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Ben Franklin's Very Strange Architectural Idea javawizard 03-05-2007
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Posted by javawizard on March 5, 2007, 8:54 pm
When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com


Posted by clintonG on March 6, 2007, 11:13 am
Freakin' genius from a man who knew his colleagues were full of sh!t.

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> When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
> was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
> It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
> meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
> have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
> slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
> called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
>



Posted by Kris Krieger on March 6, 2007, 2:23 pm
@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
> was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
> It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
> meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
> have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
> slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
> called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
>
>

That just *proves* he was a genius!

;)


Posted by Michael Bulatovich on March 6, 2007, 4:08 pm

> @n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
>> When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
>> was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
>> It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
>> meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
>> have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
>> slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
>> called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
>>
>>
>
> That just *proves* he was a genius!
>
> ;)

Or that he has attended more than a few very long meetings.



Posted by Kris Krieger on March 8, 2007, 1:03 am

>
>> @n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
>>> was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
>>> It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
>>> meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
>>> have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
>>> slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
>>> called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That just *proves* he was a genius!
>>
>> ;)
>
> Or that he has attended more than a few very long meetings.
>

Many have attended long meetings, but few discover way to clear the air
during them ;)




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