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Old 09-27-2010, 05:20 PM   #21
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Too soon?

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Old 09-27-2010, 05:50 PM   #22
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Too soon?
It's always too soon for a broken picture.
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Old 09-27-2010, 05:52 PM   #23
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I hope this doesn't send their stock plunging.
I dont get it, is this a segway to another joke?
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I’m always amazed these sportscasters and announcers can call the game with McDavid’s **** in their mouths all the time.
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I didn't read the OP. Can someone give me the Cliff Notes?
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Old 09-27-2010, 06:44 PM   #26
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Would that be Dr Atkins dying of a heart attack?
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Old 09-27-2010, 06:48 PM   #27
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Would that be Dr Atkins dying of a heart attack?
The Alanis Morissette version would be Dr. Atkins dying by slipping on ice and hitting his head on the pavement.
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Old 09-27-2010, 07:28 PM   #28
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How is that ironic?
Whoosh.
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Old 09-27-2010, 07:59 PM   #29
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Just to clarify here, this is not the guy who invented the segway and touted it as revolutionizing personal transport or whatever. This was just some dude who bought the Segway company last December IIRC.
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This was just some dude who bought the Segway company last December IIRC.
Methinks new employees will now be going through some more intensive safety courses during their on-boarding period
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:38 PM   #31
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This just out: Segway 2.0 to include parachutes.

Too soon?
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Old 09-27-2010, 09:31 PM   #33
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George Bush fell off of a Segway a few years back...I thought some gyro was suppose to keep you balance on one of these things...This recent accident sound like he drove right off the cliff...Thelma and Louise style...
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Old 09-27-2010, 09:40 PM   #34
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This is still true. You just can't fall off a cliff on a segway.
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So much for the plans for offroading...
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Here's the million dollar question. It's not like he was locked in a car or something - this is basically a glorified scooter; why didn't he just jump off the thing when he saw he was headed for the cliff?
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Quite the rig.
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Old 09-28-2010, 07:57 AM   #38
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as the owner of Segway, he had easier access to ride them and thus had higher odds of dying on one than most of the population. not ironic
It is certainly ironic that the owner of a company, that sells a product on which a fairly large amount of effort was spent to ensure that the public knew how safe they were, dies in an accident involving that product.

The fact that he just recently bought the company, so presumably was not involved in the efforts to convince people it was safe, makes it a little less so, but the irony is still there.
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Old 09-28-2010, 08:56 AM   #39
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Here's the million dollar question. It's not like he was locked in a car or something - this is basically a glorified scooter; why didn't he just jump off the thing when he saw he was headed for the cliff?
At 12 mph, he stood no chance. Everything happens so fast at that speed.
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