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Postby expat » Tue May 25, 2010 8:19 am

Muppet of the Week, month, year, decade or quite possibly the millennium and the millennium has only just started ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Muppet of the........

Postby DaveSims » Tue May 25, 2010 11:43 am

Reminds me of another gentleman who bought himself a helicopter and thought he would just "be able to figure it out."  I believe video of his first flight is still on youtube.
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Re: Muppet of the........

Postby Fozzer » Tue May 25, 2010 11:55 am

...any device which conveys me more than a distance of 3 inches between my feet and the ground, I consider very dangerous... :o...!

Defying Gravity can be bad for you!... ;)...!

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Re: Muppet of the........

Postby Sir_Crashalot » Tue May 25, 2010 2:57 pm

It is obvious that human stupidity has no boundaries...

Carlo ;)

Paul, the footpegs on your trusty motorbike are below three inches from the ground? Scraping metal in every corner?
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Re: Muppet of the........

Postby Fozzer » Tue May 25, 2010 3:02 pm

It is obvious that human stupidity has no boundaries...

Carlo ;)

Paul, the footpegs on your trusty motorbike are below three inches from the ground? Scraping metal in every corner?


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Its what I do!...;).... ;D...!

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