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These cute kids made a marble rolling contraption - "Pi-Tha-Go-La-Switch! from Aichi Japan. Hand made Marbles rolling." - Thanks Simon!
Marble rolling
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 7, 2006 10:17 AM
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they cheated at the end. a small boy in a diaper is not permissible in marble rolling. i don't care how japanese he is, he should be making smooth balls out of mud.
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There is a Japanese children's show called "Pythagoras Switch" (or "Pitagora Suiichi") which is what these children are emulating.
A number of clips from this show may be found on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pitagora+suiichi&search=Search
Be sure to check out the ninja algorithm march.
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http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/#Pitagora
Have at it. (Second section from the bottom)
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http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/#Pitagora
Pythagoras switch translations can be downloaded from here. There's alot of cute stuff, and not just marble rolling.
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They were so cute! I can just imagine the boy when he gets about 13 or so, and finds his underwear-clad self has been all over the internet.
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