Did any of you watch Sesame Street - or did you go straight to surfing porn? My last journal entry was about an oft played cartoon on Sesame....oh whatever....
I'm reading about a mining accident in Scotland a long time ago. The braking mechanism on the cage elevator failed and 40 people dropped, like, 4000 feet. The miners were drilled in case of this emergency - they would grab a leather strap on the ceiling of the cage and lift one leg, so that one leg would be saved. There were 13 survivors and all of them lost a leg. Upon inpact, the leather strap broke and the body weight was transferred to the standing leg - effectively reducing it to pulp. Except in one case where the thigh bone was shoved into the intestines - all of the standing leg bones disintegrated and the leg bounced back into its regular shape. So when the men tried to use their "normal" looking legs - they found that one was literally jelly.
Ok - you are in a mining elevator and the alarm goes off. You reach for the leather strap. And which leg do you choose?
I'm reading about a mining accident in Scotland a long time ago. The braking mechanism on the cage elevator failed and 40 people dropped, like, 4000 feet. The miners were drilled in case of this emergency - they would grab a leather strap on the ceiling of the cage and lift one leg, so that one leg would be saved. There were 13 survivors and all of them lost a leg. Upon inpact, the leather strap broke and the body weight was transferred to the standing leg - effectively reducing it to pulp. Except in one case where the thigh bone was shoved into the intestines - all of the standing leg bones disintegrated and the leg bounced back into its regular shape. So when the men tried to use their "normal" looking legs - they found that one was literally jelly.
Ok - you are in a mining elevator and the alarm goes off. You reach for the leather strap. And which leg do you choose?
VIEW 7 of 7 COMMENTS
boston terriers are the best... well... our boston is a nut.
isetfires