Papua New Guinea - Old Man Vs Escalator
Do you remember the first time you ever used an escalator? This man does!
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..wil, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:23,
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Two things I love about this
the hoverhand 'Alright, I'm on, but I don't wanna touch it!' thing and if you watch at the end, he does one heck of a leap when he gets to the bit were the stairs get eaten!
I honestly think I can remember doing the same the first time I came across one as a kid, and they were a quite bit fucking scarier in the '70s an'all, they weren't nearly as well fitted, clacked and rumbled, and had gaps at the sides and both ends that curious little children had to be dragged away from by their Mum's, also the moving rubber hand rail NEVER matched what the stairs were doing EVER which amazed me, I mean, how hard to get right can that be when it MUST be running off'of the same motor!?
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..wil, Wed 11 May 2011, 11:09,
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At the Dental School in Birmingham
they used to have - and maybe still do have* - a paternoster lift. I was dying to stay in it for a whole circuit, just because I could; sadly, I was with someone much more mature on the one occasion I was there.
*Ah. It appears to have gone now.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 11 May 2011, 11:22,
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The thought of paternosters make me feel uneasy for a reason I can't quite pin down.
My favourite anecdote/potential urban myth concerns the one previously at Leeds University.
On applicant tours, they would take the group past and explain that they need to be careful if they ever go over the top in it. To demonstrate, the tour guide hops in only to emerge on the opposite side doing a handstand.
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Pig Bodine., Wed 11 May 2011, 13:12,
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Strange coincidence
Only the other day I came across this sign t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSk2z4x-VEke7v7MN7gFOs5YQF82S53LuXv9nP2efQDRYpWP9n
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SteamedCleaner, Wed 11 May 2011, 14:30,
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Must have been a slow news day in Papua
Look at all the peoplewatching from the balcony... just trying to keep a brother down!
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:32,
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People were so understanding and helpful :-)
Made me smile :-)
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Hellzapoppin, Wed 11 May 2011, 10:15,
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funky funky escalator!
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 11 May 2011, 12:05,
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not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator
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That's wonderful,
that such innocence still exists
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Flash_Bastard, Wed 11 May 2011, 17:22,
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That's pretty cool...
though I did wonder if he does this every week to get ladies to hold his hand.
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I love this
and i love the music - can anyone tell me what the music is - or who it is?
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It could have ended horribly:
www.gifbin.com/bin/swyu8sw57swsw3yu.gif
you have to have a little lol at this...
its like he is breakdancing very slowly
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