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Offline dolphin

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« on: November 26, 2007, 12:49:30 PM »
I've never seen anything like this...I tried checking it out on Snopes, but came up empty.


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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2007, 02:58:56 PM »
sweatingbullets.gif ??? How come they never showed any of them 'landing'????  

Looks like maybe "Zoom - Splat"???

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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2007, 05:24:34 PM »
QUOTE(RNKIII @ Nov 26 2007, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
sweatingbullets.gif ??? How come they never showed any of them 'landing'????  

Looks like maybe "Zoom - Splat"???

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Bob...the video does show one landing or at least his parachute has deployed. The parachute is in the pouch on their backs! Thinking.gif
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2007, 08:25:40 PM »
I thought people stopped doing that kind of thing after the Wright Brothers took off in a motorized glider.
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Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2007, 11:27:02 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2007, 09:31:40 PM »
Some people around here get the same 'rush' by driving on the local freeways! But it affects more people than these idiots do. At least nature stopped this kind of 'transport' by mammals with those 'flying' squirrels! Seems that squirrel brains sometimes end up in bigger bodies! eek2.gif laugh.gif Wonder if these guys carry 'collision' insurance...doubt it, that would suggest a some thought processes that are surely foreign to them...wallbash.gif<-ironically labeled as "wallbash" smile.gif
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2007, 04:04:24 AM »
THAT'S what I was trying to think of... the 'flying' squirrels!!  whistling.gif
Maybe more like Bullwinkel!!

You better know there are no 'outcroppings' along your path of decent..... or you will get the "Zoom, Zoom, Splat" effect...


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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2007, 07:22:40 AM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Nov 27 2007, 09:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Some people around here get the same 'rush' by driving on the local freeways! ... At least nature stopped this kind of 'transport' by mammals with those 'flying' squirrels! Seems that squirrel brains sometimes end up in bigger bodies!


For some reason, this reminded me of the time we saw a guy getting ready to jump off the side of a mountain in some kind of glider contraption from right above us as we were driving up the winding road! We didn't actually see him jump, or land. Hope he made it without causing any accidents.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2007, 08:11:02 AM »
This is another way of getting down a mountain. First, take a helicopter to the top.... YouTube video of snowboarder on Peak 7601 in Alaska. It was actually made in 2005 and, from this article in a student mag, was part of a feature-length documentary. Me, I like LOOKING at mountains.... biggrin.gif
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