Quotations of Power!

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination"

-Albert Einstein

Sunday, September 28, 2014





Hello loyal viewers! Today I have a question, what would be the coolest superpower ever? Cartoon logic! Or, as we animators call it, the plausible impossible. This video contains several fun examples of this.

1. When Donald first opens the door, Gus hits him repeatedly with his umbrella. As he does this, you hear a clanking sound similar to banging two pots together. Now, I've been hit with an umbrella, and my head doesn't sound like that. Hopefully no one's head does. But, under the circumstances, this seems quite possible. Think about a head, especially the head of someone whose intellect you wouldn't exactly compliment. You may joke about their head being hollow. This exact logic applies to a cartoon you may not think of as smart, like Donald.

2. Another example comes when Gus rushes into the house to eat. Gus hits the chair and his body appears to vibrate, similar to a guitar string. It's as if he has rubber bones. Under the circumstances though, it kind of makes sense. Gus hits the chair with a tremendous amount of force. And as we all know, if you hit something hard enough, it's going to vibrate.

3. After Gus finishes the corn, he moves on to the meat and bread. He takes a pile in each hand, then shuffles them like cards. As funny as this is, it isn't possible to just shuffle bread and meat, no matter how good of a shuffler you are. But, in a way, this does make sense. Bread and meat are both flexible, and who says you may not be able to compact them and shuffle them.

4. A fourth example comes when Gus starts on the spaghetti. From his coat he grabs two needles and proceeds to knit the spaghetti into a sock, before slurping it down his throat. Spaghetti isn't strong enough to be knitted into a sock. It would snap under it's own weight. But, since spaghetti closely resembles string, and is in many ways similar, Gus may just have what he needs to knit it into a sock.

5. Finally, a moment comes when Gus uses a loaf of bread to soak up a mug of coffee. It does this in a fashion similar to a pipet, and much faster than a sponge. Bread, even though it can absorb water, cannot do so in such a manner. But, since it is somewhat absorbent, it can be assumed that it can soak up water.

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