So although I have no memory of this brainstorming session-- it was after a long day of imbibing while building a deluxe adjustable basketball hoop with Whitney-- apparently, I suggested to a friend's girlfriend's younger sister that she do the Scopes Monkey Trial for her Peeps Diorama history assignment, and that she should do a "gummy evolutionary ladder" as an exhibit in the diorama . . . and when my friend T.J. sent me a picture of the diorama, I said I thought it was really funny and asked him where he found it, and he had to remind me that it was my idea (and my wife-- who was fairly sober because she was the "foreman" of the hoop construction-- verified that I did indeed suggest this to the student) and so here are some pictures of the beautiful and clever diorama of this event, including a miniature blackboard display showing the progression of gummy evolution: Gummy Lifesaver to Gummy Worm to Swedish Fish to Gummy Bear to Sour Patch Kid to Milk Chocolate Peep to Bunny Peep . . . and so I am proud to have contributed to this award winning diorama, although I certainly did the easiest part-- suggesting an idea for a diorama is like pitching a movie, a hell of a lot easier than actually filming one.
You should have been a science teacher.
ReplyDeleteTerrible idea, Zman. The creative liberties Dave takes with literary interpretation have no place in the science class. Especially in the lab.
ReplyDeleteAnd Dave, where the post's title is concerned, our credo used to be "If you Can't Remember It, It Didn't Happen," so this is an evolution unto itself.
ReplyDeleteor if we combine the two mottoes, then you get some kind of weird paradox-- the idea exists, but it's germination didn't happen. it's just there-- like my black eye that night before our formal.
ReplyDeleteand if i was a science teacher, my kids would fail the AP bio test. i'm not so good at "covering" actual material.
...and the science lab would feature fewer beakers and more woks.
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