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Gravity just made me its bitch :(

Started by AnonymousPosterChild Oct 15, 2006 at 8:32 AM 10 replies 2.6k views

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Oct 15, 2006 at 8:32 AM

I was on the way back home from the bank the other day, after just having cashed my GST cheque. On the way back, I was walking along this one street that always has copious amounts of wind going in one direct. As I was walking down it, a particularily strong wind came up, and I leaned forward to adjust my balance. This is where it all went wrong. I realised that I wasn't leaning forward enough. If I wanted to achieve flight, I needed to lean a bit more forward to achieve some initial lift, and then I would lean back in order to thrust me further into the air. This, in theory, makes perfect sense IF YOU HAVE WINGS AND ARE CAPABLE OF FLIGHT. I, of course, do not and am not, respectively. Not realizing this until the last moment, I ended up falling flat on my face. Anything like this ever happen to you?

ToohrVyk

Oct 15, 2006 at 8:35 AM

I usually try to avoid doing stupid things, like forgetting I can't fly. So no, it never happened to me.

EDIT: ++subtlety.

AnonymousPosterChild

Oct 15, 2006 at 8:36 AM

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Original post by ToohrVyk
I usually try to avoid doing stupid things, like thinking I can fly. So no, it never happened to me.

I didn't think I could fly, I forgot that I COULDN'T.

Theres a difference, its subtle, but its there.

Chokki

Oct 15, 2006 at 9:06 AM

The most successful way of flying is aiming to throw yourself towards the ground yet missing.

I think forgetting about the fact you're flying at all would be a capital idea.

DogCity

Oct 15, 2006 at 10:24 AM

Reminds me of a childhood pastime. If anyones seen those big prefabricated plastic sand pits, which ya put in the garden and fill with water or such...

Well anyhow, on windy days we would empty them out and head up the (Steep) hill behind a friends house. Those things acted like mini parachutes and with strong enough winds you could lift right off the ground for a few seconds - or till your nerve broke and you let go of them. Good times, good times.

Ceoddyn

Oct 15, 2006 at 11:10 AM

Let's retitle this thread "Hooray Douglas Adams!"

GroZZleR

Oct 15, 2006 at 1:19 PM

The goblin word for "flying" is more accurately translated as "falling slowly".

medevilenemy

Oct 15, 2006 at 3:07 PM

I wish flying was as easy as it is in the Hitchhikers Guide. Even if impractical, it would be so much more entertaining... and it would give physicists something obvious to be confused about.