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General => Everything Else => Topic started by: 42 on April 17, 2004, 01:27:36 AM

Title: Strange Car Collision
Post by: 42 on April 17, 2004, 01:27:36 AM
So this is one the stranger car collision I've heard about.

My parents were coming back from St. George going at about 80 mph. It was during one of the long stretches of scenic Utah when they heard a loud thud. They then noticed that people were staring and pointing at their car. So the pulled over. On the driver side of the door there was a perfect impression of a pigeon.

So I saw the impact site the pigeon left on the side door. I looks like a fossil of a pigion. You can make out the feet, eye, and individual feathers.

So in the battle of SUV v.s. pigeon. The SUV wins.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on April 17, 2004, 01:56:06 AM
That is quite odd.  I feel bad for the poor SUV; pigeons are among the more stupid animals around and deserve what they get if they fly into an SUV with that kind of force.

Just.... wow.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on April 17, 2004, 02:09:25 AM
The bird flew into the SIDE of the car? Yeah, that is strange... I can see a dent from the front (if there's a flat surface to not skip off of) but from the side it shouldn't matter if it was going 80 miles an hour or 8. Very odd.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 08:29:05 AM
strong pigeon
maybe it hit at an angle.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Entsuropi on April 17, 2004, 08:41:16 AM
Maybe the pigeon was a metal one created by a mad mastermind to control the world, or at least the bread-rich world.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 08:42:40 AM
so you're saying Jeffe is trying to kill Fell's parent with avian robotics?
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Spriggan on April 17, 2004, 08:46:04 AM
umm, SE, that was 42 who made the post, not Fell.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2004, 09:30:02 AM
Oh he knows, 42's parents were just part of phase 2
http://www.theonion.com/onion3709/starbucks_phase_two.html
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 09:35:56 AM
eh, if he's foolish enough to design robotic minions that crash into the sides of cars when going after their targets, I figure he can get the wrong person's parents.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: GorgonlaVacaTremendo on April 17, 2004, 12:36:32 PM
They're lucky it didn't hit the front, they wouldn't have a windshield no more.  Not to mention a high risk of pigeon to the head at speeds in excess of 80 miles an hour...
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2004, 02:06:39 PM
That was just a test pigion for a set of test parents the real one should be very effective.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 04:18:09 PM
spoken in true mad genius fashion
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2004, 05:04:08 PM
Imagine 5 pounds of shaped pigeon charge hitting your side door at 30 miles an hour
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 05:08:43 PM
MY side door? the one made of a reinforced alloy that no known explosive can penetrate?

Or the side door of Fell's or 42's parents?
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Onion of Death on April 17, 2004, 05:11:38 PM
I think if we tried this test out some more, the pigeon might pull out a couple of wins. One test is not enough.

What we need is one of those tornado cannons, an SUV, and a crate full of pigeons. Anyone willing to donate any of these items to me should do so.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on April 17, 2004, 05:18:12 PM
Yes, I doubt your alloy comes pigeon-reinforced SE.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 17, 2004, 05:35:11 PM
duh. that's what the monkeys are for!
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 17, 2004, 05:51:39 PM
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I think if we tried this test out some more, the pigeon might pull out a couple of wins. One test is not enough.

What we need is one of those tornado cannons, an SUV, and a crate full of pigeons. Anyone willing to donate any of these items to me should do so.


To quote what Tonto said to the Lone Ranger when they were surrounded by hostrile indians.

"What do you mean we paleface!"
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Onion of Death on April 17, 2004, 10:17:57 PM
Quote


To quote what Tonto said to the Lone Ranger when they were surrounded by hostrile indians.

"What do you mean we paleface!"


I give thee the blank stare. *begins mentally staring at you*
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: GorgonlaVacaTremendo on April 17, 2004, 10:49:33 PM
By "we" he meant him and I.  Mostly I.  And the pigeons i will need donated, preferably "homing pigeons".
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Onion of Death on April 17, 2004, 11:21:38 PM
That's cheating! Pigeons that home in on targets are for wimpish creatures. What kind of ninja are you?
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on April 18, 2004, 09:03:01 AM
He's no ninja. I've met ninjas, and he's no ninja.
Title: Re: Strange Car Collision
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 18, 2004, 09:38:53 AM
I dont work with wannabe ninja.