[WP] “….and that’s why we made the banana catapult.” u/ElephantRiotXXX5
My dream is to create the best Rube Goldberg Machine. The Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption of a complex nature with many different parts to it, that culminates to complete a mundane task. It is the ultimate waste of time, and as a master of wasting time, it is my life goal to do this. The machine will be symbolic of my life, and that’s how I will create it. The parts of the machine will all be symbols from my life. A trophy from my first piano recital and the first soccer jersey that I played in, all important things from my life will find its place in my machine.
The machine will be more than just a machine. Every part, every contraption, everything will be a part of my life. The start will be much like the start of my life, containing my favorite pacifier that I sucked on as a baby. Every stage of my life will find its place perfectly in my machine, anything from the playful child stages to the awkward teenage phases or the grown, angry old man that I will come to be will all fit in perfectly. The machine will be my life’s work literally and figuratively.
This, of course, is not a task that I can do alone. I must have help. Hopefully, all the important people in my life will help me in that part that I share with them. That way, we can relive the memories together and create new ones at the same time.
All of the must come to an end and the conclusion to the ultimate machine must be the most amazing story. I was a college student struck will an illness that was not life threatening in the slightest but, it was able to kill my grades. The virus flowed through my blood and left gaping holes in my senses. It had to be stopped. As a poor college student will pennies to his name I knew what I had to do. In order to fight this sickness I had to…buy fruits. My wallet cried empty tears as I traveled to the supermarket. With a swift purchase and more loans to my name I walked out with a bundle of bananas. As a child I never particularly like bananas, I never understood how people could enjoy the feelings that they gave you. But, little did I know, the feeling I got was not the usual.
After enjoying a nice peanut butter and banana sandwich, the feeling struck. Like a hairy caterpillar crawling through the recesses of my esophagus, my throat ached. Then it struck me… this is not a normal feeling. I had remembered reading a story of someone not knowing that were allergic to peanuts and remarking in front of many people that he did not like peanuts because of the itch that comes with eating them. This man found out then and there that he was allergic. The feeling was similar…I was allergic to bananas.
That’s why my Rube Goldberg Machine must end with this. It will the be the greatest launcher of bananas the world has every seen and that’s why we made the banana catapult.
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