dumbest thing on a unicycle? [Archive]

mscalisi

2009-05-26, 08:14 PM

lol didn't i corrupt a wish about this earlier?

nice man, it's a shame you got caught. That's a story you'll be telling for years:D

i would love to have seen the expression on the teachers face when they realized what you did!

Really? It's a shame? What did the teacher do to deserve having his/her property basically vandalized?

Teachers are some of the coolest people ever, and they're generally motivated because they want to make a difference in the world. They're rewarded with shitty pay and by having some asshole kid ride a unicycle on his car.

I hope the OP learned a lesson and gives the teacher a heartfelt apology and is personally (not his parents) held financially responsible for the property damage.

Jeremy R

2009-05-26, 09:35 PM

You are a little sh1t. Thats really bad. I side with your dad and school. Teachers hardly make enough to afford a car repair.

johnfoss

2009-05-27, 01:51 AM

nice man, it's a shame you got caught. That's a story you'll be telling for years:D

i would love to have seen the expression on the teachers face when they realized what you did!Really? A shame? Stay the hell away from my car, if you please. Did either of you guys notice the denting sound as Mr. UNIversal HOPPED on that car? guaranteed bodywork required to return it to the condition it was before that. Cha-CHING!

Yes it's a story he will be able to tell for years, hopefully about how he learned something that day, something that may be excusable if he had an air bubble in the common-sense part of his brain or something.

And as for the teacher's expression? Whatever it was, the teacher is probably going to win. And I don't mean getting suspended; that doesn't get his car fixed. Sheesh!

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-27, 02:01 AM

yea i think ive learned i kinda feel bad now ill apologise monday

Jeremy R

2009-05-27, 02:03 AM

Apologies only go so far... pay for autobody work.

cbs

2009-05-27, 02:05 AM

well i hope your parents make you work and pay for all the damages you did! how would you feel if someone bashed up YOUR unicycle? of course you probably didnt pay for it or most of your belongings. many people like teachers work very hard for their belongings. i sure hope your parents teach you the value of objects and others personal property. how old are you???? come on, grow up. learn to be a man. did you learn from this?

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-27, 02:05 AM

thats already been discussed.i dont know whats happening at the moment about it.

cbs

2009-05-27, 02:08 AM

lets see, close to $1000 damage probably, you should get paid $7/hr. for hard labor. no unis until you finish. i think you should work this off in full and this would be a fair apology. we all make mistakes, own up to it.

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-27, 02:17 AM

yes i know i got enough money to pay for the damage in my bank so ill get it sorted out i know it was immature and like other things it seemed like a good idea at the time but i learned it was not.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-27, 02:22 AM

ok so after rding off a teachers car on monday on my trials unicycle i learnt it was stupid im now suspended and my dads really angry and the teachers car is dented and muddy...heres the link

YouTube - Video003 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmJAq1f3Zw)

Get a lawyer and sue the school for picking on unicyclists!

Having to pay for the damages AND be deprived of your right to an education violates your 8th Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment!

PM me your phone number and I'll straighten out your dad and teach him badly needed anger management skills. Pfft. Such a minor thing to get angry about. Anger adds nothing of value to the equation.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-27, 02:25 AM

johnfoss

2009-05-27, 03:23 AM

Such a minor thing to get angry about.Billy, can I ride my unicycle on your car? I promise anything that happens will only be minor. Shame on you for being sarcastic with a guy who's trying to set a 'dumb places to ride' record. He may take you seriously!

For Mr. UNIverse, if it's not too late, if you offer to pay for the damages before it gets suggested to you by the teacher, it may show you're a bigger man than he thinks. :)

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-27, 03:27 AM

well at the moment my biggest concern is my dad hes hell angry and threatening to hit me with stuff as usual if his words dont annoy me he threatens me with violence i.e. kicking me out for awhile that doesnt work so he lets me back throwing my stuff around still doesnt work he hitsme it still doesnt work so it just gets him angrier.

Peripatet

2009-05-27, 03:53 AM

This thread is so jacked up I have a tough time believing it's real.

1. Stop acting like a jackass kid. Some things may look "epic" and "so full of win" in your mind's eye. Being an adult means using judgment and realizing it's really a dumbass idea before you do it.

2. Act like an adult, and you will be treated like one. I doubt this chicanery was your only stupid act. Or if you have a valid reason for doing something, explain it rationally and respectfully to your parental unit. Mostly, they should understand; sometimes you (despite what you think) can't see all the angles and you won't win. If you become a whiny bitch or a escalate to yelling and ad hominem, you will never win.

3. If you were my kid: I'd probably beat your ass for doing illegal stupid shit, too. That said, you're 16. You ought not need to be smacked to realize what's right and wrong. And if this is a pattern, perhaps you need to seek professional help, not whine in an internet forum.

mr_charm

2009-05-27, 04:18 AM

Ive been having a bit of trouble trying to respond to you, Peripatet. You tell him to act like an adult and then you suggest that if he is not an adult he is a kid and deserves to be beaten, as if that makes him less human. What makes it worse is you would beat him despite him been obviously sorry about what he has done.
Also, sometimes trying to 'explain it rationally and respectfully to your parental unit' just does not work. I would try to explain things I'd not even done to my stepfather and he steal beat me. Think a bit deeper into a situation before giving your 'advice'.
Yes he did something stupid, yes, he is sorry for it, and yes, he will now deal with the consequences. Now back off him a little will you? I think this affair should stay between him and those concerned.
MC

justtysen

2009-05-27, 04:55 AM

I would never pay to have a such a dent taken out of my own car's hood. If it works it's not broken, and it's superficial. The "damage" is relative as is the "value."

Jerrick

2009-05-27, 05:03 AM

Muwahaha! I love this thread.

onewheelishardcore

2009-05-27, 05:29 AM

suk shit Adam i guess whre not riding this weekend lol?

Naomi

2009-05-27, 05:31 AM

For Mr. UNIverse, if it's not too late, if you offer to pay for the damages before it gets suggested to you by the teacher, it may show you're a bigger man than he thinks. :)

Agreed entirely. And if you do not have the money to pay for damages, you might start by selling those unicycles in the avatar picture to raise the cash. That might concentrate the mind next time you act in a similar way, and go some way towards getting you back to school.

I wonder whether that is the only car you have vandalized.

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-27, 05:44 AM

yes that was the "only car ive ever ever in my life vandalised"

Jerrick

2009-05-27, 05:49 AM

Whyd you quote it? Makes it seem like youve done this on multiple occasions.

Unibugg

2009-05-27, 11:14 AM

With coffee cup in hand, I'm headed off to school and will be parking my car in the faculty parking lot.
Teachers deal with stuff like this a lot. The most common type damage is having our cars 'keyed'.

I like the suggestion that damage like this is paid for not just with $ to fix the car, but with sacrifices that will help build character. Offer to help fix things on campus during the summer. Offer to help this teacher clean his/ her classroom over the summer. I'll bet most people have no idea how much physical labor teachers must endure to set up classrooms, materials, books etc. Let alone the $ we spend just to do our job.

I'll need another cup of coffee this morning.

cbs

2009-05-27, 12:49 PM

Peripatet

2009-05-27, 02:01 PM

Ive been having a bit of trouble trying to respond to you, Peripatet.
No response was requested or required. Don't trouble yourself unduly.

You tell him to act like an adult and then you suggest that if he is not an adult he is a kid and deserves to be beaten, as if that makes him less human. What makes it worse is you would beat him despite him been obviously sorry about what he has done.

It was more of a flow chart. IF he acted like an adult, this would all have been avoided. ELSE, you're going to get in trouble. When you do things wrong multiple times and obvious, civil penalties are not having the desired effect WRT behavior modification, THEN it is appropriate for penalties to escalate, even to the physical. THEREFORE, just saying he gets his ass beaten by a parental figure I don't hold to be cause for the seeming internet outrage.

No mention of taking away his humanity was expressed or implied.

Anybody can say they're sorry. Doubly so on an internet forum. It's another thing to mean it and not do something of the same ilk again. An appropriate punishment can be quite rehabilitative in that regard. But notice: I was going on the assumption that this was not a first offense when I made he assertion.

Reading comprehension.

Also, sometimes trying to 'explain it rationally and respectfully to your parental unit' just does not work. I would try to explain things I'd not even done to my stepfather and he steal beat me.

Re-read my post before you try and flame. I handled this situation.

Sometimes you won't get your way: you may not be seeing all sides of the situation, or maybe you've already built it into too big a battle of wills. The one with positional authority will almost always win in that situation.

Tact is key.

And, as also mentioned previously: if you feel you're being unduly beaten. . . seek professional help, not commiseration on an internet forum populated by 14 year olds.

Think a bit deeper into a situation before giving your 'advice'.

Noted. You can always take solace in the fact that you paid nothing for it.

My turn: Read a bit closer before make presumptions and criticizing someone who's BTDT.

Yes he did something stupid, yes, he is sorry for it, and yes, he will now deal with the consequences. Now back off him a little will you?

1. He posted a Youtube vid of a criminal act and nonchalantly bragged about his punishment. This thread was not to show remorse. It was to show off his neat trick and how hardcore he was by taking his licks for it. Then he back-pedalled on pg. 2 when he saw the response was not one of starry-eyed admiration and elevation to Exalted Teen Rebel status.

2. I didn't punish him at all, so I see no need to "back off". I gave my opinion of his actions and, assuming sincerity in his "child abuse" post, I offered advice on how to avoid, diffuse, or escape future situations.

I think this affair should stay between him and those concerned.
MC

Agreed 100%. BUT, he opened the door by posting the vid and starting the thread.

Anything else, mate?;)

Tyler 258

2009-05-27, 02:25 PM

I kinda think that this is funny.
But on a serious note I would have found a teachers car that I actually hated and did that. Not a Random teachers car. There's no reason for that! But you should have pedal grabbed on to the hood then went to the top of the car and did some sort of trick! Haha!
Just kidding but I think this is a great thread.

peleschramm

2009-05-27, 03:06 PM

Yeah... I don't really know what you were thinking there. People obviously can really get worked up about such things. If I had my own car, I don't think I would mind if my car had a little dent in it, except for the decrease in it's value (which would be sadly significant, since some people do actually care about this kind of thing). Either way, this very well may qualify for dumbest thing done on a unicycle. Did you just not think about it at all?

In any case, this reminds me of a time when I did a crankflip off of a desk in my advisory classroom, with about a half rev runway and maybe about a 5 foot landing area, which might have not been that good of an idea, but it ended up well(there might have been a somewhat close call, but I don't remember). That was with my teacher's permission though :p.

johnfoss

2009-05-27, 04:06 PM

kicking me out for awhile that doesnt work so he lets me back throwing my stuff around still doesnt work he hitsme it still doesnt work so it just gets him angrier.Ouch. Now I see where you get it from. I feel bad for you (not that it makes car-jumping okay). Sounds like your dad is setting an example of how not to parent, but of courese we only know the bits you've shared with us.

I would never pay to have a such a dent taken out of my own car's hood. If it works it's not broken, and it's superficial.Ahh! Please allow me to add you to the list of people who's car I will ride on at my next opportunity. Mr. UNIverse, you are also invited. But first, let me take a few guesses about your car:

1. You don't have one.
2. If you do have one, it doesn't run.
3. If you have a running car, its value is less than three of its individual parts at resale.

Would you feel the same about a new car, or a car less than 5 years old, that you'd paid for yourself?

Into the blue

2009-05-27, 04:23 PM

I'm curious as to how you got busted.

Was it before or after posting the Youtube video?

Michaelgoround

2009-05-27, 05:34 PM

Ouch. Now I see where you get it from. I feel bad for you (not that it makes car-jumping okay). Sounds like your dad is setting an example of how not to parent, but of courese we only know the bits you've shared with us.

Ahh! Please allow me to add you to the list of people who's car I will ride on at my next opportunity. Mr. UNIverse, you are also invited. But first, let me take a few guesses about your car:

1. You don't have one.
2. If you do have one, it doesn't run.
3. If you have a running car, its value is less than three of its individual parts at resale.

Would you feel the same about a new car, or a car less than 5 years old, that you'd paid for yourself?
Agreed bad parenting skills are clearly shown here.
Thats my car. I could care less what happens to it as long as it gets me from point a to be.

I hope you have learned from this Mr.UNIversal and I hope that your father will treat you better.

And everybody quite getting so angry at this kid. He's a kid and kids do stupid things sometimes. I know I have and still do at times.

JJuggle

2009-05-27, 05:39 PM

EAST BAY ROUNDUP
601 words
13 December 2004
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

Unicyclist, 46, held in father's slaying

A Livermore man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 80-year-old father over the weekend, police said Sunday.

Officers responding to a report of an injured person found the man's body at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the bedroom of a home on the 3000 block of California Street, police said.

The Alameda County Coroner's Office identified the victim Sunday as Kristian Aaland of Livermore.

During an investigation, police said they determined that Aaland was smothered while he slept and that his son Hans Aaland, 46, was responsible. An autopsy is scheduled for today or Tuesday, a coroner's deputy said.

Hans Aaland was found two hours later walking on Old First Street. He was arrested on suspicion of murder and was booked into Santa Rita Jail.

Police said Aaland admitted killing his father but didn't give a motive.

The younger Aaland has been a frequent attraction at local events, calling himself the "Living Livermore Totem Pole" as he wheeled about on a tall and elaborately decorated unicycle.

He was arrested in March 2003 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest after he allegedly swung a stick at police. Aaland had been spotted outside Foothill Hill School in Pleasanton, where a student had a restraining order against him. He fled on his unicycle and officers gave chase.

johnfoss

2009-05-27, 06:36 PM

Oh great, just what we need. Another unicyclist criminal. And in my semi-local area! JJuggle, did you intend to post this article somewhere else though?

Thats my car. I could care less what happens to it as long as it gets me from point a to be.And that's perfectly fine. The key difference is giving permission for stuff to happen to your car. Without people willing to give it the okay, we'd never have cars to ride on in Trials competitions! :)

Was it before or after posting the Youtube video?Yeah, one of the hallmarks of being a stupid criminal is to make a record (video, audio, photos) of it, and then to show that record to others. Worse yet, post it online where anyone can see it! But he started off this thread appropriately, by calling it "dumbest".

JJuggle

2009-05-27, 07:18 PM

JJuggle, did you intend to post this article somewhere else though?
I posted that article where it belongs when it was first published in 2004. Thanks to my elephantine memory I was able to recall it and post it here as the bolded sentence does represent a pretty dumb thing to do on a unicycle. Unless, of course, the police are on 24" unis and you're riding a Coker.

Jeremy R

2009-05-27, 07:38 PM

This reminds me of the European guy who broke an escalator gapping it..

Unigurd

2009-05-27, 07:46 PM

This reminds me of the European guy who broke an escalator gapping it..

I thought about that too.

He's called Tom Pec

Mikefule

2009-05-27, 08:27 PM

One of my best friends, a lady in her 50s, was on the phone to me today fighting back tears because of her workload as a teacher. She has a medium sized not too old car that she relies on for getting to work, shopping and generally having a life.

My sister's a teacher too, and works damn' hard, dealing with badly behaved kids, abusive and threatening parents, and a massive workload of lesson planning, marking and so on.

And most teachers I know give up their free time to give extra support and provide activities for the kids.

And as someone who has worked from leaving school in 1981, who's struggling to keep a car on the road, I would want to kill you if you wantonly vandalised my car.

Maybe some kid bigger than you jumps on your uni for no good reason and busts a few spokes or damages the forks - then see if you post in this forum how it's quite funny and only a little bit of damage.

Don't be a cretin all your life. Take a day off.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-27, 09:12 PM

Into the blue

2009-05-27, 09:14 PM

Adam did not wantonly vandalize the teacher's car. Adam had an accident, which inadvertently dented the car.

Oh f*ck off.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

Michaelgoround

2009-05-27, 09:26 PM

And that's perfectly fine. The key difference is giving permission for stuff to happen to your car. Without people willing to give it the okay, we'd never have cars to ride on in Trials competitions! :)

Yeah, one of the hallmarks of being a stupid criminal is to make a record (video, audio, photos) of it, and then to show that record to others. Worse yet, post it online where anyone can see it! But he started off this thread appropriately, by calling it "dumbest".
I would never give somone permission to hop all over my car, but if they did I would not be insanely cheesed off.

Yah. I remember some girls just beat the crap out of this one girl for no reason (I assume) and then posted a vido of it on the internet. They were either arrested, suspended or both. I really hope they were arrested so that they would have time to think of what they had done.
This reminds me of the European guy who broke an escalator gapping it..
That was hillarious.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-27, 09:27 PM

Hey Mindreader! Watch your language. You are a role model, and kids r here.

I thought about that too.

He's called Tom Pec (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVLSrSIe8yo)

Yes. This flaw in escalators is equivalent to the fact that several years ago auto bumpers couldn't even withstand a 5 m.p.h. collision.

Ever since we discovered this flaw, regulations are in place so that an escalator can withstand the rather trivial impact of a MUni.

Blame the escalator. If an escalator or auto cannot withstand the impact of a MUni, they must all be posted with signs stating so.

Michaelgoround

2009-05-27, 09:33 PM

Oh f*ck off.

He knew exactly what he was doing.
I do not think that he meant to dent the car either. He just wanted to hop off it and didn't think to himself "This car is made out of thin sheet metal. I shouldn't hop on it".

Michaelgoround

2009-05-27, 09:34 PM

Yes. This flaw in escalators is equivalent to the fact that several years ago auto bumpers couldn't even withstand a 5 m.p.h. collision.

Ever since we discovered this flaw, regulations are in place so that an escalator can withstand the rather trivial impact of a MUni.

Blame the escalator. If an escalator or auto cannot withstand the impact of a MUni, they must all be posted with signs stating so.
Amen Brother!

onewheelishardcore

2009-05-28, 12:31 AM

wow 3 pages of off topic! The dumbest thing I have ever done is hopping up stairs at school, 5 seconds after the principal told me not to. My uni got confiscated for a week. :(

yUNIkoner

2009-05-28, 01:18 AM

1. He posted a Youtube vid of a criminal act and nonchalantly bragged about his punishment. This thread was not to show remorse. It was to show off his neat trick and how hardcore he was by taking his licks for it. Then he back-pedalled on pg. 2 when he saw the response was not one of starry-eyed admiration and elevation to Exalted Teen Rebel status.

I agree with this statement.

It saddens me to see people damage other peoples property regardless of the value.
It saddens me to see teachers being abused.
It saddens me to hear about a kid being abused.
Billy the Mountain saddens me...

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-28, 03:00 AM

wow 3 pages of off topic! The dumbest thing I have ever done is hopping up stairs at school, 5 seconds after the principal told me not to. My uni got confiscated for a week. :(

WHAT! Call the ACLU!! unicyclists will unite over the right to hop up stairs! anyone who doesn't support your right to hop up stairs shouldn't even call themselves a unicyclist.

What a violation! Definitely a violation of the 8th amendment! sue the school board and demand the principal's resignation!

The fact that the principal was looking at you was likely unlawful surveillance!

man, we got him on so many charges, they'll prolly settle by giving you a $million. i say go for it!

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-28, 03:03 AM

I do not think that he meant to dent the car either. He just wanted to hop off it and didn't think to himself "This car is made out of thin sheet metal. I shouldn't hop on it".

Exactly! it was an american car, that's y all the american car makers are bankrupt, making such an inferior product.

and some want to blame the kid! huh! when it's the adults making the cheap cars and trying to pass them off as quality! huh!

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-28, 03:34 AM

I agree with this statement.

It saddens me to see people damage other peoples property regardless of the value.
It saddens me to see teachers being abused.
It saddens me to hear about a kid being abused.
Billy the Mountain saddens me...

u r pretty sad, yes, but not nearly as sad as those urchins who want to give a uni kid a criminal record and send him away as a VANDAL after he has an accident. they r really sad!

criminals don't pay to repair the damages, even after caught and convicted.

this kid is no criminal, and he's doing the right thing making good on it. i just don't get u people who want a pound of his flesh in addition.

onewheelishardcore

2009-05-28, 03:59 AM

lol at billy themountain funny man yes i should sue the aclu!

crazyjoe

2009-05-28, 04:58 AM

I agree that it is dumber than anything I have ever done on a unicycle. But my question is, "Did you get caught before or after you posted the video???" (the text decoration was just to get your attention mr. UNIversal). If the anyone of authority actually witnessed you doing that, I think we would hear quite a bit of yelling in the background right before or during your jump.

Back on topic: the dumbest thing I've ever done on a unicycle, like this guy, was done at school after school hours. I was lining up to clear a small 4 set when the assistant principal saw me and asked me to "come over here". He was at the bottom of the stair set. I was at the top. I decided it was now or never. I cleared it, rolled up to him, casually stepped off, and said, "Yes, Mr. Marshall?" To my great surprise he responded with, "Woah! You're really good!" I expected him to be twice as angry because he's known for being a very strict person. It was really funny when he said, "You shouldn't ride this on campus when other teachers are present." I think he was giving me a hint that he was o.k. with me riding but he knew other people wouldn't like it.

Unfortunately he had a horrific crash on his road bike the very next day. He was riding at 30+ MPH, lost control, tumbled teeth first down the jagged cement boulders on the sides of the Santa Ana riverbed and fell into the water unconscious and nearly dead. Luckily his quick-thinking friend dove in and saved him using CPR.

mr.UNIversal

2009-05-28, 05:08 AM

i got caught after i jumped off the car not because of the video but my matesmates mates mate told a teacher and thats how i got caught .

yUNIkoner

2009-05-28, 06:00 AM

Criminal damage refers to crimes where any person without lawful excuse intentionally or recklessly destroys or damages any property belonging to another. Activities resulting in non-permanent damage (i.e. that can be rectified, cleaned off or removed at no cost) such as letting down of car tyres should not be classed as criminal damage, nor should accidental damage.

If you are driving and you accidentally collide with a parked car causing damage, did you commit vandalism? No. You had an accident.

Adam did not wantonly vandalize the teacher's car. Adam had an accident, which inadvertently dented the car. Is Adam a vandal? No.

Do we punish you when you dent a car with your car? No. You simply pay for the damage.

Did you do a stupid thing when you dent a car with your car? Yes.

A little support is in order.
This was not an accidental collision as he rode his unicycle past the teacher's car. He made a deliberate decision to climb up onto the car and jump up and down. There was intention. Regardless of whether he knew he would damage the car (I doubt that anyone would assume that it wouldn't cause some form for damage) he was aware of what he was doing. He made a poor choice. You are confusing poor choices with accidents.

u r pretty sad, yes, but not nearly as sad as those urchins who want to give a uni kid a criminal record and send him away as a VANDAL after he has an accident. they r really sad!

criminals don't pay to repair the damages, even after caught and convicted.

this kid is no criminal, and he's doing the right thing making good on it. i just don't get u people who want a pound of his flesh in addition.

I never suggested any consequence or "pound of flesh". I definitely question his original intention in posting this thread. I guess I am assuming that someone who really felt bad about a situation that they created would not really want to broadcast that situation. I also recognize that this is an assumption.
I am very glad that he is taking steps to make up for his actions and I applaud him for that. I think that the response from people on this thread may have been partially responsible for his repentant attitude. This is often the case. Human beings gauge their actions by the reactions of others. If you do something and someone else reacts in anger or shock, your first impression is that your action was bad.
I'm sorry if I offended you Billy but I got the impression that you were encouraging this person to not take responsibility for his actions under the view that it was an "accident". If this was the case then I respectfully disagree with you. I often don't understand the intention of your posts (I'm no genius) and I probably shouldn't have responded to it. I try to stay out of these threads and just enjoy the unicycling. i just can't help myself sometimes.:(

mr. UNIversal, good for you for fixing this situation. If you are being abused, please get help. Find out how the social services in your areas can intervene and help you.

GILD

2009-05-28, 11:05 AM

wow 3 pages of off topic! The dumbest thing I have ever done is ...
Despite the question mark in the thread title, I suspect this was not an attempt at a gallery-type thread, but rather an extension of said individual's attempts at reaching out and asking for help, here (thinly) disguised as an attempt at attracting attention.

When you go offer to pay for the damage to the teacher's car, you may want to have a chat to him/her at the same time.

I'm not the first person in this thread to suggest that you may need some help.
And I don't say it in a dismissive or insulting way.

I'm being sincere.

Unibugg

2009-05-28, 11:27 AM

Despite the question mark in the thread title, I suspect this was not an attempt at a gallery-type thread,

I agree. At least I hope it was not meant as an opening for a gallery type thread. A "dumb" thing would be riding with shoelaces hanging, eating a sandwhich in one hand, sipping from a coke in the other while going over very rough muni terrain. Blatant disregard to the rights of others should be titled "rudest thing I did on a unicycle". I'm sure that I as well as many others could contribute plenty as we've all made mistakes. Some in oversight and some not.

Myself? I rode on a trail that was not marked for cyclists. I knew what I was doing. I was wrong. Wasn't caught but still recognize it was rude and wrong. I also rode up on my 36 into a pavilion filled with people following another cokerer. Both of us dismounting in the tight space almost made my wheel hit someone. Poor decision on my part not to dismount somewhere else. I write this not in an attempt to contribute to a gallery type thread but to show that we all make mistakes. Its what we do about them that counts. Its not repeating the same ones that matter.

MrBoogiejuice

2009-05-28, 11:41 AM

http://www.stanford.edu/~njenkins/archives/images/DonaldRumsfeldonhisbike.jpg

GILD

2009-05-28, 12:02 PM

Priceless Boogiejuice, just priceless.

Michaelgoround

2009-05-28, 02:33 PM

Exactly! it was an american car, that's y all the american car makers are bankrupt, making such an inferior product.

and some want to blame the kid! huh! when it's the adults making the cheap cars and trying to pass them off as quality! huh!
:eek:This whole time I thought it was the fact that they didn't outsource or make cars that consumers want!

i got caught after i jumped off the car not because of the video but my matesmates mates mate told a teacher and thats how i got caught .
Thats how it is at my school. Most people are caught when they do illegal things and quickly punished.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-28, 08:16 PM

Thousands of South Australian child abuse cases ignored
COLIN JAMES, KIM WHEATLEY
April 07, 2008 08:00am
THOUSANDS of reports of suspected child abuse are not being investigated because of a chronic shortage of social workers, the State Government admits.

Families and Communities Minister Jay Weatherill yesterday said most of the reports involved allegations of emotional abuse or neglect, which were given a lower priority than child sex abuse.

The Public Service Association, which represents social workers, disputed that, saying cases being closed without assessment or investigation included allegations of "sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect"http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/services/az/divisions/paedm/childprot/index.html
Locations
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Level 3, Norwich Centre
77 King William Road
North Adelaide
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Mailing address

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3rd Floor
Samuel Way Building
Women's and Children's Hospital
72 King William Road
North Adelaide
South Australia 5006
Phone/fax/email

General Enquiries ph (08) 8161 7346

Intake Enquiries ph (08) 8161 7346

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Email childprot@wch.sa.gov.au

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-28, 08:17 PM

In the USA they protect the kids from neglect and abuse, but not in your neighborhood.

If you think you'll need it, we can send some peacekeepers to your house.

Wota

2009-05-29, 03:12 AM

I can't believe you videotaped it, if you're going to do something to cause damage to a teacher's personal property you don't make more proof of it. Though it is hilarious, I have to agree that it was pretty stupid. Next time don't get caught.

*edit*
Don't do it again, after reading some more responses and remembering how crappy we treated our teachers in high school I really feel that you should stop doing stupid sh!t just to do stupid sh!t.

johnfoss

2009-05-29, 05:23 AM

I do not think that he meant to dent the car either.Really? You really think you can hop on the hood/bonnet of a car without doing damage? Maybe the other guy was that dumb too. At least he admits the dumb part.

My unicycling experience is probably different from most of you out there, in that much of my earliest riding was away from car fenders, on a Schwinn Giraffe. Until we learned to freemount, cars were our friends. But we learned quickly that many cars were not to be used for standing on! The older American cars held up fine, but most Japanese and many newer cars (this was 1979 BTW) were too weak. Of course that's *standing* on the car, and not in the middle of the hood. And these were cars that belonged to our friends or families, used with permission (mostly)...

Michaelgoround

2009-05-29, 03:15 PM

Really? You really think you can hop on the hood/bonnet of a car without doing damage? Maybe the other guy was that dumb too. At least he admits the dumb part.

My unicycling experience is probably different from most of you out there, in that much of my earliest riding was away from car fenders, on a Schwinn Giraffe. Until we learned to freemount, cars were our friends. But we learned quickly that many cars were not to be used for standing on! The older American cars held up fine, but most Japanese and many newer cars (this was 1979 BTW) were too weak. Of course that's *standing* on the car, and not in the middle of the hood. And these were cars that belonged to our friends or families, used with permission (mostly)...
You probably should quote my full post next time. ;)

Yah, its kinda upsetting how thin the sheet metal on cars is now. Its supposed to help save you gas mileage (from what I've heard), but that seems like a really stupid reason to make the metal so thin. If it saves any mileage it is probably so small that it is barely even noticable. I would think they have done this to save money on manufacturing cost.
I do not think that he meant to dent the car either. He just wanted to hop off it and didn't think to himself "This car is made out of thin sheet metal. I shouldn't hop on it".

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-29, 03:35 PM

But we learned quickly that many cars were not to be used for standing on! The older American cars held up fine, but most Japanese and many newer cars (this was 1979 BTW) were too weak.

Right.

Which is why those poorly built pieces of tin should carry warning stickers saying: "This car hood may be damaged by unicycle riding on it"
along with a unicycle in a circle with a diagonal slash through it.

SpaceFmK

2009-05-29, 09:43 PM

Right.

Which is why those poorly built pieces of tin should carry warning stickers saying: "This car hood may be damaged by unicycle riding on it"
along with a unicycle in a circle with a diagonal slash through it.

Man... this guy is why i love to be american... He wants to sue everybody beacause he cant figure stuff out for himself.

I really hope your unicycle has a sticker that says "Unicycle may move while in use" .. we really wouldnt want that stupid to catch up with you so you hurt yourself. You might have to sue if you fell.

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-29, 10:37 PM

Man... this guy is why i love to be american... He wants to sue everybody beacause he cant figure stuff out for himself.

I really hope your unicycle has a sticker that says "Unicycle may move while in use" .. we really wouldnt want that stupid to catch up with you so you hurt yourself. You might have to sue if you fell.:eek:

:rolleyes::D

Michaelgoround

2009-05-30, 01:38 AM

:eek:

:rolleyes::d
+1

Zzagg

2009-05-30, 05:55 AM

:D He's new to the forum, I'm pretty sure he'll get used to billy in a few month and will have withdrawal signs when the mountain's not on line for a while.:p

BillyTheMountain

2009-05-30, 06:20 PM

:D He's new to the forum, I'm pretty sure he'll get used to billy in a few month and will have withdrawal signs when the mountain's not on line for a while.:p

:p:cool:

johnfoss

2009-05-30, 06:27 PM

You probably should quote my full post next time.No, just the parts I'm responding to. Your full post will always be there for anyone to read it if they're interested. People tend to quote way too much.Its supposed to help save you gas mileage (from what I've heard), but that seems like a really stupid reason to make the metal so thin. It's thin to save weight and money. Saving weight is where the improved fuel economy comes in. Using thinner sheet metal is only one piece of that puzzle, but it may save a hundred pounds or more. That's a savings of hundreds of dollars (at least) in gas over the life of the car. Saving money in manufacturing keeps the car's price down. We hope. Sheet metal on the hood and roof of the car are there as an outer shell, but are not intended to take any weight. I liked being able to stand on the roof of my old VW Bus, it was a great vantage point for picture-taking. But you have to be much more careful doing this on more recent cars. If you stand near the edges you're usually in pretty good shape, but tread carefully, and always on your own car! Or with permission.