The bustling set for a remake of the classic movie ”E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The FX guys here are trying their best to recreate the breathtaking flying bike scene, but it just doesn’t seem to have the same graceful charm, does it? Or maybe that isn’t what’s going on here, at all. Come up with your own captions and send them to us via Post a Comment. 
Indonesian men try to grab bicycles and other prizes hung on top of greased poles during a game to celebrate the country’s 61st anniversary of independence in Jakarta August 17, 2006. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi
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- Posted by John C AbellTake good care of that bicycle, young man. They don’t grow on trees, you know.
OR DO THEY?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksBicycle pole surfing never quite caught on. Happily, it did inspire strippers the world over.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat you don’t see is these are giant pogo sticks!
- Posted by Shawn HendricksSomebody. ANYBODY!!! Fetch me an axe.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat, coconuts aren’t paying enough these days?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksDang. I couldn’t tell it was a girl’s bike from the ground.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksHey! I can see my house from here.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI was raleighing in my climb up the pole but lost my purchase and schwinned all the way to the ground.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIf it’s green is too early to pick?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksBicycle pole? Ridiculous? You betcha!
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIf you’re quite through, there’s a circus here who would dearly love to put up our )&*#:>} tent. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksStrange floating bicycles? And look how grey the sky is… I think the langoliers are coming.
- Posted by MellyThe main of this game is not the prize, but how the team climb the lubricated stick. It’s very funny if you see. I love my Indonesia.
- Posted by Laras Lesdiantoro“… they later found out bicycles are not a good way to illuminate a parking lot and found it exceedingly difficult to dismantle the assemblies due to the squirrel proofing on the poles.”
- Posted by Fluffy BunnyThe sport would be even more extreme if the most gifted athletes were to get down -on- their bike!
Whew! That would instantly become ESPN material, right there!
- Posted by Claude Gelinas