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Smoking Kills, Especially If The Excavator Operator Sneezes

Smoking Kills, Especially If The Excavator Operator Sneezes


This is what construction workers do to pass the time at a job where things are only flammable. Now imagine them over at Fukushima. Hey, man, watch me light my cigarette with this busted control rod! Look, I put reactor water in my thermos and use it for a nightlight! I went swimming in a retention pond, and now I make Spiderman look normal!

And no matter what, you just know that on top of asking his friend, “Got a light?”, he bummed that cigarette, too.

And Yet You’re Afraid Of Hitting The Curb

And Yet You’re Afraid Of Hitting The Curb


Ah, the three-point turn. It’s been sorting humans into two camps for generations. Are you simply inserting that index finger into the yoke of the steering wheel and spinning that bad boy, glancing in your mirrors, and reversing direction like a boss? Or are you looking for a parking lot, or perhaps taking three rights and a left, even if it adds ten miles to the trip?

But I do think we now need to add a third camp of direction-reversing person. And this guy is living in it all by himself.

The Borderline Sociopathic President Of Volvo Trucks

The Borderline Sociopathic President Of Volvo Trucks


Dude’s Swedish. Shouldn’t his helmet have horns on it?

I picture this guy sitting in the boardroom, making bbbrrrrrttt, ZOOM! noises with his lips while pushing Tonka trucks around on the big mahogany desk they have in there, while his underlings fidget nervously hoping he doesn’t assign them to the marketing department for a week and find themselves dangling from a skyscraper or being dragged down a dirt road, Indiana Jones style, by one of those hooks he’s always droning on about.

I notice he’s wearing a dark suit in the video. Doing a good job at a giant, faceless corporation is like peeing your pants in a dark suit: It might give you a warm feeling for a short time, but no one really notices.

(Thanks to Gerard at American Digest for sending that one along)

Thinking About Skimming The Pool? It Needs It

Thinking About Skimming The Pool? It Needs It


Mad skills exhibited by this firefighting helo pilot. Honestly, how do you get that good at that? I mean, you have to start somewhere, sitting in the cockpit asking an instructor, “What does this button do?” How do you survive long enough to get good? You’re only allowed one OOPS, and that’s it.

Maybe this maneuver is no big deal for this dude, and he’s really, really good at flying helicopters. Maybe he could open your beer with the tip of the rotor if you were sunning yourself poolside, but he doesn’t want to show off. Maybe he’s texting and eating a sandwich while he’s filling that bag with water from the pool. Maybe he’s drunk.

Maybe not.