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Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <[email protected]>:

> Heron, in ancient Greece, worked out a device similar to an automatic door
> found today. It was a shrine door, which automatically opened when a fire
> at and altar in the shrine burned up and closed when the fire went down.
> An automatic device was also invented by him, from which holy water came
> out when a coin was thrown into the device.
> > ——————————————————————–

In the Philippines they make little doll men covered with barrels that when a
button is pushed, drop the barrel and pop up a giant penis.

–
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Joseph Franklyn McElroy Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist] wrote:

> In the Philippines they make little doll men covered with barrels that when a
> button is pushed, drop the barrel and pop up a giant penis.
>
So they do in Japan, with samurai dolls.

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Joseph Franklyn McElroy Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist] wrote:

> In the Philippines they make little doll men covered with barrels that when a
> button is pushed, drop the barrel and pop up a giant penis.

Since that's much like your 'acting on whim'–
maybe you should start working on G2K and Joseph McElroy
action figures :)

Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <[email protected]>:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Joseph Franklyn McElroy Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance]
> Art[ist] wrote:
>
> > In the Philippines they make little doll men covered with barrels that when
> a
> > button is pushed, drop the barrel and pop up a giant penis.
>
> Since that's much like your 'acting on whim'–
> maybe you should start working on G2K and Joseph McElroy
> action figures :)
>

That would be a Joseph Franklyn McElroy action figure with penis that lights
when you push the nose.

–
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]