GUYS: EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF STUPIDITY ROCKET PROPULSION
The real action starts around the 2:40 mark.
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January 23, 2007
GUYS: EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF
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typical American lunch break
Posted by: Punkin Poo | January 23, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Dave has the ground-breaking research in this area with his toaster/Pop-tard technology
Posted by: mm | January 23, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Wow. Nothing else, Just Wow.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | January 23, 2007 at 10:33 AM
idjit!!! he shoulda been smacked by the scooter on the way down.
that'll learn 'im!
Posted by: Siouxie | January 23, 2007 at 10:33 AM
I agree Siouxie. I havent liked those scooters since I used to sell them at The Sharper Image™.
Of course once you have seen that episode of CSI, you might not want your child to ever ride one.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | January 23, 2007 at 10:35 AM
That would depend on how well you like your child, wouldn't it?
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | January 23, 2007 at 10:37 AM
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!
What's next? Rocket powered inline skates? Please? Now that would really take the cake, and perhaps earn them a coveted Darwin Award.
Posted by: Baron vonKlyff | January 23, 2007 at 10:38 AM
Too bad he couldn't hang on. The idea was better than the actual happenings...
Posted by: gfunksizzle | January 23, 2007 at 10:39 AM
given the title dave gave to this (guys, stupid, rocket propulsion) the video could have been a lot worse.
Posted by: mudstuffin | January 23, 2007 at 10:45 AM
I saw 3 errors:
1. Insufficient alcohol in the test pilot.
2. Test pilot was not secured to the vehicle.
3. No ramp.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | January 23, 2007 at 10:52 AM
Houston, we have a jackass. Over [kkkhhhhh).
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 23, 2007 at 10:54 AM
gfunk said it all. With these kind of things it's always the case, just imagine if what we all anticipated actually happened.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | January 23, 2007 at 10:56 AM
dont drink and ignite rockets...plain and simple.
if they werent drinking, it would have worked
Posted by: Chaz | January 23, 2007 at 11:00 AM
OT/
Is there a way I can get around my IT police and download whatever I need to see YouTube again?
Posted by: ubetcha | January 23, 2007 at 11:08 AM
The anticipation of reaching the 2:40 mark was better than what happened once I was there. I'm so disappointed! I expected something right out of a Wile E. Cyote cartoon, complete with smacking face first into a mountainside.
Posted by: casey | January 23, 2007 at 11:20 AM
See, his mistake was in mounting the rockets at the rear of the device. Put 'em under the running boards of the scooter, up front, and he'd've had something.
Probably melted shoes, but that's something, right?
Posted by: Clean Hands | January 23, 2007 at 11:21 AM
This was actually a confidential video of the Segway(tm) in its early planning phase.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | January 23, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Yeah, my grandma could make a better rocket powered scooter.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | January 23, 2007 at 11:23 AM
hey, at least this moron didn't stick the rocket up his butt.
although I woulda paid to see that!
Posted by: Siouxie | January 23, 2007 at 11:26 AM
*snork* @ LBFF
Posted by: mm | January 23, 2007 at 11:27 AM
OMG - and they did this in Carrollton, TX - right next to the town I live in. Hangs head in shame.
Posted by: ScooterRocky | January 23, 2007 at 11:45 AM
mm-Segway(tm) has come a long way since this video. They can afford to serve better beer now.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | January 23, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Can you blog studs enlighten me?
What causes someone to want to put rockets/fire/dynamite anywhere near their person?
What is the thought process that leads to stuff like Jack a$$? Just wondering aloud.
Posted by: Meditrina | January 23, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Meditrina - As a complete mor...I mean guy, I feel qualified to answer this:
Because fire and noise is cool.
Posted by: Federal Duck | January 23, 2007 at 12:18 PM
(alcohol + cerebral tissue shortage - common sense) x peer influence = rocket burn scars on butt
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 23, 2007 at 12:20 PM
And things that shouldn't go fast, going Really fast is even cooler!!! And coolest of all are things flying that should never leave the ground. Ulti-cool
Posted by: Baron VonKlyff | January 23, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Wile E. Coyote is a guy.
enough said.
Posted by: Siouxie | January 23, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Hmmm, it seems like MtB knows a little too much about the mathmatics of rocket burn scars. Any first hand experience there, MtB?
Posted by: random thunking | January 23, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Vicarious thrills only, RT. (Except maybe for the alcohol variable).
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 23, 2007 at 12:31 PM
If you were trying for "plausible deniability", Meanie, you shouldn't have used so much detail. *snicker*
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | January 23, 2007 at 12:33 PM
My @ss has been burned many times, just not by rockets.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 23, 2007 at 12:39 PM
*looking in garage for scooters and rocket boosters*
Posted by: Gadfy | January 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM
The answer to guys and fire can best be summarized by a quote from the "Flaming Moe" episode of The Simpsons:
I don't know what it was, but fire made it good.
Posted by: PirateBoy | January 23, 2007 at 01:03 PM
Unbelievable that there were so many adults there. I was expecting high school kids, but some of them looked positively old. Of course, the guy riding was one of the younger ones. No helmet, pads, or anything but alcohol to prevent pain.
Anyone know where you can get a rocket like that? Would love to experiment with one.
Posted by: Dylan | January 23, 2007 at 01:40 PM
A redneck's last words....
"Hey, watch this!"
Posted by: Val | January 23, 2007 at 01:59 PM
I never thought I'd hear myself say this:
"The smoldering wreckage of a Razr scooter."
Posted by: Mr. Completely | January 23, 2007 at 02:32 PM
Texas is proud to be home to such rocket scientists
Posted by: Philintexas | January 23, 2007 at 10:23 PM
They really should have cut most of the film except the part at the end where the rocket went off. It was so "real life boring" until then.
Posted by: Kristina L. | January 23, 2007 at 10:32 PM
I gnu that wuz gonna happen, beginnin' with the moment I saw where they attached the rockets ... 'cuz I ... um ... when we did this in ... um ... I paid attention in Physics class ... yeah, that's whut I meant ... that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it ...
(mebbe if he'd've put some Sissy bars on the back ... ???)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | January 24, 2007 at 01:32 AM