10:03 AM
Cross-posted to the Monkeyfan List, because I really want to know the answer:

Time for a science question:

Eveyone know the old Drinking Bird toy? A lot of good information--even the original patent drawing--can be found on this page. An explanation of how the Drinking Bird works is provided to the Net courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University.

What I want to know: is the principle behind the drinking bird scalable? That is, could I make a fifteen-foot high Drinking Bird? Because, really, how cool would that be?

UPDATE: Best Usenet post yet turned up in Google searches on the matter.