Vasquez on 19/1/2008 at 09:49
The movie Idiocracy would've been funnier, if it hadn't seemed so ominously like a documentary from the future.
Printer's Devil on 19/1/2008 at 13:40
Tigers are the coolest. Breed them in large amounts, clip police badges to their rhinestone collars and set them loose to bring us the future.
Briareos H on 19/1/2008 at 14:16
mmmmmmm tiger-triggered seizures
rachel on 19/1/2008 at 17:21
Quote Posted by Ishtvan
I've often wondered if those who get epillepsy triggered by strobe lights could have it triggered by driving down a road with periodically planted trees or fence posts that are casting periodic shadows from a very bright sun behind them. Under those circumstances, you get bright light strobing across your vision. It could go on for some time if it's a long line of trees/posts.
I can't remember where that happened but I read about something like this some time ago, space between trees and the angle of the road to sunlight caused epilepsy and there were several accidents, it took time before they coupld pinpoint the cause... IIRC they just cut off some of (or all) the trees and the problem was solved.
Thief13x on 19/1/2008 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
cat story
did they ever figure out if it was actually taunted? I tend to think that even if it was, it was taunted with the understanding that they are NOT supposed to be able to escape their cages... thats the whole idea of a zoo...otherwise you would go on a safari and then you would be stupid for taunting the animals.
that "zoo" was in violation of the recommended minimum height for that cage. And the zoo guard had the audacity to blow off the reports of a tiger being loose and claim the kids were on drugs. I'm just curious..what kind of circus are they trying to run out there??
Rug Burn Junky on 19/1/2008 at 20:12
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
The
real polluters of the gene pool are more of the "Hey, let's get drunk and stoned, taunt a tiger until it escapes its enclosure and kills our friend, then pretend we didn't do shit and we weren't underage / driving around with open liquor oh ps mr dad of the kid who got eaten we totally bugged the shit out of that nine foot cat until it was enraged enough to scale a twenty foot tall concrete obstacle so it could maul, savage, and bite at your son until he was dead" variety.
That may be true, but if the kid hadn't died, that's the kind of story you can get laid with for the rest of your life:
"Oh, this little scar? That's from when I got mauled by a motherfucking tiger."
steo on 19/1/2008 at 22:21
Quote Posted by Ishtvan
I've often wondered if those who get epillepsy triggered by strobe lights could have it triggered by driving down a road with periodically planted trees or fence posts that are casting periodic shadows from a very bright sun behind them. Under those circumstances, you get bright light strobing across your vision. It could go on for some time if it's a long line of trees/posts. And if you do get seizures from that, what can you do? Drive slower? Sue the trees or the sun? Frantically scramble to get the sun visor over to the side before seizure kicks in? I don't know about seizures, but road trips are really good at inducing random thoughts.
People with epilepsy generally aren't allowed to drive.
demagogue on 19/1/2008 at 22:44
They are, however, allowed to cross the Rubicon and to conquer Europe. Go figure.
doctorfrog on 19/1/2008 at 22:57
Quote Posted by Briareos H
mmmmmmm tiger-triggered seizures
The wonderful thing about tiger-triggered seizures
Is that tiger-triggered seizures are wonderful things!
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
Just keepin' my account active, folks.
fett on 19/1/2008 at 23:10
Actually, I thought that was pretty funny. :thumb:
