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Re: Those Stabby Corner Things
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kelsey Byers)
Sun May 17 23:05:16 2009
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 23:00:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kelsey Byers <kbyers@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
cc: Kelly Alioth Drinkwater <kdrinkwa@mit.edu>, apo-news@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0905172249420.6959@stavromula-beta.mit.edu>
I'll point out that we can also probably cover the top stabby bits of the
gray cart with plastic end caps (a la those that come on the tops of those
water dispenser bottles, or perhaps some Great Stuff or whatever).
Kelsey Byers
MIT SB '07, Biology
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 at 22:57, Leonard H Tower Jr. sent into the aether:
> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:30:06 -0400
> From: Kelly Alioth Drinkwater <kdrinkwa@MIT.EDU>
> To: apo-news@mit.edu
> Subject: Those Stabby Corner Things
>
> Dear brothers,
> What is the point of Those Stabby Corner Things on the small gray cart?
>
> Just now, in the office, I did in fact stab myself on Those Stabby
> Corner Things. Yes, Alpha Chi chapter is hardcore, and we take words
> like "stabby" very seriously. (Also, we have a first-aid kit for a
> reason!)
>
> Of course, most of the blame for stabbing myself falls on me. "Being
> aware of one's surroundings" is a basic safety measure, especially
> important around tools -- and yes, the carts count as tools. However,
> Those Stabby Corner Things seem to be utterly pointless. I have only
> ever seen them put to one use: holding up paper that said "APO Book
> Exchange". As Bookex co-chair, I submit that we have more effective
> publicity methods...
>
> Therefore, I propose that we terminate Those Stabby Corner Things with
> extreme prejudice.
>
> YiLFS,
> Alioth
>
> alioth et al
>
> the gray cart use to be under the beige wooden box, that use to have
> all the ritual equipment in it, and the four metal corner posts helped
> to hold the box in place
>
> made it easy to move the box to the site of ceremonies
>
> if all the ritual equipment fits inside the wooden box, it could make
> sense to go back to using the box for the ritual equipment
>
> this probably involves
> - reattaching the hinges
> - finding another place for the papers now stored in the box
> - perhaps locking it again (this was done under the theory, that only
> duly-initiated brothers should have access)
>
> the beige wooden box is on the yellow wall between the maroon couch
> and the tallest chalk board
>
> yiLFS -len http://www.art.net/~tower/
>
>
