Wacky, Wailing, Inflatable, Arm-Flailing Tube Man

[sinnerman]

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Preamble: I just got back yesterday after having spent a week in Los Angeles.

| So, several days ago I'm driving down La Brea—just mindin' my own business—having just begun to enter the freeway when out of the corner of my eye I catch a glimpse of a Wacky, Wailing, Inflatable, Arm-Flailing Tube Man doin' what it does in front of a car dealership.

Previously, I was neither sure that such a thing even existed, nor that anyone actually uses it as advertised in Family Guy. But, I suppose I should have known that trying to merge onto a busy, 10-lane freeway while distracted & giggling like an idiot was probably not the best idea. But, hey, that's what that surprisingly narrow shoulder is for—

I returned later in the week to investigate, only to find a crumpled, disappointing & completely flail-less deflated lump. My request for a brief reinflation-demonstration was not well received, either. Apparently, the thought of being delayed by a minute or two is very offensive to someone who honestly believes he's got a shot at leaving work well-enough before the other million or so people who're also trying not to get stuck in gridlock for the rest of the night while they try to make it out of the city for the long-weekend.

I've found from past experience that once you blow it by inadvertently giving an under-paid, over-tired, high-strung Los Angelesian yet another reminder of his fun-filled drive home :y:, it's usually best just to stop talking by nonchalantly backing out of the room mid-conversation.

So, like, we don't have those tube guys here, right? I don't think I'd ever seen one before, though I suppose it's entirely possible that I'm just dangerously unaware of my surroundings most of the time, which would make this post a big waste of people's otherwise productive fnk time. Like, I can see why people tell me I'm easily-amused, but frankly I haven't the slightest idea if I'm oblivious or not.|
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[~*tct*~]

wow that was really hard to read on account the writing is so small

[sinnerman]

Oh is it really small? I've got a 19-inch display so this size text seems too large. Perhaps I should big it then....

[~*tct*~]

^^^ya definaltey I can read that post way better

[ebbomega]

^^ set your screen to a higher resolution.

anyways. they made fun of these on the family guy movie, didn't they? or was it a recent episode?

[sinnerman]

Yah it was the movie. It's most likely the only reason it interests me. Without Family Guy involved it would be boring.

[sinnerman]

Wait wouldn't a higher resolution make the text smaller...

[~*tct*~]

Originally Posted by sinnerman

Yah it was the movie. It's most likely the only reason it interests me. Without Family Guy involved it would be boring.

you gotta admit that thing is pretty funny lookin :hehe:

[sinnerman]

^^^^^

Yeah it is. Hence the giggling like an idiot that almost got me killed. Or even worse: surviving & having to deal with a private insurance claims adjuster...

[~*tct*~]

ouch that sux and americans are kind of crazy

[sinnerman]

Hmm...it was LA, I probably could have sued the company that makes them if I had crashed.

Note: The towel dispenser in a upscale restaurant read, "Do not attempt to insert head into towel loop. Failure to follow this simple instruction may lead to injury or death."
I don't know why the hell that would be there unless someone had already done that, injured himself, sued the towel maker & won.

[~*tct*~]

hahahahaaaaaaaaaaa, OMFG, that is funny

[shorerider]

those things really make me worried. I think about all the time that went into developing those things and all the resources that go into manufacturing them and then I wonder what if the person who made that thing had done something that actually bennifitted humanity. *sigh*

[mapleleaf4ever]

There used to be one at a Tire Place by where I lived in Newton. I contemplated "relocating" it on numerous occasions.

[~*tct*~]

I bet u did, hey remember that time we were smoking weed at that school and music and then all of a sudden there was like native music haha

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ That was weird... very weird. The mysteries that nights of Delta hold...

[~*tct*~]

I know very odd, I was scared, I was let lets go man, thats fucked. We will never know what that really was