This is not so much a practical joke as a collective venture into  
surrealism and one-upmanship.


I bring you the legend of "Zamboni day".

This occurred years ago on a busy summer day at a science museum in a  
temperate climate. The staff had finished setting up for the day  
early and were talking before opening. with one staff member that day  
a hockey player and another a figure skater, the subject of ice  
cleaning machines, Zambonis, came up. Everyone there agreed that  
"Zamboni" was a great word. Somebody said it would be great if we  
could talk about Zambonis. Thus was the challenge to find out how  
many places could be found to mention Zambonis.

The following rules were quickly laid out as follows:
1. Any mention had to be relevant to the normal educational goals of  
the exhibit. No complete non sequiturs allowed.
2. Any mention had to be fairly casual so as not to draw too much  
attention or distract the visitors.

By the end of the day, Zambonis had been nearly everywhere. Many of  
the visitors had a look on their faces like they knew something was  
going on, but weren't sure what. Much more laughter than usual was  
heard that day. Some of the topics included electrical engineering,  
astronomy, geography, seismology, and the rock and roll laser show.

Looking back, the visitors that day interacted with a very busy staff  
that was stiil extra gleeful and energetic, and the staff re-engaged  
with the exhibits and had an opportunity to reexamine what they  
talked about with visitors. If I were there to see it that is. :-)









Zamboni!

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