I can just imagine him explaining very seriously how you take it into the garage, remove the pink protective end caps, and use it as a lathe.

It's obviously made from a surplus paint shaker anyway. That's what I always make them out of.

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Originally posted by Lester Zombie:

Flushed a tampoon.

'If they don't find the lighter, we're screwed'.

The automatic defribulator for aging rockers... in action.

Disney's First Cavalry.

Couldn't be farther from the truth, SRu...

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Originally posted by lithos:

I'm having trouble imagining a worse idea. Are they trying to get these guys killed off before they have to start paying their pensions? That's the dumbest thing I could think of. No lateral movement, no ability to use cover, and all the intimidation factor goes out the window because you look like a parking attendant.

Heh. China's Copyright police upon their reverse-engineered Segways....

Admittedly, if I were holding the Isra- er, let's go with Belgian, shall we? - Olympic team hostage and I saw these guys coming, I'd probably just drop my gun and be whisked off to the nearest Chinese gulag giggling like my flatmate.

Unless there were a set stairs between them and I.

Then demands go from a fully-fuelled helicopter to a 747 full of Emirates stewardesses.

On the other hand, it is China, here. It's not like they're short of military personnel. Even the most well-ammo'd-up terrorist is gonna have an empty chamber after they've taken out a tenth of the People's Liberation Army Catering Corps, maybe a fifteenth if some of those were from the elite Szechuan Cuisine Division.

Which I guess explains why there's a complete lack of any sort of armour on the front.

Watch out for them Belgians Lithos....

"Belgian Takedown"

I've often wondered where that name came from.

Part bona-fide sentry-removal technique, part schoolyard prank.

Did the Belgians invent it in the Congo? Was it invented somewhere in Belgium in the world wars? Are Belgians particularly susceptible to this technique?

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Are Belgians particularly susceptible to this technique?

All the beer and chocolate tends to leave them top-heavy. Inherently unstable.

Don't hit me! I'm full of chocolate!

I do believe it's "Don't make me run, I am full of chocolate."

My Simpsons-fu is strong.

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Originally posted by lithos:

Beware the otherslow creep of FASCISM!

"Standing on my hands like this is the easy part. It's using the Force to make my scarf and hair stand up that's the hard part. Along with not choking on my lips."

BTW: I'm no devotee of Keeping Threads on Topic, but wow was that Segway segue a bore.

(You do realize those Segways are to give them max mobility in huge dense crowds?)