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Moonbat dies trying to block "Nuclear Train"
2004-11-08
Posted by:Sock Puppet of Doom

#12  *rimshot* - army of steves strikes again
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-08 9:13:23 PM  

#11  I never did hear what he had to say about that.

I'm sure whatever he said they paid no attention. After all, he didn't have a leg to stand on.
Posted by: Steve   2004-11-08 8:46:56 PM  

#10  IIRC, back in '88, some idiot tried to body-block a munitions train in California. This was apparently supposed to somehow save Nicaragua from Ronald Reagan. One quick physics lesson later, the idiot was without a pair of legs -- his friends managed to scramble out of the way.

Last I saw of him was on TV, he was in Nicaragua for the 1990 elections. That was the election in which the Nicaraguan people actually got to have a say in who ran their country -- and they threw the Sandanistas out of power. I never did hear what he had to say about that.
Posted by: Pat Phillips   2004-11-08 3:58:14 PM  

#9  The laws of Physics will not be denied. Trains don't stop on a dime, and, frankly, running over one loser keeps the rest of the herd off the tracks.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2004-11-08 3:13:14 PM  

#8  Next: Stopping the Big Bus...
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-08 11:00:58 AM  

#7  Wow. Who says Fred Silverman wasn't a visionary?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-08 10:48:51 AM  

#6  What? Never heard of Supertrain?
Take one part `Love Boat', one part far fetched nuclear train, and add some `B' list stars, and you'll be rollin' in the ratings. Wrong!
Posted by: ed   2004-11-08 10:42:50 AM  

#5  Wow. A nuclear train? When were those invented?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-08 10:37:52 AM  

#4  We have been getting an incrasing number of train suicides around here lately. Rural crossings and easily walked road beds. I wonder if these idiots ever stop to think of the trauma they put the crew of the engine through. No probably not because its all about them.
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2004-11-08 6:18:17 AM  

#3  We had a total train derailment in the UK a couple of days ago, killing seven people including the driver of a car which had stopped on a level crossing, causing the collision. Suicide, apparently. I haven't heard anyone suggest it might have been a terrorist act, but it's possible, although there are plenty of ways you could derail a train without killing yourself.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-08 6:04:42 AM  

#2  Too bad deadtrainbums.com is not up any more. It would have been educational for this poor chap.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-08 1:24:33 AM  

#1  Let this be an example unto all! The trains shall run on time!

Anyone want to bet on a repeat attempt?
Posted by: Brutus   2004-11-08 12:39:08 AM  

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