considered worthy. Minor modifications of existing commercial devices, such as clay bird throwers, violates the principle of designing & building, although parts of such devices may be used. Machines may be powered pneumatically but simple air cannons are not acceptable. |
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Teams
will be judged on the following: |
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A. Ingenuity
and cleverness of flinginge device — up to 50 pointes.
B. Accuracy of flinge; 1st closest — 50 pointes,
2nd closest — 40 pointes, 3rd closest — 30 pointes.
C. Costumery of the flingers — up to 25 pointes.
D. The Spirit of the Team — up to 25 pointes. (Includes
sign)
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Prizes will be awarded in the
following fashion: $100 for first place, $75 for second place, and
$50
for third place. |
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Judges impaneled for sake of this
contest will make decisions with no recourse for complainte. No one shall
take too serious themselves or the Contest. Judges may disqualify engines
deemed unsafe or unseemly. |
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Teams shall pay a registration fee
of $25 to Dillsburg Community Fair Association sent to Paul Tucker. Register
with Paul Tucker at 432-8194 or pandktucker@comcast.net.
A sign 2’ high by 4’ wide must be displayed with
team name (Sponsor of registration fee may be included on sign). |
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Paul
Tucker Carpentry, and Gaffney’s Electrical
Contracting have sponsored this event.
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