When I was young and dumb, we did something like this for fun. It turned out a little different, thankfully. We went to a big parking lot at the mall. I was driving a 1969 VW Beetle at the time. I noticed that if I was backing up and had the wheel cranked all the way to the left or right (left was easier, I don't dare say safer, because the driver's door was then on the inside of the circle) and eased out the clutch, the car would obediently idle along in a nice circle. And thanks to some interesting German geometry in the steering, there was no inclination for the steering to return to center. I leave the why as an exercise for the mechanical engineers in the audience.

Putt putt putt putt around she went. The car had small but functional running boards on it and we stood on them, waving to each other in our little one car circular parade. I don't know who was the first one to step off, but once we did, we found the car utterly unimpressed with its new driverless condition.

Putt putt putt putt, round and round and round. At idle the little car chugged along about as fast as a fast walk. We pretened it was a bull as we waved an imaginary cape in front of it. Putt putt putt. We pretened to be scared of the car and ran away (in a circle, of course) from it as it "chased us down". Thank god no one tripped and fell. Though light, the little car didn't have much ground clearance and we would have had some serious scrapes at best.

Run run run, putt putt putt. I was running away from it and getting a little dizzy going in circles, and I stopped for a moment, since I had a pretty big head start. Well as the car backed toward me, instead of running away again, I stepped toward the advancing back bumper, up onto the license plate light, the rear window and with another step was on top of the car!

Putt putt putt putt. I went around once, but because I was laughing so hard, we were all laughing, and because there was nothing to hold onto up there, I walked forward to the windshield, stepped down onto the hood, made a bit of a left turn to the inside front fender and then jumped off.

Everybody got a turn, no one got run over, the car didn't get any permanent dents, and we didn't even get in trouble with the mall security. Man, that was fun. I miss that little old car. Putt putt putt.
:lol:

And here's one for Titanic.

When Trading Spouses gets really interesting...
 

Every now and then I forget that there are people out there like this. It reminds me of the joys of religion.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/tradingspouses.html

"Crazy lady from this weeks episode of Trading Spouses. I bet her husband changed all the locks as soon as she left. This woman needs her own show, I would watch every week."

Narnia --- Lion, Witch and Wardrobe How dey do dat. Chapter 5 visual effects. :)

Another Google Video star. This guy's got mad skillz.

The tourist that taped the video has mad skills too. How hard would it be to get up off the damn bench so we could get a clear view without all the foot traffic getting in the way? What a lazy ass.

I started looking through google video and found the Archive of American Television interview with Fred Rogers. It's a long one -- 9 parts, each 30 minutes.

He was one of the coolest, gentlest people who ever lived. I'd watch the whole thing if I had time, but I'm at work so I had to turn it off after the first part. He really had a gift for pulling you into his world and keeping you mesmerized, and he's not doing it deliberately -- he's just Mister Rogers.

Yes! It's easy to make fun of Mr. Rogers, and a lot of people have. But the man was awesome. Every day, he used his show to make people's lives better. He wasn't peddling anything. He didn't have lots of action figures to sell. He wasn't an attention whore with a big ego. He was just a simple man, trying to get kids started off on the right foot in life by building up their self esteem while teaching them a little about how the world worked.

My sister lives in Pittsbugh
 

She used to cross paths with Fred Rogers.

That's right. She lived in Mister Roger's Neighborhood.

I used to sit with a guitar while the kids were watching and try to play along with kids shows theme music. Barney was very unimaginitive. Sesame Street (esp. the old theme) had blues ties, but Mr. Roger's music was tough to follow along. It's jazz related, but it's the kind of jazz that fits with what you would expect from a 1950's presbyterian music major.

I remember when it used to be in black and white. It took a couple years longer to switch over than the commercial stations.

did you know that Fred Rogers was the original drummer for Led Zeppelin before John Bonham joined?

My dorm in college was up the block from the place Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was filmed.

Scratching one bottle rocket idea off my list...

http://emyrs.com/humor/new/ass_bottle_rocket.wmv

holy fucking shit. oh my fucking god. what a DUMBASS!

I don't know about this film , but one i saw recently had the line ,
" Dude Hold your sack up out of the way " ,
Now I have done some STUPID things in my life,
but the line
" hold your sack up out of the way" has NEVER , EVER been said to me !!!!!!!

Though it is wise to adjust your " PACKAGE " when repelling down a building ,

This is a WTF Videoe Clippe...
 

Like the guys at Fazed said.

David Copperfield is the devil.

http://www.mindcrap.com/comments.php?id=414_0_1_0

Um...uh...wow?

This has *got* to be special effects in video somehow.

No, I have a reasonable guess as to how he did it.

It involves very stiff clothing and a good sense of balance.

And in either case is a serious job of performing.

Aw, you guys are dumb. It's easy to tell how that was done. He used magic. :lol:

Tornados are bad m'kay?
 

Crazy Lady bobs
 

For the crazy lady fan in your life: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6225867209

Latest Pop Culture Icon™ or not, $810 for that thing is ridiculous. 16 hrs to go on the auction. How high will it go??

(yes, of course I'm jealous that I didn't think of it first.)

I don't think godwarrior2 is a serious bidder somehow....

Funny cat videos. Safe for work, kids, but people might wonder why you're laughing so loud.

Equal time entry: Dumbest dog ever.

From dumb dog to Smart car. Amazing.

A trailer for the movie "Big".

the hazzards of window washing!

Holy Shit!

Wow.. that window washing video is crazy.

I randomly clicked on a link on that page and found this amusing article about a 19-year-old who used a barcode program he downloaded to try buying an iPod for $4.99. Gee, don't you think that'd be just a tad suspicious? :P

But what's really amusing is the statement he wrote to police:

"I will NEVER EVER DO THIS EVER AGAIN and I am once more terribly sorry," Baldino wrote. "Please let me go for I am terribly sorry!!! I'm only a kid! Help me out. I just want to go home. I did this not knowing of the serious penalty that lies behind it. Please! Please! Please!"

:P

Aren't we all searching for balance?

After you.



I insist.

Those were both awesome, BigV! :)

Thank you ToastyKen. I must give credit to SonofV, the Elder, home for the holidays just yesterday. We spent the morning swapping computer stuff. I reckon there'll be plenty more to come. I only included those two 'cause they came up early in the conversation. Glad you enjoyed them, I sure did!

I enjoyed this one. It was strangely appealing.

A SAAB video from 1988...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99166042642874

Very nice animations! Liked them both, but the first a little bit more... ;)

Racing 747s...

http://www.hackermovies.de/moviefile...acingBeats.wmv

The proper way to eat sushi: http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BK/05/1211...tion_sushi.mov

Bowing to your helpfulness, ToastyKenSan...

time to lock 'n load for all of you full-auto wannabes!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86068870249151

Trouble for Santa...

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/pr/fu/oa/santabusted.wmv

That's really interesting, I ....wait a minute...THAT'S MY FREAKING CAR!!!!http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/eek.gif

I was wondering if they rigged that car to explode. I always thought that exploding vehicles with gunfire was a Hollywood gimmick.

I do think the 9-year-old girl shooting the 50 cal was a little disturbing.

BTW, the scariest sound wasn't the pop-pop-pop, it was the buzzsaw sound I heard. That must have been at least 1200 rpm. It sounded like a WWII MG42 'burp' gun.

I also liked the trailer for The Shining that turned it into a 'relationship' movie.

Injured. Injured bad.

The. Worst. Job. Ever.

Anything you can do, I can do better... The battle of the sexes rages on.

How do you work this thing?

Aerobics with orca. Gulp. Make that a Big Gulp. REEally big.

Rocket Man. How do you say "Major Tom" in Japanese?

Lotus versus Apache. Ho-lee crap!

58,000 pounds of thrust.

Bouncy and Fun.

Defies description. Reminds me of the Wizard of Space and Time, from Spike and Mike. If you don't know, I can't explain.

Enjoy!

F**king EGGGGGGGsalant Big V !!!!

Sucks for us dial up folks ,

But still Well Done !!!

Thank you zippyt!

I laughed til I cried about the injured fellow. I watched that maybe 20 times. Worst job was actually funnier the second trip through, when I called DaughterofV over to watch. Couldn't keep a straight face. Don't miss the battle of the sexes one, either.

I liked them all. The two chinese guys lyp sinching has SonofV on an absolute tear of lip synching. God. I just burned him an mp3 cd of about 70 tracks he chose from my iTunes library. He's standing right here performing them all. Latest: "but I'm gonna need a chorus!" :chuckles: He's lovin the mp3 capable radio boombox from Santa (yes, Santa). Frankly, we're both very entertained. Maybe his video will get posted miming Kung Fu Fighting or Brick House. You should see him. Hysterical.

I saw "Lotus versus Apache. " on sat tv this summer ,
Check out their web site at , http://www.topgear.com/
Worth the look ,
Look for the vid of a Mits Evo - v - a Lambo , VERRRRRRRRRRY Cool !!!!!

I called my wife in to see the battle of the sexes , her comments were " well you can't blame a guy for trying !!!"

Oh also check out this , http://www.topgear.com/content/timet...ge/pages/0440/

Top Gear is fantastic, I remember them doing that and racing against a Harrier jump jet!

You should see some of their other stuff to, blowing up caravans every other week, plus trying to destroy a Toyota pick-up and failing (even after putting in the roof of a 20 storey block of flats before it was demolished!)

I love the diet hot-rod on the first page of Carbage, so pitiful :).

I saw the Whole Toyota pickup thing , they beat the HELL out of that thing and it just kept GOING !!!!!

One of the most impressive was when they put a Mits. Evo against a Lambo , The Evo not only kept up ( with its 4 cylinder engine -v- the 10 cylindes ?? in the lambo ) ,
but I think bested the Lambo

Aerobics with orca. Sorry for faulty link before.

Look. Just MOVING that amount of weight has GOT to be difficult. Actually, though she has reeeeeeeeeeeeally let herself go, I admire her willingness to exercise--and IN THAT OUTFIT! Wow! I loves me some denial.

Not to mention she is doing it in front of a camera.

I admire her for her willingness to be filmed that way, even if she had no idea it would end up on the internet. Takes a real confident person. I don't admire her for letting herself go like that. It's not healthy.