February 04, 2014

Not Just No, But Hell No - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

I'm impressed. I am truly impressed by the accomplishment.

A Brit has, it appears, set a new record for the largest wave ever surfed.

What I always wonder when I read stories, such as this, is whether it's a show of bravery or of foolishness to attempt such a remarkable feat. God instilled in us an adventurous spirit, but how carelessly are we allowed to pursue it?

A few weeks ago I posted a video of a monster water slide which I'd hop on in a minute, but this... THIS.... just looks crazy. What sane person paddles out to greet an 80' wave?

So, how far would you go for adventure? What wouldn't you do, even on a dare?

What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?



Open thread.

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1 Limeys surf? Who knew?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 04, 2014 12:18 PM (7ObY1)

2 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 04, 2014 12:19 PM (PYAXX)

3 Whoa!
The people who do extreme sports like this are just wired differently.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2014 12:19 PM (POpqt)

4 Nude.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 12:19 PM (n0DEs)

5 The photos as the link are more impressive/awe-inspiring than the vid.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (DmNpO)

6 Greatest adventure? blog-commenting ... from a Starbucks. in a rough part of Detroit. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (4CVLy)

7 Almost Darwin Candidate whom Gaylord Focker would never say would be the son he never had.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (NNjb2)

8 Confirmed:  His name isn't Charlie.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (SY2Kh)

9 Abalone diving on the North Coast when the visibility was about one foot, and there were tons of sea lions around.

[that means that there were probably one or two great whites around]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (QFxY5)

10

What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

Having children.

Posted by: no good deed at February 04, 2014 12:20 PM (vBhbc)

11 off topic but another genuine case of "the stupid, it hurts": video at gateway pundit:

"Your Tax Dollars at WorkÂ… Creating Cat & Parrot Musical Obamacare Ads"

Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 12:21 PM (bJm7W)

12 I once heated my hot chocolate too much.  On purpose!

Posted by: Jammie Boy at February 04, 2014 12:21 PM (o9Rp5)

13 Well, that video shows one thing I sure won't do. How carelessly are we allowed to pursue our adventurous nature? Until death, apparently.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 04, 2014 12:21 PM (0HooB)

14 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?


Having children.

Posted by: no good deed at February 04, 2014 04:20 PM (vBhbc)

Ditto.

Posted by: Penfold at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (Fbt5B)

15 I'd enter that contest.

Posted by: Greg Brady at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (y14mp)

16 Limeys surf? Who knew? Charlie don't surf.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (t+DWU)

17 That's pretty bad ass.

Surfing is therapy and for those that haven't done it, do it, just once.  To quote whatshisface from "Point Break:" "It'll change your life."

Nice.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (x3YFz)

18 So, how far would you go for adventure? What wouldn't you do, even on a dare? What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? Bridge jumping, when I was a crazy teen. Into the Chippewa Canal in Canada. Know where that leads if it carries you away? Right over Niagara fucking Falls. Looking back, I cannot believe I did that shit. Just can't believe it. Teenagers really do think they're indestructible.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (7ObY1)

19 My wife often asks where my sense of adventure is. I tell her "chained up safely where it can't escape."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (PYAXX)

20 Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable

Then, on July 20, 2013, Sahai and five co-authors posted a paper on the Cryptology ePrint Archive demonstrating a candidate protocol for a kind of obfuscation known as “indistinguishability obfuscation.” Two days later, Sahai and one of his co-authors, Brent Waters, of the University of Texas, Austin, posted a second paper that suggested, together with the first paper, that this somewhat arcane form of obfuscation may possess much of the power cryptographers have dreamed of.

“This is the first serious positive result” when it comes to trying to find a universal obfuscator, said Boaz Barak, of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass. “The cryptography community is very excited.” In the six months since the original paper was posted, more papers have appeared on the ePrint archive with “obfuscation” in the title than in the previous 17 years.

Posted by: Semi-Anonymous at February 04, 2014 12:22 PM (e8kgV)

21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWW1FeT1EyQ "Charlie Don't Surf"

Posted by: MikeH at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (ZdA3v)

22 Also, I ran with scissors. towards Jean Claude Van Damme.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (4CVLy)

23 Bar Fights and dating Danish.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (RJMhd)

24 yeah, I don't think you could pay me to do that. Which is just as well as I couldn't do it anyway. Maybe they'd pay me even if I knew I couldn't do it, it's be a great analogy for the Obama Presidency.

Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (bJm7W)

25

What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

 

 

--------------------------------------------------

 

 

Vietnam.  After that, life.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (plAcy)

26 Bridge jumping, when I was a crazy teen. Into the Chippewa Canal in Canada. Know where that leads if it carries you away? Right over Niagara fucking Falls. **** Um. No. Would not do.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (DmNpO)

27 Served in Viet Nam.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (o9Rp5)

28 Living with a teenager. I'm note sure if it's more of a risk for him or for me. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (7kkQJ)

29 The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed Hold muh beer & watch this......

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (t+DWU)

30

Parachuted.  Once.

 

What wouldn't I do?  A lot of stuff.  I dislike pain.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Innuendoes for Both Men and Women at the Outrage Outlet! at February 04, 2014 12:23 PM (hLRSq)

31 12 I once heated my hot chocolate too much. On purpose! Posted by: Jammie Boy at February 04, 2014 04:21 PM (o9Rp5) And for that, Mommie sent you to bed without any dessert, but she snuck you up a piece of cake later when she tucked you in. Amiright?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 04, 2014 12:24 PM (7ObY1)

32

Nobody paddles out to hit a wave like that, they get towed into it by a jet ski.

 

And yes, it's suicidal.

Posted by: Gmac at February 04, 2014 12:24 PM (4pjhs)

33 ironically, playing 'Risk' with people you care about is one of the greater risks you can take.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 12:24 PM (4CVLy)

34 "What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?"

Rode a bull.

Well, if you call sitting on a bull for 3 seconds and then getting dumped on your head "riding."

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:24 PM (x3YFz)

35 I don't start them but I always jump right in the middle of them when they reach a certain critical mass. Really not too smart.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (RJMhd)

36 Greatest risk taken?

Asking my now-wife to marry me.

Posted by: Captain Ned at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (i+Fm3)

37 Oh yeah, I jumped off a 110' cliff into a quarry pool.

Posted by: Gmac at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (4pjhs)

38 speaking of risky:

Wendy Davis has built her campaign around a provably false story of poverty and struggle as a single mother. Adding to the growing sense that she is not who she is selling herself to voters as, a report by the Washington Free Beacon reveals that Davis has spent upwards of $131,000 of campaign funds on Austin luxury suites since elected to the Texas Senate.


over at Breitbart.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (n0DEs)

39 What sane person paddles

They get towed by jet-ski.  AFAIK it wasn't even possible to get to these waves by paddling.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (DL2i+)

40 Catch a Wave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffdqNbHU8IA

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (aTXUx)

41 Getting between my "wife" and the tamales.

Posted by: Barky O'Genyus at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (o9Rp5)

42 Oh yeah, I jumped off a 110' cliff into a quarry pool. **** Not even when I was young, dude.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (DmNpO)

43 I spit into the wind once, and if I ever meet him I'll tug on Superman's cape.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (8ZskC)

44 Stupid fuck.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:25 PM (6bMeY)

45 who landed at Tuzla under sniper fire? It took real guts to do that.

Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (bJm7W)

46 Yes, yes, I know.... jet skis. You're missing the point.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (DmNpO)

47 There is a *lot* of ego involved with the engagement of so-called 'high risk sports'. When someone gets hurt, I have no sympathy at all. When others incur expense and/or inconvenience as a consequence, I get pissed. You've probably all seen this, but I feel not whit of sympathy for the guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDwCvCj4XY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (aDwsi)

48 Greatest risk taking?  Voluntary or involuntary?

Rolling my car.  3.5 times.
2 C-130 flights.  No choice since wanted to go home.  One took off with a bad engine and five hour over water flight.  Another lost an engine in flight and it was five hours over jungle and mountains.
Being a stupid E-3 who followed my NCO up a radar antenna so we could fold it during a tropical storm.
Or when the clinic had me report in.  Since they thought I might have contracted Hep-C from an inoculation they said I had to take.  Luckily negative.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (NNjb2)

49 Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:24 PM (x3YFz)

I am impressed.

In case anyone doesn't know, riding bulls are about three times the size of the cows you see in the fields, and about 1,000 times more aggressive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (QFxY5)

50 Had to dodge some sniper fire once.

Posted by: Hillary! at February 04, 2014 12:26 PM (o9Rp5)

51 I will not, however, mess around with Jim.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (8ZskC)

52 Oh yeah, I jumped off a 110' cliff into a quarry pool. **** Not even when I was young, dude. Yeah. Just no.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (t+DWU)

53 Coming out to my family as a Republican, that was pretty risky. In my family, it was. Took me years to come out. They would have taken it better if I'd come out as ghey. One Uncle and one cousin stopped speaking to me, and still don't, decades later. I'm not even a Republican anymore.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (7ObY1)

54 Shit I'm starting to remember this thing I did on a bridge in high heels.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (RJMhd)

55

What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

 

Kayaking in chop so rough I could only stay upright, couldn't make forward progress for a couple of hours, comes to mind as an adventure.

 

Biggest risk was plunging down into a dark stairwell in NYC to sounds of an unseen struggle and a child screaming his head off.  (Turned out the bad guy was big, but soft, and unarmed.  Counts as a risk because I didn't know that going in).

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (A0sHn)

56 Greatest risk taken? Printing out a copy of then Senator Obama's passport travel information. _

Posted by: Federal Inmate 3229174 at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (4CVLy)

57 Having children. Posted by: no good deed at February 04, 2014 04:20 PM (vBhbc) Yeah, that'd be it. Just not the physically adventurous type I guess.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 04, 2014 12:27 PM (GDulk)

58 Drove at 100 mph and over the legal limit for BAC Yeh, I guess God sometimes looks after fools and drunks

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 12:28 PM (aTXUx)

59 How carelessly are we allowed to pursue our adventurous nature? Until death, apparently.

We're working on that, but you keep getting in the way of our common-sense totalitarianism.

Posted by: Proggs Everywhere at February 04, 2014 12:28 PM (ZKzrr)

60 I would go to Mars knowing I could not come back. Here on Earth I'd rather watch TV.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 04, 2014 12:28 PM (gPJkr)

61 Accessing Barack Obama's transcripts from Columbia and Harvard.

Posted by: Federal Inmate 3229175 at February 04, 2014 12:28 PM (4CVLy)

62
I hang on the beach for the pussy.  And the Singapore Sling's!

Posted by: Jo Jo Biden at February 04, 2014 12:28 PM (nQjHM)

63 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?


getting married

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (nqBYe)

64

...riding a motorcycle to all 48 states in 30 days.

...scuba diving to 140 feet.

...jumping out of an airplane.

 

...all somewhat dangerous but not superhero shit.

Posted by: doug at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (+C5m6)

65 “This is the first serious positive result” when it comes to trying to find a universal obfuscator, said Boaz Barak, of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass. “The cryptography community is very excited.” In the six months since the original paper was posted, more papers have appeared on the ePrint archive with “obfuscation” in the title than in the previous 17 years.

Posted by: Semi-Anonymous at February 04, 2014 04:22 PM (e8kgV)

I've written a bit on this.  It's easier that it appears.  The PGP model is a good place to start, but you throw in quantum probabilities.... the human mind is capable of creating an unbreakable code within hours.

Good stuff.  All of which is TS/SCI.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (x3YFz)

66 I hothanded it twice down a repelling tower because I was to chicken shit to let go of the rope properly. Not sure if those are 40 or 60 feet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (6bMeY)

67 "What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?" ------------------------ Driving drunk. Aside from that, I road raced motorcycles for five years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (aDwsi)

68 Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Today’s CBO Report and the Affordable Care Act http://tinyurl.com/lo3no49 Since the Affordable Care Act passed into law in March 2010 the private sector has added 8.1 million jobs. That is the strongest 45 month job growth since the late 1990s and contrasts with the 3.8 million private sector jobs lost in the decade before the Affordable Care Act passed. Claims that the Affordable Care Act hurts jobs are simply belied by the facts in the CBO report. CBO’s findings are not driven by an assumption that ACA will lead employers to eliminate jobs or reduce hours, in fact, the report itself says that there is “no compelling evidence that part-time employment has increased as a result of the ACA.” hat the CBO report does find is one key immediate effect of the Affordable Care Act is to “induce some employers to hire more workers or to increase the hours of current employees” during the 2014-16 period. Over the longer run, CBO finds that because of this law, individuals will be empowered to make choices about their own lives and livelihoods, like retiring on time rather than working into their elderly years or choosing to spend more time with their families. At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. This CBO report bears that out, and the Republican plan to repeal the ACA would strip those hard-working Americans of that opportunity.

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (fWAjv)

69 ironically, playing 'Risk' with people you care about is one of the greater risks you can take.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 04:24 PM (4CVLy)

 

 

----------------------------------------------

 

 

Ah, but the feeling of conquering all of them is just so satisfying.  Love that game.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (plAcy)

70 Scissored Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Rachel Maddow at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (o9Rp5)

71 Oh I did a class four white water rafting trip in Costa Rica. Fell out and did 1/4 of a mile with my ass hitting every boulder. Ya--the helmet? Wear it.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (RJMhd)

72 1. My first marriage. 2. My stint at self-employment. 3. My second marriage.

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at February 04, 2014 12:29 PM (d2g9U)

73 Now we need an American to reclaim the title of " Craziest Bastard in the World" from this limey.

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (zqvg6)

74 I would go to Mars knowing I could not come back. And I'd send ya

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (t3UFN)

75 I was cleaning up a restaurant lobby and saw one of three guys stealing from the tip jar. I confronted all three and pulled the bill from the thief's pocket like Billy Badass. Could still be in the hospital from that, but I'm not.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (0HooB)

76 What counts as "Biggest Wave Surfed"? Does the guy have to survive the ride? Because if not, US and China can try to beat that record using convicts.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (5xmd7)

77 I befriended a bear.  Nice bear.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (8ZskC)

78 Taking a picture of Barack Obama and Bill Ayers at a hotel which showed Ayers with a word processor and legal pads in front of him.

Posted by: Federal Inmate 3229779 at February 04, 2014 12:30 PM (4CVLy)

79 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (P6QsQ)

80 Oh I also fought a scuba diver underwater for a lobster. I only had a snorkel. I am still pissed. I actually tried to pull at his tubing or whatever.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (RJMhd)

81 So pixy doesn't retain formatting when copying from another thread. Good to know. Oh well. At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Pursue your dreams wingnuts!

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (fWAjv)

82 Want a risky thrill? Stick your dick into a girl who's a bit crazy and has a boyfriend or husband who's due for parole soon

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (aTXUx)

83 I once stopped an IDF combat dozer with my bare face.  Well, slowed, not stopped.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (8ZskC)

84 Dating bouncers. That one.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (RJMhd)

85 The craziest thing I ever did on a whim: Joined the US Navy at 52.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (t3UFN)

86 "What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?"

Walking the streets of Peruvia with a side of bacon. Barely made it out alive.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (eHIJJ)

87 49 Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:24 PM (x3YFz)

I am impressed.

In case anyone doesn't know, riding bulls are about three times the size of the cows you see in the fields, and about 1,000 times more aggressive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 04:26 PM (QFxY5)

Appreciate the compliment, but it was more testosterone and that invincible feeling you have at 20.

He flicked me off like I was a gnat.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (x3YFz)

88 My husband is/was the adventurous one. Not me...kids needed at least one parent.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 04, 2014 12:31 PM (bCEmE)

89 There is a *lot* of ego involved with the engagement of so-called 'high risk sports'. When someone gets hurt, I have no sympathy at all. When others incur expense and/or inconvenience as a consequence, I get pissed. You've probably all seen this, but I feel not whit of sympathy for the guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDwCvCj4XY **** The closest to genuine flight a human can experience, and truly dangerous. I wish upon wishes that I had the courage/nerve/stupidity to do it. Just once.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (DmNpO)

90 Now I'm hungry. Who's got pancakes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (6bMeY)

91 re 69: a handout, I presume. Carney isn't smart enough to remember all that drivel.

Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (bJm7W)

92 85 Dating bouncers.

That one.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (RJMhd)
hey hey hey!

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (x3YFz)

93 " This CBO report bears that out, and the Republican plan to repeal the ACA would strip those hard-working Americans of that opportunity. Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 04:29 PM (fWAjv) " The response SHOULD be a yearlong ad campaign showing photos of homeless people "CHASING THE DREAM"(c). The (c) should be taken out in the name of Jay Carney.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (5xmd7)

94 I always feel it's rather adventurous when I have to travel 50 miles down some highway , it's pelting down rain so hard you can barely see in front of your face and truckers and other drivers are still going 70 miles and hour. and you somehow get between two trucks. I pray a lot. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2014 12:32 PM (7kkQJ)

95 Bitch slap random people who are abusing their kids. That one has gotten me in the Dutch a couple of times.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (RJMhd)

96

What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

Flying sailplane upside down for the first time solo.  Seat cushion has, as they say, never been recovered.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (bCSgp)

97 Time to wander off.  Got a chapter to review.  Plus my own writing.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (NNjb2)

98 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen. *** Grammie wins!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (DmNpO)

99 re 69: a handout, I presume. Carney isn't smart enough to remember all that drivel. Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 04:32 PM (bJm7W) Oh I don't know. I hear "drivel" is his middle name

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (t3UFN)

100 'While it is scary for me, it is the greatest lesson for our children, watching their dad follow his dream and his heart like this.

***

Please spare me the pop psych bullshit.

You know what all kids love even more than "their dad following his dream"?

Having their fucking father alive...

"Well son, you're getting married today.  Of course, we've been on the dole since your father, the plumber/family breadwinner, killed himself surfing a giant wave because he had zero impulse control.  But hey, he was following his dream or his passion or whatever bullshit we called it back then.  Too bad he's not here now to see you but YOLO BITCHES!!!"

GMAFB.

Posted by: B at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (5OEha)

101 I'm watching this documentary where a woman describes how after WW2 in East Germany, she went back to school and all the Hitler portraits were replaced with those of Stalins. She drew a bow and lips on his mustache as a joke. She was only 14 y/o and was sentenced to 10 years prison. She was subjected to mock executions and raped repeatedly. Thank you, commie assholes!

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 04, 2014 12:33 PM (NRYdU)

102 Risk taking or adrenaline seeking? Because that's the difference between bareback sex in Haiti and a Zip Line.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (y14mp)

103 At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

You can get Obamacare and welfare at the same time..?

Posted by: mallfly at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (bJm7W)

104 93 85 Dating bouncers. That one. Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (RJMhd) hey hey hey! Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:32 PM (x3YFz) ******** Ya dude--I'm thinking I might know you. Colorado? Where you ever on a judo team?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (RJMhd)

105 I love surfing but hell no.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (pSNHb)

106 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (P6QsQ)

Good Lord, girl,  ESL is like the DMZ!

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (x3YFz)

107 edit: *were* you

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:34 PM (RJMhd)

108 Do we have anyone here into code breaking? I've been working on this one a while: "Gomk Yfciy aypusbs rln pnrfaip byw mazipvlltibof. DEY cxmxqrjf ten qljbwtjvs, ltripogws, nn hwprworbfca. Ik edofgv fitqwmridc fs trby, hik szu poyy lrq esvu, iskt tet UOQ tiohldok dt frxw." Character counts, spacing, and punctuation are all correct. It decrypts to plain, recognizable English.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (aDwsi)

109 Posted by: B at February 04, 2014 04:33 PM (5OEha)

100%.

Oh, and Philip Seymour Hoffman?

Fuck you.

Getting high was more important than caring for your children?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (QFxY5)

110 My new iron loaf pan just began it's test trials.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (6bMeY)

111 I jumped out of a perfectly good plane.  Won't ever do it again, but it was one hell of a rush.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (GrtrJ)

112 99 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen. *** Grammie wins! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 04:33 PM (DmNpO) ************ Oh man.....

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (RJMhd)

113 First one of you cocksucking commie maggots who complains that we ain't talking about what those weasel shit motherfuckers in Washington are doing gets the fuckin' full treatment Hope you like soap, you twinkletoed shit for brains maggots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUylUsG-PKA

Posted by: Sgt Hartman at February 04, 2014 12:35 PM (aTXUx)

114 Staying at home with their six-year-old daughter, Honey, and son Ace, two, Mr Cotton's wife, Katie, was nervous this time.

Um, yeah, about that...

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 04, 2014 12:36 PM (cxs6V)

115

"Oh yeah, I jumped off a 110' cliff into a quarry pool."

No.

That's using up all of the luck in one shot - voluntarily.  Got to save it for the involuntary times.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Innuendoes for Both Men and Women at the Outrage Outlet! at February 04, 2014 12:36 PM (hLRSq)

116 Colorado?

Where you ever on a judo team?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 04:34 PM (RJMhd)

I wasn't.  I bounced in san antonio, not CO.

And bouncing is a pretty easy job.  2-4 sober guys vs 1 drunk guy.  It's not that difficult.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:36 PM (x3YFz)

117 Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 04:35 PM (6bMeY)

What are you baking, and what's the advantage?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:36 PM (QFxY5)

118 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

Driving a Toyota van with my family in it on the Autobahn while stationed in Germany. I kept the accelerator floored and kept as far to the right as possible (on the median, sometimes), and cars were still passing us so quickly we couldn't even see the make or model. And we were going ~100 mph.

Good times!

Posted by: RoadRunner at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (kw1xk)

119 I went heli-skiing a couple of times. Greatest rush of my life. The risk there is triggering an avalanche which doesn't happen too often, but when it does....see ya.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (0LHZx)

120 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen. Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (P6QsQ) Good Lord, girl, ESL is like the DMZ! DMZ is safer.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (t+DWU)

121 I kissed a Japanese girl in the 7th grade.

Posted by: WTP at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (q/kmn)

122

"What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?"

 

 

----------------------------------------------------

 

 

Jacking off a mountain lion with a handful of  broken glass.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (plAcy)

123 118 Meatloaf. Hoping it cleans easier than Pyrex.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:37 PM (6bMeY)

124 120 I went heli-skiing a couple of times. Greatest rush of my life. The risk there is triggering an avalanche which doesn't happen too often, but when it does....see ya. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 04:37 PM (0LHZx) ******** That is nuts. Knew a guy that use to film people doing that.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:38 PM (RJMhd)

125 My new iron loaf pan just began it's test trials Lodge?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:38 PM (t+DWU)

126 I started a joke that started the whole world crying.

Posted by: Barry Gibbs at February 04, 2014 12:38 PM (8ZskC)

127

Oh, I did bring pot into Singapore.  Not very much, and not even good pot.  I was going to put it in the battery compartment of my camera's flash, but my wife said don't be stupid put it in your sock.  Which I did.  At customs in the next country we hit they checked that battery compartment.

 

Oh, adventurous?  I'm talking stoopid. Sorry.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 04, 2014 12:38 PM (A0sHn)

128 Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 04:37 PM (plAcy) ... ... ... Why did the mountain lion have a handful of broken glass?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 04, 2014 12:38 PM (PYAXX)

129 122 Go on... Roman Polanski

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (zqvg6)

130 126 Yes Lodge. $15 on Amazon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (6bMeY)

131 Ya. Angels watching over me on that night.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (P6QsQ)

132 Getting high was more important than caring for your children?

Unpossible!  Having a child automagically makes you a responsible smart person!

Or so I keep being told by people who apparently never read their local news.

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (ZKzrr)

133 This is great, these are the leads from the Washington Post capstoning a 20+ year career of a Democratic Congresscritter:

Least successful congressman resigns

Andrews proposed 646 bills, passed 0: worst record of past 20 years

http://tinyurl.com/m2j6qr6

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (4JkHl)

134 Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:36 PM (x3YFz)

I used to do the door at punk concerts in Berkeley.

The bad part was that every asshole was trying to steal the gate (in my pocket). The good part was that they were all pasty-faced little rats who didn't know how to fight.

Nothing quite like watching a hand snake out of the crowd and try for the money as you smack the wrist with a baton.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (QFxY5)

135 I did one tandem jump, and it was thrilling. I was on a high for months before the reality of the risk I'd taken began to settle in. I'm not likely to do it again.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (DmNpO)

136 You're missing the point.

Just pointing to the history.

re: sanity I've gotten to be no longer the craziest one in the room and sometimes the sanest.  I don't have adventures I have debacles and dumb luck.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 04, 2014 12:39 PM (DL2i+)

137 >>Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen.

Ugh, years ago I was in Dubai on business. Stayed out late drinking w/colleagues and then got into a taxi alone (staying at a diff hotel) at 2:00am. So stupid! The driver took a detour (and gave a lame excuse about the bridge being closed), but he was just trying to run up the meter.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (POpqt)

138 I wasn't. I bounced in san antonio, not CO. And bouncing is a pretty easy job. 2-4 sober guys vs 1 drunk guy. It's not that difficult. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:36 PM (x3YFz) ******* Not this bar. It was a standing room only type of joint. Fights would go to thirty minimum in a nanosecond. Accidentally found out a way to bring them to an almost dead stop-- throw money. I am not joking.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (RJMhd)

139 >>>What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?

I once told my dad, "No, I'm not going to mow the lawn. Mow it yourself if you want to."

I only mustered up the bravery to do that once, though.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (IN7k+)

140 "What sane person paddles out to greet an 80' wave?"

They don't, they get towed out by a jet ski, to do otherwise would be foolish.

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (4JkHl)

141 Risk. Dated a ginger, jumped out of a plane that was not crashing into the Persian Gulf. Got hung up with alphabet agencies, tried to fake my own death, and not get killed. And my kid looks like a ginger, and keeps talking about the Grail in his sleep. Staying dead is harder than it looks. Dick Cheny sent a personal letter to my son, I told him to piss off, you cannot have him. That is probably why Churchill was better at it, at least he had a retirement. It is probably cool to pretend to be dead, and have the watchers pretend with you. There are still escaped goats in the Persian Gulf, the ones who got stared at. They will probably have some issues with the kids, they are like gingers, meet stares with stares.

Posted by: neal at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (Co3sS)

142 I'm lactose intolerant. My sister-in-law made some chocolate-chip cookies for her Super Bowl party. I was all like, "Fuck it, I'm having a nice tall glass of cold milk with these bad boys."

Sometimes you just gotta stare danger in the face and make him your bitch.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at February 04, 2014 12:40 PM (celt+)

143 This cries out for UN-regulated World Safe Surfing Standards, and UN-approved, nationally-issued surfing licenses. Let the international conferences begin!

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (lILC0)

144 Grew up surfing in Southern California and surfed some fairly big waves. The biggest I ever surfed was when the top of the waves were cresting just under the Huntington Beach pier, so maybe 20 foot faces. I was able to ride 2 waves. On the 3rd wave I caught a rail and cartwheeled down the face. I got held under for what seemed like forever. I was a second or two from saying to myself, fuck it, and taking in a breath of water. About that time, I popped up to the surface, grabbed my board, and paddled to shore. I was about 18 at the time and never went out in big surf again.

Posted by: Randy at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (IHUv4)

145 Prolly not the biggest wave ever surfed.


May be the biggest wave ever surfed where the surfer lived to tell the tale.



Posted by: West at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (1Rgee)

146 I doubled down on 12.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (8ZskC)

147 Becoming a bomb technician in the US Army.

Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (TLESu)

148 ironically, playing 'Risk' with people you care about is one of the greater risks you can take.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 04:24 PM (4CVLy)


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Ah, but the feeling of conquering all of them is just so satisfying. Love that game. Posted by: Soona

My wife gets mad when I mercilessly crush my kids at it, I deem it educational.

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 12:41 PM (4JkHl)

149

Skiing at South Shore Tahoe, Heavenly Valley

 

 

At the top of the summit I decided to take the easy way down and headed to a fire type     trail that     took me to the North Shore of Tahoe.     Not where I wanted to be.

 

 

All alone, nothing     but mountain after mountain of pure desolation.  I was lost and the sun had just gone down.

 

 

I had to sidestep straight up mountain after mountain until I got back to the top and when I got there the two lift operators were just about to head down for the night.     Every sidestep I'd     had to make I said outloud to God to help me and he did I made it without freezing to death.

Posted by: Puncher at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (LhAqq)

150 We have to have a Moron meet up.

You critters and all the characters you are, all the wisdom, wittiness... we have to get a nice little vegas moron aos package together. 

So many of you that I want to sit down across a table from.

That's it.

It's happening. 

Vegas.  Next year. 

Save your pennies.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (x3YFz)

151 I didn't think of it at the time, but riding my bicycle cross country, starting on the Oregon coast with a projected arrival in Mass. About 20 miles short of the Continental Divide in Montana, a guy fell asleep at the wheel and hit me, and I probably should have died. Luckily, he hit me clean on my left butt cheek with his right-front hood, and I flew about 50 feet in the air, clear of everything--he knocked me out of my shoes. Severed an internal artery in my left glute, but mercifully the skin was intact. Otherwise, I would have bled out in a minute. What's weird is, I remember thinking, as I was doing my mid-air somersault, "I'm in the middle of nowhere, where the fuck am I gonna get my bike fixed?" When I realized I couldn't stand up, that concern rapidly disappeared and turned to, "Uh, I hope I'm not paralyzed."

Posted by: jakeman at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (vH4YP)

152 I shot a man just to watch him die*.


*possibly invented for dramatic effect

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (38LLM)

153 Vietnam. After that, life.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 04:23 PM (plAcy)


Marrying a Viet Nam Vet and staying married through to his death in agony from Agent Orange poisoning.  I truly hope that McNamara and Johnson just got a quarter of a dose of that much hell when they got there.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (kXoT0)

154 I'm pretty risk-averse in terms of recreational things. But after visiting with an old friend of ours who has lived in the same house and worked in the same building for thirty years, I'm realizing my husband and I are pretty adventurous compared to him. We've moved 9 times in our 30 years of marriage. The biggest risk we took was moving to California (although we didn't realize it at the time). That was a mistake. Most of our other moves have paid off, however.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (zDsvJ)

155 Yes Lodge. $15 on Amazon. Have 5 of them. Pro tip: Always preheat instrument you are baking with first. I preheat a lodge skillet, spray in the oil, pour in the cornbread batter, & in 15 minutes, it slides right out. No preheat, it sticks. Bad.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (t+DWU)

156 143 I'm lactose intolerant. My sister-in-law made some chocolate-chip cookies for her Super Bowl party. I was all like, "Fuck it, I'm having a nice tall glass of cold milk with these bad boys." Sometimes you just gotta stare danger in the face and make him your bitch. Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at February 04, 2014 04:40 PM (celt+) ********* o...m....g.... Seriously that is damn scary.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:42 PM (RJMhd)

157 Becoming a bomb technician in the US Army. Posted by: Dr. Manhattan

Initial Success or Total Failure

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 12:43 PM (4JkHl)

158 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKG0p6Tv9Q&feature=kp

Wipeout!

Posted by: bill-o at February 04, 2014 12:43 PM (bjND7)

159 I'm lactose intolerant. My sister-in-law made some chocolate-chip cookies for her Super Bowl party. I was all like, "Fuck it, I'm having a nice tall glass of cold milk with these bad boys." Sometimes you just gotta stare danger in the face and make him your bitch. *** Breyers now makes lactose-free ice cream!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:43 PM (DmNpO)

160 To be young again.  Every day was a fucking adventure when I was growing up.   Too bad that many kids now will not be allowed the freedom that I had to be stupid and live through it.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (plAcy)

161 147 I doubled down on 12. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 04, 2014 04:41 PM (8ZskC) ******* Fuck that I split tens when the dealer is showing a six.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (RJMhd)

162 143 I'm lactose intolerant. My sister-in-law made some chocolate-chip cookies for her Super Bowl party. I was all like, "Fuck it, I'm having a nice tall glass of cold milk with these bad boys." ---- Lactaid milk is really good. And it stays good for much longer in the fridge.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (zDsvJ)

163 86 The craziest thing I ever did on a whim: Joined the US Navy at 52. Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (t3UFN) You can do that?

Posted by: Sambo at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (nRlDG)

164 Practicing Dentistry on a Kibbutz on the border with with Lebanon during "peace for galilee".

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (t3UFN)

165 Asked to be sent to the combat zone

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (eNYDn)

166 143 That's some funny shit right there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (6bMeY)

167 Least successful congressman resigns Andrews proposed 646 bills, passed 0: worst record of past 20 years ----------------- Actually, in a weird way, he sounds like the kind of guy we need.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 12:44 PM (aDwsi)

168
   Vietnam.

    The rest has just been gravy.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (SAMxH)

169 Reminds me of the Gilligan episode where the surfer dude ended up on the island and then rode another huge wave home only to hit his head and get amnesia and forgot about the castaways! And in case you're wondering. Mary Ann, long, hard and often.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (/o+xv)

170 You can do that? Posted by: Sambo at February 04, 2014 04:44 PM (nRlDG) If your a DR and get an age waiver

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (t3UFN)

171 Adding up the number of jobs and number of addresses I've had in the past 15 years = 18. I'd say that's adventurous.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (0LHZx)

172 If you are between one of those waves and a breakwall or suitably large rock, the impact pressure is enormous. An open literature account of force transducers mounted on a North Sea breakwater indicated up to 150 psi. A nuclear blast overpressure of 5 psi will knock most houses flat. So if you are going to try big wave surfing be sure to wear a wetsuit so they can find your mashed remains more easily.

Posted by: chuckR at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (w6bKm)

173

Walking past  a group of  black youths who baited me into telling them to fuck off.   Only a few bruises and they received a few, though not enough.   I'm just lucky it was in a public setting (city civic center) . 

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (m2CN7)

174 Stampeded cattle ... Through The Vatican

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (aTXUx)

175 throw money.

I am not joking.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 04:40 PM (RJMhd)

nice!  I was lucky enough to bounce at a well behaved place where only the occasional clown would go off the res.

Was pretty easy money.  Just mostly keeping the patrons' hands off the waitresses.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (x3YFz)

176 Geez Jakeman! Any permanent damage?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (DmNpO)

177 Vegas. Next year.

Save your pennies.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:42 PM (x3YFz)

Yankeefifth has already done some preliminary research. We discussed it at the NY/NJ Moron Meet-up in October.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 12:45 PM (QFxY5)

178 Actually, in a weird way, he sounds like the kind of guy we need. Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 04:44 PM (aDwsi) _________ my thoughts exactly. If every congressman passed 0 bills his entire career this country would be a hell of a lot better off.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:46 PM (0LHZx)

179 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (P6QsQ)

I took a wrong turn after a Cardinals night game that went way late due to extra innings and wound up in East St. Louis by myself in a brand new car. 

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 04, 2014 12:46 PM (kXoT0)

180 Stood between Cristy Creme and a box of donuts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 04, 2014 12:46 PM (DHj6D)

181 Walking past a group of black youths who baited me into telling them to fuck off. Only a few bruises and they received a few, though not enough.


Do tell...

Posted by: Eric Holder, Seeker of Justice at February 04, 2014 12:46 PM (8ZskC)

182 172 Adding up the number of jobs and number of addresses I've had in the past 15 years = 18.

I'd say that's adventurous.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 04:45 PM (0LHZx)

I'd call it someone who no girl wants to be around.

But... forgive my hate, I just don't like you.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:47 PM (x3YFz)

183 Not much of a risk taker.  I do ride horses, and even though its only a few feet off the ground I *could* get a broken neck with an awkward fall but the odds of that are quite low.   I don't jump which would increase the odds of injury.   Riding is not something I do for risk based adrenalin rush.  Its just a way I can experience some athletic rush in spite of  having quite limited speed, agility, strength, etc. of my own. 

But if we get so far into progressive utopia that all risk taking is outlawed I will be an outlaw.  I think part of the reason kids today turn to risky drugs and sexual behavior is that they are overly constrained from taking normal risks and people are wired to crave some risk in their lives. 

Posted by: palerider at February 04, 2014 12:47 PM (dkExz)

184 Cornbread sounds good. Got a good recipe?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (6bMeY)

185

Working for Hillary Clinton's State Department

Posted by: Ambassador Stevens at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (Pr6hk)

186 Sometimes I put i before e even after c.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (38LLM)

187 Lactaid milk is really good. And it stays good for much longer in the fridge. *** there's something about Lactaid that just tastes off to me. My go-to is Organic Valley 2% Lactose-free and, yes, it does last a long time in the fridge. I wonder why that is.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (DmNpO)

188 I tore the tag off a mattress once ... Scary .. but the RUSH, man

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (aTXUx)

189 We have to have a Moron meet up.  Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:42 PM (x3YFz)

Is LV really set up for that MUCH crazee?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (kXoT0)

190 Driving in blizzards in which I couldn't see the end of the hood of my car. I know, not much, but it was risky.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2014 12:48 PM (Xmw9g)

191 Crossing Janet Reno

Posted by: David Koresh at February 04, 2014 12:49 PM (Pr6hk)

192
Greatest adventure?

blog-commenting ... from a Starbucks.


in a rough part of Detroit.
_

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 04, 2014 04:20 PM (4CVLy)










Driving through Oakland (3 white and 1 hispanic guy), trying to find a particular motorcycle parts shop, in a Suzuki Samurai with the soft top removed, that had problems with the exhaust backfiring.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 12:49 PM (TIIx5)

193 I'd call it someone who no girl wants to be around. But... forgive my hate, I just don't like you. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:47 PM (x3YFz) ___________ Why? Girls like people who work in the same cube for 25 years? Oh well, my loss in not getting one of those girls I guess. My wife likes the adventure of new things too.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:49 PM (0LHZx)

194 This one time, I wore shorts. To church. Top that, I dare you.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 12:49 PM (P6QsQ)

195 I once made my hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 04, 2014 12:49 PM (DHj6D)

196 I took a wrong turn after a Cardinals night game that went way late due to extra innings and wound up in East St. Louis by myself in a brand new car. *** I got lost in DC, after midnight, in a brand new bright red Monte Carlo. I was not a happy person.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (DmNpO)

197 I like Reno.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (6bMeY)

198 Eating at Pizza at Yorkside instead of Sally or Pepe's

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (Pr6hk)

199 Oh! Sledding or going on motorcycles with DRUNK Canadians. o--m---g. I shit myself just recalling it. Near death experiences. Off for some tea.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (RJMhd)

200 I tore the tag off a mattress once ... Scary .. but the RUSH, man Dood, you haven't lived until you folded, spindled, and mutilated.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (0HooB)

201 Climbed a few mountains. Done some cliff diving. Private Pilot. Doing work on an orphanage in Juarez. But nothing could prepare me for Obamacare.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (/o+xv)

202 I try not to take risks like that, but I did go up in a Piper Cub with a stoner pilot. He was hot.

Posted by: Lady Billingsgate at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (CDNlu)

203 I once had my figure completely in when the smell notified me that I might lose my hand. Girls from NJ? Do they wash?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (0FSuD)

204 Why? Girls like people who work in the same cube for 25 years? Oh well, my loss in not getting one of those girls I guess. My wife likes the adventure of new things too.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 04:49 PM (0LHZx)

You presume too much.  Perhaps I do the same.

Just because I don't like you doesn't mean I'm not reasonable.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:50 PM (x3YFz)

205 I took a wrong turn after a Cardinals night game that went way late due to extra innings and wound up in East St. Louis by myself in a brand new car. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 04, 2014 04:46 PM (kXoT0) Winner!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 04, 2014 12:51 PM (R8hU8)

206 I've got a million of em

Posted by: Bob Filner at February 04, 2014 12:51 PM (Pr6hk)

207 >>I wonder why that is. Looks like it's "ultra-pasteurized" at higher temperatures b/c they think it won't sell as quickly. http://shelflifeadvice.com/content/why-does-lactose-free-milk-last-longer-regular-milk

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (zDsvJ)

208 Reading the Wall Street Journal editorial page.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (Pr6hk)

209 All this "risk taking" talk reminds me of a joke. Seems the various heads of each of the Air Force, Army, Marines, and Navy were talking about whose guys were toughest. And it came down to betting. The General (or... Colonel? in the case of the Marines) who could get an E5 to engage in the riskiest behavior would win. The Air Force started first- an enlisted man was called and told take a sub-machine gun and a bunch of grenades and take down an enemy air force base. "Sir, Yes sir!" the man yelled. So with the Army and Navy- each trying to one up each other. "Assault that squadron of tanks!" "SEAL, I want you to take that naval base with nothing more than this feather and a pair of liederhosen!" "Sir, Yes sir!" the men replied. Then it was the Marines' turn. An old grizzled veteran showed up at the summons, and the Commandant said, "Marine. You've heard what the others were supposed to do?" "Yes, sir." "Good. I want you to do all of that, and then go kick Kumeinni's ass." The veteran saluted smartly and replied, "Sir! No sir!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (PYAXX)

210 Coward is another lousy last name to have.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (8Z7UQ)

211 Cornbread sounds good. Got a good recipe? Pretty much any of the packaged ones. Or follow the recipe on the bag of cornmeal. Just add a tablespoon of sugar & use half & half instead of milk. Half & half seems to make it fluffier.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (t+DWU)

212 Feel the wave of excitement as I put my love into you.

 

Posted by: Paul Ryan's Boyish Grin and Sinewy Arms at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (NpXoL)

213  I like Reno.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 04:50 PM (6bMeY)

 

 

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I heard you can watch men die there.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (plAcy)

214 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? marrying a Sicilian/Spanish chick from the south

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (At8tV)

215 You presume too much. Perhaps I do the same. Just because I don't like you doesn't mean I'm not reasonable. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 04:50 PM (x3YFz) __________ Not sure what you're talking about but OK. My point was that people who stay in the same place, both job wise and home wise are pretty fucking boring people. And the girls who like those types of dude, are not the girls I like.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:52 PM (0LHZx)

216 I tried a new dry cleaners.... once

Posted by: David Brooks at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (Pr6hk)

217 Rand Paul is coming up on CNN to discuss the CBO report

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (DmNpO)

218 Having children. Street racing. Drag Racing. Bungee jumping off cranes. Cross country adventures at the drop of a hat. High speed on motorcycles. Rescued a woman and stopped a rapist once. I'm sure I missed a few things, a lot of what I did I didn't think was that special, its been a fun life. A LOT of stupid stuff with cars, looking back surprised what I survived at times. Not over yet though =)

Posted by: gdonovan at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (re37p)

219 Driving in blizzards in which I couldn't see the end of the hood of my car.

I've driven in an ice storm like that.  Had to stop every other exit to chip the ice off the headlights so I could see to keep going.

I was young.  Now I'd get a room and a six-pack.

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (ZKzrr)

220 Almond milk also has a long shelf life.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (bCEmE)

221 Vegas. Next year. Save your pennies. Posted by: tangonine What about the meat eaters?

Posted by: Daybrother at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (TscwB)

222 Boy scout canoeing, left turning chute between 2 big rocks, turned too hard, stuck the canoe sideways across the rocks, upstream side went in, filled up, flipped me upstream, slid underwater face up under the canoe praying not to get stuck. 

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (DL2i+)

223 Scabbing loads of gasoline out of Bayonne in the '70's.

Posted by: redenzo at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (WCnJW)

224 I used to do car rolling competitions. That's about the craziest thing I've ever done

Posted by: The Dude at February 04, 2014 12:53 PM (bStrg)

225 Me once put 'em butter on my maize

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at February 04, 2014 12:54 PM (Pr6hk)

226 As a kid, we'd file down our sneaker treads.  Then we would ride the Beaverhead river downstream on the surface of the rocks (was only like 3 feet deep) for about a mile.

Underwater redneck sneaker surfing. 

When we got done, we'd fish a few trout out, clean them, wrap them in foil with a little butter, build a fire...

Good stuff.

Never lost anyone, but had a few close calls.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:54 PM (x3YFz)

227 I once fought a guy right-handed when I was really left-handed, then I switched and he was like "wow, I'm doomed", and I knocked him out, but I didn't kill him cuz he was such a great artist.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 04, 2014 12:54 PM (38LLM)

228 Sold tech stocks in late 1999 when everyone and their brother was sure the .com boom would last another 10 years.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:55 PM (0LHZx)

229 Driving in blizzards in which I couldn't see the end of the hood of my car. That's nothing, I used to push snow in the same conditions.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 12:55 PM (6bMeY)

230 Yeah, that's what she told me last night. Posted by: Sean Connery at February 04, 2014 04:54 PM (oGrEy) ____________ Perfect

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 12:55 PM (0LHZx)

231 Looks like it's "ultra-pasteurized" at higher temperatures b/c they think it won't sell as quickly. **** Heh. So we're not the only people to notice that. People laugh and make jokes about lactose-free milk but my family now prefers it to regular milk. For some reason, it tastes sweeter.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:55 PM (DmNpO)

232 good, Sony thinking of selling their PC division

Posted by: The Dude at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (bStrg)

233 I once stuck my finger in a dyke. 

Posted by: Paul Ryan's Boyish Grin and Sinewy Arms at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (NpXoL)

234 Abolish compulsory education. http://tinyurl.com/nwng4se

Posted by: Iblis at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (9221z)

235 I did many many things in my younger days that were, done wrong deadly. Looking back it was all done for testing myself, physically and mentally. One thing I've never done is kayak in a croc filled river in Africa. Couple of years ago a guy was doing just that and boom, gone. His friend behind him got it in video but you can't really see anything, just a guy in a little boat then no guy and no boat. I don't think they ever found anything.

Posted by: traye at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (t+sbN)

236 Geez Jakeman! Any permanent damage? NDH: Amazingly enough, not really. My entire back side was black and blue from ankle to neck. Needed a couple of pints of blood, and almost needed dialysis. I remember the main nurse being cute I still have a good-sized dent in my left butt cheek and it's still numb to the touch 24 years later. Initial damage was a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra and torn ligament in my left knee. I was young and took rehab very seriously. So, I got VERY lucky! And I stick to riding the canals and mountain bike trails here in Phoenix.

Posted by: jakeman at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (vH4YP)

237 Not sure what you're talking about but OK. My point was that people who stay in the same place, both job wise and home wise are pretty fucking boring people. And the girls who like those types of dude, are not the girls I like.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 04, 2014 04:52 PM (0LHZx)

 

Your point sucks. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 12:56 PM (m2CN7)

238 195 This one time, I wore shorts. To church. Top that, I dare you. I sat with the men on Friday night.

Posted by: Mohanmed the Goat Fucker's daughter who has no ass at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (0FSuD)

239 Stopped at a convenience store at sundown on the corner of Vermont and Santa Monica in East Hollywood with a bunch of young Latinos starting to gather Doesn't sound that scary until they're trying to open the doors with you in the car and you have to back out in a hurry and GTFO

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (aTXUx)

240 Oh, and its a cheat if you have to get towed out to the wave by jet-ski.

Posted by: Iblis at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (9221z)

241 I once did jumping jacks at a beach on Guam

Posted by: Hank Johnson (D) Georgia at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (Pr6hk)

242 195 This one time, I wore shorts. To church. Top that, I dare you. Posted by: grammie winger _____________________ I wore shorts to church when I was preaching because I wanted to go golfing afterwards. Does that count?

Posted by: Furious George at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (yFb77)

243 For some reason, it tastes sweeter. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse Will try some tonight. Going to store.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (yzyzs)

244 Cornbread sounds good. Got a good recipe? http://preview.tinyurl.com/mabpycr Read the reviews first, lots of good info there.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (45N4D)

245 I walked 7 blocks through downtown Camden NJ at sunset. Alone and unarmed.

Posted by: Libtardo at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (sWYjf)

246 Saying "I do.".......for the fourth time

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 04, 2014 12:57 PM (X+nFp)

247
Your point sucks.

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 04:56 PM (m2CN7)

He's not the brightest bowling ball in the woodpile to begin with.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (x3YFz)

248

2 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

 

No he's not!

You're a traitor for saying that!

 

When I grow up, I want to be just like him.

I've been practicing in the mirror to smile just like he does.

Posted by: Joffrey Lanister at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (zsK6M)

249 The craziest thing I ever did on a whim: Joined the US Navy at 52.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (t3UFN)


You can do that? Posted by: Sambo

In a limited line community, sure

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (4JkHl)

250 Ooh I forgot a good one. We used to "Hookey Bob" on the back of the bus. For you southern Morons I'll explain. In the winter, we'd get off the bus. Walk around back and grab on to the bumper. Then we'd basically ski holding onto the back of the bus until you either got caught or fell off which always sucked. I went damn near three miles one day until I realized I would have to walk home. Then another time I was having a fine time until I fell off and the car that almost hit me was driven by my Dad. Yep. that was an ass kickin. Well deserved too.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (/o+xv)

251 Once I sent an audit letter to a Democrat donor

Posted by: IRS Supervisor at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (Pr6hk)

252 Used to do commercial diving in San Juan harbor in Puerto Rico. Extremely busy harbor, full of cruise ships, tugs, barges and lots and lots of fishing boats. Visibility was about 1 foot because of all the silt, oil and other assorted crap in the harbor and I had to be tied to my partner and use underwater flashlights so we didn't get lost. The bottom was many feet of silt that was like quicksand, you go in you do not come out. But what made it really exciting was the fishing boats cleaning their catch and dumping the waste parts, aka chum, in an area chock full of sharks of all sizes and shapes. Things that would go bump in the dark were not welcome but not uncommon. Risky but good money.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (g1DWB)

253
I humped Betty Lou Throckmorton on the conference table at the Harvard Law Review. Tight as a mouse butt!

Posted by: Barry Sotero at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (nQjHM)

254 Married a 21 year old flight attendant when I was 40. Now I am enjoying my 50s as a divorced single dad.

Posted by: Alf767 at February 04, 2014 12:58 PM (71bXH)

255 I wore shorts to church when I was preaching because I wanted to go golfing afterwards. Does that count? ============= That definitely counts.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 04, 2014 12:59 PM (P6QsQ)

256 Tapper just announced that DiCaprio will portray Richard Jewell in an upcoming film.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 12:59 PM (DmNpO)

257 I broke into the Italian version of Sam's Club in Rome. I had to scale a really tall chain link fence. There were a bunch of guys working the night shift stocking shelves. I had a shopping cart and was walking through the aisles throwing stuff into my cart with my friend who broke in with me. I was drunk.

Posted by: L, elle at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (Cuj/g)

258 people who stay in the same place, both job wise and home wise are pretty fucking boring people.

They sure get smug about it, though.

I've been in the 317 for two and a half years now, I'm starting to get bored.

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (ZKzrr)

259 246 That's the same place I got my Meatloaf Recipe. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-meatloaf/

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (6bMeY)

260 Once I asked a real question of a Democrat candidate... been paying for it ever since

Posted by: Joe The Plummer at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (Pr6hk)

261 124 118 Meatloaf. Hoping it cleans easier than Pyrex. Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 04:37 PM (6bMeY) _____________ The best baking pans (?) I have ever used are those rubber type ones. Stuff doesn't stick and they clean super easily. Haven't used metal or pyrex bakers for years.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (MIKMs)

262 According to James Bradley in Flags of our Fathers, the guys who came home from Iwo Jima had not interest in this kind of thing.

Posted by: tmitsss at February 04, 2014 01:00 PM (7Rx8v)

263 Used to do commercial diving in San Juan harbor in Puerto Rico. Extremely busy harbor, full of cruise ships, tugs, barges and lots and lots of fishing boats. Visibility was about 1 foot because of all the silt, oil and other assorted crap in the harbor and I had to be tied to my partner and use underwater flashlights so we didn't get lost. The bottom was many feet of silt that was like quicksand, you go in you do not come out. But what made it really exciting was the fishing boats cleaning their catch and dumping the waste parts, aka chum, in an area chock full of sharks of all sizes and shapes. Things that would go bump in the dark were not welcome but not uncommon. Risky but good money. *** Egad. I hope it paid well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (DmNpO)

264
I once stuck my finger in a dyke.

Posted by: Paul Ryan's Boyish Grin and Sinewy Arms at February 04, 2014 04:56 PM (NpXoL)











Me too, just last night as a matter of fact.

Posted by: Bill de Blasio at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (TIIx5)

265 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? ----------- This one time, at band camp.....

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (cViiz)

266 Stopped at a convenience store at sundown on the corner of Vermont and Santa Monica in East Hollywood with a bunch of young Latinos starting to gather

Doesn't sound that scary until they're trying to open the doors with you in the car and you have to back out in a hurry and GTFO

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 04:57 PM (aTXUx)

 

 

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They were just being polite and trying to help a lady out of her car.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (plAcy)

267 Gone on drainage tours on forestry roads.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (Xmw9g)

268 All the risks I have taken have failed and caused me great harm. Sorry for the downer. Sometimes things break. For some people (like me) they break every time.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (FApZx)

269 256 Married a 21 year old flight attendant when I was 40. Now I am enjoying my 50s as a divorced single dad.

Posted by: Alf767 at February 04, 2014 04:58 PM (71bXH)

dude!  the hell were you thinking?

Never mind... But flight attendants these days look like the crawled out of the orc camp of saurumon.  

Last batch I saw were so ugly that when they fell out of the ugly tree the branches got out of the way.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (x3YFz)

270 Riskiest adventures: I was lowered to the deck of a ship doing 25° rolls from a helicopter via horsecollar at age 31. No safety line, just hung on until I eventually hit the deck. At 19 I jumped out of a plane, by myself, with 4 hours of training two weeks prior to the jump. To cure my fear of heights. I diagnosed the fear later as fear of exposure to open air, so this did not work. Walking a narrow ridge-line with a 1000' drop to the left in the San Juan Mountains was easier, because I could look to the summit on the right. Also took my elderly dad canoeing on the upper Potomac and going through a class 3 rapids with a large boulder right next to the chute. Getting married at 50 years old.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2014 01:01 PM (u82oZ)

271 According to James Bradley in Flags of our Fathers, the guys who came home from Iwo Jima had not interest in this kind of thing. *** They had had quite enough adventure in their lives. I would bet the same is true of many vets.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 04, 2014 01:02 PM (DmNpO)

272 Once I ate a ham sandwich in one bite on a dare

Posted by: Mamma Cass at February 04, 2014 01:02 PM (Pr6hk)

273 270 All the risks I have taken have failed and caused me great harm.

Sorry for the downer. Sometimes things break. For some people (like me) they break every time.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 05:01 PM (FApZx)

Got it.

But just promise you'll never work on nuclear weapons, ok?

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:02 PM (x3YFz)

274

I'm not a fan of risk-taking for its own sake.  The risks I have taken have involved either personal or professional circumstances where the reward was worth it. 

 

That being said, I have gone into neighborhooods, professionally, when I was single that I would not go into today.  Armed or not. 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2014 01:03 PM (TOk1P)

275 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? --------- Buying Sandra Fluke a drink.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 04, 2014 01:03 PM (cViiz)

276 Risky but good money. Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2014 04:58 PM (g1DWB) You, sir, are a fucking idiot!!

Posted by: Mohanmed the Goat Fucker's daughter who has no ass at February 04, 2014 01:03 PM (0FSuD)

277 We used to "Hookey Bob" on the back of the bus. For you southern Morons I'll explain. In the winter, we'd get off the bus. Walk around back and grab on to the bumper. Then we'd basically ski holding onto the back of the bus until you either got caught or fell off which always sucked. I went damn near three miles one day until I realized I would have to walk home. Did that growing up in St. Louis. Standard Oil home heating oil truck. Only thing on the road after fresh snow.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 01:03 PM (t+DWU)

278 >>>What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? Not moving to Canada after November of 2008.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 01:03 PM (N/cFh)

279 also drove through Cabrini-Green at 11PM before they demoed that shithole on accident

Posted by: The Dude at February 04, 2014 01:04 PM (bStrg)

280 Haven't used metal or pyrex bakers for years. Pyrex changed their glass because of the meth cooks. Apparently there is some rapid heating / cooling in the meth cooking process. Pyrex used to be the go-to stuff for them. Pyrex was forced to go to an inferior product because of this.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 04, 2014 01:04 PM (45N4D)

281 I was looking for something interesting to do at home, so someone told me to try Ace of Spades, so I did

Posted by: Phillip Seymour Hoffman at February 04, 2014 01:04 PM (Pr6hk)

282

Sold tech stocks in late 1999 when everyone and their brother was sure the .com boom would last another 10 years.

 

You know how to hurt a fella.  I got a tattoo of my dot.com company on a dare from the CEO in exchange for 5,000 options (we had to get a total stranger to do it, too, and did).  I was going to retire on that tattoo.

 

It was January 2000.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 04, 2014 01:04 PM (A0sHn)

283 Climbed a 28 foot tall telephone pole, perched on the top on a dinner plate sized disk and then jumped off. I was of course in a harness but it was still kind of terrifying. After I did that I decided if I could do that I could handle having a kid.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 04, 2014 01:04 PM (RZ8pf)

284 At 19 I jumped out of a plane, by myself, with 4 hours of training two weeks prior to the jump. To cure my fear of heights. I diagnosed the fear later as fear of exposure to open air, so this did not work. Posted by: NaCly Dog I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing at that.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 04, 2014 01:05 PM (vXXWA)

285 272 Riskiest adventures:

I was lowered to the deck of a ship doing 25° rolls from a helicopter via horsecollar at age 31. No safety line, just hung on until I eventually hit the deck.

At 19 I jumped out of a plane, by myself, with 4 hours of training two weeks prior to the jump. To cure my fear of heights. I diagnosed the fear later as fear of exposure to open air, so this did not work.

Walking a narrow ridge-line with a 1000' drop to the left in the San Juan Mountains was easier, because I could look to the summit on the right.

Also took my elderly dad canoeing on the upper Potomac and going through a class 3 rapids with a large boulder right next to the chute.

Getting married at 50 years old.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2014 05:01 PM (u82oZ)

And *this* is why we need a vegas Moron meet up.

You folks are a hoot!  I want to hear these stories with all the arm waving and whatnot!

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:05 PM (x3YFz)

286 Off goat fucker sock!

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:05 PM (0FSuD)

287 Once I trusted a Senator

Posted by: Rod Blogovich at February 04, 2014 01:05 PM (Pr6hk)

288 Did that growing up in St. Louis. Standard Oil home heating oil truck. Only thing on the road after fresh snow. Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 05:03 PM ..Kind of funny you never see kids doing it anymore. Which is a good thing because it was stooopid to do it. Man I used to do some dumb shit. Then I guess age and the realization you are breakable hits you at some point.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 01:05 PM (/o+xv)

289 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure? ------------------ Marrying Mr. DeVille, who can't dance and eats potatoes.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 04, 2014 01:06 PM (dfYL9)

290 also drove through Cabrini-Green at 11PM before they demoed that shithole on accident

Heh.  When I was 17, my cousin came to visit me at school with some of his USAF buddies and and we thought we'd go to the Museum of Science and Industry...failed the concept of Local vs Express on the Dan Ryan...no problem, we'll just follow the lines on the map and backtrack on these city streets...in our car with Iowa plates...

Yeah.

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 01:06 PM (ZKzrr)

291
It was January 2000.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 04, 2014 05:04 PM (A0sHn)

ouch.  So that's now... B-17 nose art quality?  I hope?  Got it fixed?

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:06 PM (x3YFz)

292 Getting married at 50 years old. Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2014 05:01 PM (u82oZ) Wow, that last one. You must have a big set of balls, or she must be rich as shit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:06 PM (0FSuD)

293 >>Egad. I hope it paid well. Yea, they paid us very well. Probably the riskiest part was surfacing in Old San Juan. Being a white, blonde haired blue eyed guy in Old San Juan after dark is, well, risky. The land sharks are packing.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (g1DWB)

294 Tried to join the Marines at 30.

Next oldest guy in my platoon was 24. Most were 18-19.


Posted by: Mr. Ouchy at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (vgIRn)

295 i was in the National Guard for over 20 years, and that was enough stupid risk taking for anyone.

i'm boring as shit now, and glad for the peace & quiet.  adrenaline gets old.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (q+fqH)

296 Last batch I saw were so ugly that when they fell out of the ugly tree the branches got out of the way. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 05:01 PM (x3YFz) I hear that Korean Air and SAS both have FA's that could compete in "America's Top Model"

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (aTXUx)

297 I crossed the Mississippi River by going under the Ford Bridge. Basically spanned the under arches. There are points where you are probably 200 feet over the river. I was stupid.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (32Ze2)

298 dude! the hell were you thinking?

Never mind... But flight attendants these days look like the crawled out of the orc camp of saurumon.

Last batch I saw were so ugly that when they fell out of the ugly tree the branches got out of the way.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 05:01 PM (x3YFz)

 

 

-----------------------------------------------

 

 

You need to expand your travels and fly some Asian airlines.  Some top-flight babes working those planes.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (plAcy)

299 I went on a week long solo walkabout in the Appalachian backcountry. It was fun. Got seriously tired of ramen though.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 04, 2014 01:07 PM (cViiz)

300 >>Pyrex changed their glass because of the meth cooks.

Ugh, that's a stupid reason to ruin a perfectly good product.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2014 01:08 PM (POpqt)

301 "Surfing" to me is more than falling off a cliff.

Posted by: I'm SO Happy! Happy! Happy! at February 04, 2014 01:08 PM (s4dQN)

302 Driving in Scotland. NEVER. AGAIN.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 01:08 PM (V9+wG)

303 You need to expand your travels and fly some Asian airlines. Some top-flight babes working those planes.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 05:07 PM (plAcy)

 

Malaysia Airlines.   Yummy. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (m2CN7)

304 Delta and Korean Air are Partners. Those Korean Air Stewardesses are badass.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (6bMeY)

305 Marrying Mr. DeVille, who can't dance and eats potatoes. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 04, 2014 05:06 PM (dfYL9) Wait, is this a mid west thing? You have to eat potatoes while you dance? I thought only farting was required.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (0FSuD)

306 I once dared the media to follow me to my mistress

Posted by: Gary Hart at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (9221z)

307 I want to hear these stories with all the arm waving and whatnot!

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 05:05 PM (x3YFz)

yeah...that stuff is great, but then the fapping starts.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (QFxY5)

308 Ugh, that's a stupid reason to ruin a perfectly good product.

What?

Posted by: Sudafed PE at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (ZKzrr)

309 ..Kind of funny you never see kids doing it anymore. Which is a good thing because it was stooopid to do it. Back then it was safe. Only one or two vehicles on the road. Maybe an ass chewing from a cop if caught. Nowdays? Sheesh.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 01:09 PM (t+DWU)

310 What has, thus far, been your greatest risk-taking adventure?


Is that what we're talking about?

Posted by: Dang, getting ready to hump that toaster with the dodgy power cord at February 04, 2014 01:10 PM (MNq6o)

311 I descended a 14er here in Colorado, only not on the trail. My buddy and i thought it would be faster. Almost got stuck a few times, as it started to snow and get dark out. A boulder above me got dislodged and came crashing down about four feet away from me. It was about the size of a car.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 04, 2014 01:10 PM (LIQGY)

312 305 You need to expand your travels and fly some Asian airlines. Some top-flight babes working those planes.
Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 05:07 PM (plAcy)

Malaysia Airlines. Yummy.

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 05:09 PM (m2CN7)

I don't fly much, and half the stewardesses are male (yes I used the term stewardesses appropriately) and the other half are... creatures of unknown origin.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:10 PM (x3YFz)

313 ouch. So that's now... B-17 nose art quality? I hope? Got it fixed?

Posted by: tangonine

 

I still have it.  It's my souvenir that says I was in the bubble when it was at its silliest. 

 

Lycos, fwiw.  Missed it by *this* much.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 04, 2014 01:11 PM (A0sHn)

314 >>Malaysia Airlines. Yummy. I'd add Emirates and Singapore.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2014 01:11 PM (g1DWB)

315 You morons know this shit is ONT material, right. Don't let ace read this shit, we might all get banned. ha ha

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:11 PM (0FSuD)

316 “We will be answering the call of all of America because people need work and we’re not doing right by them by creating work,” Jackson Lee said. “I believe this caucus will put us on the right path and we’ll give President Obama a number of executive orders that he can sign with pride and strength.”

"... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States ..."

Posted by: Semi-Anonymous at February 04, 2014 01:11 PM (e8kgV)

317 Back then it was safe. Only one or two vehicles on the road. Maybe an ass chewing from a cop if caught. Nowdays? Sheesh. Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 05:09 PM .It was pretty rural in MN where I grew up, which meant you could go a long ways as sometimes the next stop wasn't for a while. Of course then you figured out you had to now walk home. As a kid I didn't always think my brilliance all the way through.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 01:11 PM (/o+xv)

318 >>Pyrex changed their glass because of the meth cooks.>>

So because it is useful for methheads they made an less robust product? likely to endanger Lab Technicians that may be boiling acids in it?

Posted by: The Feds at February 04, 2014 01:12 PM (tf9Ne)

319 Doing chem lab and saying--ah screw it-- who needs the hood?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 01:12 PM (RJMhd)

320 Malaysia Airlines. Yummy.

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 05:09 PM (m2CN7)

 

 

----------------------------------------------

 

 

Guruda Airlines out of  Indonesia.  Every fucking one of  those stewardesses were  beach-model  hawt.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 01:12 PM (plAcy)

321 He's all NyQuilled up and snuggling his stuffed ewok.

We're fine.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:12 PM (x3YFz)

322 I'd agree that having kids has been my greatest adventure. Also, riding in an old, open-cockpit bi-plane. Doesn't sound like much, I know, but I have a horrendous fear of flying. Absolutely loved that flight, though. Am still terrified of commercial flights. I guess I can count last year's battle with breast cancer as an adventure, albeit an involuntary one. Got new boobs out of it, though.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (7Y+gf)

323

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 05:06 PM (ZKzrr)


lol hope you didn't actually stop at any of the lights or signs

Posted by: The Dude at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (bStrg)

324

can't paddle on to a big wave like that, they're towed on

Posted by: kj at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (lKyWE)

325 I fell off my intertube in a class 5 rapids. It felt like I was falling off a cliff. I lost my glasses and had to drive to the optometrist without. In Richmond Camille left damages to a hydro electric plant that resulted in class 4 and 5 rapids all through the city and it was never repaired.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (6bMeY)

326 307 --- Dang. I never thought of it that way. Yes, Mr. DeVille is from the MidWest. It never occurred to me that he might be able to dance if I gave him a potato on the dance floor. Dang. I'll have to try that.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (dfYL9)

327 I descended a 14er here in Colorado, only not on the trail. My buddy and i thought it would be faster. Almost got stuck a few times, as it started to snow and get dark out. A boulder above me got dislodged and came crashing down about four feet away from me. It was about the size of a car. Posted by: model_1066 at February 04, 2014 05:10 PM I have 9 of them under my belt and will be heading out late summer and am going to try and do 3 14ers in one day.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (/o+xv)

328 >>Pyrex changed their glass because of the meth cooks.>>

I thought my meth tasted funny...

Posted by: Dang at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (MNq6o)

329 My English brother-in-law rented a car at the airport and drove for the first time in American highways on the Freeways in California. I think that counts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2014 01:13 PM (7kkQJ)

330 I meant 3 14ers in 3 days.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 01:14 PM (/o+xv)

331 321 Doing chem lab and saying--ah screw it--

who needs the hood?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 05:12 PM (RJMhd)

right up 'till that part where you pour the sulfuric acid and your eyeballs fall out of your skull.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:14 PM (x3YFz)

332 lol hope you didn't actually stop at any of the lights or signs

I was 17, and while I was more traveled than my cousin or any of our HS classmates, none of those travels were to urban shitholes.  So no, we stopped for the lights.  And wondered why all the shops were liquor stores.  With bars.

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 01:14 PM (ZKzrr)

333 Greatest risk? Well, I don't do 'greatest' but I did have fun climbing radio towers for a few years when much younger.

Throwing gasoline on a raging fire. That wasn't 'risk' that was 'stupid'.

Driving fast..not 'greatest' if you do it right. Ride a motor cycle on ice? What are you going to hit in the middle of a frozen lake? How far are you going to fall? Ride a motor cycle on ice covered roads in traffic, see 'fire' above.

Posted by: I'm SO Happy! Happy! Happy! at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (s4dQN)

334 Riskiest thing? Stopped a knife fight in a bar in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan between the most decorated Indian paratrooper of WW2 and a Lithuanian lumberjack. Boy, was I drunk!

(Actually, I just kept them apart until the forty-ish barmaid came over with a wet dishrag and wasted both of 'em.)

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (lILC0)

335 Lancaster's Western Wear owners held a bull riding school. Lucky to only walk away with a busted tailbone. Decided at 42 I was too old for that shit.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy-Eared Vulcan at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (XiVKO)

336 Not really risky? Just adventurous? Last time I drove fast. Used to do it all time, when cops had a better sense of humor.

1986. Going to a gun show in Macon we took back country roads. I noted there was a very long stretch with no side roads. I was driving my 1972 Rally Nova- the one with the 350 V-8 and B&M "forced induction" supercharger on it. Gas shocks, radials, fore and aft anti-sway bars. Kinda like a police interceptor.

Came home at nite, found the stretch. Flicked on the KC hiliters and floored it. Speedo pegged- what was that figure? 125 MPH? At cruising speed it felt like the throttle had about a quarter to go, so I shoved her on down. I probably hit 135 MPH- no way to tell

Saw the end of the stretch coming so backed her back down to legal speed.

Load O' fun, and have not done so since.

Posted by: backhoe at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (ULH4o)

337 @328 I obviously read your comment wrong, ha ha. Try onion rings for a really fun evening!

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (0FSuD)

338 Tried to smoke one past bernie once

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 01:15 PM (t3UFN)

339 336 Riskiest thing? Stopped a knife fight in a bar in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan between the most decorated Indian paratrooper of WW2 and a Lithuanian lumberjack. Boy, was I drunk! (Actually, I just kept them apart until the forty-ish barmaid came over with a wet dishrag and wasted both of 'em.) Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at February 04, 2014 05:15 PM (lILC0) ********** Oh--holy hell!

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 01:16 PM (RJMhd)

340 Guruda Airlines out of Indonesia. Every fucking one of those stewardesses were beach-model hawt. Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2014 05:12 PM ..............Which is good because they need something to distract you from their safety standards.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 04, 2014 01:16 PM (/o+xv)

341 It never occurred to me that he might be able to dance if I gave him a potato on the dance floor.

Mashed potato.

(Face I am making: http://is.gd/qs1VCJ)

Posted by: HR at February 04, 2014 01:16 PM (ZKzrr)

342 Having a 10 lb 5 oz baby boy and oh yeah driving my husbands 70 chevelle ss at 110 miles an hour on the highway in the dark only let off the gas when it started shaking.

Posted by: Fourth horseman at February 04, 2014 01:16 PM (GKF3X)

343 Wait...how did you know the lumberjack was Lithuanian? Ha!

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 01:16 PM (RJMhd)

344 I meant 3 14ers in 3 days.

Go on.

Posted by: Roman Polansky at February 04, 2014 01:18 PM (4WhSY)

345 Jumped off the Eagle Rock bridge in SW MO. 65 feet, high enough to mess you up you do it wrong.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 04, 2014 01:18 PM (r5w1L)

346 Back then it was safe. Only one or two vehicles on the road. Maybe an ass chewing from a cop if caught. Nowdays? Sheesh. Worldwide news, twitter, a full news-cycle scandal. A special report on Greta. Agonized articles about failure of parenting. federal legislation to save us from ourselves.

Posted by: --- at February 04, 2014 01:18 PM (MMC8r)

347 Being a white, blonde haired blue eyed guy in Old San Juan after dark is, well, risky. The land sharks are packing. Posted by: JackStraw Preach it. Our boat broke and we had to pull into port in PR, ended up driving around the island and ended up there. I somehow cut separated from the rest of my crew. Then surrounded by a bunch of guys that I couldn't understand but that obviously had an issue with me being there. I was like "well, this is it, this is how it ends," I figured I would go out fighting so I said some words about what I getting ready to do to all of them. I think they thought I was crazy, they parted like the red sea and I went on about my way. That was one of the craziest things that ever happened to me. I was pretty sure I was dead.

Posted by: traye at February 04, 2014 01:18 PM (t+sbN)

348 Did I mention the time I drove my car over a 50 foot high railroad bridge over Lake Hartwell in SC that is a half mile long?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 04, 2014 01:19 PM (0FSuD)

349 Newd.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 01:19 PM (6bMeY)

350 I told my wife; yes, those jeans do make your ass look big.

Posted by: d-roast at February 04, 2014 01:19 PM (fq5Xp)

351 343 -----http://is.gd/qs1VCJ Awwwwwwww!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 04, 2014 01:19 PM (dfYL9)

352 week long solo walkabout

Biked for a week on the CandO towpath to quit smoking one time (of at least 3).

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 04, 2014 01:19 PM (DL2i+)

353 I used to put a potato in my pants to attract the ladies.  Never worked until I put it in the front of my pants.

Posted by: Dang at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (MNq6o)

354 Well... I moved to Maryland with my young son to marry someone based only on a five-months long, long-distance relationship and four in-person visits, having never visited Maryland - or the East coast - before. I win.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (N/cFh)

355

Did I mention the time I drove my car over a 50 foot high railroad bridge over Lake Hartwell in SC that is a half mile long?

 

 

Piker!

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (A0sHn)

356 I once pissed off my Colombian girlfriend. I still have the scar.

Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Wears Prada at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (GeVLX)

357

I don't know about riskiest, but I'm leaving work soon.  In St. Louis.  Snow on the ground, more coming out of the sky.  Dropping temps...

 

If I don't make it home alive, avenge me! 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (TOk1P)

358 Newed Drew.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 04, 2014 01:20 PM (LSJmV)

359 also drove through Cabrini-Green at 11PM before they demoed that shithole on accident Of the Girl X rape case fame? Yay Chicago!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 04, 2014 01:21 PM (2hTlI)

360 New thread above.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 04, 2014 01:21 PM (TGgNi)

361 I once pissed off my Colombian girlfriend. I still have the scar. Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Wears Prada at February 04, 2014 05:20 PM (GeVLX) That's not what your lucky you have

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 01:21 PM (t3UFN)

362 In Richmond Camille left damages to a hydro electric plant that resulted in class 4 and 5 rapids all through the city and it was never repaired. Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2014 05:13 PM _________ I used to live right there. Just south of the "Nickel Bridge." I've paddled the James many times. Had some harrowing times, but I wouldn't say they were my craziest.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 04, 2014 01:22 PM (uiO3l)

363 OT:  Common Core:  "“Educators increasingly recognize the important role that mathematics teaching plays in helping students to understand and overcome social injustice and inequality,”

from a drudge link.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:22 PM (x3YFz)

364 Riskiest thing? Stopped a knife fight in a bar in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan between the most decorated Indian paratrooper of WW2 and a Lithuanian lumberjack. Boy, was I drunk!

(Actually, I just kept them apart until the forty-ish barmaid came over with a wet dishrag and wasted both of 'em.)

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at February 04, 2014 05:15 PM (lILC0)

 

This is the second time today that Sault Saint Marie has been mentioned. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 01:22 PM (m2CN7)

365 Can't recall doing something adventurous just for the hell of it . Walking 2x4 top plate on three story apartments when I was a young carpenter . Especially when you're setting the first few trusses or rafters , there's nothing to grab to balance yourself . If you slip off on one side you just fall 8' , slip off the other side it's more like 30'. Depending on how you land , you might just break legs and stuff . Land on your upper body , you're seriously fucked . Not to mention the stuff littered all over the ground on a job site . Concrete blocks , rebar , shit like that . Didn't help that I'm afraid of heights , either . I never have gotten comfortable working up high , but if that's where the work is , that's where you go . Oh , yeah , worked at a stop and rob store next to the hood in Cincinnati for several months . Now that was scary .

Posted by: awkward davies at February 04, 2014 01:23 PM (WK8VM)

366 Jet skis? Hmm. I guess. Back in the day they flew em out to the swells on a helicopter. Don't think there was any such thing as jet skis. If you like the surfing video check out Five Summer Stories and/or Saltwater Wine. Disclaimer. I've body surfed the North Shore (ask navycopjoe if you don't know the place) but when it got over 10 foot I got the hell onto the beach and watched.

Posted by: teej at February 04, 2014 01:23 PM (xDlyw)

367 >>That was one of the craziest things that ever happened to me. I was pretty sure I was dead. I had to girl friends who were going on a cruise to the Carib and one of the stops was PR. I warned them repeatedly not to go to Old San Juan alone and never after dark. They didn't listen and got jumped. Only a good samaritan type prevented a much worse outcome. Haven't been back in years but that was one lawless, scary place after dark back in the day.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2014 01:23 PM (g1DWB)

368 This is the second time today that Sault Saint Marie has been mentioned. Posted by: polynikes at February 04, 2014 05:22 PM (m2CN7) It's a hell gate. Word.

Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Wears Prada at February 04, 2014 01:24 PM (GeVLX)

369 so to stay on topic.  The most difficult task I've had is not throat punching every liberal I see.

going to go run through a kata or 4 now.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 01:24 PM (x3YFz)

370 Doing chem lab and saying--ah screw it--

who needs the hood?

Stealing nitric and Sulfuric acid from the college chem lab and making (or attempting to make) very small quantities of TNT, mercury fulminate and nitroglycerin.

The TNT came out OK with no problems.  Smelled like urinal cakes. 

My first batch of nitroglycerin spontaneously detonated up in the back yard (cut the glass jar clean as if with a glass cutter). 

My attempt at mercury fulminate boiled over and sent acid up to the ceiling.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 04, 2014 01:28 PM (SY2Kh)

371 Meh, that jumping off the 110' cliff was the hairiest thing I did but there were/are plenty of other crazed moments in my life that sure as hell qualified me as an instant Darwin candidate if I failed. I look back on those days and think WTF were you thinking ya moron. I guess I'm lucky, because I'm still stealing O2 every morning when I wake up although lately it hasn't been to happy times.

Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at February 04, 2014 01:28 PM (baiNQ)

372 374 Doing chem lab and saying--ah screw it-- who needs the hood? Stealing nitric and Sulfuric acid from the college chem lab and making (or attempting to make) very small quantities of TNT, mercury fulminate and nitroglycerin. The TNT came out OK with no problems. Smelled like urinal cakes. My first batch of nitroglycerin spontaneously detonated up in the back yard (cut the glass jar clean as if with a glass cutter). My attempt at mercury fulminate boiled over and sent acid up to the ceiling. Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 04, 2014 05:28 PM (SY2Kh) ************ Oh yikes!!

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 01:29 PM (RJMhd)

373 I once took 11 items through a 10-item-or-less checkout line.

Posted by: RoadRunner at February 04, 2014 01:30 PM (kw1xk)

374 "I probably hit 135 MPH- no way to tell" Hit 160 mph in a Dodge Dart, amazing I did not lose a tire. Been 135 mph on a racetrack.. in a Plymouth Reliant.. in 10.4 seconds flat.

Posted by: gdonovan at February 04, 2014 01:30 PM (re37p)

375 362 Newed Drew. Posted by: Countrysquire at February 04, 2014 05:20 PM (LSJmV) ********** Ya it'sa downer. CBD is putting a hex on the Rangers. Heh.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 01:31 PM (RJMhd)

376

@298 I hear that Korean Air and SAS both have FA's that could compete in "America's Top Model"

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No doubt because their home countries don't have laws forcing them to hire applicants who aren't a.) smoking hot, and b.) female.

 

Posted by: junior at February 04, 2014 01:31 PM (UWFpX)

377 Never underestimate what a man will do to be able to brag about something cool to every single woman he meets for the rest of his life, which therefore might enable him to get laid thrice daily. 

Posted by: Sharkman at February 04, 2014 01:32 PM (TM1p8)

378

@331 My English brother-in-law rented a car at the airport and drove for the first time in American highways on the Freeways in California.

---------------------

 

Doesn't count unless it's the old stretch of the 110.

 

My fellow LA County morons know what I'm referring to.

 

>.<

 

Posted by: junior at February 04, 2014 01:34 PM (UWFpX)

379 Married a woman I barely knew from a few bootie calls after she followed me across two countries and a continent with a young kid in tow.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 01:34 PM (N/cFh)

380 Reliant kicking Supra ass- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_0tS-nnDs

Posted by: gdonovan at February 04, 2014 01:34 PM (re37p)

381 He's all NyQuilled up and snuggling his stuffed ewok He had an old girlfriend taxidermied?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 01:36 PM (V9+wG)

382 Doesn't count unless it's the old stretch of the 110. Well, it was in 1971 and according to him it was very "interesting"-interesting being a euphemism.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2014 01:37 PM (7kkQJ)

383 Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 05:34 Sometimes you just get lucky

Posted by: traye at February 04, 2014 01:40 PM (t+sbN)

384 I once tried to sign up for Obama care in between mocha Latte-chinos.

It was rough going but after 14 hours I was finally able to get past the opening page.

*suck it bitches*

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 04, 2014 01:40 PM (DVC2D)

385 Traye, 358 is my wife.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 01:41 PM (N/cFh)

386 Riskiest adventure? Sleeping overnight in the Greyhound bus terminal in East St Louis. Alone and eighteen. *** Grammie wins! She's got me beat, but I did something similar. Went to DC on a field trip when I was 20, with the campus religious center, stayed in a Baptist church. That was cheap, but not in a very good part of town. During free time I stopped at a pinball place/knife shop, empty but for the clerk. I was winning so kept playing while the Fri. night crowd shuffled in. Suddenly I realized I was way out of my element when I realized I was in a crowd of about 30-35 yutes. Ooops. Kept my cool, played out my games and left w/out incident, but prolly not the smartest move considering where I was.

Posted by: The Farmer at February 04, 2014 01:48 PM (eBupg)

387 I spent the summer I was 17 having mostly unprotected sex with a 27 year old recently-discharged Naval officer who had enjoyed many port visits in seamy Asian cities and also obviously had a questionable moral compass. To this day I'm astonished I didn't contract an STD or three.

Posted by: Republic of Texas 2: Electric Boogaloo at February 04, 2014 01:50 PM (Gk2GE)

388 I was at 20 feet doing a safety stop in the Gulf of Mexico when an 8 foot bull shark visited.  I left my line and swam with him for a little while, about 10 feet away.  He began turning back towards me quickly and I took the hint.  I have several planned shark encounters under my belt, but that 90 second or so was the best.

Posted by: SARDiver at February 04, 2014 01:58 PM (ci7Fe)

389 I've run oil rigs in both southern Chad & northern Sakhalin Island as well as all over the world offshore. Nothing really crazy about it, but one hell of an adventure with lots of great stories. Sadly, none of those stories include Liv Tyler...

Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 04, 2014 02:08 PM (aTyi6)

390

He didn't exactly surf it.

He got towed in, then he ate shit.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2014 02:23 PM (wAQA5)

391 I towed my neighbour's kid on a plastic sled behind me on a snowmobile at 65 mph. They said to do it. after we stopped and he shot by me to the end of the rope I realized it was nuts. Kid was yelling to go faster.

Posted by: bill sometimes bill from canada at February 04, 2014 02:27 PM (M0YOV)

392 I used to ride my bike a lot on city streets; like Dr. Spank, I got hit - twice. The second time I was smart and just jumped off the bike onto the hood of the car as it hit; bike got run over but I didn't. First time I slid for quite a ways and, although I didn't break any bones, I did leave a good part of the skin up and down my right side on the road. (it was summer, of course) But I think the most unnecessarily foolish thing was when a friend and I (we were about 20) were hiking in Arizona and came up on one of those big sets of spillway gates. (I forget which dam it was, now) I wanted to get down near the water and was up on top of the dam, and it was unmanned. So we hopped the barbed wire fence with the stupid "KEEP OUT" signs and shimmied down the metal superstructure that made up the back side of those gates, just because it looked like fun. No ropes, no harnesses, if I had slipped it was 80' down to a hard concrete base. The only real bad part, though, was when you'd grap for the next handhold and stick your hand in a big trapdoor spider web - that whole dam was covered with spiders! You couldn't let go, though, or it was a loooong way down. I guess it's a tie between that and shimmying across a little valley on top of a pipeline by straddling it and pulling myself across. I didn't think it was much until I got to the middle and realized I was now 40' above a creek full of boulders with nothing to hold onto. Did I mention how much fun I had in boy scouts?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2014 02:48 PM (8Fa5Z)

393 My brother and I took our mountain bikes to the snowline of Cotopaxi, a volcano in Ecuador south of Quito. Visibility was only about 20ft as we were enveloped in clouds and we took off down the mountain as fast as we could. We both ended up flying off of a ledge that fortunately wasn't very high and the landing was made softer by the type of soil on there. Luckily our bikes or bones didn't break. It was idiotic but the adrenaline was pumping super hard and when we broke through the clouds, the view of the surrounding country was magnificent.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 02:58 PM (v2JGC)

394 In a way, isn't that wave Obama's story?

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 04, 2014 03:18 PM (kUgpq)

395 Riskiest thing? Doing it now. Quitting a 15-year job with a sizable 401(K) making 32K a year to become contract insurance agent. Commissions only. More risk, but a very good chance of a big reward in the long run.

Posted by: otcconan at February 04, 2014 03:35 PM (XO6WW)

396 My most dangerous adventure? I once had sex with a girl who had had sex with a guy who had had sex with Sandra Fluck. I thought I had had just about had had it.

Posted by: dirks strewn at February 04, 2014 03:37 PM (77F0w)

397 i barebacked my way through bangkok and pattaya in the early oughts. thrilling. zero repercussions. that counts right?

Posted by: someone at February 04, 2014 03:44 PM (H14ug)

398 There was this Youtube video about how cool Sweden's military was. I left a message saying, "Is Sweden in the part of Europe whose ass we kicked, or the part whose ass we saved?" This did not endear me to the Scandis.

Posted by: Pavel at February 04, 2014 03:50 PM (lh0MV)

399 When I was young I did a high wire walk across the beam that supports the swings on a swing set. It was about 15 feet up and I did it to impress a girl.

Posted by: nannyhag at February 04, 2014 03:52 PM (39IHH)

400 My greatest adventure:

Letting the Bison Sisters tag-team me.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at February 04, 2014 03:54 PM (5fSr7)

401 Actually, letting my daughter drive my car after she got her driving license. Yeah, she cracked it up.

Posted by: nannyhag at February 04, 2014 03:59 PM (39IHH)

402 When young and foolish, I ripped the tag off my mattress. So there. Top that!

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 04, 2014 04:31 PM (l0lja)

403 Once slammed a live AT mine on the ground because the sergeant said I didn't arm it properly... only takes lbs on the trigger plate to set it off, don't matter what happens on the backside, so, technically, it was totally safe.

Hey, Sarge was right!

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 04, 2014 04:42 PM (80R0X)

404 Wasn't an adventure. Damn crewchief PUSHED me out of that helicopter.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at February 04, 2014 05:10 PM (kNPCl)

405 The most bad ass athletes on the planet are big wave surfers.

Posted by: JP at February 04, 2014 05:31 PM (bLGNH)

406 No one paddles out to greet an 80-foot wave. You have to be moving fast to catch it, which is why they get dragged onto the wave by that jet-ski.

Posted by: Jerome at February 04, 2014 05:46 PM (O4ysR)

407 My nutz. They just returned to their pre-drop position. Lemme see. Yep, still missing.

Posted by: Erowmero at February 04, 2014 05:48 PM (OONaw)

408 He's not coming back.

Posted by: Johnny Utah at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (+deOp)

409 Well, that's just bad-shit crazy! Crazy!

Posted by: and irresolute at February 04, 2014 11:36 PM (RqHWH)

410 Biggest risk yet? Moving from Kingman, AZ to Stockton, CA.

Posted by: Scanman at February 05, 2014 07:35 AM (uap0d)

411 F'n mavericks!

Posted by: Charley Surf at February 05, 2014 08:54 AM (gpb+U)

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