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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Ayaan » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:17 am

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Gawdzilla wrote:How about walking away from a crash that produces no pieces of the car larger than a piece of printer paper.
And still being able to get out of bed and move around without hurting.
Hey, I bounced back in just ... three weeks. :tup:
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:18 am

Shit happens. Then you die. :levi:
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by hadespussercats » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:24 am

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hadespussercats wrote:Also-- do guys with a wall full of urinals available really choose to pee right next to each other? They do that in movies all the time.
That is a breach of etiquette.

Purists will choose an end urinal if there is nobody at a row of urinals. The next person should take the urinal farthest from each, and so on.

The only real "rule" though is that it is just creepy to have several urinal choices, and to choose the one right next to someone.

Then there are the trough systems from days gone by. Back in the old days, urinals would often be these low sinks where 2 or three men could just step up to it. Not only would there be no mini-dividing wall, the men would just step up basically to the same urinal.

The place that took this system to the extreme was Michigan Stadium, known as the "Big House," at the University of Michigan. The men's room there is one giant urinal along the wall - literally, you walk in and there is a trough along the floor against the wall -- about 3 feet up is a pipe that runs water and there are holes in it that allow water to constantly trickle out down the wall and into the trough to constantly rinse. So, during a game, you just basically have to squeeze in between two guys whereever you can find a spot, basically pissing shoulder to shoulder against any spot on the wall that opens up.
The old Boston Garden had the trough. Sounds repulsive. :ani:
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by hadespussercats » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:26 am

How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:29 am

hadespussercats wrote:How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
I saw James May drive up to a volcano last night. The lava had fallen two days earlier and it was still burning his tires.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by hadespussercats » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:33 am

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hadespussercats wrote:How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
I saw James May drive up to a volcano last night. The lava had fallen two days earlier and it was still burning his tires.
I guess this one is like how close people are able to stand or jump near massive explosions without feeling any adverse effects.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Ayaan » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:37 am

hadespussercats wrote:
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hadespussercats wrote:How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
I saw James May drive up to a volcano last night. The lava had fallen two days earlier and it was still burning his tires.
I guess this one is like how close people are able to stand or jump near massive explosions without feeling any adverse effects.
At most they get knocked over, a bit dusty, and occasionally have ringing in the ears for a few minutes.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:50 am

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hadespussercats wrote:How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
I saw James May drive up to a volcano last night. The lava had fallen two days earlier and it was still burning his tires.
I guess this one is like how close people are able to stand or jump near massive explosions without feeling any adverse effects.
At most they get knocked over, a bit dusty, and occasionally have ringing in the ears for a few minutes.
Real world, they can't hear their own cussing for a day or two.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Gallstones » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:32 am

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Gawdzilla wrote:I like the infinite repeaters. And the guy who has a fist fight the day after taking a bullet in the shoulder.
I know what you mean about miraculous recoveries, or inability to be hindered by grievous injures. But what do you mean about infinite repeaters? Oh, wait. Do you mean endless ammo?
Guns that never run out of ammo, yeah. A staple of Westerns when I was a kid.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:35 am

Must be nice not to have count belts.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Robert_S » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:34 am

I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet!

What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Dries van Tonder » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:55 am

Robert_S wrote:I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet!

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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by Svartalf » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:43 am

hadespussercats wrote:How about being within five feet of molten lava without searing your skin or otherwise burning?
Hey, Gollum drowned in molten lava and sank in without crisping.
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Re: things they only do in the movies

Post by TonyBelch » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:52 am

When was the last time you saw somebody in a mainstream movie interrupt the story line to take a pee or a poo? It NEVER happens. Take the LotR, when did anybody take a shit? Not once, never, ever and those bloody little hobbits stuff their faces continually!

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