Three
Transformers fans in Nanjing city, China, have built their own robot
out of a Citroen C2 car /Lu Feng. Sui Lulu, Zhang Yiming and Li Wei,
from Nanjing city, have named the 15ft Transformer X2, reports the
Jinling Evening Post.
X2
is loosely based on the Bumblebee and Jazz Transformers in the movie.
But Sui added: “We added a lot of our things, like some Chinese
elements. The head of X2 is like an ancient Chinese war helmet, simple
but beautiful.” He admits that, because of financial constraints, their
Transformer can’t actually do much transforming. “The legs bend, since
we installed two hydraulic pressure rods, and the finger joints move.
Also, we added a pedrail to his feet,” he said.
The youngsters are now planning to fulfill their original ambition to make a giant Transformer based on Optimus Prime.
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Just Joking:
The New Counsellor:
Sandy began
a job as an elementary school counsellor and she was eager to help. One
day during recess she noticed a girl standing by herself on one side of
a playing field while the rest of the kids enjoyed a game of soccer at
the other.
Sandy approached and asked if she was all right.
The girl said she was.
A little while later, however, Sandy noticed the girl was in the same spot, still by herself.
Approaching again, Sandy offered, “Would you like me to be your friend?”
The girl hesitated, then said, “Okay,” looking at the woman suspiciously.
Feeling she was making progress, Sandy then asked, “Why are you standing here all alone?”
“Because,” the little girl said with great exasperation, “I’m the goalie!”
Wrong Side Of The Bar:
A
construction worker walks into a bar. He’s a rather large, menacing
guy. He orders a beer, chugs it back, and bellows, “All you guys on
this side of the bar are a bunch of idiots!” A sudden silence descends.
After a moment he asks “Anyone got a problem with that?” The silence lengthens.
He
then chugs back another beer and growls, “And all you guys on the other
side of the bar are all scum!” Once again, the bar is silent.
He
looks around belligerently and roars, “Anyone got a problem with that?”
A lone man gets up from his stool unsteadily and starts to walk towards
the man.
“You got a problem, buddy?”
“Oh no; I’m just on the wrong side of the bar.”
The Tightwads:
Sue and Bob, a
pair of tight wads, lived in the mid west, and had been married years.
Bob had always want to go flying. The desire deepen each time a barn
stormer flew into town to offer rides.
Bob would ask, and Sue would say, “No way, ten dollars is ten dollars.”
The
years went pay, and Bob figured he didn’t have much longer, so he got
Sue out to the show, explaining, it’s free to watch, let’s at least
watch. And once he got there the feeling become real strong. Sue and
Bob started an arguement.
The Pilot, between
flights, overheard, listened to they problem, and said, “I’ll tell you
what, I’ll take you up flying, and if you don’t say a word the ride is
on me, but if you back one sound, you pay ten dollars.
So
off they flew. The Pilot doing as many rolls, and dives as he could.
Heading to the ground as fast as the plane could go, and pulling out of
the dive at just the very last second. Not a word. Finally he admitted
defeat and went back the air port.
“I’m surprised, why didn’t you say anything?”
“Well I almost said something when Sue fell out, but ten dollars is ten dollars.”
“We
are huge Transformers fans, and grew up with them on TV and in comic
books. We always wanted to have our own transformer, a real one,” says
graphic designer Sui Lulu. He says they picked the Citroen C2 because
it’s small: “We originally wanted to make the figure of Optimus Prime,
who is transformed from a truck. But we calculated that the final
figure would be around seven storeys high, and we couldn’t find room
for it. So we went with the Citroen C2.”
