الأربعاء، 15 أغسطس 2012

"The resale value of this car is going to be nil..."


A spectacular crash by Jeremy Foley and his co-driver during the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2012.  Amazingly (and a credit to the construction of the vehicle), neither of those inside were critically injured.
The Mistubishi Evo 8 was ripped to shreds as it flipped continuously down the steep hill. Both men were airlifted to a local hospital and have since been released.
Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath.  Post title quote by W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick, which also included this memorable exchange:
Egbert: Beer! Fishing in the stream that runs under the aboreal dell. A man comes up from the bar, dumps $3,500 in your lap for every nickel invested. Says to you, 'Sign here on the dotted line.' And then disappears in the weaving fields of alfalfa.

Og: Gosh! Do you think he was telling the truth?


Egbert: You don't think a man would resort to terra-diddle, do you? Why, he sounded like a child at the very thought of disposing of these shares. How does the bank make its money?


Og: By investing.


Egbert: That's the point. You don't want to work all your life. Take a chance. Take it while you're young.
To convince him and speaking with the voice of experience, Sousè relates the story of his Uncle Effingham Hoofnagle, who was also faced with a decision and took a chance, acting without hesitation.
Egbert: My uncle, a balloon ascensionist, Effingham Hoofnagle, took a chance. He was three miles and a half up in the air. He jumped out of the basket of the balloon and took a chance of landing on a load of hay.

Og: Golly! Did he make it?
Egbert: Uh, no...He didn't. Had he been a younger man, he probably would have made it. That's the point. Don't wait too long in life.  

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