Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:29 AM, frank theriault wrote: I know it's counter-intuitive, but helmets actually increase risk-taking behaviour. Since they were wearing helmets they thought they were invincible, and so considered copulating on a railroad track before an oncoming train to be a risk worth taking. Hmm, every time I've crashed on my bike I've been wearing a helmet. So if I stop wearing helmets I won't crash anymore! - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
David Mann a écrit : On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:29 AM, frank theriault wrote: I know it's counter-intuitive, but helmets actually increase risk-taking behaviour. Since they were wearing helmets they thought they were invincible, and so considered copulating on a railroad track before an oncoming train to be a risk worth taking. Hmm, every time I've crashed on my bike I've been wearing a helmet. So if I stop wearing helmets I won't crash anymore! - Dave you wont .. you'll be dead !;P dom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
Does this qualify for a Darwin award (double no less)? On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. - Theodore Roosevelt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
I think it deserves a Darwin with oak leaf clusters... Gonz wrote: Does this qualify for a Darwin award (double no less)? On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does this qualify for a Darwin award (double no less)? On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Bob As long as neither has previously spawned offspring. Should qualify otherwise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Alcohol, train tracks and sex have long been known to be a potentially lethal combination... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm By the way, I believe they were wearing helmets at the time. cheers, frank (in a particularly sarcastic mood today for some reason) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
If they were wearing helmets shouldn't they have been saved? Horrors another illusion shattered... frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm By the way, I believe they were wearing helmets at the time. cheers, frank (in a particularly sarcastic mood today for some reason) -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:18 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they were wearing helmets shouldn't they have been saved? Horrors another illusion shattered... I know it's counter-intuitive, but helmets actually increase risk-taking behaviour. Since they were wearing helmets they thought they were invincible, and so considered copulating on a railroad track before an oncoming train to be a risk worth taking. Had they not been wearing helmets, they'd have likely been doing it in a field or something. Of course, the booze may have been a factor as well... cheers, frank, suddenly switching sides in the Great Helmet Debate -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:18 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they were wearing helmets shouldn't they have been saved? Horrors another illusion shattered... I know it's counter-intuitive, but helmets actually increase risk-taking behaviour. Since they were wearing helmets they thought they were invincible, and so considered copulating on a railroad track before an oncoming train to be a risk worth taking. Had they not been wearing helmets, they'd have likely been doing it in a field or something. Of course, the booze may have been a factor as well... cheers, frank, suddenly switching sides in the Great Helmet Debate That's all right. I'm going to on both sides of the helmet debate... -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:32 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's all right. I'm going to on both sides of the helmet debate... What are you a politician or something? Take a stand, man!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... The one time the 'ol 12:15 was on time. Dave http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: North By Northwest
I especially like this part; The police have appealed for those with missing relatives to come forward to help with their investigation. Who would admit to being related, someone might think they were too stupid to live too... Bob W wrote: Sometimes people take the closing scene just a bit too literally... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7629433.stm Bob -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
