What a cool rocket! I’ve always wondered if boys made that engine/motor boat sound with their lips before engines were invented. I bet they did — and then they grew up and invented engines to sound like what they remembered from their childhood. Reply
anon- It’s a fairly recognizable approximation of Wallace and Gromit’s rocket from ” A Grand Day Out.” It has a wonderful Jules Verne steampunk look to it, a bulbous red torpedo with fins and a big porthole and rivets all over it. Reply
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So….just what is this? I do see a resemblance to my memory of the Challenger explosion.
anonymous-
Got four year old?
Apparently not.
Nope; my 4-year-olds will be 22 and 24 this year.
If I could go back in time….
What a cool rocket!
I’ve always wondered if boys made that engine/motor boat sound with their lips before engines were invented. I bet they did — and then they grew up and invented engines to sound like what they remembered from their childhood.
anon- It’s a fairly recognizable approximation of Wallace and Gromit’s rocket from ” A Grand Day Out.”
It has a wonderful Jules Verne steampunk look to it, a bulbous red torpedo with fins and a big porthole and rivets all over it.