How Not to Drown, Monday, November 3, Period 3

[sith_happened]

"Commander McGarrett is away in London on some sort of assignment right now," Anakin said, "so you only have me today."

He gestured at all the pool noodles and grinned. "Therefore, he can't see us playing noodle jousting. Everyone grab two noodles, one to sit on and one to hit each other with. The last one not knocked into the water wins."

Cryptozoology, Monday period 2

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Today we're covering the Pope Lick Monster." Jon held up a hand to forestall questions. "So named because it apparently lives on the Pope Lick Creek. I have no idea why the creek is called 'pope lick', and I am desperately doing my best not to think about it too hard, lest I find out."

Please don't tell him, Beholding.

"The monster in question is said to be a kind of man-goat-sheep hybrid. Its purported origins include an actual hybrid - presumably that one was proposed by someone unaware of how biology works - a circus freak, and a reincarnated Satanic farmer. Presumably that one was proposed by someone unaware of how Christianity works. In any event, it either leaps down on cars from its railway trestle, attacks nearby people with an axe, or uses hypnosis or mimicry to lure people to it. Some accounts say the sight of it is enough to prompt people to jump off the trestle. Honestly, if anybody came at me with an axe, cryptid or not, I would be tempted."

Jon was in a salty mood today.

"While no deaths are reliably attributed to the monster by legend, a number of deaths have been reliably attributed to people attempting to view it and being caught by trains or falling off the trestle.

"Before we discuss this one, I thought we could watch the short film made about it. Apparently the railway operators insisted a disclaimer be read when it was initially aired that people should under no circumstances attempt to cross the trestle, because it is still in heavy use, so please do keep that in mind."

Flight and Flying- Monday- 1st period

[solo_sword]

The Danger Shop today looked... different. It looked as if they were in a tunnel with both sides closed, with different buttons and levers on the walls, and a bolted down table, with snacks and plastic silverware on it, with bolted down chairs around it.

"We're doing a different kind of flying today," Jaina told the class. "On Earth, astronauts have to train in zero gravity before they go up into space and get away from the planet's gravitational pull. They have to figure out how to move around, have to account for how to do basic things you take for granted. Thats what you get to play in today. I'm going to turn off the gravity, and you'll get to float around. Try to do things. Figure out how to eat. Play around and see what it feels like. Race each other. Have fun."

And with that, Jaina turned the gravity off. Wheeee!