The Dutch win!

Gary

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Jun 7, 2020, 11:01:12 AM6/7/20

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Watching a Red Bull soapbox competition in Lithuania early this
morning. (from 2019)

Fun show to watch. Anyway, a Dutch wooden shoe soapbox won
in that competition. Celebrate Bruce! :)

Bruce

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Jun 7, 2020, 3:43:45 PM6/7/20

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Yoho! But what is a soapbox competition?

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 7, 2020, 9:35:27 PM6/7/20

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On Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 2:43:45 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> Yoho! But what is a soapbox competition?
>

It's a soapbox derby. Kids make cars out of wooden boxes and race to see
who will win, downhill of course. Many fathers get into the building of
the wooden cars and there have been cases of cheating over the years.

Bruce

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Jun 7, 2020, 9:43:10 PM6/7/20

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Oh yes, I've heard of that.

Bruce

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Jun 8, 2020, 2:20:32 AM6/8/20

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On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 23:53:40 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 18:35:24 -0700 (PDT), itsjoan...@webtv.net

>wrote:

>Bruce knows a what soap box is. He stands on one every day.

It increases my charisma.

dsi1

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Jun 8, 2020, 5:30:17 AM6/8/20

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It's a racing series that promises to be the future of auto racing because it's inherently zero emissions - most times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_56RcxkuLs

Sheldon Martin

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Jun 8, 2020, 9:38:34 AM6/8/20

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The dwarf needs to stand on a soapbox to see over everyone's head.

jmcquown

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Jun 8, 2020, 10:38:36 AM6/8/20

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I thought soapbox derby's went out of fashion about the time men stopped
wearing fedoras. ;)

Jill

Dave Smith

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Jun 8, 2020, 10:47:01 AM6/8/20

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When we moved to St.Catharines back in the mid 60s there was a Soap Box
Derby Hill. It was actually a city street with a couple houses on it in
a quiet little corner of the city. In the mid 70s they built a highway
though the city and the grade was removed, so no more steep hill for
soap box races and no more derby.

When my son was in cubs they had a competition project with little
gravity race car kits. The kids paid to buy a kit and then had to
assemble and decorate them. I was ticked off about the first place
winner. The son of a wood carver won, and it was obviously the father's
work, along with a paint job that I doubt a kid that young could do on
his own.

Hank Rogers

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Jun 8, 2020, 1:55:47 PM6/8/20

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Popeye, yoose use a soapbox to eat pineapples, right?

Hank Rogers

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Jun 8, 2020, 6:20:50 PM6/8/20

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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:33:12 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Pinewood derby.
>
> It looks like Pinewood Derby is a spinoff of Soap Box Races.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinewood_derby
>
> Dammit - Tungsten carbide is a better secret [smacking forehead]. I
> want a rematch!
>
> -sw
>

Wouldn't depleted uranium be the best?

Hank Rogers

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Jun 8, 2020, 6:22:24 PM6/8/20

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Sqwertz wrote:

> Says the guy who's only 4' 11" tall. Careful, that projection is
> showing again.
>
> -sw
>

Popeye has to use a stepladder to look in a maggot's ass.

Gary

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Jun 9, 2020, 8:18:14 AM6/9/20

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The Red Bull Soapbox races are amusing. Adults dressed in
costumes and their "cars" decorated very creatively.
Like watching cartoons using real people.
The course has obstacles along the way that often destroy
the soapbox cars.

Do an image search for "Red Bull soapbox race"

It's often shown on my one cable tv channel late at
night (actually, early morning). Their races are held
in many countries.