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Don't stick your tongue on frozen objects! :S:P:ph34r:

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I've recently learned that that particular lesson isn't 100% true. :D


Well, I have enough cuts on my tongue as a constant reminder to never ever do it again! :ph34r:

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Don't stick your tongue on frozen objects! :S:P:ph34r:

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I've recently learned that that particular lesson isn't 100% true. :D


Well, I have enough cuts on my tongue as a constant reminder to never ever do it again! :ph34r:

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Frozen steak knife? :o










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Don't stick your tongue on frozen objects! :S:P:ph34r:

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I've recently learned that that particular lesson isn't 100% true. :D


Well, I have enough cuts on my tongue as a constant reminder to never ever do it again! :ph34r:

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Frozen steak knife? :o


LOL... no my tongue stuck, and when I ripped it off it left cuts in my tongue.

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"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?"
Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU
OMG, is she okay?

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Not a good idea to do dounuts in the mud, in the dark, in your 4Runner, then try to flip and tow it out with a Rav4. Skydivers after hours lack all reasoning.

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"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?"
Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU
OMG, is she okay?

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Never ram an old snowbank.
From pavement into a 10-foot high snowbank at the edge of a parking lot in a jacked up 4x4 warbuggy. The vehicle went violently airborne, then steeply nosedown in midair and the first part to hit the ground was the bullbar on the frontend. It ground along on the bar for a second, almost went over on the roof, then fell heavily back onto all four wheels. The impact dislocated the engine and tranny 3/4 of an inch on the rails and left it idling in neutral with the stick still in "drive." And a nice new bruise on my neck from getting clotheslined on the steering wheel. Seeing pavement coming up at your windshield is never a good thing. For a second I thought the drivetrain was broken till I dropped it into "2" which was now the new "D". No matter how tough your jeep is, if you drop it on its nose from an altitude higher than its own wheelbase, its gonna hurt. I drove the thing for another 5 years though after I fixed the frame. It actually still drove straight on the highway...
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Well, there were two things I wasn't expecting. First was the snowbank turning out to be solid enough to be a beautiful ramp, second was what was gonna happen when the rear suspension (with rancho shocks and a double springpack, compressed to the frame by slamming the jump at 30+mph) unloaded at the top of the ramp. One of life's best "Oh, SHIT!" moments. Only time in my life I've had a vehicle so cleanly airborne you coulda stood at the base of the snowbank and it wouldn'ta even took your hat off. That car was FUN.
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especially if you have one of those pesky steering columns that locks when you remove the key... kinda sucks when you cant make that small adjustment to avoid the median/ditch



or so i hear [:/]

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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especially if you have one of those pesky steering columns that locks when you remove the key... kinda sucks when you cant make that small adjustment to avoid the median/ditch



or so i hear [:/]



I remember the double fatality of an old couple a few years back where the man was driving and his wife complained incessantly that too much heat was coming out of the console, or whatever its called, near her feet. There wasn't anything he could do about it, but he got fed up with her and pulled the key out of the ignition while still going 50 mph just to shut her up. :S
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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especially if you have one of those pesky steering columns that locks when you remove the key... kinda sucks when you cant make that small adjustment to avoid the median/ditch



or so i hear [:/]



I remember the double fatality of an old couple a few years back where the man was driving and his wife complained incessantly that too much heat was coming out of the console, or whatever its called, near her feet. There wasn't anything he could do about it, but he got fed up with her and pulled the key out of the ignition while still going 50 mph just to shut her up. :S


i would call that... mission: complete!
"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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If it was a double fatality, how does anyone know exactly what happened?



As I remember it, the man survived long enough to tell authorities how it went down.
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Flare.



+1

If you are making a braked turn at 50 ft. you sure as shit better plan to flare from breaks too. It's not a good idea to let up so you can get a full flare. B|

Don't jump over railings without being completely sure whats on the other side.

When you are little, it's not a good idea to put on roller blades, find the biggest hill in town and see how fast you can get going down it. especially if your parents don't know where to go to look for you.

While starting fires with caps (thing cap guns) sounds fun, it can go very wrong very quick.

Your closet is not suitable to be converted into a swimming pool.

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Wash your hands really well after slicing habaneros.



Especially if you wear contacts and/or think you might be getting lucky any time in the near future. Better yet, wear gloves when slicing hot peppers.

Blues,
Dave


I have a box full of latex gloves for making chili. It feels a little odd to wear gloves to protect you from something you're going to eat B|.
"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole.

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especially if you have one of those pesky steering columns that locks when you remove the key... kinda sucks when you cant make that small adjustment to avoid the median/ditch



or so i hear [:/]



Worse when it's a straight road, you remove the key to unlock your glove box and put it back in and then it locks at a slight angle into the opposite lane. B|[:/]

Good thing I made sure there were no cars coming first.
Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

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Let's start a thread where we can (hopefully) teach each other about all the stuff we learned the hard way. Stuff like:
be a long list" Rodriguez



If you're not SURE you can fix the Jeep's transmission yourself, then don't try it. I learned that lesson 1,500 times, if you catch my drift.

(I actually keep my now-smooth fifth gear as decoration....it serve to remind me not to go in over my head.)

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