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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 12:55 AM Original message |
Car surfing unbelievably stupid, says CDC |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. "I know this looks dangerous and dumb, but I know what I'm doing," |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Famous last words. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
64. yeah, so did a young acquaintance who damaged his brain forever |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Among the many stupid things I did 40 years ago . . . |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Car surfing unbelievably stupid, says CDC |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. A classic understatement, eh? nt |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Don't short change the CDC - their research also uncovered the previously unsuspected |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Are they just pulling this out of their ass? Shouldn't they conduct a study prior to making such |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Really. I think this one needs more research. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. In Brazil, |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Natural selection. |
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douglas9 (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Darwin Award Applicants |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Yes, it does work. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Certainly dangerous and stupid. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. To be fair, helicopter surfing would be a much greater challenge (tm) |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. ROFLMAO!!! |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. I lost my 13 year old brother in 10/25/1970 from this |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. very sorry to hear that |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. That's horrible |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Good Lord, I am so sorry. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I'm so sorry, I made kind of a glib comment before I saw this post |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. No offense taken shadowknows69 |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I wish I could find the article about |
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OGpoopin (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. not exactly |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I'm so sorry-I lost my best friend likewise and his son was driving |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Deleted message |
LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Cindy McCain's favorite "sport" |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. I know someone who's brain-damaged from doing this. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. So they've all seen "Teen Wolf" I suppose. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. i remember that |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. LOL! The rescue 911 episode makes it look like the most hillarious thing ever! |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Still no cure for cancer |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. Catch a beamer and you sitting on top of the world? These guys need more to do with their time. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. Doesn't the CDC have better things to do? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Evolution in action |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. We've all been teenagers. |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. "while another person drives it" |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. What are the most common words from teenage boys just before they die? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Just before that it's a friend saying "I bet you can't...." |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. In Wisoconsin it is "Hold my beer and watch this." |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's not the surfing that gets you...it's the leash. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's no more dangerous than Russian Roulette. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. here's an on topic oldie but goodie on this subject... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. Kids were doing that in my neighborhood |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. Famous last words ... "Hey Watch This" |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. In Missouri we were more creative... |
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Liberalatus (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. Do they mean standing on top of the car? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Oh, My Gosh, |
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Liberalatus (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. pardon moi? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. It's in David Foster Wallace's |
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Liberalatus (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. wow |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. read my sig. nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. No shit. In other news, fire is hot and water quenches thirst. nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
42. Well at least they aren't climbing from one car into another at 60 mph. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. There was a video of a grown man doing that on a motorcycle and HE was driving the cycle. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. someone tried to do this on my car when i was younger |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Teenagers always think they know what they're doing |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. In other news |
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ACTION BASTARD (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. Pfft this is kid stuff. Now Ghost Ride the Whip and |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
55. So, does that make it more or less dangerous than ghost riding? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. I'd say car surfing is more dangerous. Ghost riding tends to be low speed and somewhat predictable. |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. It is stupid, but what's the shock? There isn't much of a future to live for, really. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
61. For heavensake |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. I've done it... :) |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
65. Saddest case I've EVER seen on a brain rehab ward was a 15 yr old girl who was car surfing. |
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