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16:00 March 3rd, 2008

Now that’s sumpthin’ you don’t see at every race…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, , , ,

Okay boys, let’s analyze this-here thing and figure out what went so horribly wrong.

Eddie, your job was to hoist the driver up 50 feet with that crane, so he could do a back drop, land in his car and speed off, right? Check. Roy, you were sposed to fill the interior with special foam padding and feathers to cushion the landing? Check.

Bobby, you were sposed to open the sunroof, right? Bobby? Anybody seen Bobby today?

Related posting: Good to the last drop…

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Carl Edwards does a back flip for his fans after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series UAW-Dodge 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Robert LeSieur

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13 comments so far

Carl quickly learned that the fetal position just doesn’t protect you in a fall…

- Posted by K

You know, Evel Knievel at least used a motorcycle.

- Posted by Charlene

What are the odds of that? I mean, it IS Vegas, baby.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Discount tires, eh? I guess I’m paying way to flipping much.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

NASCAR? I think I’d rather watch him making a back one-and-a-half.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Nah, I just like lookin’ upside down at crowds.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Where’s the birthday party and the damned pinata bat when you need them?

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

I thought he was ejected from the race for not wearing his seat belt. Oh yeah, it was Uncle Garvey and his pickup the time he T-boned a Pinto.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

So, THAT’s the surprise in the Bean Surprise.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Mr. Basler,
Why are you still working on these silly blogs this late in the evening? Step away from the keyboard. Go give a big ‘howdy’ to the little woman. We’ll wait.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Shawn, did you skip your medication yesterday?

- Posted by Dee T

Considering the degree of difficulty, I give him a “7.”

- Posted by John C Abell

No meds. Ever.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

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