Oct 1 2009Not Dangerous Enough: Jet Powered Carousel
Whenever I think "jet-powered" I think of rocketpacks and blasting off to the moon with a bubble helmet on and then playing hide-and-seek amongst the craters. Secondly, I think of danger and how much fun it is almost dying but then escaping death at the last second and flipping the grim reaper the bird right when he's reaching for you with his scythe. Yeah, I do that all the time. But one thing I don't do all the time (or ever for that matter) is ride a rocket-powered merry-go-round. It just looks too tame. Admittedly, the carousel's shoddy construction did look promising in the beginning, but in the end it's just two guys who might have well taped bottle rockets to their backs. I WANTED TO SEE ONE OF THOSE BITCHES LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT! Or at least a tree. Hurt video needs more hurt.
Skip to 1:30 for the action. And I did like the flames.
Madmen cling to jet-powered merry-go-round [theregister]
Thanks to srvr, who hates vowels.
Reader Comments
1. Hawk - October 1, 2009 1:35 PM
SWEET!!!
2. Timbo - October 1, 2009 1:36 PM
I'm back!!... Anybody miss me? Anybody remember me????
No.... Oh well...
3. naas - October 1, 2009 1:38 PM
Sweet!
I missed you Timbo, welcome back
4. Q - October 1, 2009 1:41 PM
Hey, where is that cow guy? I wonder what he would have to say about this.
5. Ollie Williams - October 1, 2009 1:44 PM
Anti-climatic.
(That's what she said)
6. Dan Halen - October 1, 2009 1:45 PM
All that work to build their own Merry-go-round and they still get only as much ride time as they give you at the theme parks. Bummer. Still...would love to see this one at 6 Flags.
7. naas - October 1, 2009 1:47 PM
@Q self interest is transparent & only distorts your loneliness for a short time, keep hyping yourself up little guy and someone might notice
8. Timbo - October 1, 2009 1:49 PM
Thanks naas. Nice to be back.
Funny story... My garage caught fire with me in it... Needless to say I've been resting up a bit.
9. Mr. Cow - October 1, 2009 1:49 PM
Quack Quack
10. Johnny B - October 1, 2009 1:51 PM
Its like "Engineering Jackass"
11. naas - October 1, 2009 1:51 PM
@Timbo - oh please do tell
Not much has happened around here while you were out.... http://www.sneeko.net/images/gifs1/rollcat.gif
12. Timbo - October 1, 2009 2:06 PM
Ok. Short version. Generator caught fire, I got stuck in a room on fire, burned my arms and hands a bit, jumped through the fire to get out, legs caught fire, hospital for 8 days, recovering, no work... True story.
And still faithful to geekologie. *tears*
13. Pat - October 1, 2009 2:06 PM
@9 I see you've expanded your repertoire.
14. Ham Bone - October 1, 2009 2:13 PM
@Timbo... it is kinda weird you being back an all. Kinda like if your gf thought you died and I moved in after and was banging her and stuff then one day you came home and she was all confused and there was that really awkward silence ……………. Yeah like that. And then we tag teamed her and our balls touched and then it got really weird so I moved to Europe and met hotter French chick and everything was great. But every time I see some peaches I think of your balls
The exact same thing happened in that movie the notebook your gf made me watch it
15. JADE - October 1, 2009 2:14 PM
Oh Mr. Cow you just ruined it for me. I like a man that barely speaks and you just went and expanded your vocab. Can't ask you to marry me now.
16. Cinema Obsessed - October 1, 2009 2:15 PM
They should have made it bigger, instead of going around in sad little circles.
17. Q - October 1, 2009 2:17 PM
@7 I think you have me confused with the cow duck there.
http://www.thelocal.se/22390/
18. Blobby - October 1, 2009 3:45 PM
Least impressive jet-powered anything I've ever seen
19. _me - October 1, 2009 4:23 PM
They need to come up with one that is run on superconducting magnets. Then the fun begins.
20. Egon - October 2, 2009 5:21 AM
Money + brains ≠ contribution to humankind
21. Yeags - October 2, 2009 8:59 PM
Money + Brains = Awesomeness
Screw humankind, this is just cool.