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by Ray of Light 08/16/2005, 8:16am PDT |
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Pieter wrote:
You sound like a guy who's dying to be asked for his take on that Greek jet crash.
I used to work in a suburban business park, my office connected to the highway by a 6-lane arterial road that forked into a sweeping left, a twitsy chicayne on the right, and my building (*) nestled in the fork:
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Posted limits were 80km/h, actual speeds were around 100 and you could safely go 130+ through the sweeper if you paid attention. The chicayne had an advisory speed limit of 40, with actuals of 70-90 attainable.
Suffice to say that our (ample) lawns were a magnet for wrecked cars. Many times during the summer drunk driving season, a workmate and I would stroll out to the newest wreckage and try to piece together what happened.
Two memorable matchups:
Mustang convertible vs. guardrail, sweeper side. If you've ever seen compressed-air-powered sheet metal shears at work (like on American Chopper), mentally replace the handtool by a mustang and the sheet of metal with 50' of guardrail. The car hit it end on and just sheared the rail apart from the ground, leaving a twisty 30' cutting hanging out in space. It looked like he lost traction in the rear wheels while negotiating the sweeper, went tight, overcorrected and shot into the rail on the outside of the turn.
Lexus SC300 vs. curb, chicayne side. OK, take a full set of glass panels for a Lexus SC300 and lay them out on the ground in a two-dimensional approximation of how a bird would see them in the finished car. Then, smash them into cookie-sized pieces. That was our first clue that something big had happened. Final conclusion was that the driver had put a tire on the inside (dividing) curb while exiting the twisty, and then he froze up. He went over that curb, across the oncoming lane, hit the streetside curb and launched into the air, hit on his nose 15' inland on our lawn, then tipped from nose-vertical to upside down on the lawn, leaving a glass-relief impresion of his car for us to find.
I'm not going to give you my take on the Greek crash, but I'll share a hint about my hypothesis: "Greek".
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Hey gang, check me out. by Worm's Room 08/15/2005, 10:15pm PDT 
Congratulations! NT by casual observer 08/15/2005, 10:20pm PDT
Hey, it's slowly getting better. by Worm 08/15/2005, 11:41pm PDT
Fucking animal. NT by Pieter 08/16/2005, 12:10am PDT
It's been worse. Does that mean I used to be a WILD fucking animal? NT by Worm 08/16/2005, 12:13am PDT
Nice to see you are exactly the piece of shit I always thought you were. by That One Mysterio Guy 08/16/2005, 2:39am PDT
Radon from my room being dirty? Or Radon from it being a basement? NT by Worm 08/16/2005, 7:05am PDT
Radon gas doesn't come from human filth, retard. NT by That One Mysterio Guy 08/16/2005, 2:58pm PDT
I know. I googled. I guess basements = radon was what you were going for. NT by Worm 08/16/2005, 3:35pm PDT
I had already nailed it 3 posts ago. I am glad google is there for you morons. NT by That One Mysterio Guy 08/16/2005, 3:53pm PDT
I'm glad too. Don't you mean you already knew it even before 3 post ago? by Worm 08/16/2005, 4:08pm PDT
Congrats on totally nailing that, btw. by laudablepuss 08/16/2005, 4:43pm PDT
It's nice that worm has a friend. NT by That One Mysterio Guy 08/16/2005, 4:57pm PDT
Yeah. You're pretty smart. NT by laudablepuss 08/16/2005, 5:16pm PDT
No real criticisms, just some questions. by Bill Dungsroman 08/16/2005, 1:19am PDT
Re: No real criticisms, just some questions. by Ray of Light 08/16/2005, 6:58am PDT
Re: No real criticisms, just some questions. by Pieter 08/16/2005, 7:33am PDT
Re: No real criticisms, just some questions. by Ray of Light 08/16/2005, 8:16am PDT
Re: No real criticisms, just some questions. by Worm 08/16/2005, 7:23am PDT
duct tape by Fussbett 08/16/2005, 11:26am PDT
Another question by Willdog 08/19/2005, 7:56pm PDT
Me. by Worm 08/19/2005, 9:11pm PDT
Re: Another question by Tony 08/19/2005, 9:12pm PDT
Re: No real criticisms, just some questions. by Inky 08/09/2006, 12:34pm PDT
We can't form any real judgements until we see the bed. NT by Fullofkittens 08/16/2005, 7:13am PDT
A brief history instead? by Worm 08/16/2005, 7:25am PDT
Re: Hey gang, check me out. by u cunt 08/09/2006, 3:30am PDT
Someone isn't up to date with the Worm saga. by Worm 08/09/2006, 10:09am PDT
Dear God man... by Chairman Mao 08/09/2006, 12:08pm PDT
Ahem. They were fruit flies. by Worm 08/09/2006, 6:26pm PDT
Re: Hey gang, check me out. by SoapScumBuildup 08/13/2006, 12:19am PDT
Your grammar is pretty weak too. NT by One Upsman 08/13/2006, 1:45am PDT
Why did you have a giant nipple on your wall? by Entropy Stew 08/14/2006, 3:01am PDT
The chinaman hat? by Worm 08/14/2006, 9:19am PDT
It came free with his wife. NT by Quentin Beck 08/14/2006, 11:16pm PDT
I think it goes without saying by Oom Shnibble 08/18/2006, 7:14am PDT
What, you're Quentin Beck now? NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/19/2006, 3:04am PDT
No. by Oom Shnibble 08/30/2006, 6:54am PDT
I once bought Remain In Light for my mom. She didn't like it. NT by "Once in a Lifetime was good." 08/29/2006, 7:05pm PDT
Re: Hey gang, check me out. by CW 09/01/2006, 4:37am PDT
Here's where they came from, Worm by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/02/2006, 12:58am PDT
Re: Here's where they came from, Worm by Creexulbot 09/02/2006, 2:23am PDT
cat_whisperer by :( 09/02/2006, 4:07am PDT
Yeah, some guy on another board told me. by Worm 09/02/2006, 11:10pm PDT
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