...and the Darwin award goes to:

xj4094dg
xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
Some people are just too dim to survive....what a shame.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/ojai-teenager-skateboard-highway-surf.html
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    Reminds me of a line from "Top-Gun". To paraphrase...
    The police department regrets to inform you that your son is dead because he was stupid.

    What a waste.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2010
    I feel for his family.

    So none of you was ever pulled by a car in skates?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2010
    Tries it,,kinda difficult in Jawaga,,gravel roads and such.:(
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
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    Im sure all of us have done something completely stupid at one time in our lives that when we look back on could have killed us and if we saw our kids doing them we would whip their ****..... I remember when I was about 12 or 13 jumping off of a 2 story garage into a 5 foot swimming pool:eek:, what the hell was I thinking?
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2010
    Well, in your case, you're almost in West Virginia.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Well, in your case, you're almost in West Virginia.

    No No No my friend im as far south east as you can go without falling in the ocean.:p
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
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    Too bad about the kid. I'm sure most of us have survived some form of stupidity in our lives.
    Both my sons were home on leave from Iraq at the same time last year and WE tied on a good drunk. Actually got on the roof of my truck "surfing".
    Luckily when my youngest son who was driving hit the curb and my oldest and I fell off the truck we weren't hurt badly.
    I banged up my shoulder and "rashed out" and my oldest lost some skin on his back left side and hip.
    IF WE hadn't been so trashed it probably would have killed up both. The debate on the speed still continues.
    We played golf a couple of hours later until we sobered up. We were both pretty sore. We could have froze to death also as the temps were low in late december.
    Damages to the truck...$300. Memories...Priceless!
    I'll agree with Darwin with a "luck" disclaimer.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2010
    I feel like hte stupid to age ratio was pretty high. 18 years old being pulled behind a Jeep on a skateboard? Definitely too old to be THAT stupid.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    HB27 wrote: »
    Too bad about the kid. I'm sure most of us have survived some form of stupidity in our lives.
    Both my sons were home on leave from Iraq at the same time last year and WE tied on a good drunk. Actually got on the roof of my truck "surfing".
    Luckily when my youngest son who was driving hit the curb and my oldest and I fell off the truck we weren't hurt badly.
    I banged up my shoulder and "rashed out" and my oldest lost some skin on his back left side and hip.
    IF WE hadn't been so trashed it probably would have killed up both. The debate on the speed still continues.
    We played golf a couple of hours later until we sobered up. We were both pretty sore. We could have froze to death also as the temps were low in late december.
    Damages to the truck...$300. Memories...Priceless!
    I'll agree with Darwin with a "luck" disclaimer.
    Harry

    The "redneck" factor would appear to be pretty high on this one.:rolleyes::p;)

    Glad you guys were ok.
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited August 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I feel like hte stupid to age ratio was pretty high. 18 years old being pulled behind a Jeep on a skateboard? Definitely too old to be THAT stupid.

    You haven't watched ESPN lately have you?
    GEEZ! some of the stuff considered sports is beyond belief. It is cool though. Glad to see some "fortitude and ingenuity" from our youth.
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited August 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    The "redneck" factor would appear to be pretty high on this one.:rolleyes::p;)

    Glad you guys were ok.

    I think what got it all started (not ignoring the booze factor) was the fact we're all combat vets. To make it worse I was USMC and they're both USArmy.
    IIRC that's what got it all started. Military pissing contest at it's worst. Add a more than adequate supply of alcohol and "F..it attitude, and a bit of inter service rivalry (not counting my age factor as I try to ignore the white thinning hair), and never let my boys see me as OLD. Blowing off some steam will over rule common sense.
    Though I be originally from Tennessee I regard myself as an educated man with some common sense the majority of the time.
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