People are awesome. And crazy. And I’m totally thrilled that we have people insane enough to try things like that because it’s entertaining to watch.
Watching Todd Jarrett knock down 6″ steel plates at ~100 yards with a .45 was one of those amazing things, and I’m glad I was there to watch it happen.
I’d have to see it in person and control for cheating, but I just found some video of some guys getting several steps in before they sank. Of course, they were on about “believing in it” and such crap, so I dunno.
For every successful cliff dive, bike or board stunt, long ball into the net, and so on, there are innumerable belly flops, hard crashes, complete misses, and total embarrassments. It is a credit to the human spirit that so many are willing to do the work needed to have those moments of excellence.
Today I varnished some cabinets. Not nearly as exciting, but at least I did not spill the can of varnish all over the floor.
Tomorrow I think I will try to clean up my garage. Much more challenging, maybe this deserves to be on YouTube as well. Especially if the opossums have moved in again.
It is people who try things like that who keep me gainfully employed. For every one of those successful stunts, paramedics took hundreds of failed stuntmen to the emergency room.
October 29th, 2010 at 9:02 am
People are awesome. And crazy. And I’m totally thrilled that we have people insane enough to try things like that because it’s entertaining to watch.
Watching Todd Jarrett knock down 6″ steel plates at ~100 yards with a .45 was one of those amazing things, and I’m glad I was there to watch it happen.
October 29th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Awesome.
October 29th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
The “dude running on water”, however, is not real and really shouldn’t be in the video.
October 29th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
watched it twice.
didn’t see me once.
October 29th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
That was the one I was going to ask about as well Guav. The parkour type guys get my vote as the most amazing athletes in the world.
October 29th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I’d have to see it in person and control for cheating, but I just found some video of some guys getting several steps in before they sank. Of course, they were on about “believing in it” and such crap, so I dunno.
October 29th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Ah, but will their knees still be functioning at our age?
October 29th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
For every successful cliff dive, bike or board stunt, long ball into the net, and so on, there are innumerable belly flops, hard crashes, complete misses, and total embarrassments. It is a credit to the human spirit that so many are willing to do the work needed to have those moments of excellence.
Today I varnished some cabinets. Not nearly as exciting, but at least I did not spill the can of varnish all over the floor.
Tomorrow I think I will try to clean up my garage. Much more challenging, maybe this deserves to be on YouTube as well. Especially if the opossums have moved in again.
October 29th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Mr Evilwrench: The video you saw was a viral marketing campaign for Hi-Tec boots and their new water repellent coating.
October 29th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Makes my knees hurt just watching it. LOL
October 29th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Indeed we are.
I liked the gliding down the stair walk-thingy.
It’s also a good thing I didn’t have YouTube when I was a young’un – I might’ve hurt myself trying some of those things.
Thanks
October 30th, 2010 at 10:45 am
The fellow with the bowling ball shot was good; but can he hit a ten pin with a hook like that? lol
October 30th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
It is people who try things like that who keep me gainfully employed. For every one of those successful stunts, paramedics took hundreds of failed stuntmen to the emergency room.