Vicious Sid....

On 1 Nov 2004 05:44:48 -0800, Dave wrote:

Mark Hickey wrote in message He already state=
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that it wasn't shock fluid. Must be human fluid.

Sorry - but I don't buy that. Unless the guy spent the post-crash

I went back and looked more critically at the pic. It was taken after
the wheel had been carried out. Besides the pattern being wrong, if it=

was blood it would have been congealing and turning darker by then. I
think I am guilty of propagating a wee bit of urban legend regarding
the fluid. I'll strive to meet the high standards of truth & accuracy
expected on usenet in future posts. Dave


And if not, there's always a job opening for you... in the C.I.A.

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Slacker

(Dave) wrote:

Mark Hickey wrote in message He already stated that it wasn't shock fluid. Must be human fluid.

Sorry - but I don't buy that. Unless the guy spent the post-crash

I went back and looked more critically at the pic. It was taken after
the wheel had been carried out. Besides the pattern being wrong, if it
was blood it would have been congealing and turning darker by then. I
think I am guilty of propagating a wee bit of urban legend regarding
the fluid. I'll strive to meet the high standards of truth & accuracy
expected on usenet in future posts. Dave

Otherwise, you really missed your calling... there were a couple
campaigns that would have used you well! ;-)

On a related note, a buddy and I were riding motorcycles off-road in
Arizona, and a drunk on a four wheeler came around a blind corner WAY
too fast and out of control - my buddy (who happened to have been a
Ranger at one time) was fast enough to step off his bike (wearing full
armor, I might add) and so missed the full head-on impact. I got to
watch the whole thing in slow motion from about 20 feet back (while
dodging the now flipping fourwheeler and drunk).

The funny (relative) thing was, when Jim hit the ground and rolled
(good ol' paratrooper training), he came up holding one arm. "Ooops,
broke and arm" thought I... then I noticed he was wiping something off
his arm looking distinctly grossed out.

What it actually WAS was hot (red) shock fluid.

What he THOUGHT it was was the internal fluid from the drunk.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame