Jesus's middle name is Hume! Caution: Some NSFW images within!

[the DRIZZLE]

Still going with the 6 foot long 80lb spinning steel scythe. The guy is just lucky he was only grazed by that. If it hit him right, it could have decapitated him or just crushed his skull.

Would you rather be standing behind a gun or in front it when it goes off? The force is the same on both sides.

Similarly, it's better to be hit by bowling ball going 5mph than a bullet going 2000mph. In the case of the video, the energy stored up in the rope is the same whether it takes the bumper with it or not. With the added mass of the bumper it's moving much slower which reduces the chances of a catastrophic injury.

 

[OCNewbie]

A Papa John's near where I live had this "special" listed on their sign for quite a while (perhaps a year, if not longer), which I had noticed multiple times, so I was familiar with it. I got this capture of it from Google maps street view:

So, they updated the sign somewhat recently, which now includes a "FREE" soda. I find the addition pretty amusing:

 

[Newbian]

 

[Silver Prime]

A Papa John's near where I live had this "special" listed on their sign for quite a while (perhaps a year, if not longer), which I had noticed multiple times, so I was familiar with it. I got this capture of it from Google maps street view:

So, they updated the sign somewhat recently, which now includes a "FREE" soda. I find the addition pretty amusing:

so basically its 2$ for the soda?

XD
XD

 

[Fox5]

so basically its 2$ for the soda?

XD
XD

No, it's inflation plus a free soda.

 

[Newbian]

 

[Silver Prime]

No, it's inflation plus a free soda.

Yes I understand the concept, but its still almost the same thing. Kinda just meet me half way deal.

lol

 

[phucheneh]

Would you rather be standing behind a gun or in front it when it goes off? The force is the same on both sides.

Similarly, it's better to be hit by bowling ball going 5mph than a bullet going 2000mph. In the case of the video, the energy stored up in the rope is the same whether it takes the bumper with it or not. With the added mass of the bumper it's moving much slower which reduces the chances of a catastrophic injury.

Experiment- get a rubber band. Pull back a few inches and thwack yourself with it. Then...






you're done. You deserved that.


A bumper being violently ripped off is not the same as a rope breaking.

 

[Anonemous]

I'm not going to quote it because it's so tall, but that just had me kneeling on the floor and blurry-eyed!

Wasn't that BTTF? Where McFly raced the dude and got hit, then later reversed it.

 

[andylawcc]

hahahaha

 

[Jodell88]

 

[Silver Prime]

This guy played to much final fantasy 7.

XD

 

[Eos]

It takes about a month of training to get a class B license. I don't know about class A, but I assume it'll be a little bit longer. You can't just show up to DMV and get a commercial vehicle license.

Actually...

Back in 1995, I took my CDL A exam at Wilhelm Trucking, in Portland, OR. They were a certified third party tester for the DMV. I arrived, took the truck out with the instructor for about 30 minutes as prep time (I paid extra for this), then he said, "The exam begins now.". We started driving around Portland, left turn here, right turn there. RR crossing, hills (up and down), freeway, two lane roads. We went back to the yard. I showed him a basic pre-trip exam. Got a 97% and my CDL.

It cost me about $350, IIRC.

My point is: if I thought I had the skill, I could just show up at a place like this, rent the truck for a bit, then take the driving test. Which I did. Prior to that day, I had my class A permit and maybe five hours behind the wheel.

 

[Fritzo]

hahahaha

Heyyyy...I MADE that

 

[Fritzo]

I wonder where this kid is today?

 

[destrekor]

I wonder where this kid is today?

What if someone here stepped forward, and said: "oh, hey, yeah that was me. great, yeah?"
lol

and NO - it is not I. Not to say I was better, or even worse off.

 

[destrekor]

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I'm not going to quote it because it's so tall, but that just had me kneeling on the floor and blurry-eyed!

Agreed! I lol'd

Same! I think I produced actual tears of joy on that one. :awe:

 

[Printer Bandit]

I wonder where this kid is today?

His name is Kyle and that's his 7th grade school photo.

 

[Fritzo]

 

[andylawcc]

Heyyyy...I MADE that

o rly?!?

 

[Silver Prime]

A+ for Effort. ^_^

 

[skyking]

That's about how well I jump, so I learned to keep the skis close to the snow

 

[phucheneh]

I've barely ever skied, but I would venture a guess that his biggest mistake was getting ANY air with beginner bindings? Looks like the skis popped right off on impact, as AFAIK they are designed to do to keep people like me from breaking my legs in fifteen places.

 

[destrekor]

That's about how well I jump, so I learned to keep the skis close to the snow

the key: he had no pop

most jump landing zones are designed on the jumper having the knowledge to POP, as in, "wind up" the jump motion.

That skier just sort of flopped off the jump (graceful trajectory, but it was effortless).

 

[Charlie98]

That's about how well I jump, so I learned to keep the skis close to the snow

That's about how well I jump... so I keep my ass off skis.

I'm probably the only person who lived in Colorado and never skied.