How The Wild One Became The Mild One
Well, things certainly have changed since 1953. Motorcycle gangs are tougher than they were in that movie now, but then again, every dentist and accountant rides a Harley on pleasant Sunday afternoons, too.
A world where a guy all in leather conjures up an image of the third guy from the left in the Village People instead of Brando isn’t all bad, is it? We’ve had an entire generation weaned on Roller Coaster Tycoon grow up and get to work at the amusement park. At least you don’t have to worry about this biker gang riding into town. Takes too long to lay the track.
The helmets and so forth are just a gag, of course; everyone rides it any old way.
Fun!
It’s in the Netherlands, at Toverland.
(as seen at our friends at Stipistop)
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Hah, as a roller coaster go, that one looks pretty mild.
I know someone in the local park, and the story is several years ago, on their top hung roller coaster (ie your legs swing free)one patron got off with one less appendage then he got on with. The poor female ride operator didn’t quite know what to think.
It took and hour for the maintenance people paddling around the creek to find the guys prosthetic leg. Seems the centrifugal force of the bottom of the first hill slung it off into the creek below.
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