Reader Mark Barsocchini sent this one along, thinking it has BSBFB written all over it. True dat. I think we’ve run each of these clips, one at a time. They’re mostly dumb fun — the best kind; the last one is the only true badass one, though. Enjoy.
Harry Houdini 1874-1926 Magician, stuntman, escape artist, and exposer of humbugs.
Gotta love Russian Websites translated into Engrish. Here’s the caption to go with the pictures of a stunt show put on in Rostov-On-Don:
Last Friday Rostov-on-Don city held an extreme stuntman show. The craziest and most desperate extreme-lovers took part in the show. There were different tricks with fire, jumping, both with cars and big trucks, but everything went off victimless and the participants, as well as the spectators got much pleasure and adrenaline!
Lots more pictures of barely organized foolishness, and lots of girls in bikinis for no apparent reason other than pleasure and adrenaline, at English Russia
(Thanks to Misterarthur for sending that one along)
Times change. If you’re neck’s red because you’re rappelling into a volcano instead of a regular old farmer’s tan, you still need a catchphrase.
I know. How about: “Excuse me, compatriots, but could someone kindly temporarily take possession of my Fields Medal? And check the depth of field on the camera? Thanks ever so much”