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January 25, 2014

Oh Yes, I Would! Open Thread - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

I so would. And I'd laugh and scream and giggle like a little girl the entire way down.

The slide's drop is so steep, it is almost at a right-angle to the ground. Thrill-seekers will need to climb 264 steps to reach the top where they will wait on a deck made from railroad tanker cars. They will then be sent hurtling down into the pool below.
The exact height of the Verruckt has not being revealed but bosses say it will be taller than the current record holder, the 134.5ft Insano slide in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Oh yeah!

So, are you Moron enough?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 02:53 PM | Comments (302)
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1 Damn right, I'd be FIRST down it. Maybe

Posted by: traye at January 25, 2014 02:56 PM (47pCV)

2 First!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 02:56 PM (sQ0LB)

3 "Verruckt" means bat-shit crazy, by the way.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 02:56 PM (FcR7P)

4 That slide is very much analogous to my Presidency.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 25, 2014 02:56 PM (Dwehj)

5 Yeah...I am a wanna-be Canadian eh...I'd do it.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 25, 2014 02:57 PM (TE35l)

6 I think it was Bullwinkle who said "what goes up, must come down".

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 25, 2014 02:58 PM (Dwehj)

7 I wouldnÂ’t. My neck is a mess and IÂ’m afraid it would make it worse. IÂ’m not supposed to look up as if I am hanging curtains according to my doctor. It puts too much pressure on my cervical canal & I would need surgery. Hi Conservative Crank.

Posted by: Carol at January 25, 2014 02:58 PM (z4WKX)

8 But then I am the moron that saw a Hawaiian dude jump into a little hole on a shelf that lead to a lava tube that lead to the ocean. Followed right behind just because.

Posted by: traye at January 25, 2014 02:58 PM (47pCV)

Or not. I blame Peaches

Mrs. Crank found a promo video for this a few months ago. Looks pretty intense.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 02:58 PM (sQ0LB)

10 Hey Carol. I've been MIA all week, how's Paul?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 02:59 PM (sQ0LB)

11 Feels like the first time, feels like the very first time.

Posted by: mick jones at January 25, 2014 03:00 PM (WCnJW)

12 That slide is very much analogous to my Presidency. ***** No way! there's a five-story bump up on this ride.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:00 PM (DmNpO)

13 Butt plug consession will will create jobs.

Posted by: redenzo at January 25, 2014 03:01 PM (WCnJW)

14 I saw Verruckt open for Dokken back in '89.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 25, 2014 03:01 PM (Dwehj)

15 No. I'm actually a bit acrophobic. makes ladder work hard.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 25, 2014 03:01 PM (GaqMa)

16 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 25, 2014 03:02 PM (GEICT)

17 Cool, though still really far from right angle. Seems like there hasn't been much innovation in theme parks in recent years. Decades really.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 03:02 PM (ZPrif)

18 makes ladder work hard. ***** Yeah. the climb up is the killer which is why I never actually will ride it. My heart would never make it up the steps, unfortunately.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:03 PM (DmNpO)

19 I was here Wednesday and at work most of this week too. Paul is okay, heÂ’s still on oxygen though, since December 6 & has regular breathing treatments. This is new since December 6. Conservative Crank, should I think that this is a bad thing for him? I do believe it is. He canÂ’t go w/o the oxygen or his levels go too low. He was at the hospital for so long that the rehab gave away his room and put him in another one. He called me Thursday to tell me heÂ’s back in his old room and heÂ’s happy about that.

Posted by: Carol at January 25, 2014 03:03 PM (z4WKX)

20 I have never been on a waterslide.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:03 PM (PChxU)

21 That slide is very much analogous to my Presidency. Stepping off the other side of the platform is very much like your Presidency.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 03:04 PM (FcR7P)

22 16 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne? Hatred of red berets?

Posted by: traye at January 25, 2014 03:04 PM (47pCV)

23 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne? *** Did you notice what looks like traction pads on the upward base of the hump? That's what I was thinking they're for.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:04 PM (DmNpO)

24 16- your shute.

Posted by: redenzo at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (WCnJW)

25 I'd drop in on my bike, though.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (PChxU)

26 17 Cool, though still really far from right angle.

Seems like there hasn't been much innovation in theme parks in recent years. Decades really.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 07:02 PM (ZPrif)

Still waiting on Westworld, complete with robotic Yul Brynner assassin.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (sQ0LB)

27 Stepping off the other side of the platform is very much like your Presidency. **** Bib LOL!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (DmNpO)

28 Wiggle your toes at the wrong moment and you're a pile of mush on the side.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (cxs6V)

29 Is it cheaper than ExLax?

Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (UZe3A)

30 Still waiting on Westworld, complete with robotic Yul Brynner assassin. **** the world's sexiest robot.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:05 PM (DmNpO)

31 uh, Big LOL.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:06 PM (DmNpO)

32 That slide reminds me of the time I made a journey to the ends of the Earth in search of a bell, a huge bell, made of solid gold.

Posted by: Rolfe - But you can call me Ralph at January 25, 2014 03:06 PM (JBggj)

33 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne?

Only the nosy flight attendant.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (xwuyd)

34 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne? Lots of sandpaper.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (FcR7P)

35 Yes. Yes, I would. This makes Der Stuka look like a slide for wussies.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (M5T54)

36 I would never go on that slide without my trusty umbrella.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (Dwehj)

37 Nope. Not me, not never nohow.

Posted by: huerfano at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (bAGA/)

38 UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne? The Speedo filled with feces?

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:07 PM (PChxU)

39 Interesting that it's next to the Nascar track - Kansas Speedway. They also built a casino next to the track. Trying to make the area an entertainment district.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 03:08 PM (ZPrif)

40 Won't you be airborne going over the bump 2/3rds towards the finish? I'd like to find out...

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at January 25, 2014 03:08 PM (h53OH)

41 I jumped off a suspension bridge in Nepal once so I have nothing more to prove.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 25, 2014 03:08 PM (xwuyd)

No fucking way. ...Nuh unh.

I'm afraid of heights, unless I'm in an airplane.

Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2014 03:09 PM (Wq5le)

43 Leafs v. Jets Just finishing up the anthem.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:09 PM (PChxU)

44 no way. imagine the atomic wedgie that thing's going to give you. yikes.

Posted by: not the mama at January 25, 2014 03:09 PM (5dxeo)

45 "Verruckt" means bat-shit crazy, by the way.

Heh heh heh!

The Speedo filled with feces?

Yeah, I think I'm going to pass on the e. coli experience.

Posted by: HR at January 25, 2014 03:09 PM (hO8IJ)

46 This is nothing. When I was a kid in Hawaii, I once stuck my toe in the surf.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (Dwehj)

47 BTW, did you notice they used a quad-drone to take the video?

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (h53OH)

48 An experience which would pit the superego and parts of the id against other parts of the id, but do little for the ego. Not ego as in pride. Ego as in the core, developed human self. Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (+VxsD)

49 I jumped off a suspension bridge in Nepal once so I have nothing more to prove. **** You win.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (DmNpO)

50 As a kid I loved waterparks. And didn't give a 2nd thought to how many people peed in the wave pool. Probably cause I was one of them.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (ZPrif)

51 Oh yeah, and there's a Stadium Series outdoor game, tonight at 8.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (PChxU)

52 If you seek the sensation of a firehose aimed directly onto your nuts, look no further.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 25, 2014 03:10 PM (xwuyd)

53 Do you wear duct tape under or over your shorts? I'm just thinking that a 65 mph enema might be a bit much.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (FcR7P)

54 An experience which would pit the superego and parts of the id against other parts of the id, but do little for the ego. Not ego as in pride. Ego as in the core, developed human self. **** AND? What's your point?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (DmNpO)

55 Not only no but HELL no, and I'm not even afraid of heights. I simply don't have that much faith in friction.

Posted by: joncelli at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (/AYWV)

56 44 no way. imagine the atomic wedgie that thing's going to give you. yikes.

Posted by: not the mama at January 25, 2014 07:09 PM (5dxeo)

You'll need a colonoscopy to break the seal to get it back out.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (sQ0LB)

57 Sure, I'd do it with two conditions:

1. Someone is behind me with a large caliber weapon trained on my back.

2. My gun is out of ammo.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (cHZB7)

58 Lotsa brown water down slide ? or chunky water ? Thanks, but no thanks.

Posted by: seamrog at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (M+Ftk)

59 40 The initial hill is not as steep as they make it appear. I bet the fairly steep uphill part before the second drop bleeds off a lot of your residual momentum from the first hill.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2014 03:11 PM (TGgNi)

60 58 All public pools or hot tubs are petri dishes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2014 03:12 PM (TGgNi)

61 I did the Leap of Faith at Atlantis a bunch of times. By the end your butt gets bruised from hitting the water so hard.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at January 25, 2014 03:13 PM (1xUj/)

62 id, ego, and super-ego don't actually exist. It's just psycho-babble, like saying it would be bad cause it would upset the humours and cause an imbalance that might need a leeching.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 03:13 PM (ZPrif)

63 29 Is it cheaper than ExLax? ontherocks at January 25, 2014 07:05 PM LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2014 03:14 PM (u82oZ)

64 UFC in Chicago tonight. Some good face-kicking so far.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 03:14 PM (ZPrif)

65 The word is VerrÃ¼ckte. It means crazy person.

Posted by: TOF at January 25, 2014 03:14 PM (PV2IU)

It opens with the banner word..."Shlitterbahn".

What does that mean? Is that the name of the ride?

It will probably be nicknamed the 'Shitterbahn' in record time.

Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2014 03:15 PM (Wq5le)

67 It'd be a great place for a Midwest Moron meetup.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2014 03:15 PM (u82oZ)

68 62 id, ego, and super-ego don't actually exist.
It's just psycho-babble, like saying it would be bad cause it would upset the humours and cause an imbalance that might need a leeching.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 07:13 PM (ZPrif)

As an MD who reviles Freud, I will say that the id/ego/superego construct does provide a useful shorthand for discussion of the psyche.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 25, 2014 03:15 PM (sQ0LB)

69 I went down the one at Typhoon Lagoon and the one at Kings Island. No idea on their height, but what a rush! I'd love it!

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 03:15 PM (lt4yL)

70 The initial hill is not as steep as they make it appear. I bet the fairly steep uphill part before the second drop bleeds off a lot of your residual momentum from the first hill. *** When you're at the top of the slide looking ahead of you, making the decision whether to chicken out or not, all you can see is the disappearance of the slide a few feet ahead. That's the tough part.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:16 PM (DmNpO)

71 62 >> Leeches are back in vogue. They are used to help blood flow in reattached fingers/hands/etc.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 25, 2014 03:16 PM (cHZB7)

72 44 no way. imagine the atomic wedgie that thing's going to give you. yikes.

Posted by: not the mama at January 25, 2014 07:09 PM (5dxeo)

Not if you cross your legs. I learned that the first time I slid down Der Stuka.

My nom de slut provides so many wonderful opportunities for double entendres...

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at January 25, 2014 03:16 PM (M5T54)

73 Should have named it The Shtuulsoffnah....

Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2014 03:18 PM (UZe3A)

Would I do it?

*hold my beer*

Posted by: Slapweasel at January 25, 2014 03:18 PM (lq3Ak)

75 *hold my beer* **** famous last words

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:19 PM (DmNpO)

76 70 Yeah, that is why I prefer roller coasters. You are locked in, giving my ability to theorize the worst case less of an outlet. Once the decision is made to sit down and lock in, you are committed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2014 03:19 PM (TGgNi)

77 freud was right, or nearly anyway. ego is merely leftovers from where the id and ego interact and annihilate each other.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:20 PM (rDidD)

78 I wonder how many people per day will take the walk of shame back down those stairs?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:20 PM (DmNpO)

79 Um How would you say " nobama stock market ride" in Deutsch ? hafenswartzenslidden ?

Posted by: seamrog at January 25, 2014 03:21 PM (M+Ftk)

First thing I noticed was there are no guiderails on the thing.

Nothing to keep someone from falling off at the highest point.

I guess they are waiting till someone falls off of it.

Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2014 03:21 PM (Wq5le)

81 78 I wonder how many people per day will take the walk of shame back down those stairs me there is no way in hell I would do that

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:21 PM (At8tV)

82 You lost me at "climb 264 steps to reach the top ".

Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2014 03:22 PM (sdi6R)

83 who decided steps were a good idea? should have used a ladder.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:23 PM (rDidD)

84 HELL YES I WOULD!

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:23 PM (N/cFh)

85 there is no way in hell I would do that I thought you were a cliff diver? ...or was that just some guy named Cliff?

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:23 PM (PChxU)

86 Hell. No.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 25, 2014 03:23 PM (0IhFx)

87 What the hell. I can change my shorts.

Posted by: hairless mule at January 25, 2014 03:23 PM (EcY0f)

88 I wonder if those deceleration strips rmove unsightly body-hair?

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:24 PM (PChxU)

89 Anyone ever have a bad experience on a carnival ride? About 13 years ago my sister and I went to the annual fair and when we locked in our bars her's locked about 5"-6" away from her abdomen. We screamed and screamed for the guy to come help us before starting the ride but the music was so loud that he couldn't hear us. We spent the entire ride holding on fr dear life, her to the seat and the bar, and me to her. I can promise you that I was no lady when we exited that ride. The bastard didn't even blink an eye. I haven't been to a traveling carnival since.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:25 PM (DmNpO)

90 who decided steps were a good idea? should have used a ladder. Better yet, shoot you out of a cannon.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 03:25 PM (FcR7P)

91 I will ride just about any coaster out there. I would not ride that thing. I hate water slides.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 25, 2014 03:27 PM (yE8uc)

92 I haven't been to a traveling carnival since. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January you mean as a visitor, not a carnie

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:27 PM (rDidD)

93 I stood on a chair to change a light bulb in my kitchen recently.

Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2014 03:27 PM (sdi6R)

94 speaking of carnies, how is it true that jay is going to be running a ring toss with a traveling carnival after he finishes his contortionist routine in the white mosque?

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:28 PM (rDidD)

95
The upper 25 percent of that slide will be permanently stained brown after the first season.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 25, 2014 03:28 PM (0IhFx)

96 you mean as a visitor, not a carnie *** well, yeah.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:28 PM (DmNpO)

97 You REALLY ought or have NOTHING to do if you do that slide.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2014 03:28 PM (UZe3A)

98 They should put in an elevator. People won't realize how high it is if the elevator is enclosed & they can't see on their way up.

Posted by: Carol at January 25, 2014 03:28 PM (z4WKX)

99 well, yeah. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:29 PM (rDidD)

100

UmmmÂ…..exactly what keeps you from going fucking airborne?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 25, 2014 07:02 PM (GEICT)

The whole point is catching air.

COWABUNG...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Posted by: steveegg at January 25, 2014 03:29 PM (o44nj)

101 55 years ago, sure. These days ... well, probably not. I'm not as daring at 70 as I was at 15. ::sigh::

Posted by: Empire1 at January 25, 2014 03:29 PM (Qkf+/)

102 What does that mean? Is that the name of the ride? Schlitterbahn is just German for "slide". It's also the name of the company that builds and runs these waterparks.

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 25, 2014 03:30 PM (TiocM)

103 The only way I'd go down that is if I were already dead.

Severe fear of heights. I won't even go past the third rung on a ladder.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 25, 2014 03:31 PM (P6QsQ)

104 to quote T "i wouldn't be in that thing's time zone"

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:31 PM (At8tV)

105 I would kill a spider for AtC before I did that slide

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:31 PM (At8tV)

106

102...Schlitterbahn is just German for "slide". It's also the name of the company that builds and runs these waterparks.

Ah. Thanks, Waterhouse.

Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2014 03:31 PM (Wq5le)

107 if obamacare ran a water slide it would only have the first ten feet of the slide, no back end.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:32 PM (rDidD)

108 okay.... i'll down it, TWICE... when the cubs win the world series

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:32 PM (At8tV)

109 to quote T "i wouldn't be in that thing's time zone" *** Dude, you cheer for the Bears every year. I would think any aversion to risk would long have been cured through repeated exposure to disappointment.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:32 PM (DmNpO)

110 109 I would think any aversion to risk would long have been cured through repeated exposure to disappointment. lets test your theory there smartass ****looks in pants**** nope, still not going down

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:34 PM (At8tV)

111 Vendette is at my house and we are eating pie and drinking wine. Neener.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:35 PM (N/cFh)

112 Before I even watch the vid or read the comments, can I just say Thanks! for a great day at the HQ? Gardening, Cars, nobody calling others dumb c#+%s, no arguing that I saw... Thank you cobs, thank you morons. I learned a little, i yearned a litlle. I look forward to tomorrow. Now to go read the post & comments.

Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 03:35 PM (JXkyA)

113 Vendette is at my house and we are eating pie Damn, we missed the pillow fight, already?

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:36 PM (PChxU)

114 Could you, would you, with a goat?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 25, 2014 03:36 PM (V4CBV)

115 There hasn't been a pillow fight. Yet.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:36 PM (N/cFh)

116 Vendette is at my house and we are eating pie and drinking wine. Neener. Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth pics or it never happened.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:36 PM (rDidD)

117 Geez Garrett!!!!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:37 PM (DmNpO)

118 I'll jump out of the back of a combat talon, but I won't ride things that fall hundreds of feet made by union workers.

I'll pass.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:37 PM (x3YFz)

119 Eating pie?Cherry pie??

Posted by: steevy at January 25, 2014 03:37 PM (zqvg6)

120 TWITTER HAS THE PICTURES.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:37 PM (N/cFh)

121 Ha, my first thought turned to pillowfights too. We Morons sure are simple beasts.

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 25, 2014 03:38 PM (TiocM)

122 If it WERE the Obamacide Slide the On Line Sign Up would have a large sign that had the word UP in big letters.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2014 03:38 PM (UZe3A)

123 Just.no.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 25, 2014 03:38 PM (bCEmE)

124 Look, I don't know much about women. What I do know is that the donning of the teddies comes before the pillow fight which precedes the pie eating.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:39 PM (PChxU)

125 120 The pie looks delicious.

Posted by: steevy at January 25, 2014 03:39 PM (zqvg6)

126

"And I'd laugh and scream and giggle like a little girl the entire way down."

So would I! And I'd also poop my onesie!

Posted by: Pajama Boy at January 25, 2014 03:39 PM (R3gO3)

127 Mama, wir sind jetzt alle verrÃ¼ckt.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 25, 2014 03:39 PM (V4CBV)

128 Different kind of pie.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:39 PM (N/cFh)

129 The Science is settled, dammit!

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:40 PM (PChxU)

130 She is blushing on the couch as I read things from this thread.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:40 PM (N/cFh)

131 Not for all the tea in china.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 25, 2014 03:41 PM (RZ8pf)

132 oh, so I go to the gun shop earlier to get targets and ammo for the rifle shoot turns out the rifle part of the range is still closed and the owner showed me a S&W 1911 e series compact ultra in 45 acp goodbye 635 after tax

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:41 PM (At8tV)

133 Nope. I'm so acrophobic I get dizzy climbing stairs. It's like showing those photos of Moegumo to someone who's arachnophobic.

Posted by: Saber Alter at January 25, 2014 03:41 PM (DNu5Y)

134 124 Look, I don't know much about women.

What I do know is that the donning of the teddies comes before the pillow fight which precedes the pie eating.

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 07:39 PM (PChxU)

Dude... men are men.

We watched Hell Baby (free rent on netflix).

Scene where the girl comes out of the shower and rubs herself down with oil.

I told the wife "we have to buy more oil."

She was not amused but dammit we can only take so much! We're men!

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:42 PM (x3YFz)

135 "They also built a casino next to the track." - Flatbush "Hey - what're the odds the big girl doesn't make it to the bottom in one piece?" ___I denounce myself.

Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 03:42 PM (JXkyA)

136 As I am forced to realize that I am gathering years. ( IAMNOTGETTINGOLD) I see a sharp rise in the stupid things that I will no longer consider doing. I think my luck quotient is rather low and would like to save it for when I have to use it.

Posted by: seamrog at January 25, 2014 03:42 PM (M+Ftk)

137 How Many Justin Biebers Could You Take in a Fight? Take the quiz and find out. http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber

Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2014 03:42 PM (sdi6R)

138 so, your pie looks fantastic, so does the tartlette, and I mean that in all sincerity, no double entendre. not that double entendre would be inaccurate as far as I am able to guess.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:44 PM (rDidD)

139 137 How Many Justin Biebers Could You Take in a Fight?

Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2014 07:42 PM (sdi6R)

172, Then I'll need gatorade and 87 after,

I'm old.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:45 PM (x3YFz)

140 In former Communist Russia, slide waters you.

Posted by: Yakoff at January 25, 2014 03:45 PM (MShRQ)

141 mmmm, tartlette.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at January 25, 2014 03:45 PM (PChxU)

142 137 woohoo I can take 30 biebers in a fight

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 03:45 PM (At8tV)

143 laffer curve meet obamaslide.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:46 PM (rDidD)

144 Norfolk and Way. I'd get halfway up the steps and need them to send a chopper to rescue me.

Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2014 03:46 PM (zDsvJ)

145 137 woohoo I can take 30 biebers in a fight Posted by: navycopjoe if you elect not to sodomize them mid-fight you could double your score.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:47 PM (rDidD)

146 142 137 woohoo
I can take 30 biebers in a fight

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 25, 2014 07:45 PM (At8tV)

You squids.

Just throw 1/3 of them overboard.

Rookie.

You? I'm guessing 200.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:47 PM (x3YFz)

147 just saw lone survivor. very good movie. definitely worth seeing.

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 03:47 PM (/B0pU)

148 "124Â Look, I don't know much about women.Â " Don't know much about history, Don't know much biology, Don't know much about...

Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 03:48 PM (JXkyA)

149 As I am forced to realize that I am gathering years. ( IAMNOTGETTINGOLD) I see a sharp rise in the stupid things that I will no longer consider doing. I think my luck quotient is rather low and would like to save it for when I have to use it. *** I woke up on my 40th birthday, got a bug up my ass, and went skydiving without a second thought. For about four or five months I was on an adrenaline high from just that one tandem jump. Then... somewhere around month six is began to settle in how any times the paperwork I signed had contained variations on the word "dead": die, dying, dead, death.... and I had simply signed the paperwork and been on my way. Duuuuude! I don't even buy a toaster without several hours of research! What the hell was I thinking?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:48 PM (DmNpO)

150 89 Anyone ever have a bad experience on a carnival ride Yes. During my childhood, my brother and I were riding an old double rocket, when the miter broke down. We were hanging upside down for 30 minutes with nothing keeping us from falling out but an unstable bar across our laps. I had every possible part of my body wrapped around that flimsy piece of metal. I could hear my mother was screaming from down below. I was infamous for climbing up heights, but As my arms grew tired, things began to look bad. I still loved heights, but I avoided fair rides. Their equipment was old and not maintained in the way big amusement parks do. As for this ride: screams, " Do ya want to live forever "

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 03:48 PM (lt4yL)

151 and another thing, nice job on that pie crust, apears flaky. what the hell is a saskatoon berry?

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:48 PM (rDidD)

152 34 Biebers

Posted by: garrett at January 25, 2014 03:48 PM (PChxU)

153 I'm afraid of heights unless I'm enclosed. Planes and roller coasters never bothered me - I love roller coasters - but high ladders do. So I probably wouldn't make it up the stairs.

Posted by: Donna V. at January 25, 2014 03:50 PM (R3gO3)

154 Duuuuude! I don't even buy a toaster without several hours of research! What the hell was I thinking?! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse well, it was not negoitable it is like the google, accept it or take a hike. besides, real men do not tandem jump, at least not in the front position.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:51 PM (rDidD)

155 One thing I have learned from twitter: Never, ever taunt the Beliebers. Seriously.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:51 PM (DmNpO)

156
Why would you fight Beibers hand to hand?

Just throw grenades at them, and shoot the close ones.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 25, 2014 03:51 PM (SAMxH)

157 Saskatoon berries are sometimes called service berries. They grow in western Canada and probably here too. I canned about 40 pounds of them when I was home. Mmmmmmmmmm!

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:52 PM (N/cFh)

158 120Â TWITTER HAS THE PICTURES. Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at ____________ Do I have to join twitter? Does it cost moneys? How much? Fred Thompson told me I could get some cash for my house... I'm game!

Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 03:53 PM (JXkyA)

159 Saskatoon berries are sometimes called service berries. They grow in western Canada and probably here too. I canned about 40 pounds of them when I was home. Mmmmmmmmmm! Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth well they look fantastic, though I am guessing that crust would make spam taste good.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 03:53 PM (rDidD)

160 The last time I did anything like that my extremities went numb. I was just a giant meat puppet. I don't think this could be any better.

Posted by: navybrat at January 25, 2014 03:53 PM (AW7Gr)

161 Saskatoon berries are sometimes called service berries. They grow in western Canada and probably here too. I canned about 40 pounds of them when I was home. Mmmmmmmmmm! *** Are they like blueberries or blackberries or something else entirely?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:53 PM (DmNpO)

162 What the hell was I thinking?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 07:48 PM (DmNpO)

Get it done now, brother.

I push 500 a week, and if I miss a week? it's 250. Muscle memory is lost.

Hit 40 and you have to double up. Those knees? that back? yeah... It's a mfer.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:54 PM (x3YFz)

163 Chi, you can view without joining, you just can't tweet. https://twitter.com/GingyNorth

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:54 PM (DmNpO)

164 I only got 21. I'm a wuss.

Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2014 03:54 PM (sdi6R)

165 Beiber berries?

Posted by: Dyslexia Have I at January 25, 2014 03:54 PM (MShRQ)

166 Resultant wedgies could prove fatal.

Posted by: --- at January 25, 2014 03:56 PM (MMC8r)

167 She says like a blueberry but tart. She's crazy. They're in the rose family, so they're kinda tart. But sweet. Purple. Smaller than blueberries.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 03:56 PM (N/cFh)

168 Yes I had a similar ride experience only it was at Busch Gardens in Virginia. I was riding a roller coaster with the little sister of a friend. The bar didn't click down. A fact I didn't realize until we started down the first hill and the bar and my friend's sister went up in the air. I grabbed her and yanked her back down and then wedged myself crossways and held her in while using all my strength to hold the bar down. That was the longest ride of my life.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 25, 2014 03:56 PM (RZ8pf)

169 I'm with BCochran - unless there is some "vehicle" keeping you in, a series of bumps and banks off the side could easily result in an airborne trip over the sides!

Gravity assists in most slides because most slides are more horizontal than vertical. A tiny angle after a bump and you would easily carom off the damn thing!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2014 03:56 PM (b/lt+)

170 I would do it if wearing a frictionless wetsuit to block all entries (and exits). And if plied with liquor. I can envision poor timing leading to a Human Centipede configuration mid-slide. ABSOLUTELY agree this would be a primo Midwest Moron Meetup location.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 25, 2014 03:56 PM (QBm1P)

171 155 One thing I have learned from twitter: Never, ever taunt the Beliebers.

Seriously.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 07:51 PM (DmNpO)

NDH, you're capitulating to preteens. Soak the battlefield with propane, wait till they get close and the flick the cigarette.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 03:57 PM (x3YFz)

172 NDH, you're capitulating to preteens. Soak the battlefield with propane, wait till they get close and the flick the cigarette. *** It's lying down in a fire ant hill. Those little bastards swarm you in seconds.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 03:59 PM (DmNpO)

173
Those little bastards swarm you in seconds.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 07:59 PM (DmNpO)

Asymmetric warfare, brother.

Never be where they think you are.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:01 PM (x3YFz)

174 158 How much? Fred Thompson told me I could get some cash for my house..
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 07:53 PM (JXkyA)
Fonzie says I can sell mine to myself.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 25, 2014 04:01 PM (m2Pxu)

175 so vendette is playing call of duty or grand theft auto?

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:02 PM (rDidD)

176 It's not an individual water slide its a 4 man raft slide. I dunno how they plan to keep the fat german guy (aka 1/2 me) at the back of the raft when it decelerates in the pool though.

Individual slides are great for fat guys. You can dam up a nice wave and there's more hydroplanable surface.

I was 2nd in line at one in 6 flags Dallas one time. Lady in front turns and says "Time for my daily cleansing". Almost bailed.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at January 25, 2014 04:02 PM (DL2i+)

177 Beiber berries? Posted by: Dyslexia Have I at January side effect of spending a night in a miami holding cell.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:03 PM (rDidD)

178 Vendette was (very patiently) watching Little play Legend of Zelda or something.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 04:03 PM (N/cFh)

179 holy crap that's a big waterslide. umm don't know if I could do that

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:03 PM (/B0pU)

180 It's not an individual water slide its a 4 man raft slide. I dunno how they plan to keep the fat german guy (aka 1/2 me) at the back of the raft when it decelerates in the pool though. *** the raft part makes me more skeptical. It just seems that the body movement would be much more fluid and likely to go rogue than if pinned to the slide in a horizontal position.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:05 PM (DmNpO)

181 163 - NDH, I was trying to be a little sarcastic, but thanks. If i check out your link will it just make my internet crush(es) worse?

Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 25, 2014 04:05 PM (JXkyA)

182 Shit. Only 25 Biebers. Can I train up on moo-moos?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2014 04:05 PM (pFqpP)

183 178 Vendette was (very patiently) watching Little play Legend of Zelda or something.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 08:03 PM (N/cFh)

I'm playing golf in GTA V as I type this. Need to get -8, man that's tough.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:06 PM (x3YFz)

184 I've jumped out of perfectly good airplanes. I'm an old guy now, but this ain't shit.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 25, 2014 04:06 PM (JQuNB)

185 but if you all want to come out here to check it out, we could have a meetup, there's a few kc area morons

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:06 PM (/B0pU)

186

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 07:48 PM (lt4yL)

I also had a bad experience on a double rocket at a fair when I was a kid. It wasn't nearly as dramatic or life-threatening as yours - the panel behind our backs came loose somehow so whenever the car took a dive down the back panel, which was quite heavy came forward and smashed us into the bar. It might not have been so bad if two big adults were in the car, but my friend and I weighed about 80 pounds apiece. It was not at all fun. The terrible thing about something going wrong on a ride is that when you scream - so what? If the ride operator can't see something is wrong, he just assumes you're having a great time.

Of course, after the ride was over, we told the carnie - who of course looked like your typical recently paroled carnie type - about the panel coming loose. He just grunted and put another set of kids in the same car, without even looking at the panel.

Posted by: Donna V. at January 25, 2014 04:08 PM (R3gO3)

187 Brought to you by a grant from the Trial Lawyers Association.

Posted by: --- at January 25, 2014 04:08 PM (MMC8r)

188 184 I've jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.

I'm an old guy now, but this ain't shit.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 25, 2014 08:06 PM (JQuNB)

Buddy, it's different when the track is made by people making min wage.

Whole different ball game.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:09 PM (x3YFz)

189 The high tomorrow here in MO is 55. The high Monday is 15.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 25, 2014 04:09 PM (bCEmE)

190 I'm in. When we doing this?

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:11 PM (LsJl8)

191 Buddy, it's different when the track is made by people making min wage. Whole different ball game. Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 08:09 PM (x3 That's a good point, actually.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 25, 2014 04:11 PM (JQuNB)

192 CDR M, I it looks like most of the aren't. I will!

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 04:12 PM (N/cFh)

193
How Many Justin Biebers Could You Take in a Fight?

Take the quiz and find out.

http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber

Would these be regular Justin Bieblers, or some hypothetical, or mythical post pubescent Justin Bliebers?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 25, 2014 04:13 PM (0IhFx)

194 Well Gingy, more fun for the rest of us then!

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:14 PM (LsJl8)

195 oh I also saw that there is a Jesus movie coming out, "Son of God", in February so get ready

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:15 PM (/B0pU)

196 Let me be blunt about this. My ASEL tailwheel isn't current, but I've done spins and loops and crap in things with a bunch of wires between the wings. But when it comes down to something like that, I think I'd probably piss myself so hard that the stream would knock Mars out of its orbit.

Posted by: JEM at January 25, 2014 04:15 PM (o+SC1)

197 It just seems that the body movement would be much more fluid and likely to go rogue

It's liable to be one of those big sit in a circle facing in rafts with seat backs and fold down over your shoulder yokes. In fact if it goes 65 and they don't strap you in they gotta have a different kind of lawsuit industry in Germany.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at January 25, 2014 04:16 PM (DL2i+)

198 When you look at it again and imagine that 4 people at a time go down that thing in a raft.... that's a big honking slide.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:16 PM (DmNpO)

199 Actually, looks like you ride in a car like a flume ride. Still looks like fun.

Posted by: TimB52 at January 25, 2014 04:17 PM (ya630)

200 How Many Justin Biebers Could You Take in a Fight? Take the quiz and find out. He seems to be constructed out of an Auto-Tuner. Aren't those things metal?

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2014 04:17 PM (FcR7P)

201 And boy am I slooowwwww...

Posted by: TimB52 at January 25, 2014 04:18 PM (ya630)

202 When you look at it again and imagine that 4 people at a time go down that thing in a raft.... that's a big honking slide. It must be as big as a highway!

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 25, 2014 04:18 PM (FcR7P)

203
Buddy, it's different when the track is made by people making min wage.

Whole different ball game.

And the special prize at the bottom of that box of Cracker Jacks is that half, or more, of the workers were/are illegals being paid a couple bucks a day.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 25, 2014 04:18 PM (0IhFx)

204 I live about an hour and a half from that ride. Not. Gonna. Happen.

Posted by: teej at January 25, 2014 04:18 PM (PNi9V)

205 Gingy! I have a very important question for you: What kind of yarn am I seeing on your pics?

Posted by: pookysgirl at January 25, 2014 04:20 PM (kMnHs)

206 hey teej what up

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:21 PM (/B0pU)

207 So we will go stay with teej when we do this then.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 04:21 PM (N/cFh)

208 Hi and bye morons. Going to be an Ambien night. Trying to get my sleep pattern adjusted. It's fucking snowing again. I hate winter.

Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2014 04:21 PM (NexaM)

209 "Besides itÂ’s more fun if someone is screaming in your ear." ------------------ Hmm. Obviously they weren't here for the Socon dust-up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 25, 2014 04:21 PM (aDwsi)

210 It said I could only take on 30 Biebers. That's with maybe only one arm to fight with I think. A 100 should be easy.

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:22 PM (LsJl8)

211 So it looks like I'd have time to finish pissing myself before I reach the bottom. That's a plus.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 25, 2014 04:22 PM (FpHdx)

212 205 Gingy! I have a very important question for you: What kind of yarn am I seeing on your pics? Posted by: pookysgirl at January 25, 2014 08:20 PM (kMnHs) --- Which project?

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 04:22 PM (N/cFh)

213 Daily reminder: Hillary Clinton will be America's first lesbian president.

Posted by: Daily Reminder Guy at January 25, 2014 04:22 PM (6j8ke)

214 Yup Gingy, we'll drag cj and teej to this.

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:23 PM (LsJl8)

215 Ok. How can this be legal? Isn't he obligated to provide nutrition? And WTH was he thinking putting flags in the cells? He expected respect from a bunch of inmates? http://t.co/AUQdRNeHBQ

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:23 PM (DmNpO)

216 This contraption actually made it in the news in Europe.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at January 25, 2014 04:23 PM (MN1rY)

217 Hey mpfs!

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:24 PM (LsJl8)

218 teej, tsrblke, nacly dog, me, few others live in kc area

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:24 PM (/B0pU)

219 That Baltimore mall shoot is such a tragedy.

I've got nothing except... just... dammit.

21 year old girl gets gunned down with a shotgun. I have no words.

Fucking humans. Fuck humans.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:25 PM (x3YFz)

220 I'm thinking my Dagger RPM kayak. No paddle. Yeah. I'd do it.

Posted by: Erowmero at January 25, 2014 04:25 PM (OONaw)

221 @41 Cicero "I jumped off a suspension bridge in Nepal once so I have nothing more to prove." You mean thrown, not jumped. We still demand payment.

Posted by: Michael Corleone at January 25, 2014 04:27 PM (MN1rY)

222 The inaugural slide will be performed by Billy Rubin, setting the theme forever after.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2014 04:27 PM (bPxS6)

223 Hi ya chemjeff. Gingy, my house is, um, a very humble abode. But you need a roof for that trip, it's your humble abode. Hell, I'll drive ya over and video it... from the ground.

Posted by: teej at January 25, 2014 04:27 PM (tWrwm)

224 Which project?

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 08:22 PM (N/cFh)

The blue skein, next to the wine.

Posted by: pookysgirl at January 25, 2014 04:27 PM (kMnHs)

225 Posted by: Donna V. at January 25, 2014 08:08 PM (R3gO3) If the panel came loose, then the bar could have followed. A roll of the dice and you were a lucky. Children love the rides, so they always seem to end up in bad situations. Tell me why we trusted those junky machines to hold together? i dont know how I survived childhood with the crazy stunts I pulled off with my brothers and friends.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 04:28 PM (lt4yL)

226 you could easily run a fiat 500 down that, though a raft is safer.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:28 PM (rDidD)

227 Off to watch "the Searchers" Oiche maithe agus beannacht De ort. or words of that equivalent.

Posted by: seamrog at January 25, 2014 04:31 PM (M+Ftk)

228 Looking back at stuff I did as a kid and young dumb, I don't know how I survived. A lot of my survival was dependant on my buddies being trust worthy lookouts for cars at the bottom of hills. I am glad that the three guys I ran with were all from kindergarten through graduation, we kept each other from dying from stupid.

Posted by: traye at January 25, 2014 04:33 PM (47pCV)

229 @147 chemjeff " just saw lone survivor. very good movie. definitely worth seeing." Other vet friends of mine have recommended it as well. I think I will have to visit a movie theater for the first time years.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at January 25, 2014 04:33 PM (MN1rY)

230 ooh that looks like fun.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:33 PM (nqBYe)

231 yankeefifth I am thinking maybe 2 or 3 smart cars would fit, side by side

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:34 PM (/B0pU)

232 the only part i'd be a little concerned with would be that humpty doo.

But i guess if i survive it that would make it all the more fun. if not ,what a way to go.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:35 PM (nqBYe)

233 At gun point.....maybe.

Posted by: BignJames at January 25, 2014 04:36 PM (j7iSn)

234 more intimidated by knives.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:37 PM (nqBYe)

235 So that Sherman dude already has commercials out base on his rant last week. Makin money. Commercial even has geeky white reporters calling him a thug and getting the visual smackdown for being racist.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:37 PM (ZPrif)

236 please, I am not afraid of anything, I am married.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:38 PM (rDidD)

237 Michael Moore would have to go on a serious diet in order to fit down that ramp

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:38 PM (/B0pU)

238 please, I am not afraid of anything, I am married.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 08:38 PM (rDidD)

I lived through teenager,. although i am crazy now.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:39 PM (nqBYe)

239 I can easily be intimidated by either one. Just gimme three steps...

Posted by: teej at January 25, 2014 04:39 PM (ma+gB)

240 teenagerS

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:39 PM (nqBYe)

241 funniest thing about the sherman explosion was erin andrews meekly nearly stammering "who is saying things about you", probably hadda change her shorts.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:39 PM (rDidD)

242

I can't watch you tube any more. My old computer is very cranky. May have to upgrade.

I'm guessing from the comments that I wouldn't be up for super slide.

Posted by: Ronster at January 25, 2014 04:40 PM (puNd6)

243 I lived through teenager,. although i am crazy now. Posted by: willow you got me there. I do live in nyc with neighbors that hate everything I stand for.

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 04:40 PM (rDidD)

244 I thought this was a roller-coaster at first, and roller-coasters terrify me.

Now that I see it's a water-slide, and there's a real possibility of me hurling off the slide when it becomes nearly vertical, I think I've found a new fear.

Posted by: Null at January 25, 2014 04:40 PM (xjpRj)

245 they won't let debbie wassersloot down the ramp, if that hairspray mixed with the water it would create toxic sludge

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:41 PM (/B0pU)

246 teej, and sneakers. G-d forbid i end up like those women in movies with heels on going down to the basement.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:41 PM (nqBYe)

247 Sometimes before bed I take l-dopa for deeper sleep. The dreams are so vivid sometimes the adventures are wild. Last night I was swimming in pure blue water stream...and then I fell off the side, like 100 feet straight down, to an ocean of the same blue water. I was scared for a second and then just said who cares and enjoyed the fall.

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 25, 2014 04:41 PM (KfLgN)

248 yankee lol so a little like living with teenagers for a spell.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:42 PM (nqBYe)

249 234 more intimidated by knives.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 08:37 PM (nqBYe)

mistake.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:42 PM (x3YFz)

250 no way in hell

Posted by: obamuh at January 25, 2014 04:42 PM (2whSJ)

251 they won't let john boehner down the ramp, if he peed in the water they'd have to kick out everyone under 21

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:42 PM (/B0pU)

252 funniest thing about the sherman explosion was erin andrews meekly nearly stammering "who is saying things about you", probably hadda change her shorts. **** I think she was completely caught off guard. She has said since that he is one of her favorite players on and off the field. Funny thing is, almost all of the talking heads and players I've seen interviewed think he might have been playing it for effect and not in the least bit out of control.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:43 PM (DmNpO)

253 Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 08:09 PM (x3YFz) Years ago, a guy named Andrew Thornton showed up in my class, and two weeks later he was dead after he had to make an emergency jump. He hit the plane, and his parachute didn't open. The story has several twists, and unanswered questions, but you can't survive a defective chute in most cases. Of course, just to be inconsistent, I love diving and a faulty tank risks the same results.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 04:43 PM (lt4yL)

254

FYI for all the Sportscar racing fans here (all 2 of you). The 24 Hours of Daytona is underway. You can watch it on Fox Sports 1&2. Its online I believe too (IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's website). I don't know the link off hand so use your whatever search engine you want.

Posted by: WashPost Archons at January 25, 2014 04:44 PM (YKGQ7)

255 I still think Sherman is an ass, but mainly I don't give a sh*t.

Posted by: Ronster at January 25, 2014 04:44 PM (puNd6)

256 queed olberdouche is forbidden by his doctor to go down the ramp, the water would be absorbed by his leafy brain and his head would explode by osmosis

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:45 PM (/B0pU)

257 Actually most of the fiberglass from the reputable manufacturers is made in Canada. Don't know about the minimum wage thing, but (at least at one time) boat builders were making a lot of the glass for the flume manufacturers. Got to figure if they know how to build a yacht they can handle a ride flume. Each segment has a serial number embedded in it and you can trace all of the raw materials that went into any single piece back to the supplier.

I believe that particular ride is from Germany, looks a lot like a Master Blaster. Water does not flow uphill so they actually have to push you up with water jets. There is another manufacturer that does the uphill with magnetic levitation.

For the guys reading; I've heard that some of the body flume versions are not always two piece bathing suit friendly. Those parks never have problems staffing the lifeguards at the runout.

Traveling carnival rides are however a completely different thing. Wouldn't let my kids near them when they were young.

Posted by: ira allen at January 25, 2014 04:45 PM (wk8lx)

258 tangonine, i have this weird assumption . that if the guy is holding a gun he will shoot to kill me. (bad but ok) a guy with a knife (read to many thrillers) wants to make it last.

probably all wrong but there it is.

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:45 PM (nqBYe)

259 Sherman's definitely getting the last laugh. Getting some nice paychecks already less than a week after his rant. Commercial was on Fox's UFC event, they have Sherman as the hero who has to put up with ignorant, racist, white reporters calling him a thug. It's an ad for headphones. When the world oppresses you with ignorant, racist, white reporters, you can just stare at them, shake your head, put on your headphones and escape the racist stupidity.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:45 PM (ZPrif)

260 Are there monsters or bad people in the basement?

Posted by: teej at January 25, 2014 04:45 PM (M3APu)

261 254: Arrgh, that should be Fox Sports 1 and 2.

Posted by: WashPost Archons at January 25, 2014 04:46 PM (YKGQ7)

262 if andy reid went down the ramp, he would just call timeout so many times that the raft would never make it

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:47 PM (/B0pU)

263 Sherman is joining the War on Words. Soon, every word uttered by a white person will be racist. It may have already happened.

Posted by: WashPost Archons at January 25, 2014 04:47 PM (YKGQ7)

264 anyway missed the thread on Volokh,, Thrilling really He has a great mind and hopefully will nick the consciences of the readers at WAPO

Posted by: willow at January 25, 2014 04:47 PM (nqBYe)

265

off Star Trek nerd sock

Posted by: puddleglum at January 25, 2014 04:48 PM (YKGQ7)

266 Sherman's definitely getting the last laugh. Getting some nice paychecks already less than a week after his rant. Commercial was on Fox's UFC event, they have Sherman as the hero who has to put up with ignorant, racist, white reporters calling him a thug. It's an ad for headphones. When the world oppresses you with ignorant, racist, white reporters, you can just stare at them, shake your head, put on your headphones and escape the racist stupidity. *** Is it a Beats ad? Kaepernick has a cool ad for them that's basically the same. It has crowds screaming at him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:48 PM (DmNpO)

267 queed olberdouche is forbidden by his doctor to go down the ramp, the water would be absorbed by his leafy brain and his head would explode by osmosis *** He'd sprout like a Chia pet.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:48 PM (DmNpO)

268 224 Which project? Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 08:22 PM (N/cFh) The blue skein, next to the wine. Posted by: pookysgirl at January 25, 2014 08:27 PM (kMnHs) --- That's yarn I dyed myself! It's a fingering weight merino/bamboo/nylon.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 04:49 PM (N/cFh)

269 Verruckt?

German/Peruvian for "World's Tallest Enema".

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 25, 2014 04:50 PM (eHIJJ)

270 On a related note (with special considerations for Canadians) , never bungee jump naked: http://www.youtube.com/embed/L1_W0LCHwK4

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 25, 2014 04:50 PM (aDwsi)

271 so in the Superbowl, who will win? a. Seahawks b. Broncos c. Frostbite

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:52 PM (/B0pU)

272 Yeah, Beats ad. He's answering stupid questions and being patient with the idiocy, explaining to the racist, idiots reporters that no, not every guy from Compton is a gang member, then a reporter calls him a thug and Sherman gives him a, "oh, so you're a racist" look, shakes his head, and escapes into his headphones. It's a well done ad. Especially on such short notice.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:52 PM (ZPrif)

273 d. Big Corporatism

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 25, 2014 04:53 PM (KfLgN)

274 I'd do it. I hit 68 mph on the Big Kahuna at Adventure Island in Tampa, I'd love to top that.

Posted by: grognard at January 25, 2014 04:53 PM (Be2Wn)

275 Years ago, a guy named Andrew Thornton showed up in my class, and two weeks later he was dead after he had to make an emergency jump. He hit the plane, and his parachute didn't open. The story has several twists, and unanswered questions, but you can't survive a defective chute in most cases.

Of course, just to be inconsistent, I love diving and a faulty tank risks the same results.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at January 25, 2014 08:43 PM (lt4yL)

brother, if you're jumping out at 7800 feet or diving, when shit goes pear shaped, you're fkd.

Always pack your own chute and always check your own dive gear.

Your life depends on it.

Posted by: tangonine at January 25, 2014 04:53 PM (x3YFz)

276 Â…..off to work, but at least it's snowin' AGAINÂ….. This wintershite is WAY overratedÂ….

Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2014 04:54 PM (UZe3A)

277 Yeah, Beats ad. He's answering stupid questions and being patient with the idiocy, explaining to the racist, idiots reporters that no, not every guy from Compton is a gang member, then a reporter calls him a thug and Sherman gives him a, "oh, so you're a racist" look, shakes his head, and escapes into his headphones. It's a well done ad. Especially on such short notice. *** You won't catch me dropping that kind of cash on Beats but I agree that their ads are good. I really like the one with Kaepernick and suspect I'll see the Sherman ad during the Pro Bowl tomorrow.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 04:54 PM (DmNpO)

278 Scary head kick. Yeesh. More a neck kick. Dude was unconscious before he hit the floor. A kick like that looks like it could break your neck. It's basically like taking a baseball bat to the side of your neck. Yikes.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:54 PM (ZPrif)

279 Sandra Fluke is forbidden to go down the ramp, her gigantic vagina would just suck in all the water

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:55 PM (/B0pU)

280 I love and hate the Internet. I have been searching for corroboration about a story I remember from the late 70s at Elitches in Denver and can't find it but I am going to try and tell it from memory anyway. Was at Elitches one afternoon when I was young and there was a tornado warning, along with lightning. The power went out at the park and we were stuck in the haunted house. It wasn't terrible we just followed the tracks out. But it didn't seem like the power was going to come back on and the storm was getting worse so my friend's parents decided we would leave. Later that afternoon an arm of the Spider fell off. I don't remember that anybody died, but I never looked at one of those rides the same way again.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 25, 2014 04:56 PM (RZ8pf)

281 Shin to neck = sleepy time

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:56 PM (ZPrif)

282 The best way to enjoy this ride is by standing at the bottom and watch as the girls pull the bikini out of their hoo-ha.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 25, 2014 04:56 PM (tcK++)

283 what is Beats? is it like Pandora?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 04:57 PM (/B0pU)

284 I think Beats is just a brand of headphones and portable speakers. Product not a service. I think.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 04:59 PM (ZPrif)

285 Beasts is Dr. Dre sponsored overpriced speakers and ear clamshells.

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 04:59 PM (LsJl8)

286 UFC has a deal with them. Lots of fighters walk out to the fight wearing beats headphones. They sponsor lots of athletes. Pay them to just wear the Beats headphones around their neck when in public.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 05:00 PM (ZPrif)

287 Beats. Dasmn autocorrect.

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 05:00 PM (LsJl8)

288 I heard someone say, I have a feeling it was redeye that sherman was graduated compton with straight A s, was first from compton to get full ride to stanford and graduated stanford, so he is probably above average intelligence for the nation and league. I also saw him effing destroy skip bayliss in an espn interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6x-O3kb1sI

Posted by: yankeefifth at January 25, 2014 05:01 PM (rDidD)

289 Arrgghh.

Posted by: CDR M at January 25, 2014 05:01 PM (LsJl8)

290 what is Beats? is it like Pandora? *** It's a company marketed by rapper Dr. Dre'. They make speakers and headsets. Here's one of their ads: http://bit.ly/1geeJlK

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 05:01 PM (DmNpO)

291 Vast majority of Beats purchases = EBT money

Posted by: grognard at January 25, 2014 05:01 PM (Be2Wn)

292 Right, Dre gives Beat that whole NWA street cred thing. For some weird reason, white neo-nazi hate group lead singers don't seem to be able to crossover to the mainstream like the members of NWA have. Speaking of which, Ice Cube's new buddy cop movie was #1 at the box office.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 25, 2014 05:02 PM (ZPrif)

293 Here's the Kaepernick ad for Beats http://bit.ly/J8WKyp

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 05:03 PM (DmNpO)

294 ok thx

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at January 25, 2014 05:04 PM (/B0pU)

295 At my son's middle school lots of the kids have those Beats headphones. The marketing is working to the extent that the young "have to have" them. My son thankfully marches to the "beat" of a different drummer and is only in the rarest cases swayed by advertising.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 25, 2014 05:05 PM (RZ8pf)

296 My son thankfully marches to the "beat" of a different drummer and is only in the rarest cases swayed by advertising. *** Congrats. My daughter was the same and it's a blessing in more than one way.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 05:08 PM (DmNpO)

297 new post up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2014 05:09 PM (DmNpO)

298 That's yarn I dyed myself! It's a fingering weight merino/bamboo/nylon.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 25, 2014 08:49 PM (N/cFh)

That's awesome! Walked into my favorite yarn store the other day and immediately bought two skeins of blue yarn on two words alone: "Mongolian Cashmere." Hand-spun, hand-dyed and suuuuuper soft. Can't wait to work with it!

Posted by: pookysgirl at January 25, 2014 05:12 PM (kMnHs)

299 hafenswartzenslidden ? Posted by: seamrog at January 25, 2014 07:21 PM (M+Ftk) 'Hafen' looks like you were trying to say 'haven' which would usually mean 'port' or 'bay', i.e. Bremerhaven. I think what you were after was 'halb', which in your use would mean 'half'. You're welcome.

Posted by: Bill H at January 25, 2014 06:50 PM (3sZO1)

300 This is on my bucket list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdWI

Posted by: OxyCon at January 25, 2014 07:36 PM (xBryS)

301 Anybody get the name of the movie referenced in 32? Good memory Rolfe. An uncanny likeness! No way I ride either one.

Posted by: Cryptocon at January 26, 2014 01:13 AM (NP29G)

302 test

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