Thinking hard about how to do this.BillTre said:
This is worse than Flying Sharks!Stephen Tashi said:
... the more as many people seem to have already drawn consequences from this.berkeman said:This is worse than Flying Sharks!
Do like I did, and change the subject to "people":Ibix said:
Which Dave?"
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A day destined for comedy.nsaspook said:
bhobba said:Yesterdays local paper had a couple of zingers that made me laugh for hours. The title of the first one says it all (can't give the link to the local paper - its behind a paywall - but it has gone viral so is freely available elsewhere and I can give a link to one of those). The title was 'QLD mum busted after son takes her drug stash to school for 'Show & Tell'. Here is the link: https://www.kidspot.com.au/news/qld-mum-busted-after-son-takes-her-drug-stash-to-school-for-show-tell/news-story/f859bba8a138a0636feda70d014e8204
The second one involves a bit of background. There are extinction rebellion protests going on here in Brisbane at the present where the protesters do things like glue themselves to a main road in the middle of the city. Its dangerous and on that count a solution that respects their right to protest and safety concerns needs to be found.Seeing more and more people falling to their death taking selfies. Darwin Award.Borg said:I guess now she will have to limit her pictures to the edge of the Grand Canyon.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/woman-selfie-cruise-royal-caribbean-intl-scli/index.html
His sister filmed it, but refused to air it after he died. Go figure.
Definitely a Darwin Award.Evo said:
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https://www.vvng.com/motorist-on-i-15-stop-to-play-in-snow-on-the-runaway-truck-ramp-in-cajon-pass/ said:Motorist on I-15 stop to play in snow on the runaway truck ramp in Cajon Pass
CAJON PASS, Calif. (VVNG.com) — Saturday was another busy day for the California Highway Patrol as they received numerous calls reporting motorists stopping to play in the snow along the I-15 freeway in the cajon pass.
On Saturday, November 30, 2019, at 8:32 am, dispatch logged a call on the NB I-15, north of Oak Hill Road of several vehicles pulled over to the right shoulder and people playing in the snow.
At 12:23 pm a traffic hazard was reported on the southbound I-15 at the runaway truck ramp.
Victor Valley News Group member Shirley McConnell was traveling though the pass when she was flabbergasted by the hoards of people pulled over to play in the snow.
According to CHP incident logs, six vehicles were pulled over and twelve people were out of their vehicle and snowboarding on the truck ramp.
“People are out of their cars on the 15 freeway on cajon pass playing in the snow with their children. “They are on the truck runaway ramp. I hope a truck does not lose its brakes and need to use it. This is a shame,” stated McConnell.
A similar problem was reported by motorists traveling northbound on the I-15 in the Mountain Pass area.
Thankfully no injuries were reported.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212780184459436&set=gm.3011852048842944&type=3&theater said:Something you don't see everyday, as it is a very rare thing to occur... Gearheads will brag about how their car can do burnouts... Trains can do a burnout too!
This obviously isn't supposed to happen... The engineer operating the locomotive that did this is in deep doo-doo with his bosses. Locomotives have things called "wheel-slip indicators" on them. His either didn't work, or he ignored it for whatever reason. But my goodness, if the thing didn't start rolling after moderate throttle, why throttle up and burn the rail?
If you're curious, this sort of thing is illegal in the USA [well, at least many states within], so I would recommend against doing these sorts of things. Here is some background on the setting up booby-traps in your own home, from a legal perspective (USA):berkeman said:
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