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1. The Vaseline Engine
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Posted on 7/24/2009
Blog: Time Machine, Three Trips: Where Would You Go? (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Advertising, Satire, Random, product placement, Vaseline, pitch, grease, Billy Mays, friction, barker, engine, paid programming, pitchman, slide, slip, Add a tag

Step right up ladies and gentleman! No need to be shy! I’m here to show you today, on behalf of Fly-By-Night Incorporated, the machine that will revolutionize your life!

Is the daily grind of life getting you down?

Too much friction in your relationships?

Need to slide through life a little bit easier than you are now?

Well look no further! The Vaseline Engine ™ is here to help you out! That’s right folks! Just grease up the wheels of time and and let time just slip on by!

Weather a concern? Not with the Vaseline Engine ™! Water won’t affect it one bit. It just rolls off like, well, water off a duck’s back.

So smooth out the rough spots in your life day or night, rain or shine, sickness and health! The Vaseline Engine ™ for all your troubles! Don’t let this offer slip on by!

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2. The Vaseline Engine
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Posted on 7/24/2009
Blog: Time Machine, Three Trips: Where Would You Go? (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Advertising, Satire, Random, product placement, Vaseline, pitch, grease, Billy Mays, friction, barker, engine, paid programming, pitchman, slide, slip, Add a tag

Step right up ladies and gentleman! No need to be shy! I’m here to show you today, on behalf of Fly-By-Night Incorporated, the machine that will revolutionize your life!

Is the daily grind of life getting you down?

Too much friction in your relationships?

Need to slide through life a little bit easier than you are now?

Well look no further! The Vaseline Engine ™ is here to help you out! That’s right folks! Just grease up the wheels of time and and let time just slip on by!

Weather a concern? Not with the Vaseline Engine ™! Water won’t affect it one bit. It just rolls off like, well, water off a duck’s back.

So smooth out the rough spots in your life day or night, rain or shine, sickness and health! The Vaseline Engine ™ for all your troubles! Don’t let this offer slip on by!

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3. Top Ten Reasons Physics is Like Sex
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Posted on 7/19/2009
Blog: Time Machine, Three Trips: Where Would You Go? (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  list, Science, Humor, chemistry, experiments, sex, vectors, physics, Headache, friction, simple harmonic motion, Add a tag

  1. What goes up, must come down.
  2. You never want to start anything with a headache.
  3. New discoveries are always being made.
  4. Vectors, vectors, vectors.
  5. It doesn’t hurt once you get used to it. Some people even enjoy it.
  6. One word: Friction.
  7. Size isn’t everything. Sometimes the smaller ones take longer to do.
  8. For every push there’s an equal and opposite shove.
  9. Simple harmonic motion.
  10. It’s always fun to experiment.

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