[mixin visuals]

i thought these things wouldn't fall over...



oh well, i guess they can

[Phanguye]

yea right.... the president falls and there isnt a single secret service agent around

[JLFanboy]

Who else could possibly make one of those fall over?

[davesimondotcom]

Originally posted by JLFanboy:
Who else could possibly make one of those fall over?

Gerald Ford.

[chris v]

The terrorists are busy trying to figure out how to get some pretzels on that thing...

CV

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

I am trying to figure out if this will lower sales or increase them.

[D'Espice]

Originally posted by chris v:
The terrorists are busy trying to figure out how to get some pretzels on that thing...

CV

[daimoni]

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[typoon]

He did get back on it and have a succesful ride

[::maroma::]

Nothin' worse than a banged up Bush!

[mac-at-kearsarge]

Originally posted by ::maroma:::
Nothin' worse than a banged up Bush!

*I apoligize in advance on this one*

It depends on whether you 'banged' it up or someone else!

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally posted by Phanguye:
yea right.... the president falls and there isnt a single secret service agent around

In his parents protected compound in Kennebunkport I imagine he has alot more latitude with his personal freedom. That's why Bush, and many former presidents, love Camp David so much. When he is there he does not have to be constantly encircled by the Secret Service.

Did you know that on the protective details there is an agent known as the "body man"? Whenever the President is in a crowd setting this agent has to be physically touching the President at all times ready to shove him out of harms way at a moment's notice--or take a bullet in his stead. If I was President I would be damn glad for some time without someone constantly looking over my shoulder.

[lil'babykitten]

Originally posted by D'Espice:

Seeing those pictures and then that smiley had me cracking up for a long time. Thank You both!

[KeyLimePi]

Apparently these Segways won't lean to the left.

[malvolio]

What a great metaphor for Dubya's handling of the economy.
(Yeah, I know, wrong forum. )

[davesimondotcom]

Originally posted by malvolio:
What a great metaphor for Dubya's handling of the economy.
(Yeah, I know, wrong forum. )

Yeah, did you see that recovery?

He managed to land on his feet!

[Zimphire]

Now only if we had pictures of Clinton falling off Monica.

*rim-shot*

Thanks folks I will be here all week.

[Sarc]

simply amazing, he fell off a Segway ...This man can defy every natural law ... I wonder if can defy gravity too, or the -apparently- non trivial challenge of being an a55

[PB2K]

I am just amazed by the fact that he actually tries to do a couple of things at once, like playing tennis !! And walking arm in arm with a woman !! And simultaneously testdriving a Segway !! And what's that behind him? A golfcart? Is he at a special fetish-resort where you can fulfill childhood fantasies?

[malvolio]

Originally posted by davesimondotcom:
Yeah, did you see that recovery?

He managed to land on his feet!

But the Segway ended up flat on the ground.

[mathew_m]

Actually political jabbing aside I see it is a metaphor of the likely failure of the Segway. It looks to fail to live up to the hype. It's kind of like saying Mac's never crash...

[mixin visuals]

i wish there were clearer pics, i would photoshop the top right one to look like bush is droppin in on a halfpipe segway style

[FauxCaster]

What do you expect, he's was riding a girls bike. But at least he put the kick stand down.

[wdlove]

I haven't been on one myself, so I would be the last person to criticize. I'm clumsy myself. He should get some credit for the good landing!

[lil'babykitten]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
i wish there were clearer pics, i would photoshop the top right one to look like bush is droppin in on a halfpipe segway style

To me these pics looked slightly clearer, and further showed Bush making an ass of himself.

[mixin visuals]

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
To me these pics looked slightly clearer, and further showed Bush making an ass of himself.

are little kids, bigger kids, or any other adults really making asses out of themselves whenever they accidentally fall on a bike or segway or whatever for simply using it?

i don't think so

[Kenneth]

*priceless*

[davesimondotcom]

Just curious, anyone here tried a Segway?

I just doubt they'd do very well here since 6-8 months out of the year you'd have to plow through snow.

[7Macfreak]

that's HILARIOUS
i mean.. its not directed to the President.. just the fact that he fell off of it.

[Liquidity X]

Originally posted by dcmacdaddy:
In his parents protected compound in Kennebunkport I imagine he has alot more latitude with his personal freedom. That's why Bush, and many former presidents, love Camp David so much. When he is there he does not have to be constantly encircled by the Secret Service.

Did you know that on the protective details there is an agent known as the "body man"? Whenever the President is in a crowd setting this agent has to be physically touching the President at all times ready to shove him out of harms way at a moment's notice--or take a bullet in his stead. If I was President I would be damn glad for some time without someone constantly looking over my shoulder.

yer right bud, i live in the "port", and have even been on compound befor for a video project we did for senior graduation. And yes the place is a fortress, once hes in he can movie around wihtout a guy on him. I used tt live across the k'bunkport river form the golf course his daddy would play on, he plays there now I guess, and we would be out in my backyard playing lacrosse and we would have snippers on use with rifles just incase we where bad guys, was mad krazzy. oh and on a side note the fuxer wouldn't even be in our video and say ONE LINE!!! so we had to fake it with a POV showing a hand in a suit, and a audio clip from TV.

[ironknee]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
i thought these things wouldn't fall over...



oh well, i guess they can

is bush running away from it? or is he segwaying to a jog?

[MindFad]

(_(_)

[:XI:]

The machine's creator, Dean Kamen, wants to see US Special Forces troops eventually ride Segways into battle.

Now THAT'S funny!!!

"Coming soon, from some people that knew some folks cousin's neice's classmate's boyfriend's uncle who made the tea for the people that actually made 'Blackhawk Down':

SEGWAY DOWN.

The true story of how a Segway, carrying an elite member of US Special Forces ran out of power and fell over on the way to WalMart!

"Changes the face of International Cinema! A riot!" - Ebert

"A must see!" - That fat guy from 'Ain't it cool'

"That happend to me! TO ME!!!!! - The President.

[Mr. Blur]

Originally posted by davesimondotcom:
Just curious, anyone here tried a Segway?

I just doubt they'd do very well here since 6-8 months out of the year you'd have to plow through snow.

apparently someone recently got a few over in vancouver and they rent them out by the hour...they're doing quite well with both the locals and the tourists wanting to try them out. next time i go across the strait i think i'll give it a go.


as for bush falling off....well....they said these things were supposed to be idiot-proof. i guess that old saying is true - "make something idiot-proof and the world will come up with a better idiot."

[Spliffdaddy]

....and Democrats will vote for him.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Sorry guys but your Prez is a real douche bag.

[Jansar]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Sorry guys but your Prez is a real douche bag.

Do you want a cookie?

[mac-at-kearsarge]

Originally posted by davesimondotcom:
Just curious, anyone here tried a Segway?

I just doubt they'd do very well here since 6-8 months out of the year you'd have to plow through snow.

I'm pleased to say that I have tried one. Furthermore, I didn't have any problems with balancing myself when I 1st tried it....then again I did have Dean Kane showing/teaching me, how to ride it.

Since he lived less then 20 mins from my college he brought two of them with them, when my college had our film festival. I can tell you something right now, either: A: Bush is a frakin' clutz, or B: he saw a half eaten cookie on the ground and tried to dive for it.

The balancing unit it very powerful and unless you practically run up to the segway and jump on it, putting a lot of forward momentum into it, it won't go over easily.

[nonhuman]

Originally posted by mac-at-kearsarge:
The balancing unit it very powerful and unless you practically run up to the segway and jump on it, putting a lot of forward momentum into it, it won't go over easily.

Which makes you wonder if maybe there was something wrong with that particular one and it wasn't his fault...

[undotwa]

Originally posted by Jansar:
Do you want a cookie?

I want one.

[OwlBoy]

Originally posted by mac-at-kearsarge:
....then again I did have Dean Kane showing/teaching me, how to ride it.

You mean Dean Kamen

-Owl

[mac-at-kearsarge]

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
You mean Dean Kamen

-Owl

Yes I do/did.

[bewebste]

Originally posted by undotwa:
I want one.

Me too please put me on your mailing list and send me a brochure I am interested in cookie opportunities.

[Gee-Man]

Originally posted by davesimondotcom:
Just curious, anyone here tried a Segway?

I have. They've been traveling around the country for the last few months doing "open house" demos in major cities to let people try them out. I got to ride one in LA a few months ago.

I still think it's far too expensive at $5000, but it definitely is a lot of fun to ride. Once you try one, you realize that it's a great invention, but it will probably die due to its price, which is too bad.

It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of the thing, but you do need someone to tell you a couple of tips to use it, because it's counter-intuitive at first glance. The Segway stands upright on its own, you just turn it on and step on the platform. This is REALLY weird to see in person, it doesn't make visual sense given the shape of the machine, yet it works. Once you get on, you lean forward or backward to move, and twist a handle to turn. I found it to be VERY sensitive - not much lean is required at all, in fact, just shifting your weight slightly to your toes causes you to move forward. That's the part that's the most fun, because your natural balance takes over pretty quickly due to the sensitivity. You just have to trust it a bit that it won't throw you off, which takes a minute. After all, you are riding on a pogo stick and two wheels, your brain tells you that this shouldn't work like it does. People have described riding the Segway like skiing, and it does feel like that somewhat.

Anyway, looking at the pics, I can give a theory as to why Bush fell off - he didn't get on it properly. From the photos, Bush appears to be trying to lean the Segway towards him while stepping on it, which is bad, since the thing needs your lean direction in order to move forward or backward. The Segway may have detected it was "falling" once it detected weight on the platform while leaning so far back, so it reacted by bucking forward in the opposite direction, throwing Bush off. The Segway doesn't move that fast, so I suspect it probably can't really "throw" somebody for real, just a minor jerking movement at best.

This is a guess based on what I know about the Segway when I tried it and what the Segway reps said about how it works. Perhaps there's a fail-safe for when people don't get on it properly, I don't know. But the pics sure were funny...

[PB2K]

maybe he tries to make an oily !!!

[Skywalkers new Hand]

I like this picture even more:

[mac-at-kearsarge]

All the talk of cookies in this thread, gave the the idea for a verse to a parody song of Adam Sandler's 'Thanksgiving/Turkey Song':

Cookies for me, Cookies for you.
Let's eat the cookies mixed with dog poo.
Oooh, Oatmeal, Chocolate chip, you can't go wrong,
Bush fell of a Segway after getting a hit off a bong.

What do you think?

[businezguy]

I'm sorry, but I've always considering "falling" to be losing complete balance and falling on the ground. If you keep on your feet, you didn't fall, you tripped. Sounds like Jayson Blair wrote this article.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally posted by Gee-Man:
I have. They've been traveling around the country for the last few months doing "open house" demos in major cities to let people try them out. I got to ride one in LA a few months ago.

I still think it's far too expensive at $5000, but it definitely is a lot of fun to ride. Once you try one, you realize that it's a great invention, but it will probably die due to its price, which is too bad.

It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of the thing, but you do need someone to tell you a couple of tips to use it, because it's counter-intuitive at first glance. The Segway stands upright on its own, you just turn it on and step on the platform. This is REALLY weird to see in person, it doesn't make visual sense given the shape of the machine, yet it works. Once you get on, you lean forward or backward to move, and twist a handle to turn. I found it to be VERY sensitive - not much lean is required at all, in fact, just shifting your weight slightly to your toes causes you to move forward. That's the part that's the most fun, because your natural balance takes over pretty quickly due to the sensitivity. You just have to trust it a bit that it won't throw you off, which takes a minute. After all, you are riding on a pogo stick and two wheels, your brain tells you that this shouldn't work like it does. People have described riding the Segway like skiing, and it does feel like that somewhat.

Anyway, looking at the pics, I can give a theory as to why Bush fell off - he didn't get on it properly. From the photos, Bush appears to be trying to lean the Segway towards him while stepping on it, which is bad, since the thing needs your lean direction in order to move forward or backward. The Segway may have detected it was "falling" once it detected weight on the platform while leaning so far back, so it reacted by bucking forward in the opposite direction, throwing Bush off. The Segway doesn't move that fast, so I suspect it probably can't really "throw" somebody for real, just a minor jerking movement at best.

This is a guess based on what I know about the Segway when I tried it and what the Segway reps said about how it works. Perhaps there's a fail-safe for when people don't get on it properly, I don't know. But the pics sure were funny...

Thanks for the informative response.

I don't believe they'll be having any "Open Houses" in Montana any time soon, so I'll have to "Segway" vicariously.

Reminds me of the South Park episode they made making fun of the publicity surrounding Dean Kamen's "IT." Mr. Garrison created a vehicle that used gyroscopes called It - only it looked rather like that big one wheeled motorcycle someone posted a pic of a few weeks ago. The main issue that people had with Garrison's It was that you had to stick one control in your ass, the other in your mouth.

[bamburg dunes]

Here's to Dubya, the man, the myth, the muppet:

I just finished reading a book about him, a miracle no-one has shot him yet.

Something to boost your confidence in GW...

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
...George W. Bush, Jr.

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a
mother and child."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Welcome to Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.
I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this
century. I didn't live in this century."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/15/95

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom
and democracy - but that could change."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 5/22/98

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor,
and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 12/6/93

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 11/30/96

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good
judgments in the future."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"The future will be better tomorrow."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"We're going to have the best educated American people in the
world." ...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/21/97

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive
positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr. to Sam

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We
have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Public speaking is very easy."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr. to reporters in 10/9

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican"
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to
the polls." ...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in
LA, my answer has been direct & simple:
Who is to blame for the riots?
The rioters are to blame.
Who is to blame for the killings?
The killers are to blame.
...George W. Bush, Jr.

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not
having it." ...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 5/20/96

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not
occur." ...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/22/97

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/5/93

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
children." ...Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/18/95

"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten
> you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the
impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
...Governor George W. Bush, Jr.