Bungee jumping chicken

[ozzy72]

My good friend Rob dressed as a giant chicken some 300 feet over London, this is one of my favourite action photos of all time And before anyone says anything we were dressed-up for charity and got on TV doing this! We had used safety pins to secure the head but Rob had a real hang-up about loosing his deposit, and the head, on the costume

[Scottler]

Am I the only one just a little concerned about the freying of the cord a few feet behind him?

[Saitek]

:-/ . Nuts, crazy, useless, ridiculous and what the use was that for? Charity tricks, huh!
Hey wait a minute... that looks like Ozzy!!!! ... he must be flying on autopilot and trying out another of his stunts!!!!!  ::);D

[ozzy72]

Scott those bits that look like errant bungee are in fact small pieces of elastic used to tie the plastic sheath around the proper bungee to protect it from the elements

[lemoncat]

lol..lol that's a classic

[Fly2e]

 ;D  

[Hagar]

I got to wondering who was daft enough to do the first bungee jump. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1990/toys2.shtml

Bungee Jumping

Modern day Bungee Jumping was inspired by an ancient rite of manhood performed in the Pentecost Islands in the South Pacific. Young men would jump from bamboo towers with vines attached to their ankles to break their fall.

It was four Oxford University students who made the first Bungee Jump off a bridge in 1979 and in turn inspired some New Zealanders who spent years furthering the sport of Bungee Jumping.

The sport really took off in New Zealand where the world's first commercial jump was opened.

It figures.

PS. I'll try most things once but this is not one of them. No way Jose.

[Iroquois]

You have some very strange friends Ozzy. This definately is one of thoes Only in England things. Don't they do a cheese wheel race there too? Someplace up north I think. Saw that one on the news.

[Hagar]

You have some very strange friends Ozzy. This definately is one of thoes Only in England things. Don't they do a cheese wheel race there too? Someplace up north I think. Saw that one on the news.

I don't know about cheese wheels but they roll cheeses in various places.

5th May
Stilton Cheese Rolling, Stilton, Peterborough
A cheese-rolling championship and May Day celebrations

Spring Bank Holiday Monday
Cheese Rolling, Cooper's Hill, Brookworth

They used to roll painted Easter eggs down a big hill somewhere for the children to chase. This might have been banned in recent years due to health & safety regulations. Too risky now in case someone gets sued.

We've always been a tad eccentric on this side of the pond. I remember a traditional tug of war across a river on the Norfolk Broads. The losers end up in the river before they all celebrate at the nearby pub.. These things nearly always end up in the pub.

Here's a few more bizarre British customs. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/curious/index.htm

They don't mention the World Marbles Championships at Tinsley Green, near Gatwick Airport which is now a truly international event. http://www.marblemuseum.org/tinsley/players.html
The German teams keep winning now. They're a tad eccentric too.

[Saitek]

We've always been a tad eccentric on this side of the pond. I remember a traditional tug of war across a river on the Norfolk Broads. The losers end up in the river before they all celebrate at the nearby pub.. These things nearly always end up in the pub.

http://www.marblemuseum.org/tinsley/players.html

Oh that sounds fun! Yeah that sounds like Britain, I wouldn't want to do it in a Scottish river though - too cold!

Ben