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not bad for mile 25
Whoa, they're really open about it over there!
Imminent Catastrophe
Subaru "dogs driving" commercial.
Note the disclaimer:
Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
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Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016
Western States 100 June 2016
325th place or bust!
Subaru "dogs driving" commercial. Note the disclaimer: Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.
"Professional driver on closed course." Good thing they only use professional dog drivers - you wouldn't want amateur dog drivers out there.
PR: 5K 22:41, 10K 51:05, HM 1:59, Sprint Tri: done!
or cats
Believe
This signs deters people who are not familiar with chemistry to stay out of a Louisville, KY fountain. Everyone in the fountain is either illiterate or has average intelligence. Dummies who can read stay dry.
I actually saw an interview on a local news station when they put those signs up and they asked a guy about them his answer was "I don't know nothing about that but it hasn't hurt me yet." And he was serious!
Kalsarikännit
MTA: Not unnecessary, just strange. How do you keep your eyes on the road and read the sign?
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
an amazing likeness
Cripes! Is there a reference clock for time synch?
Acceptable at a dance, invaluable in a shipwreck.
I fly.
It's a sign, but is it a warning? http://gawker.com/5874304/japanese-department-store-may-want-to-look-up-the-word-fucking
It's a sign, but is it a warning?
http://gawker.com/5874304/japanese-department-store-may-want-to-look-up-the-word-fucking
I don't have a photo, but when I was in Israel in 1999, there was a store having a sale and they had signs everywhere that said "Fuck the Sale". I thought it was pretty funny, especially since so many people there speak English.
Bring it on.
I was endlessly amused by misspellings in Nepal.
Feeling the growl again
A gas station outside Billing, Montana:
It struck me as unnecessary, but then a bit amusing as they would not have put it up unless they had experienced some incidents...
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
rectumdamnnearkilledem
All the unnecessary signs you could ever hope for...
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Menace to Sobriety
I heart this site. My personal fave is the "key cleaner",
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
Don't piss on your face?
I SO want to open this gate now.
I think that first one is "you have to pay to play; don't think with your (insert-cute-term-for-manpart)"... something that many, many men between the age of 14 and 40 are guilty of.
" ... and tell yourself it's raining."
"I want you to pray as if everything depends on it, but I want you to prepare yourself as if everything depends on you."
-- Dick LeBeau