"SNAPPY", WE HARDLY KNEW YE...............
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS OF
"SNAPPY" (THE RUTLEDGE TURTLE TM);
or
"HOW TO MAKE A LOSING FLOAT"
1) Connect flimsy exoskeleton to recycled cart from last year
2) a) -cover flimsy exoskeleton with paper mache
b)-use leftover starch bottles as legs
c)-install Oreo's tail from last year as neck
d)- utilize windshield washer bottle as head
3) commit sacrilege by cutting end off of wiffle ball bat and using as tail
4) Paint carcass "Turtle" Green - Insist that he is always called,
"SNAPPY, RUTLEDGE'S TURTLE"TM
5) a)-Download Rutledge map from web
b)-Designate one board for Upper Rutledge and one for Lower Rutledge
c) carefully lay out and cut perimeter
6) Mount map on top of "Snappy"
"EARTHRISE OVER RUTLEDGE"
7) a) Paint streets and glue buildings on
b) install devilishly clever transport device to allow globe to orbit
8) attach "Pennsylvania Road Warriors" hat to Snappy's head
SNAPPY.........YAHOO!
9) Make costumes, get ready with the lengthy explanations
POST SCRIPT:
About three days after the big day I was apologizing to the boys for a leaving a wheel-less "Snappy" in the yard right smack dab in the way of one of the constant wiffle ball games which occur frequently in our back yard.
"Sorry about that, boys! 'Snappy' is in the way, isn't he?" I shouted.
"That's OK!" Gabe answered cheerily. "He can be the UMPIRE!"