The art of thinking...

The art of thinking...

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Greensmiths!

The other week, a student asked me what types of 'smith' there were. We'd just heard a student tell the class that he watched Youtube videos about a blacksmith...my brain wasn't working so quickly at the time, and a quick look on the internet now reveals that there are not only blacksmiths, but also coppersmiths, goldsmiths, gunsmiths, locksmiths, silversmiths, tinsmiths, tunesmiths, and even wordsmiths (something I would aspire to be, but merely aspire! :)).
However, at the time, all of these eluded my memory...but I did conjure up 'Greensmith'! Suddenly, I had an image of greengrocers, sweat poring from them as they 'forged' weapons from fruit & vegetables in the darker recesses of their shops - arming valiant shoppers for their trips to Kaufland, to engage in battle with the feisty pensioners as they wield their chariots (shopping trolleys).
Imagine the kind of weapons you could make as a greensmith:

1. The Ultimate Vegetable Gun:
2. The Banana Gun - very handy for shooting around corners:
3. Ballistic Carrot Missiles:
4. The ratatouille grenade or the deadly lemon grenade:

5. Rumours are that the Vegans are already preparing for war...:
6. Meanwhile, in Bengali...:
7. Beware the Cactus Laser!:
8. Apples make splendid ammunition:
9. Something Gandalf would have been happy to have - the melon rod:
10. The pineapple pizza debate reaches a crucial conclusion (when you're out of ammo, and there's a need for close combat...:

Such runs my imagination :)




Teacher SGO

Teacher SGO