Melting Vanishing Point

jack: 28th Jul 2006 - 02:03 GMT

walk toward the light, toward the kight, or is that only for tunnels

Chris Erb: 28th Jul 2006 - 02:43 GMT

This walking bridge claims to be the longest pedestrian-only bridge in the world. I'm skeptical however as there seems to be a culture of exaggeration around here when it comes to such things. My hometown of Sussex (population 5 000) claims to be home to both the ice cream cone and the eraser on the top of a pencil.

george: 28th Jul 2006 - 03:25 GMT

Invention: ice cream cone in 1904 - st. louis world's fair

Definition: noun / edible cone shaped container for ice cream

Function: An ice cream cone is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, in which ice cream is served, permitting it to be eaten without a bowl or spoon.

Patent: 1,342,045 issued June 1, 1920

Chris Erb: 28th Jul 2006 - 03:50 GMT

Sussex folk lore says that the ice cream cone was invented a few months before the St. louis World's Fair. Apparently a baker made a bad batch of dough that was baking very hard and crusty but didn't want to throw it away. The ice cream man was either in a store near him or had a cart. The baker thought he might be able to make the dough into a cone inwhich to place ice cream and thus, the ice cream cone was born. The bastards in St. Louis just patented first.

Or so I was told to believe.