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Disappointed - I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity. |
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Not interested in finned heatsinks between my legs, too much potential for injury. |
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It could work like a heat shield in reverse - a testicle holder made out of perforated aluminum to help increase heat transfer. But then you'd need ventilated pants, too - maybe a pocket fan could be run from excess testicle heat. |
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You see now, is this fair? I put an invention on this site and was told it sounded like a rant (which, hands up, it was) so I took it off again. Yours sounds like a rant and no one seems bothered. Sorry, is this starting to sound like a rant? |
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Anyway, I'm on your side, you can't beat a good rant. So what is Baseball anyway? |
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I think you would need to go with some sort of jacketed aluminum balls that way you could pump coolant through them and chill the coolant at a remote source say like a crown or something. Just don't forget your wearing them when you get to the airport. |
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The only problem I see with this idea is that the name somehow got switched to this lame rant idea about metal baseballs. I wonder if Jutta still has a bug after the database repair. |
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//So what is Baseball anyway?// - It's an extreme sport that involves dropping balls off cliffs and tall buildings. |
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i would try it just once (the aluminum ball thing - for baseball!) but only until it hurt me. |
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//I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity.// |
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Uh, you probably want to, uh, you know, cryogenically freeze it when it is in a test tube instead of, uh, well you've seen Austin Powers], right!? |
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On an unrelated note, aluminum balls in baseball, huh? I'm sure this wouldn't make the game any less boring than it already is, chew on this [0 <calories>], but hmmm, oh I know....blernsball would jazz it up! |
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You sure as hell don't want to get crowded off the plate with that ball! |
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The game's sound would change again. From the *ping!* of the bat and ball now, to the *CLANK!* of the bat and ball under this concept. |
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Would it be a *CLANK* or more of a *SPANG*? |
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It would probably be closer to [tosspot]'s *PLINK*. I however would prefer more of a *SPLANGGGG!*. Any metallurgists here able to devise a bat/ball combo with such a cartoony impact noise? |
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Are we sure this isn't an idea for a metal recycling social occasion with dancing, cake, and punch? |
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You've *got* to have aluminum gloves to catch the balls with, too. And an aluminum umpire's mask. |
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[wagster], maybe if the bat is a metal dustbin lid? |
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I think I'm expected to chemically castrate the lot of you... |
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and it will be a pleasure. |
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Way ahead of you, po. I just wish I had thought of it earlier. It would have saved me so much misery... |
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BONE. I don't like this idea, rant aside, for a number of reasons: |
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1) you can't re-use the balls since they'd become dented and warped in very short order. |
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2) have you ever seen an aluminum bat that has been over-used? When it shatters (and they do) it has lots of sharp edges. The same would happen with an aluminum ball, which would instantly bump baseball into the Extreme Sport category. Not safe for fans in the stands trying to catch it, and not safe for players. |
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3) Baseball was NOT ruined by the aluminum bat, at least not professional baseball. They're not used (that I've ever seen or heard of) in the major leagues at all. |
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Yep, they stick to corking and steriods. |
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//you can't re-use the balls since they'd become dented and warped in very short order.// |
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The changing surface texture of the ball would make the game more interesting, especially from a pitcher's point of view. Also, aluminum is highly recyclable. |
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//have you ever seen an aluminum bat that has been over-used? When it shatters (and they do) it has lots of sharp edges.// |
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Nope. But I have shattered wood bats, and they have sharp edges and splinters. |
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//Baseball was NOT ruined by the aluminum bat, at least not professional baseball.// |
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Agreed. Baseball was ruined by television, corporate marketing and greed. |
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Yes, wooden bats do have sharp edges when they shatter. They are also not meant to be caught. |
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