[murbot]

Just a reminder to you guys that you shouldn't use the rear wheel of a scooter to spin a merry-go-round up to warp speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFVBiGuQlU

Please pass this information along so that no other people are injured!

[zippy]

5...4...3...2...1 - another one is born

5...4...3...2...1 - and again

5...5...3...2...1 - see a pattern yet?


I'm just glad those weren't little kids on the merry-go-round. You know, kids who were young enough that you wouldn't expect them to know any better. Not like these "advanced" individuals.

[Banana]

Well, they should be suing the merry-go-round manufacturer for not installing seat belts! How dare they put little kids lives at stake to make a extra buck! This makes me mad!

[Windowsrookie]

I want a moped.

[murbot]

I should try this with my GSX-R750. I'd spin them so fast that they'd pass through the bars.

heh heh

[709]

Kind of like this?

[Brave Ulysses]

Originally Posted by murbot I should try this with my GSX-R750. I'd spin them so fast that they'd pass through the bars. heh heh

It looked as if one of them did

Kind of like this?

That's just sad.

[ast3r3x]

You guys laugh, but this is the reason they don't make merry-go-rounds anymore. We don't have one for kids to play on in our town park anymore because they aren't safety compliant.

[Windowsrookie]

Originally Posted by murbot I should try this with my GSX-R750. I'd spin them so fast that they'd pass through the bars. heh heh

If BadBrad can hold on for 1 minute he gets to come back.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by ast3r3x You guys laugh, but this is the reason they don't make merry-go-rounds anymore. We don't have one for kids to play on in our town park anymore because they aren't safety compliant.

They're really only unsafe if you're being a dumbass. And if you're being a dumbass, then it's your own damn fault.

[Banana]

^ x2.

As my dad used to say, it's always the operator's error, not the machinery.

[billybobsky]

Unless the machinery consists of robotic apes with lasers.

[Banana]

Ah, but who made the apes? Hmm?

Don't go around and shifting the blame. We all know it was you.

[billybobsky]

I don't know... some guy named Jack or Fred or something...

[hiltond]

Why do some people hate children so much. I hope they are OK, otherwise I would feel bad for laughing so hard.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by hiltond Why do some people hate children so much.

I don't hate children as a whole.

I hate stupid people.

It just happens to be that many children are stupid people too.

[hiltond]

Originally Posted by Brad I don't hate children as a whole. I hate stupid people. It just happens to be that many children are stupid people too.

What I should have said is why do people hate children in their care so much. Fair play Brad, but I wonder what you might say in a few years.

[Brad]

In a few years, the breadth of my hate will likely have only grown even more!

[adamb]

Taken from a post about the movie on another forum



That arm sure doesn't look right...

...and the Darwin award goes to...

[Moogs]

PWNED.




How fucking stupid can you be....

[Moogs]

Originally Posted by ast3r3x You guys laugh, but this is the reason they don't make merry-go-rounds anymore....

And diving boards, and water slides next to pools, and anything else we used to have fun with as kids because we employed an ancient technique called common sense. And our parents employed an ancient technique called letting kids take responsibility for their own actions when they fall off the diving board because they were horsing around, running on it, etc.

[hiltond]

Apparently this video is getting the attention of police in the area. The Guardian

[Majost]

Originally Posted by hiltond Apparently this video is getting the attention of police in the area. The Guardian

... and it's gone. (on YouTube, that is. You can still see the stupidity at break.com)

[AWR]

Two words:

1. Natural
2. Selection

[ast3r3x]

Originally Posted by Moogs And diving boards, and water slides next to pools, and anything else we used to have fun with as kids because we employed an ancient technique called common sense. And our parents employed an ancient technique called letting kids take responsibility for their own actions when they fall off the diving board because they were horsing around, running on it, etc.

I could be understanding the tone of your reply wrong, but I wasn't saying "OH NOES, UNSAFE!" I was just saying, people do stupid shit like this and it ruins it for people because nobody wants to get sued. Modern playground structures aren't allowed to have any exposed screws, or edges that aren't rounded, and there can't be any cracks in-between things because clothing or something could get caught in and they could be stuck and choke. Ridiculous. They can't use metal slides anymore because of burns on a hot day. Slides also require a roof at the top so it forces you to be sitting when you go through. Now I know most of those sound reasonable, but if you see it in person and 1/8" is stopping something from passing a safety inspection you realize how messed up the world is.

[DMBand0026]

Playgrounds used to be fun, but somewhere along the line a bunch of tired old suck-bags ruined it for me. Playgrounds used to be made of wood, which was good for getting splinters, they used to have gravel around all the equipment, none of this pansy "rubber chipping" crap they have now. You used to be able to reach lightening speed on a metal slide by going down it on a piece of waxed paper, now...they're all plastic and suckey.

I hate people who ruined cool things for me. Heck, kids can't even climb trees anymore because it's "unsafe." F that.

By the way, that motorcycle video was awesome.

[Foj]

See-saws are going to be the next thing to go. I'm sure of it.