I too would like to know how it steers. Does it just turn by pure awesome?

Tensegrity, for you there will be no cake.

Who needs to work when you can sell posters for twenty-five quid a pop?

Well it sure made an impact on me.

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So you choose to ignore hitchhikers rather than pick them up and ensure they get safely to their destination? Maybe it is dangerous for them to be hitchhiking but better for you to give them a lift than someone who might be a crazy person. Giving them a ride gives you a perfect chance to talk to them about the dangers of hitchhiking in the process.

I'd be genuinely curious as to whether hitchhiking is actually the most dangerous way to travel. Unlicensed minicabs in London were notorious for being a way for men to launch sexual assaults on women. I'd put more faith in a sober hitchhiker being able to look out for herself than a drunk woman in a taxi on her way home after a night out. Wonder if figures exist comparing the risks? Might have to look on the tubes later.

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I've actually seen elephants painting at the Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens in Thailand last year. The elephants there have been trained to perform many acts for the tourists, playing football and throwing oversized darts at a target, riding giant tricycles and twirling hula hoops. Some of the things they can do were amazing. Towards the end of the show they do a painting display, and pictures of trees and flowers are painted directly onto t-shirts which are offered up for immediate sale. (They also have them in the gift shop, but I always wonder if those are knocked out by humans for maximum speed and profit.)

The most interesting thing I noticed, was that there was a baby elephant in the group that produced a picture that was much less artistically refined than that of the adult elephants. The adults produced really good trees and bunches of flowers with stippled colour effects, all from memory. Their level of skill would be that of a good 12 year old human, the baby's picture was similar to that of child of 6 years. The way they layered the colours was impressive though, I can easily see that given more time and training they could produce some really excellent work. Talented creatures, elephants.

I also got kissed by an Orang-utan at that place as well, but that is another story entirely.