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    Posted: October 17 2012 at 18:33
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I tend to not partake in activities that are likely to result in death.




Then you don't partake in life? Because life always results with death you know... Tongue


Its a fair point, this looks omg crazy this guy is a nut, but you can die just walking down the sidewalk.
Kinda like how people are scared of roller coasters despite the attention given to making them safe, but being on the highway is like dodging constant deathLOL


I'm fond of pointing out that you're more than 30 times more likely to be killed by stairs than by lightning (source). We should make stairs illegal!


See that just proves it more, no one bats an eye lash at daily tasks that can kill us easily.
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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I tend to not partake in activities that are likely to result in death.




Then you don't partake in life? Because life always results with death you know... Tongue


Its a fair point, this looks omg crazy this guy is a nut, but you can die just walking down the sidewalk.
Kinda like how people are scared of roller coasters despite the attention given to making them safe, but being on the highway is like dodging constant deathLOL


I'm fond of pointing out that you're more than 30 times more likely to be killed by stairs than by lightning (source). We should make stairs illegal!
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Let's face it - it's not as if he could have changed his mind now, is it?

You can imagine his thoughts...

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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I tend to not partake in activities that are likely to result in death.




Then you don't partake in life? Because life always results with death you know... Tongue


Its a fair point, this looks omg crazy this guy is a nut, but you can die just walking down the sidewalk.
Kinda like how people are scared of roller coasters despite the attention given to making them safe, but being on the highway is like dodging constant deathLOL
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I like to think I would, but it seems like a bit too much empty macho posturing to say HELL YEAH while sitting here in front of my computer. But I've gone bungie jumping and ridden every roller coaster/free fall ride I've been in a position to go on, so I think there's a good chance that if I somehow convinced Red Bull to give me a balloon I'd go through with it. Smile
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

From that high up how do they even know he's not going to land on a tree or a person or a land mine or a trampoline? Surely the amount of horizontal drift on the way down is enormous.

He jumped over a desert in New Mexico.

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Has he landed yet, and did he survive?

WTF, he landed on the same day!
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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I tend to not partake in activities that are likely to result in death.




Then you don't partake in life? Because life always results with death you know... Tongue


Touche.  (Hell, I broke my arm last year while performing the simple act of WALKING.)
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^ I wouldn't recommend using them as a space hopper from that height.
 


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Hell yeah!
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I already did, in my previous career as a super-hero.
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^ Felix looks happy. Big smile
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If I had no other choice I might. But I wouldn't put myself in that position in the first place.
 
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Has he landed yet, and did he survive?
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I probably wouldn't dare to do that.
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From that high up how do they even know he's not going to land on a tree or a person or a land mine or a trampoline? Surely the amount of horizontal drift on the way down is enormous.
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I wouldn't jump under any circumstance
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It's probably one of those life-changing experiences where initial terror is replaced by inner peace and understanding, like primal scream therapy or something. 
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I would definitely want to do this kind of thing sometime in my life. I met a few people that tried it and not a single one of them said I shouldn't do it. So as much as I wanna do it, when the money time comes, my balls might get jigi with me.
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Where are you going to get a million dollars?
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Not for a million dollars.
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