http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-screaming-man-in-the-four-stroke-engine/ Made to Stick Blog by Dan and Chip Heath Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:22:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-screaming-man-in-the-four-stroke-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-4751 Dan Heath Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:07:50 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-screaming-man-in-the-four-stroke-engine/#comment-4751 that is freakin hilarious. i think you've found the long lost 7th trait of stickiness: Unhinged. that is freakin hilarious. i think you’ve found the long lost 7th trait of stickiness: Unhinged.

]]> http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-screaming-man-in-the-four-stroke-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-4748 Benjamin Chambers Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:56:28 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-screaming-man-in-the-four-stroke-engine/#comment-4748 This story reminded me of something I learned in school -- but shouldn't have, since it didn't have any of the characteristics you describe in your book. My biology teacher in ninth grade made a habit of chanting the following, while hitting the top of his desk with his yardstick: "No organism -- bam! -- can survive -- bam! -- in an environment -- bam! -- of its own waste -- bam!" I don't know how often he did this, but it was frequent enough that the yardstick broke mid-chant toward the end of the year. The chant wasn't tied into our studies, either, though it was clear he wanted us to remember it. Boy, do I ever. This story reminded me of something I learned in school — but shouldn’t have, since it didn’t have any of the characteristics you describe in your book. My biology teacher in ninth grade made a habit of chanting the following, while hitting the top of his desk with his yardstick: “No organism — bam! — can survive — bam! — in an environment — bam! — of its own waste — bam!” I don’t know how often he did this, but it was frequent enough that the yardstick broke mid-chant toward the end of the year. The chant wasn’t tied into our studies, either, though it was clear he wanted us to remember it. Boy, do I ever.

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