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From your backside, I thought you were repulsive. However, after seeing you from the front, I find you rather attractive.
they look like the ultimate magetic gadget.
thnx
Nicker
I thought these must be over priced and instead of paying for the name, I'd just buy the same magnets from another store. Turns out, ZoomDoggle has the best price for this amount and size of sphere magnet(s).
Anyway, the day they arrived, I was able to play with the Bucky Balls at least 15 minutes before the door bell rang. If I knew then, what I know now I would have either kept quite and continued playing or would have stashed them away. My Friend stopped by with her twelve year old daughter. You know the one that I could never say no to? Yeah, her. I was excited to show off my(her) new toy. In the same moment I handed over the jar, was the same time she assumed ownership. My smile began to droop, then was twice as big. She said, " Thank you!" and opened the jar.
Yes, I lost my new toy, but knowing that she was distracted from her DS for a few hours was worth it. Even though, I bet the jar is somewhere under the back seat of her mother's car or buried within the sea of toys in her closet.
UPDATE I asked about them and she told me, they are doing fine and happy on her desk. She didn't exactly refused to bring them back, but has offered to take a picture. That is, if I let her use my camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZLq_JB8H44
You don't have the BALLS to do that! Oh wait... :P
Magnets have a positive side!
I would love some Bucky Balls. :)
"The Greatest Pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do" -Walter Gagehot
As you can see I do not really have the balls to ask so you eed to give me some :'(
From, Simon.
As you can see I do not really have the balls to ask so you eed to give me some :'(
From, Simon.
The only sad thing about the situation is I had a friend in high school with the nickname "Bucky." So you can see how it will be strange to play with these balls.
So if you love homoerotic gadgets (and honestly, who doesn't?), then give me them balls!
Well, how about a Haiku?
Require BuckyBalls
For hours of magnetic fun
Happy together
To win a set, I'd have to be quite lucky
The geometric games I could play
I'd make fun shapes all the day
OhGizmo! is clearly the furthest from Sucky.
*-BuckyBalls are a trademark of the Willy Wonka Toy Division.
you can make anything
with bucky balls
planes, trains even bucky dolls
thanks ohgizmo for my bucky balls!!
its BUCKY BALLS!!!!! YEA!!!!!
Would you ship it for free all the way to Rio de Janeiro?
If so, I would be glad to win one ;-)
Best wishes! Ivan
Bucky Balls, Oh Yeah!
Your Shiny shell feels so good.
Twist, Turn, Design, Smile.
In its day (1969-72, when I first read it), this was one of those inspirational heartbreakers -- why can't EVERYONE see the promise of the approaching possible Golden Era? But with time (what, over 35 years now, since I first read it) even the great futurist himself seems a little dated. And I'd forgotten (or never really noticed before) how angry he could get, and not just at the Great Pirates who well deserve(d) it (especially considering recent economic news), but for those who had slighted him in the past as a gadfly of sorts. These lectures/expositions are a series of previously-published papers, and there is a lot of redundancy, but the basic question ("It's up to us, do we want to succeed or fail?") still rings true. And some of his ideas, like the World-Wide Electrical Power Grid, and the end of the Nation-States were absolutely brilliant in their foresight. The bottom line, however, and what I think will be his legacy, is to look at the world not only differently (the sun doesn't set, the world turns), but holistically (there is no up and down, only in and out)... and how about those buckminsterfullerene molecules (buckyballs!) -- they will change the world. We'll miss your kind, Bucky... we already do. (As a side note, I got to shake hands and speak briefly with Bucky after his Earth Day speech at Florida State University in 1974[?], just as the sun went down, and it still brings a tear to my eye to recall how both intelligent and innocent he was at the same time.)
Lucky Plucky Schmucky
Mucky Yucky Clucky Ducky
Sucky Kentucky Trucky
No More Bucky Bucky
Quack?
Win it!
Oh who am I kidding? GIMME GIMME!
Now I know there will be days if not weeks after surgery when I won't be able to play with my own... so please send me a set of Bucky's Balls. There is nothing, nothing, I can think of that will alleviate the misery, the ache, the pure emasculating temerity that will happen on Oct. 23 except a set of Bucky Balls... Oh yea, and a twenty pound bag of ice.
Maybe this limerick will help my chances:
I would like to thank the Ohgizmo academy
For recognizing this altercation upon my anatomy
No ifs ands or buts
I'm in for an a-salting of my nuts
So send me those Bucky Balls on the day of my vasectomy
It will automatically let co-workers know that I'm not afraid to "make the call." ("That guy's got balls!")
When I use them during a brainstorming session, it'll show that I can "think outside the box." ("I've never seen balls like that before...)
When I'm running late in the morning and need to save some time, I can shave at work by looking at my reflection in my shiny Buckyballs. ("Why's he staring at his balls?")
A well-configured Buckyball sculpture in a drab office could lift my co-workers spirits and add some style to a sea of beige furniture. ("His balls looked so good today, I think I'll postpone my two-weeks notice.")
The possibilities are endless.
I, however, promise not to eat the BuckyBalls.
I swear.
-cr
Play With Me My Shiny Orbs
Turn Down Lights, Cool, Shhhhhhhhh ....
http://www.beingamberrhea.com/images/lolcats_ad...
Bucky balls, bucky balls,
It's time for me to get lucky, y'all.
thank you!
The website sent twice, please ignore this second comment!
Thank you!
OHAI
BUCKEYBALLZ PLZ
KTHXBAI
</obligatory internet-style horrible English>
I find it amusing that most of your readers aren't willing to input into a post when it's something that's just as amazingly awesome as free magnets, but when there's a prize on the line, they flock to the comment box.
(Days what?!?)
Days Nutz!!! (Actually, balls.)
Now if you don't mind, I have huevos to arrange, haha.
Here's a joke: Q:How do you catch a unique rabbit? A:Unique up on him! Q:How do you catch a tame rabbit? A:Tame way; unique up on him!!!
Haha, dumb but distracting.
(Shout out to Buckminster Fuller.)
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There´s a bucky secret inside!
Peace.
While in his prime, he envisioned and prototyped a dome or sphere that was so structurally sound that no matter what size you build, with no supporting columns internally or externally. Many buildings showed this design, one famous one was the Montreal Biosphere (look it up) or you may be more familiar with "Spaceship Earth" better known as Epcot. They were so strong and perfect that they have been used for many buildings and sports complexes.
They are even creating molecules that are in the shape of mini "Epcots" and they have named them "Bucky Balls". They are hollow balls that are comprised entirely of carbon and are incredibly strong for their size. They are trying to use them in applications of material where tensile strength is needed.
Just thought I would share a little about what "Bucky Balls" are all about. I had first heard about him in college where I studied design. I hope the winners of this contest read this to know a little more of what they had won.
Perhaps you and I will be luck enough to win.
darn darn darn!!!
Sincerely,
TheGanjaGuru
http://theganjaguru.blogspot.com
P.S. OhGizmo is one of my favorite sites, right up there with Dark Roasted Blend, keep doing what you're doing.
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How many bucklys were hurt during the manufacturing of a single tube?
Guessing 108 Bucklys
by authoring an exquisitely
well-crafted haiku entry.
I don't know when or if you have already picked your winners, but I thought I'd try anyway!
Happy Picking!
Thank you Ohgizmo. :)
i bet its the most entertaining toy ive ever seen XD
Sorry for the 2nd grade humor, but it was all I could come up with.
The answer?
42.
The answer?
42.