TGIF riddle

[trappednabox]

Morning all!!!

 

[trappednabox]

Well, we still have no drinking water (parts of gloucestershire were flooded 2 weeks ago, and the entire county lost water)

Work has been crazily busy.

And then there is facebook

I'm actually one of 4 Davids, but I'm the one who's almost always in the Hawaii concierge.

how long have you worked there? We stayed there in 05 but didn't spend much time in the lounge

Does someone know how to make this siggie sized?

Long lost fraternal twins...

Cha Cha--------------------------Chachi

 

[L107ANGEL]

Monica!

Boxy!

 

[alabamaalan]

Good afternoon y'all. It's good to see you here, Scouser. I hope life adjusts back to whatever passes as normal very soon for you.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Alan!

 

[hiwaygal]

Have you guys ever heard of the Darwin Awards?

The 2007 "winner" has been announced

The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. Police investigators finally pieced together the mystery.

An amateur rocket scientist had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off, actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra "push" when taking off from short airfields.

He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to the car, jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO!

The facts as best as they could be determined are that the operator of the 1967 Impala hit the JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash site. This was established by the scorched and melted asphalt at that location.

The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds.

The driver, and soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing him to become irrelevant for the remainder of the event.

However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.

Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable. However, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.

Epilogue: It has been calculated that this moron attained a ground speed of approximately 420-mph, though much of his voyage was not on the ground.

 

[L107ANGEL]

 

[jw50]

Have you guys ever heard of the Darwin Awards?

The 2007 "winner" has been announced

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

 

[Mnementh]

Not in yet. How are all the crazies today?

 

[monymony3471]

Must be in a great mood Angel. I'd love to indulge but I have 10 days to go. I'll need a huge margarita when this is all said and done.

 

[hiwaygal]

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

Dang it!!!

Just my luck! It IS a good story, though!

My favorite line:

The driver, and soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing him to become irrelevant for the remainder of the event.

I know...I'm sick...

 

[Mnementh]

I know...I'm sick...

No you're not. I got a kick out of that line, too.

 

[Mnementh]

Oh, and if you're interested, here's the current leader (but not yet official winner) of the 2007 Darwin Award, out of the nominees. You can vote at DarwinAwards.com (no www).

(24 June 2007, Colorado) If you get "Footloose" and cut the rug on on an oil tank, be sure not to light a cigarette (or bong of weed) else you may soon be walking up the proverbial "Stairway to Heaven".
News reports say a crude oil storage tank exploded as two teens were jumping on it, hurling the youths to their deaths. The tank, owned by Pinnacle Oil Company, exploded during a party in Routt National Forest. The victims were identified as Samuel and Christopher, 17 and 19.

After smoking marijuana and liquoring themselves up at this "popular party spot," the "Footloose" teens decided that it would be fun to leap and cavort upon a mostly-empty oil tank. Their energetic "Saturday Night Fever" gyrations caused fumes to leak from the relief valve...

"There were several ignitions sources," according to Rio Blanco County Undersheriff Michael Joos. One teenager was smoking, and there was a bonfire nearby. One or another of these "ignition sources" sparked a flashdance that sent the two teens hurtling 150 yards away from the explosion.

So let's go over the Check Points, aka The Rules:

1. Reproduction: at 17 and 19, they weren't married, nor had they reproduced, nor can they now reproduce. Check!

2. Excellence: They thought it was wise to jump up and down on an oil tank containing 160 barrels of crude oil, while stoned out of their gourds. Check!

3. Self Selection: These two were stoned insensible, and drunker then the town drunk, while dancing on a oil tank exuding flammable vapors. And there's a campfire nearby. Check!

4. Maturity: At 17 and 19, both are over the minimum age of 16. Check!

5. Veracity: MSNBC.com and AP. Big check.

In the end, this was definitely a "Footloose" dance that turned into a "Flash*BOOM*Dance!

 

[CdnDisneyNut]

Evening

Busy day at work

PM sent

 

[firstmickey]

who was supposed to put me in today?



BFF! I'm IN, right?

 

[L107ANGEL]

Bratboy!

Mikey!

BFF!

 

[catsrule]

Am I supposed to pm you the answer to the riddle or post it?

 

[L107ANGEL]

Am I supposed to pm you the answer to the riddle or post it?

Its about time you showed up! at this point you can just post it

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

I'll post IT if you want.

 

[L107ANGEL]

I'll post IT if you want.

give me your best shot