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#336251 - Tue Dec 12 2006 01:47 PM Another fun one
ClaraSue Forum Champion Registered: Sun May 18 2003 Posts: 7842 Loc: Arizona USA	Here's another fun one. How far can you get the penguin? Here _________________________ May the tail of the elephant never have to swat the flies from your face.
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#336252 - Tue Dec 12 2006 02:49 PM Re: Another fun one
lynn-ann Multiloquent Registered: Tue Nov 21 2006 Posts: 3822 Loc: Cape Town South Africa	241 was my highest. Felt sorry for the poor penguin though.
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#336253 - Tue Dec 12 2006 03:43 PM Re: Another fun one
tellywellies Forum Champion Registered: Sat Apr 13 2002 Posts: 5473 Loc: South of England	I must have got the bat just right. That penguin bounced and slid along to 307.5 penguin batting units. _________________________ Error: Keyboard not attached. Press any key to continue..
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#336254 - Tue Dec 12 2006 04:10 PM Re: Another fun one
AlienGoddess Multiloquent Registered: Tue Feb 17 2004 Posts: 4435 Loc: Pleasanton California USA	I managed to get a 320.9. You definitely have to hit it just right! If you hit it too "low", the penguin travels too low to the ground, thus increasing its ground contact and therefore creating more friction which slows it down and doesn't allow it to bounce. If you hit it too "high", you create the same effect as a fly ball in baseball: you use all your energy/momentum going up instead of out, and you don't travel as far. Plus, the poor penguin lands beak-first and doesn't get to skip further. Sorry, I tend to get overly technical sometimes! And I have to say, while I did feel sorry for the penguin, it must enjoy it, because it willingly jumped down to be hit with a baseball bat! _________________________ In loving memory of Lucy, one of the sweetest cats ever.
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#336255 - Tue Dec 12 2006 04:13 PM Re: Another fun one
Taesma Prolific Registered: Fri Jun 20 2003 Posts: 1179 Loc: Bay Area California USA	I got a 361. But then, I used to play this one a lot. It was part of a penguin olympics thing, several games on one site. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find the link... Edited: Ah, here it is. Yetisports Click the Play online option. They've added some new ones, I'll have to check them out. Edited by Taesma (Tue Dec 12 2006 04:19 PM) _________________________ "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." ~ Jerry Seinfeld
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#336256 - Tue Dec 12 2006 04:15 PM Re: Another fun one
lothruin Multiloquent Registered: Wed Nov 12 2003 Posts: 2165 Loc: Nebraska USA	I got 315.7 on one. I also stuck the penguin nose down at almost exactly 200. http://star.walagata.com/w/lothruin/nosedown.JPG _________________________ Goodbye Ruth & Betty, my beautiful grandmothers. Betty Kuzara 1921 - April 5, 2008 Ruth Kellison 1925 - Dec 27, 2007
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#336257 - Tue Dec 12 2006 04:22 PM Re: Another fun one
ClaraSue Forum Champion Registered: Sun May 18 2003 Posts: 7842 Loc: Arizona USA	I got lucky with one that landed at 322.6 but I can't seem to get better than 200 now. _________________________ May the tail of the elephant never have to swat the flies from your face.
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#336258 - Tue Dec 12 2006 04:26 PM Re: Another fun one
sue943 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 19 1999 Posts: 38005 Loc: Jersey Channel Islands	298.2 - and lots of zeros. _________________________ Many a child has been spoiled because you can't spank a Grandma!
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#336259 - Tue Dec 12 2006 05:52 PM Re: Another fun one
justsusie Participant Registered: Tue Dec 12 2006 Posts: 10 Loc: northamptonshire.uk	oh dear I only got 207, and lots of misses. but fun though. ! _________________________ Cogito ergo sum
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#336260 - Tue Dec 12 2006 06:28 PM Re: Another fun one
tiffanyram Multiloquent Registered: Tue Jun 13 2006 Posts: 2547 Loc: Tennessee USA	I was never good at baseball! So I guess I didn't expect penguin-ball to be any different. I missed--a lot--but then managed to get 274 a few times. _________________________ "One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way." -Frank Smith
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#336261 - Fri Dec 15 2006 09:30 AM Re: Another fun one
BurgGurl Forum Champion Registered: Wed Dec 03 2003 Posts: 9455 Loc: Virginia USA	Don't ask me how I did it but I got a 579 - now of course I had about 20 tries that missed completely and quite few that barely broke 100, then there was one that was about 320 but I'd love to do another of those 500+ again! _________________________ >^..^< "The big yellow one is the sun."
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#336262 - Fri Dec 15 2006 03:58 PM Re: Another fun one
spanishliz Champion Poster Registered: Thu Dec 13 2001 Posts: 23115 Loc: Ontario Canada	I managed 320.5 - and like Sue, a lot of zeros! It looks like more fun for the penguin to go skipping across the snow than ending beak first in it, for sure
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#336263 - Fri Dec 15 2006 08:14 PM Re: Another fun one
draculanut31 Mainstay Registered: Sat Jul 20 2002 Posts: 850 Loc: Waterford New Jersey USA	315.8 was the best I could do. _________________________ I am Dracula. I bid you welcome. -- Dracula 1931
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