Flexagons

[butterfingers]

Just leaving this here as there may be some folks on the forum who might find it interesting. Ward Hartenstein is a member of the Rochester Juggling Club. He has brought these to our club in the past and they are fun to play with. It might be a good diversion for those of you with extra time to fill during quarantine.I was unable to link his video but there are others online.

https://home.adelphi.edu/~stemkoski/mathematrix/flexagon.html

[ta0]

Oh, my. You sent me into a black hole of flex videos.  At least the hexaflexagonal burrito is edible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwrVAbV56o

Happy folding eating!

[Jeremy McCreary]

Hexaflexmexagon! Who knew?

Love the narration, both text and delivery.

[jim in paris]

in the ancient times , this technique was part of origami 

Happy eating! really ? you can have my portion 


jim

[Jeremy McCreary]

Happy eating! really ? you can have my portion

Surely you jest! If there were a Nobel prize for cuisine, the inventor of Mexican food would have had one on her mantle.

[jim in paris]

"Surely you jest!"
absolutely NO... I know you're a snackman: tacos and burritos are fine to be filled up quick with instant gratification of your stomach
however  it's not what I call "cuisine"
yesterday I started one of my top ten meals :"Lapin en gibelotte"..2H cooking slowly
check it out , pal !

hope all is well in Denver

jim

[Jeremy McCreary]

hope all is well in Denver

Definitely two very different cooking styles, but I love them both. The Mexican food you find in Europe may not be the best. Here in the southwestern US, it goes well beyond tacos and burritos.

Family and I are still OK, but our COVID-19 peak is still a few weeks off. The response in Colorado has been good -- no thanks to the Federal government.

You and yours OK? Social distancing must be hard in crowded Paris.

[ta0]

in the ancient times , this technique was part of origami 

Apparently, the true flexagons were only invented in 1939. For a narration of the history that I think Jeremy will approve both in text and delivery, here is the first part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIVIegSt81k

however  it's not what I call "cuisine"

I thought a baguette with cheese (ahem, fromage) was high cuisine 

[Dick Stohr]

WOW, I had no idea these were as old as I am. I had a 6 inch one that I used as part of the magic tricks that I did as part of the simi-pro clown act I did off and on during the 60s & 70s. I am sure I have the second one (some where). My first one completely wore out and the second was repaired many times. There was a script that I used for children's sermons at church, black = devil, white = Christ, red = blood, blue = sky, green = earth, yellow = ?. I am sure Mike can come up with the rest of the story. What a terrific trick that goes on and on, for as long as the audience has patience. :-)