>Norwegian nutter skis 300ft down Tube escalator

[matgb]

Norwegian nutter skis 300ft down Tube escalator | The Register

Should I post the video? Yes, I think I should. Lunacy.

Very impressive lunacy, but still, lunacy.

ETA: eldar walks that escalotor every day, and has more (I've only been there once IIRC).

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[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to do that!

If only they didn't have those barriers, the bike could be fun too...

Wanna be the token bit of totty on the back? ;)

[matgb]

Um...

Can I be the lookout instead? /cowardice

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

You mean you'd make me go for second choice and email Bruce Dickinson again?

[sleeperesque.livejournal.com]

You e-mailed my hero?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I got read out on the rock show. I offered to let any of the Maiden boys be the token bit of totty on the back of my bike, which he declared was fantastic, and said he'd be thumbing a lift soon.

6musicrockshow [/comm pimping]

[eldar.livejournal.com]

I beat you to it. Not by much... but still :-)

[matgb]

Um, I posted 1.04pm. You posted 1.05pm. And my friends list agrees. I take it you also have El Reg in your feedreader?

[eldar.livejournal.com]

You're correct, I should check my references before making wild claims :-)

I don't use a feed reader, and I don't even know what El Reg is, except perhaps an old car.

[matgb]

El Reg= The Register, one of the best IT news sites I've found, and they also cover weird crazy stuff in the register_odds feed. Their story is here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/norwegian_nutter/
Hadn't seen the BBC version. Main feed is theregister, and is pretty good overall, when I'm in the mood to keep up.

Hadn't seen the BBC version, but the Reg story came up on my friends page a few posts down from where this post now is.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

Now I see the light. I only really bother with the BBC for news. I have enough distractions between LJ, Cricinfo, and CivFanatics to bother with adding more to the list :-)

[killtest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw it this morning here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6501897.stm)

Twat really. I'dve strunbg some piano wire across the bottom. XoD

[matgb]

You would. I don't pay as much attention to the BBC as I do to register_odds, because they cover weird stories almost exlucively on that feed, and the snark in the articles is more fun.

[killtest.livejournal.com]

I know... I'm just such a BBC booster. Which considering I don't have or want a television is in a way amusing..
:o)

[matgb]

Oh, I'm almost permanently tuned to Radio 4, and the News site is one of my first recourses for real stuff when I'm interested, but for weird stuff, more dedicated sites are more useful...

[eccles.livejournal.com]

And lucky not to be mistaken for a Brazilian electrician and shot several times before being taken in for questioning.

[matgb]

Well, yes, there is that too, but Norwegians not known generally for looking similar to Arabs. Not that I'm aware of. Plus, they assure us that sort of mistake won't happen again. and I believe them. I really, honestly, do.

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

Fantastic

[bagrec.livejournal.com]

Ah! I was hoping somebody would post this, and save me the trouble of searching for it. Sounds insane...

[poifaerie.livejournal.com]

.... is impressed.