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Unselfishly, I had decided to bestow the honour of the
first flight upon another, so I set the last of
almost a hundred tiny, barbless hooks into the nether
regions of Manuel, my amanuensis, then tightened the
last of the lines.
Tears of pain and silent rage streamed down his
reddened cheeks,
and across those of his face, as well.
With a raised forefinger I gave the signal to my legion of
serfs and minions, who hauled upon the many fine, non-
reflective fishing lines attached to the hooks and
threaded through glass pulleys suspended above the
street.
With a high pitched scream the amanuensis rose into the
air and was propelled as if by magic across the busy
street, at an elevation of some metres, clearing the
traffic thereupon.
A relatively gentle landing ensued, though it should be
noted it was still a landing in a collection of parked and
chained bicycles... so not ideal for Manuel.
The team awaiting his arrival disengaged him from the
pile of cycling machines, removed the hooks and
swabbed him liberally with medicinal alcohol, to prevent
infection. His screaming subsided in time.
We went home happy that afternoon, secure in the
knowledge we had launched a naked, grown man across a
busy street, without any visible means of support.
Naked grown man on street without any visible means of support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hana [AusCan531, Jul 03 2012]
Not safe for... lunch.
http://www.freakyma...sion-tattoo-guy.jpg [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 03 2012]
http://www.scottliv...209&mode=exhibition
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 03 2012]
Less painful version of this idea
leap_20tall_20build...0a_20single_20bound [hippo, Jul 03 2012]
Link
http://blogs.airspa...hunderbirds-are-go/ [MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 03 2012]
Levi Leipheimer
http://en.wikipedia...iki/Levi_Leipheimer [DrBob, Jul 04 2012]
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(+) for the writing, MFD pun, balances out...Goodnight, (UB). |
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I don't really see that guy being flung across a street
by that device, [2fries]. |
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Pun? WTF? I used levi Leipheimer as the basis for
the name. That's about it. |
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Before CGI, fishing line used to be used for invisibly lifting stuff in special effects in films but I wonder how invisible a large number of fishing lines would be together - also, any reason why Levi has to be naked? |
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//without any visible means of support. |
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//why Levi has to be naked? |
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I suspect the two might be connected in some way. |
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He'll be dangling above the street, [hippo]. |
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Actually, there are few Halfbakery ideas which are not enhanced in some way or made more amusing by the addition of gratuitous nudity. |
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Not unlike fortune cookie quotes all being enhanced
or made more amusing by the addition of the words,
"in bed". |
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Ok, this guy. [link] 2
This guy is at least crossing the raod. |
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So, the idea here is to strip a Spanish guy naked,
pierce him with multiple fishing hooks, and use
these to lift him, screaming, onto a pile of bicycles. |
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[Ubie], I am sort of failing to pick up on the lighter
side of this idea. Or, for that matter, the inventive
side. |
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You left out the busy street, but otherwise I think that's it. |
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Sheesh. And to think I held back on posting my "101
uses for splinters of wood" concept. |
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I think this would be a good story to use for one of those (joke) stories where a word is left out of a sentence_____________ and someone picks a random word to insert. |
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