Boomerangs

The Shads in their house groups were given a particularly vexing task: building a boomerang and marketing it. I’ll bet anything that all of us were thinking about the maxim, “a boomerang that doesn’t come back is just a stick”. Not only does it have to look and sound good, but it has to work: one of the criteria is that it has to be thrown outside a 10m radius – and come back.

House One seems to be particularly kamikaze; not only did they build a seven-foot structure (at least attempted to, it failed miserably), in the newspaper shelter contest, but they are using a boomerang design that is designed to snap in half at the smallest impacts. Fortunately, they’re building a few prototypes… So, I suppose they have several chances?

As for House Five, they seem to making good progress; they’ve finished the outline, done their basic ideas… But to the outsider, their boomerang might seem a bit eccentric. According to Georgina Neatby, there is fierce debate on whether their boomerang should feature Spongebob or something remarkably reminiscent of Batman.

In House Four, Nissen Huang states that their slogan is “You rang and we provide the boom.” What that means, we’re not quite sure, but that sure is catchy.

House Three was devastated by the loss of two valuable boomerangs; the first ended up in a tree… And the second also ended up in a tree, thanks to a somewhat bone-headed attempt to dislodge the first one with the second.

In all, we had fun, it was a great activity. Looking forward to the next group project!