Nah, we don't need to make our own escalator, just use that really long one, you know, the one that comes up from the subway into the Peachtree center? It's long enough that the slinkies could be going for hours. At least theoretically. And for the clueless passerby, it would also lead them to ask questions about who are we, what is FIRST, Etc. Either that or they'd give us some really funny looks
Go SlinkyFest '06!
(oh shoot, I just realized something, it couldn't be on the "down" escalator unless gravity somehow got reversed, and the long one is in constant use, perhaps we could hold the SlinkyFest in one of the hotels?
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