Rusty VanBondo writes: > > Joel was talking about how i've done it ever since some idiot brotherless > source telling him, "just grab hold of the wires ... it won't hurt you!" > >ohyezzzz ... if they're arcing, you might be sparking, when you grab. ;) > > The story reminded me of an incident that happened while I was working at > the local bicycle shop during my high school daze. We were always playing > jokes and messing around as we were a fun loving group of hippie yahoos. > Being the wise person that I am now took years. I was really niave/gullible > as a kid. This reminded me of a joke I saw played on television - I think it was for candid camera or something. I know it's got nothing to do with VWs, but it *is* Friday and Rusty started it! I think the footage was shot somewhere in the UK. There was this delivery boy who always leaned his bike against a lightpost (which was a good 20 feet tall) outside the store. The bike was a ten-speed type. One day these guys drove up in one of those trucks with the scissor arm that they use to work on telephone poles, and lifted the bike up above the pole and set it down with the pole going through the frame! I almost died laughing when the guy came out of the store to deliver something on his bike and tried to figure out how the heck that happened. :) -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego Calif. '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
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