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Marble rolling

These cute kids made a marble rolling contraption - "Pi-Tha-Go-La-Switch! from Aichi Japan. Hand made Marbles rolling." - Thanks Simon!

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Posted by: SonicReducer on September 8, 2006 at 2:47 AM

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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Posted by: Paul.Harrison on September 8, 2006 at 4:41 AM

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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Posted by: PockyBum522@gmail.com on September 8, 2006 at 10:20 AM

http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/#Pitagora

Have at it. (Second section from the bottom)

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Posted by: PockyBum522@gmail.com on September 8, 2006 at 10:23 AM

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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Posted by: lilorfnannie on September 9, 2006 at 8:35 PM

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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