Worst Public Moments
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Worst Public Moments
I got this idea from the Service Industries thread.
What are some of the worst public moments that you have witnessed. I'm talking not our most shining moments of humanity...or just plain stupidity. lay em on me guys and gals i know yah got some stories.
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The Don
What are some of the worst public moments that you have witnessed. I'm talking not our most shining moments of humanity...or just plain stupidity. lay em on me guys and gals i know yah got some stories.
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The Don
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From: Cloverdale, BC
Back in 94, during the Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver, some "hero" decided it was smart to try walking the "highwire." It was a power line crossing a street 20' over head. Luckily for him, he didn't fall.
Come to think of it, the whole riot was a bad idea.
Come to think of it, the whole riot was a bad idea.
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From: KCMO
In the early eighties, as a Royals game was letting out, a teenybopper was trying to impress some girls, and did a handstand on the guardrail of the circular ramp. Lost his balance and did a face plant in the pavement about 60 feet below.
Don't know about the girls, but it sure impressed me.
Don't know about the girls, but it sure impressed me.
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From: California Desert
Both my parents work at a state park with a lake. The best I ever saw while volunteering there was a guy who used his brand new H2 completely "pimped" out to back his boat into the water. Numb-nutz forgot to put the plugs in, and the entire rig: boat, trailer, and H2 became submerged in 25 feet of water.
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From: Murphysboro, IL
Last October my best friend got married and I was the best man. I knew the bride well and all of us in the wedding party were all great freinds. No big deal, no pressure, I know 90% + of the people here, have knwon most of them for a long time, no big deal right. In the middle of my best man toast, in a combination of getting tripped up between words and mumbling, I was trying to say nice little gal it sounded like I said nice slutty gal. Most people noticed it and thought that no, he didn't say it, others (including the bride, the groom didn't notice) thought I had called her a ****. Luckily most everyone knew me well enough to know that I wouldn't even think that about her, but it made for some interesting conversations for a few weeks.
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From: Grapeview, WA
I'm in the Navy, stationed on an aircraft carrier....and one of the biggest things that they preach to us is safety. They show a bunch of training videos to show us what could happen in certain situations...
One video shows a guy on the flight deck standing next to a helicopter with it's blades turning....I don't know how he did it, but he walked THROUGH the blades twice without a scratch...the third time, he got his head chopped into pieces. Talk about situational awareness.....
The second video shows a guy getting sucked into the intake of an F-14 Tomcat...he survived, though, because he didn't have his cranial (helmet) clipped under his chin and it broke the engine before he got sucked through it.
One video shows a guy on the flight deck standing next to a helicopter with it's blades turning....I don't know how he did it, but he walked THROUGH the blades twice without a scratch...the third time, he got his head chopped into pieces. Talk about situational awareness.....
The second video shows a guy getting sucked into the intake of an F-14 Tomcat...he survived, though, because he didn't have his cranial (helmet) clipped under his chin and it broke the engine before he got sucked through it.
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From: Conroe, TX
I've see that second video before. It is amazing that the guy survived. There had to be all the angels in heaven helping that guy. If that was me i would have made a straight line straight to the bathroom and change my undies, then go straight to the chappel and do some praying. It is also shows just how powerful thoses engines are. (even though some consider the f-14 to be underpowered)
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every year here in vegas we get some new years nutcase who decides to climb one of the light poles to get some cheap cheers. they inevitablyend up dangling from the boom and most of the time just let go and fall on other people.
however, on the millenium new year,(remember Y2K?) we had the worlds only fatality because no one wanted to play catch the drunk!
however, on the millenium new year,(remember Y2K?) we had the worlds only fatality because no one wanted to play catch the drunk!
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From: Richfield MN
I go to the NHRA Nats in Brainard every year to watch the Races,
you can camp at this track and thats what most of the fans do.
Its a large camp ground and though the years Ive seen some stupid drunks do some stupid things.
About 10 years ago the place got way out of hand and a large group decided it was a good Idea to burn down a bathroom.
It was a large wood stucture about 22 feet deep by about 40 or 50 feet long.
At the peak of its burning I mean flames pooring out everywere a guy pops up on top of the thing jumps around on top of it and starts mooning the large crowd that was watching.
After about 4 mins of this he jumps down like nothing happened.
near death and drunk.
you can camp at this track and thats what most of the fans do.
Its a large camp ground and though the years Ive seen some stupid drunks do some stupid things.
About 10 years ago the place got way out of hand and a large group decided it was a good Idea to burn down a bathroom.
It was a large wood stucture about 22 feet deep by about 40 or 50 feet long.
At the peak of its burning I mean flames pooring out everywere a guy pops up on top of the thing jumps around on top of it and starts mooning the large crowd that was watching.
After about 4 mins of this he jumps down like nothing happened.
near death and drunk.
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Originally Posted by pchristman
In the early eighties, as a Royals game was letting out, a teenybopper was trying to impress some girls, and did a handstand on the guardrail of the circular ramp. Lost his balance and did a face plant in the pavement about 60 feet below.
Don't know about the girls, but it sure impressed me.
Don't know about the girls, but it sure impressed me.
Signed,
The Don
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
I go to a lot of NASCAR races... for the August race in Bristol, it's under the lights, on a Saturday night. A lot of people go there for the entire week to camp out and consume massive amounts of alcohol, and that usually leads to some spectacular stupidity.
Best one I saw: a guy driving an ATV around drove into the side of a Winnebago trying to do a handstand to impress some "ladies". The impact pasted him to the side of it and he just hung there for a split second, then fell headfirst into a puddle of mud and had the ATV run up onto him.
Got many laughs from the assembled masses, including me.
Best one I saw: a guy driving an ATV around drove into the side of a Winnebago trying to do a handstand to impress some "ladies". The impact pasted him to the side of it and he just hung there for a split second, then fell headfirst into a puddle of mud and had the ATV run up onto him.
Got many laughs from the assembled masses, including me.
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From: Milpitas, C.A.
I was at Marine world a few years ago waiting to see the killer whale show. It was a very hot day and I guess sitting too long in the sun gave some guy the notion that jumping into the gigantic tank of water filled with two killer whales would be a great way to cool off.... needless to say once he got in the whales started dashing towards him and it took two security guards and a trainer to pull him out.
wonder what would've happened if they just left him..
wonder what would've happened if they just left him..
