theBlackman on 1/7/2009 at 19:38
Quote Posted by demagogue
I wouldn't call him dumb at all. How many car-bearing bridges do you know that have gaping holes in the center? I can't think of a single one around me, not where the other lane wouldn't just be on an entirely other bridge; but not the same one. So if it's a bridge he's never driven on in his life or very rarely; it's nighttime; there are no streetlamps so it's really pitch black (& if you've ever driven upstate NY in the Catskills, I mean those highways are REALLY pitch black); and he can't distinguish black asphalt from black space; I wouldn't blame him or anybody else for not seeing it.
Actually there are a half dozen within 5 minutes of me. And any idiot running around at night in unknown territory should know better than to jump any barrier the other side of which is not clearly visible.
As a matter of fact, we had a HIGHWAY INSPECTOR, do exactly the same in broad daylight. He crossed the southbound boulevard lanes (3) to the center of the span, and jumped over a 3 foot high guardrail. Into a canyon.
This was on a 6 lane boulevard just a few minutes drive from my house.
All road bridges and overpasses are not constructed as a single road surface, and frequently have a gap between the opposing lanes.
Kolya on 1/7/2009 at 21:56
Of course laughing/bitching about the jumpers is much more fun than to build a safety fence there, so it stays that way.
theBlackman on 1/7/2009 at 23:29
Quote Posted by Kolya
Of course laughing/bitching about the jumpers is much more fun than to build a safety fence there, so it stays that way.
It also relieves the GENE POOL of those who don't use what little grey matter they were "blessed"? with.
Ghostly images of the "Darwin Awards", "World's dumbest criminals", et-al.
:ebil:
Tocky on 2/7/2009 at 04:06
I could see something similar happening to me. I see a baby in the middle of the street and rush to save it as a bus bears down tossing it to safety and just before the wheels crush my head I notice it is a doll. Perfect. Fuck you oh nebulous great spirit.
Kolya on 2/7/2009 at 05:25
Quote Posted by theBlackman
It also relieves the GENE POOL
...of the people who'd risk their life to help others. What kind of bukkake gene pool does that give us?
Albert on 2/7/2009 at 05:37
That isn't stupid. Why, I myself have successfully walked across gaps in bridges, and I can safely say it constitutes for a really intelligent man to do such a thing. That bridge was rigged, apparently, because he did all the right stuff...
Sometimes, I can't tell if my sarcasm has a punchline.
Koki on 2/7/2009 at 06:01
Quote Posted by Kolya
Of course laughing/bitching about the jumpers is much more fun than to build a safety fence there, so it stays that way.
Try and follow me here
Sometimes, accidents happen.
People die in them (sometimes).
Earth keeps spinning
[Edit] It's also wobbling up and down, so I hear.
