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A "real" golden parachute

 How to hit the ground running
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All skyscrapers should come equipped with parachutes for such occasions as the collision of an aircraft. They could be built right into the back of your swivel chair so you are never without it. Except while in the bathroom. There you are on your own.
—elarson, Apr 26 2000

(?) E. Larson http://www.af.mil/n...hies/larson_de.html
Apparently, this conspiracy is much more vast than any of suspected. [snarfyguy, Apr 26 2000, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) E. Larson Revisited http://www.iren.net...ections/elarson.htm
The vastness grows... [AfroAssault, Apr 26 2000, last modified Oct 21 2004]

ELARSON Part 3: Danny's Secret Tea http://elarson.home.pl/
...and grows... [AfroAssault, Apr 26 2000, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) EL ARSON http://www.uaca.ac....1992oct/elarson.htm
iAY CARUMBA! [AfroAssault, Apr 26 2000, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) Reuters http://www.reuters....news&StoryID=359842
Baked! - I can hardly believe it. [hippo, Apr 26 2000, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Building Escape Links http://alum.mit.edu...uilding-escape.html
Baked several times over; see also alternative systems [beland, Oct 04 2004]

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       This guy was prescient . . .
—bristolz, Nov 14 2001
   

       Didn't someone post this idea recently? Kinda creepy, considering how long ago this was posted...
—snarfyguy, Nov 14 2001
   

       Is it coincidence - or something more sinister?
—pottedstu, Nov 14 2001
   

       Interesting ... elarson has posted nothing except for this idea. Also odd that it seems to have gone completely unnoticed all this time.
—cp, Nov 14 2001
   

       Let's analyze some ELARSON anagrams, shall we?

REAL SON-- could he be Jesus?
NEAR SOL-- is he Helios, Greek God of the Sun?
SAL NERO-- Nero was a murderous ruler, sal means salt. Salt of the dead, perhaps? Is he a raving lunatic? Am I?
EL ARSON-- Is he E. Larson or EL ARSON, Mexican pirate God of Fire and terror?
—AfroAssault, Nov 14 2001
   

       Something else just struck me- does anyone remember the "OMG-- THE NUMBER 11 IS IMPORTANT 9/11 = 9+1+1 = 11" e-mail?

April 25, 2000 = 4/25/00 = 4 + 2 + 5 = 11!!!!!!!! OMG WTF?!?!!!
—AfroAssault, Nov 14 2001
   

       Do we read too much into things or what?
—barnzenen, Nov 14 2001
   

       Is this a hack? Did elarson recently add this and somehow changed the date of both the posting and the creation of his account? When I found the idea, it had 5 votes and no annos.
—bristolz, Nov 14 2001
   

       OMG!!! All these annotations were posted on Nov 14 2001!!!
  

       14 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 1 = 11!!!!   

       WTF!?!?!?! Send this to all your friends!!! Or you will grow an extra finger!!! And have to live your life as an exile polydactyl!!!!!
—phoenix, Nov 14 2001
   

       And [phoenix], you forgot that Nov. is the 11th month. If he *is* E. Larson then if A = 1, B = 2 then Larson = 79, 7+9= 16, E = 5, so Larson - E = 11.
Also, if you do grow an extra finger, there is 11 again! Man, this is getting scary.
—barnzenen, Nov 14 2001
   

       You also forgot to mention, barnzenen, that phoenix's was the 11th annotation to the idea. Heheheh.
—DrBob, Nov 14 2001
   

       And if you make Z = 1 and A = 26 then Larson=83, 8+3=11 and E=22 so E - Larson = 11, as well as Larson. So, how far down does this rabbit hole go?
—barnzenen, Nov 14 2001
   

       I don't know but let's keep digging!

AFROASSAULT has 11 letters! OMG WTF?!LOL
—AfroAssault, Nov 15 2001
   

       I am *never* looking at the internet again!
—snarfyguy, Nov 15 2001
   

       THE INTERNET has 11 letters! Okay, I'm sorry everyone. I'm finished.
—AfroAssault, Nov 15 2001
   

       While you lot have been arsing about with numerology and anagrams, I've been studiously researching this idea.
It's Baked. See link.
—hippo, Nov 15 2001
   

       just coz you couldn't come up with any more numerology or anagrams.
—lewisgirl, Nov 15 2001
   

       [hippo]: I believe a similar idea (airliner-style escape chute from office block) was half-baked in a NatWest (?) TV advert a year or so ago.
—angel, Nov 15 2001
   

       A *real* golden parachute?   

       I think you would hit the ground first and then be runny.
—Tiger Lily, Jun 02 2003
   

       How about escape chutes like they have on airliners? I mean, imagine going down a slide from the top of the Sears or Petronas towers!
—a121509, Jun 03 2003
   

       What bristolz said in the first anno.
—thumbwax, Jun 03 2003
   

       The time now is 9:11! What is up with this?
—k_sra, Jun 03 2003
   

       Creepy, weird, and true - another single-idea account, brought to you courtesy of the random button.
—normzone, Sep 26 2016
   
      
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