{"id":1381,"date":"2004-01-13T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2004-01-13T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog-wp-temp\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2004-01-13T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2004-01-13T14:40:07","slug":"first_annual_pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/first_annual_pa\/","title":{"rendered":"first annual paper puddle boat race"},"content":{"rendered":"

the conditions were ideal, if a little windy, for a lunchtime race on Tottenham Court Road.
\nIt was the first annual funkypancake paper puddle boat race.
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\nThere were four boats two from John (top and bottom), one from Pete (on the right) and one from myself (on the left).<\/p>\n


\npete was worried people might laugh at him so he didn’t come down to the race itself (this despite the fact he dresses up in women’s clothing to play a dame in panto each year). as a result we changed the rules and disqualified his boat because it had sticky tape on it.
\nhere is john standing by the course. the wind was blowing right to left.
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\nthe boats set off
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\nmine was the first to capsize. my sail was too big and after a brief surge forward, the power of the wind up turned my boat
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\njohn’s boats listed from the start
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\ninterestingly it was the official sign which made it to the other side of the puddle first
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\nand, like good citizens we fished out the boats and placed them in a storage compartment for another day.
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