As part of the recent OMGWTFBBQ festivities9, a contest was held, pitting the forces of gravity against the weight of cold hard cash (pennies, to be specific). Â The goal of the contest was to use soda straws to support as much currency as possible in as high of a position as possible, thus racking up the most “inch-cents” of score.
As it turns out, we ended up going to “foot-dollars” and using weights that weren’t exactly copper, given the engineering of some of the entries. Check out the results below.
| Team | Inches | Cents | Inch-Cents | Foot-Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | 8.25 | 2898 | 23908.5 | 19.92 |
| Stephanie & Cait | 8.25 | 2898 | 23908.5 | 19.92 |
| John & Don | 11.25 | 271.5 | 3054.38 | 2.55 |
| Claire & Dad | 7.5 | 271.5 | 2036.25 | 1.70 |
| Jess & Company | 14.25 | 45 | 641.25 | 0.53 |
| Patrick & Travis | 19.375 | 14 | 271.25 | 0.23 |
| Ben & Dave | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |