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Post by mo on Jun 29, 2008 23:08:56 GMT -5
I think I read somewhere else that he went to get his hat that fell there.
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Post by Annette on Jun 29, 2008 23:32:09 GMT -5
Over a hat? Geez, I don't even know what to say. When I lost a hat on a ride at Cedar Point, I simply called their Lost & Found department. Not only did they find my hat, they sent it to me in the mail a week later.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jun 30, 2008 0:52:43 GMT -5
This guy's euglogy should have Bad Ass Billy Gun's theme song as he's carted down the aisle... with the Rock's version of the lyrics for the theme.
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Post by MiLo Duck on Jun 30, 2008 1:00:13 GMT -5
It's the Goddamn Batman . . . Ride. Wow! Taking a look at the actual ride in question its amazing that none of the passengers were injured in this. All I'm going to say on the subject other than that is that is hard for me to believe that someone did something like this without the help of booze.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 30, 2008 1:44:33 GMT -5
I now sympathise even more by the fact that he could have hurt or killed other people too.
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Post by MCMGM on Jun 30, 2008 1:47:46 GMT -5
Was it worth it? Loosing your life over a stupid HAT?
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jun 30, 2008 1:53:39 GMT -5
I share the seemingly cold sentiments about this kid because I'm a cold person myself and embrace my coldness.
And for a semi-related but-still pointless story, I was riding Escape from Pompeii at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and going down the final 50-ft slide, my hat flew off, but was caught somehow by the guy sitting right behind me. I think it just flew into his hand. Good thing too, it was hot that day.
Then my dad lost his hat right before the park closed on the The Big Bad Wolf roller coaster. He reported it to Lost and Found, but they never found it (for those who've been on that ride, I think you'll understand how finding that is like a needle in a haystack due to the "town" the ride takes you through)
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 30, 2008 2:37:46 GMT -5
Might sound cold, though everyone in this thread seems to share this opinion, I think it's just a case of natural selection. Seriously, if anyone does stuff THAT outstandingly dumb, they deserve to die and I don't want them anywhere near the human gene pool.
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Post by sryans on Jun 30, 2008 2:42:39 GMT -5
I thought Batman had a code against that sort of thing
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Post by Throwback on Jun 30, 2008 2:58:22 GMT -5
Was it worth it? Loosing your life over a stupid HAT? seriously though. Once, my hat blew off in the wind and landed on the street. I just said "time to get a new hat", I definatly wouldn't have tried to get it if I had multiple fences and warning signs between me and the hat.
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Post by MuffMasterMan on Jun 30, 2008 3:29:03 GMT -5
I don't think the family can sue as there were signs pointing out the danger.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jun 30, 2008 3:49:06 GMT -5
Why am I not surprised this was in GEORGIA?
Word of advice, kiddies: when going on a ride, take off glasses, hats, and remove stuff from your pockets that will fall out.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 30, 2008 5:41:46 GMT -5
I don't think the family can sue as there were signs pointing out the danger. There are also messages on cigarette packs warning that it causes cancer, and that didn't stop some moron to sue those who produce it for the cancer they caught... and win. Now I have no respect for tobacco producers, who basically live off people's death and pain, but if people are still stupid enough to inhale poison on purpose despite all the warnings, all I can say is that they deserve what they get.
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Post by Captain Wonderful on Jun 30, 2008 6:24:32 GMT -5
I don't think the family can sue as there were signs pointing out the danger. There are also messages on cigarette packs warning that it causes cancer, and that didn't stop some moron to sue those who produce it for the cancer they caught... and win. Now I have no respect for tobacco producers, who basically live off people's death and pain, but if people are still stupid enough to inhale poison on purpose despite all the warnings, all I can say is that they deserve what they get. So, THAT has all sorts to do with the topic at hand. And nothing makes me grit my teeth more than the "hey, you know that's BAD FOR YOU, right?" guy. Just for the record, the reason people are able to sue Big Tobacco is because people either smoke, or, like you, hate big tobacco and think all smokers are idiots (which, I'll have you know, I'm not). Ostensibly, the higher-ups who think like you do, that smokers are stupid and deserve to get cancer, want to get rid of it all together, and attempt to do so by overplaying the air pollution/secondhand smoke card, which, in typical governmental fashion, is total bullshit. Like, somehow, any random jackass winning a lawsuit because (surprise, surprise) he smoked and got cancer is going to put a hurtin' on Big Tobacco. Not even a little bit. The other types just continue to bask in the glory of all the countless millions of dollars that must pour in thanks to the taxes on a pack of smokes, the price of which continues to rise every time some moron awards an even bigger moron a court case because something he knew was going to make him sick ended up making him sick. Rewarding stupidity. Idiocracy is upon us. Anyway, the point I'm making is that's a lot different than some jackass breaking into a blatantly restricted area and getting his head cut off as a result, and, also, I hate your argument.
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Post by Edison taps to the ARMBAR! on Jun 30, 2008 7:57:13 GMT -5
It's the Goddamn Batman . . . Ride. Wow! Taking a look at the actual ride in question its amazing that none of the passengers were injured in this. All I'm going to say on the subject other than that is that is hard for me to believe that someone did something like this without the help of booze. I thought I heard on the news this morning that the passenger was seriously injured? Although the Tulsa news sucks so hard that I really wasn't paying attention so I may have just misheard it.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 30, 2008 8:18:50 GMT -5
There are also messages on cigarette packs warning that it causes cancer, and that didn't stop some moron to sue those who produce it for the cancer they caught... and win. Now I have no respect for tobacco producers, who basically live off people's death and pain, but if people are still stupid enough to inhale poison on purpose despite all the warnings, all I can say is that they deserve what they get. So, THAT has all sorts to do with the topic at hand. And nothing makes me grit my teeth more than the "hey, you know that's BAD FOR YOU, right?" guy. Just for the record, the reason people are able to sue Big Tobacco is because people either smoke, or, like you, hate big tobacco and think all smokers are idiots (which, I'll have you know, I'm not). Ostensibly, the higher-ups who think like you do, that smokers are stupid and deserve to get cancer, want to get rid of it all together, and attempt to do so by overplaying the air pollution/secondhand smoke card, which, in typical governmental fashion, is total bullcrap. Like, somehow, any random jackass winning a lawsuit because (surprise, surprise) he smoked and got cancer is going to put a hurtin' on Big Tobacco. Not even a little bit. The other types just continue to bask in the glory of all the countless millions of dollars that must pour in thanks to the taxes on a pack of smokes, the price of which continues to rise every time some moron awards an even bigger moron a court case because something he knew was going to make him sick ended up making him sick. Rewarding stupidity. Idiocracy is upon us. Anyway, the point I'm making is that's a lot different than some jackass breaking into a blatantly restricted area and getting his head cut off as a result, and, also, I hate your argument. Three words: chill out, dude. I was just pointing out that the fact that a company is not responsible for someone's mistake hasn't stopped people from suing the said companies in the past, and therefore it can happen again, and that no matter how much we tell people NOT to do something because it can injure or kill them, they'll still do it and SOME OF THEM will blame someone else if the aftermaths are bad. I never said that all smokers should be blamed for smoking, my point was that if people behave dangerously and KNOW that their behavior is dangerous, they shouldn't blame anyone but themselves if something goes wrong. Honestly, I don't care if people play with their lives as long as they don't take anyone else with them and if they admit that THEY are responsible for THEIR choices.
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Post by seano on Jun 30, 2008 8:46:40 GMT -5
Someone on the radio this morning was talking about that ride, and said that it's very quiet - at least compared to the traditional roller coaster ride with the loud clacking of the rails as the carts approach.
I totally see the family using this in their eventual court case. "Well, you built and maintenanced the ride too well! How could he have heard that silent scythe of decapitation coming?!?"
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Jun 30, 2008 9:17:05 GMT -5
As someone who worked at an amusement park for 5 years, I can tell you that suspended coasters are extremely quiet compared to track coasters. I can also tell you that anyone stupid enough to climb two fences into a restricted area deserves anything he gets.
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Post by LARIATOOO! on Jun 30, 2008 10:59:56 GMT -5
A candidate for this years Darwin awards methinks.
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Post by Square on Jun 30, 2008 11:01:21 GMT -5
Why am I not surprised this was in GEORGIA? Word of advice, kiddies: when going on a ride, take off glasses, hats, and remove stuff from your pockets that will fall out. wait theres a roller coster in Georgia?! Who the hell uses it, her tapeworm?!
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