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M$ Agent #2

Nov 27 2003, 01:43 AM

I read this and almost died laughing I almost posted it as news but its more humor then news.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/34217.html

.::PHPfanatic::.

Nov 27 2003, 02:09 AM

Haha, that's really funny. I just see the parent coming out of the house and confronting this person and he takes off going about 10 mph.

Here's the funny part...

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Toddler Ruby Bleskacek was punished by a Segway rider in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday. (No, we are not making this up.)
...
The child was apparently playing outside her home when the Segway roared by near maximum speed at 10 m.p.h and crashed into her.

...and here's the not funny part...

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The lass sustained cuts, bruises and a blow to the head, according a report from ABC.

Rezza

Nov 27 2003, 02:28 AM

LOL... the mobile Geek crowd, I love that,

.::PHPfanatic::.

Nov 27 2003, 03:13 AM

Yeah, that was good; definitely something I forgot to add. Out of the way, follow that extremely slow-moving geek on the Segway.

D3m0n

Nov 27 2003, 04:32 AM

fav bit...

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The suspect fled - if you can call it that - the scene

LMAO..........

M$ Agent #2

Nov 27 2003, 05:22 AM

Hmmm maybe he was involved in some sort of underground Segway racing and his was modded to do like 15Mph or something.... ROTFLMAO

GTX5_Crusader

Nov 27 2003, 05:27 AM

Maximum speed of 10mph?!

You think that a person, even young, couldv'e moved out of the way, or the guy who was driving couldve moved!

But, anyway:

D3m0n

Nov 27 2003, 05:33 AM

QUOTE (M$ Agent #2 @ Nov 27 2003, 02:52 PM)

Hmmm maybe he was involved in some sort of underground Segway racing and his was modded to do like 15Mph or something.... ROTFLMAO

illegal segway street races..........LMAO

M$ Agent #2

Nov 27 2003, 05:44 AM

Another segway related thingy its super funny its a video 5 megs so if your on dial up you will need to wait a little while but I think even then its worth it for the laugh LOL here it is

http://www.segwaychat.com/forum/stolen-segway.asp

Edit: For above lol I can see it now 2 Fast 2 Furrius 2 Segway !!! lol

GTX5_Crusader

Nov 27 2003, 05:54 AM

5Mb on dial-up is nothing for me anymore... waiting 3 weeks for a movie was an everyday thing

But, about the video:

LOL!!

Troa34

Nov 27 2003, 06:28 AM

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"I was quite angry and I confronted him," Joel Bleskacek, the girl's father told ABC. "I asked him why he was driving so fast during the crowded lunch hour on the sidewalk. He claimed my daughter jumped in front of him."

Damn jumping girls.

The suspect fled - if you can call it that - the scene.

haha that was good stuff, I'm sure the girl is fine tho heh. The fact that the guy ran is even more hilarious.

D3m0n

Nov 27 2003, 03:31 PM

5meg on 56k.............nah i have a life....i kant wait for mine

.::PHPfanatic::.

Nov 27 2003, 07:59 PM

Just do other things while you're waiting for it to load; that's what I always do.

I'm loading it right now...

Rezza

Nov 28 2003, 12:00 AM

was that it? I just saw a Mastercard type ad... that ended with the word priceless... no animation, no nothing, just some music and a picture...

.::PHPfanatic::.

Nov 28 2003, 01:09 AM

No, that's not it. I wasn't even sure if it was loading or not in Opera so I started loading it in IE and then, after I realized it didn't show the progress in the status bar, in Opera. I never ended up watched the whole thing because it would only play very small segments at a time. Does anyone know... if, after it's done buffering, you refresh the page... will it start over or play all the way through. I'm going with the first option.

Rezza

Nov 28 2003, 01:31 AM

change the buffer size, set it to 200 seconds or something...

D3m0n

Nov 28 2003, 01:43 AM

or you could just not bother

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