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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

So, I flipped on Channel 13 -- the CBS news. Figured 'd catch up on what interesting events happened in Baltimore.

Well, the first story I saw was about the Oriole's spring training.

The clip showed a pitcher winding up, pitching ...

And streaking in from the right, a bird.

Yep, you guessed it. Baseball hit bird.

Bird exploded. Literally. Feathers all over the place, it's head spinning forward. Wow. It was, um, well ... kinda funny, actually

But sad. Very sad.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, if you got hit by a projectile nearly as large as yourself and travelling at 80-100mph, you'd probably be in a similar condition... :-)

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

*ROTFLMAO!!!!!*

Talk about your "Grand Slams".

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Yup, a Randy Johnson fastball will do that to your basic flying bird.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Did you see the clip? Dam-ayum! Bye-bye birdie!

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

A Dove no less.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

I've seen two things that are worse

1) During the 1984 (not sure exactly on the year) Indy 500 a rabbit strayed onto the backstretch of the track during the race. Two cars drafting one another hit the rabbit at appr. 230mph. The first car merely clipped the rabbit, the car behind it had the unfortunate accident of having the rabbit sucked into one of it's radiators on the side pods of the car. I think Rick Mears was driving that car, not sure...

2) During a recent Formula 1 race, a rabbit strayed onto the track and was nicked by the F1's Mercedes-Benz AMG Pace Car, which was doing roughly 150mph. Lets just say this wasn't a rabbit no more, because the thing was literally shot off to the side of the car, minus a good chunk of it's body.

Anyone else hungry?

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

It would have been interesting had it been an Oriole.
Else, if it were a Blue Jay or a Cardinal, it could be percieved as an Omen of sorts.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

All of your examples are nothing.

I stepped on a rabbit once while mowing the lawn.

A baby rabbit.

I didn't entirely crush its skull. I merely displaced enough brain material (mostly through the cavities where its eyes were) to set the things hind legs into some sort of recursive feedback loop, causing it to do an impressive series of backflips before finally running out of energy.

I suppose there are things that can more quickly ruin a nice summer afternoon than this, but I am not aware of any.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

JESUS H CHRIST!!

*lmao*

That = deadly.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Ouch. *winces*

Well, this thread is getting decidedly worse than my "Sematary" thing.....I like it... *L*

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

So, Simon is now a goth-dressing gay wicca who murders small (and cute) animals during his free time.

He's certainly got more facets than would first appear.

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

I should introduce him to my housemates then - one's an animal loving, tree hugging hippy and the other one's a homophobe who (although I've never talked to him about it) would probably hate witches too if he thought about it. Should be an interesting confrontation....

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Liam: Remember what a very wise man once said - "Nobody here is who they appear to be..."

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Is this the "wise man" who also wears leather battle armor 24-7?

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

That's a primary soulbond of mine that you're tempting there, Nimboid...better watch yourself.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

OH NO! Attack of the crazy guy with voices in his head! RUN NIMROD!

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Shik: G'Kar is your soulbond?

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

One of many. He's part of the primary three--him, Delenn, & Kosh. Then there's the "triad of evil:" Smilla, Proximo, & Galen. There's more than those 6...about 16 or 17 overall. I just had Nash Bridges & Adam show up recently.

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Delenn & G'Kar, I can see. I like them two as well. But Kosh? Hmmm.

I guess if I think about it, mine would prolly be Vanyel Ashkevron (From Mercedes Lackey's Harold Mage books), Quatre Raberba Winner (duh) and *hee* Harry Potter.

Evilness? Hmmm...Definetly Draco Malfoy. (Also from HP) He's so devilishly groovey , Bester (I dunno why - he's just so DAMN HATEABLE!) and I think that's it.

But above all of them would be my sweety, Mark. Who's still offline, dammit.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Yes, I've been thinking about Bester a lot lately, especially as the term "mundane" has been coming into usage more & more by me lately. But that's not grounds for an SB.

And, uh, I don't think you can SB a real person.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I don't think there are rules for having imaginary friends talk to you in your mind.

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

...says the guy who likes to order cavity searches. Found any brainclouds lately? Heh...

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Three! And they're not Colorless and Green! BUT RED! And they let me keep what I find. Reno, Here I come! Garbageman says I should eat them, but I shout at him and he gives me endorphines.

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Er, when did me = gay? Not that I wouldn't be flattered by the offer, of course. And the flowers were lovely. But I'm all about the ladies.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

As his "Pick the Voice" file famously attested.

This Smilla, would it be Miss, Feeling for Snow?

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Well Shik, you're a funny guy, that's for sure.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Oh, and for the sake of topic, DON' HOIT THE BOID!!!

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I actually have the clip of the rabbit being exploded (best way to describe it really) by that race car. Unfortunately, the original site seems to have taken it down and I don't have time to upload it right now. I will later (along with that screen cap of Spaceball One for Nimrod

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Woopee! I thought Krenim had deterred you.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

So, out of "goth-dressing gay wicca", you only correct us on the gay part?

I do notice Simon, that you've never bothered to correct us on the actual size of your main weapon of war.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, as we all know, if there's one thing Simon isn't, it's a liar.

A layer, of course. But certainly not a liar...

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Yes, Lee, that would be Miss Jaspersen. And "funny" how, Nimbulus?

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Oh no, I've just been lazy (or just too busy)about the screen cap. I should get time tonight to put the movie in, find the scene and make the capture and post it with the exploding Easter Bunny footage.

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Posted by MIB on :

I've got one that is even worse than the baseball meets Dove incedent. During the Olympic opening cerimonies (I can't remember which Olympics it was.) They had already lit the olympic torch and were about to reralese the Doves. Once the doves were realesed they all decided to commit suicide by flying into the Olympic flame! The crowd was over come by flying, flaming doves all over the place, one by one crashing into the ground when the flames got to be to much for the little birds. It was sad......but funny!

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Unfortunately, it appears my DVD won't let me save taken screen caps. grr I don't know why. One cool side effect however is that I can save it as a file, then open the image and watch the movie via the jpg, gif, bmp, whatever format.

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