The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

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East Coast US: time approx 11pm....the desert of the Jokes section

 

[Stevicus]

"The American Dream," World's Longest Limo, Restored by Florida Man (motortrend.com)

This is The American Dream, the world's longest limo, at least according to the Guinness World Records organization. At 100 feet and 1.5 inches, we can't imagine it has too many challengers to its throne. But as impressive as this 25,000-odd pound, helipad-equipped, massive Cadillac is, what's even more impressive is that its restoration was completed at all. This limo was in terrible shape, a rotted hulk that would take a gargantuan effort to bring back to life.

A helicopter? It has a helicopter on the back?

Abandoned in New York, it was first hauled to the Autoseum for an ill-fated restoration attempt. Then, with some difficulty (and a hood that flew off en route, never to be seen again), it was trucked down to the Dezerland Park car museum for another go—in several pieces—for another effort at revival. Here's what it looked like in 2013:

No fewer than six Eldorados were conjoined during the original construction of this 24-wheeled monster, conceived by Jay Ohrberg of Burbank, Calif.—the guy behind a few cars you may have heard of, like KITT from Knight Rider and the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. Originally, the vehicle had a swivel function, in order to attempt to navigate corners with more grace. It's not clear if that feature was retained in the restoration. Its tail housed a helipad, whose surface could be used as a putting green whenever the chopper wasn't around. In its original iteration, it also had two engines, dozens of windows, TVs, telephones, a lounge, a waterbed, a jacuzzi, and a swimming pool with a diving board.

But you can't really drive it around anyplace. It's just too long.

The American Dream is now functional, to the extent that it can be. With this length and an attendant cruise-ship-like turning radius, you can't simply drive this thing around. You need to carefully plan a route to make sure it has room to maneuver. Get it stuck and it'll take some creative towing to remove it. That said, whether stationary or on the go, Manning says there's room inside for 75, plus there's a pool on the back. The interior is mostly bare at the moment—in the video, Manning hints it could be built out to fit a customer—and it's so long the other end is barely visible from inside.

There's no getting around it: The American Dream is excessive to the point of impracticality. But it's still the world record holder, taking the crown from itself with a 1.5-inch stretch. It's hilarious that a distance that small has any significance for a vehicle this large, but there it is. What happens to it next is anybody's guess, but we salute you, Floridians, for reviving The American Dream in all its excess.

I guess this is symbolic of the American Dream. The biggest car in the world, but you can't get anywhere in it.

 

[sun rise]

I have no need to compare lengths. Mine is long enough.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I like the very wide one.

 

[Wu Wei]

after a day of switching back and forth between PC and Mac support....I feel much like

 

[sun rise]

after a day of switching back and forth between PC and Mac support....I feel much like

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It's been fascinating reading US Church History from a perspective that isn't glorifying it and portraying the Revivals (this source writes the plural part as being singular event) as being crazy, lamented by moderate Christians in many areas, and contributing the modern anti-intellectual environment of America.
And I have learned where the Church taught me America was heavily and massively atheist then, this has shed a light that most (up to 90%) were unchurched. Which makes more sense considering the remoteness of some places then, how many were constantly moving, and other things giving rise to an unchurched population rather than a massively atheist society.

 

[sun rise]

@Wu Wei had better be careful or a bunch of my buddies could show up

 

[Revoltingest]

Man found dead inside kettle cooker at food processing plant...

 

[Wu Wei]

Man pounds lead while eating kettle corn with nude prostitute pants

 

[Revoltingest]

It seems that the Tappan Zee Bridge has
been re-named the Mario M Cuomo Bridge.
Ew.

 

[Stevicus]

It seems that the Tappan Zee Bridge has
been re-named the Mario M Cuomo Bridge.
Ew.

I went over the old bridge a number of years ago. It was in pretty bad shape. They should have called it the Bridge of Death.

 

[Revoltingest]

I went over the old bridge a number of years ago. It was in pretty bad shape. They should have called it the Bridge of Death.

The only problem I've had with it is all those
inconsiderate New Yawkers competing with
me to merge into fewer lanes. Truck pulling
trailer not very nimble.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Man found dead inside kettle cooker at food processing plant...

A lesson in lock out/tag out, but what good is that? That's not funny and I can't laugh at it.
It needs to be more like this. He tried to jump on a treadmill going at a good enough speed he went flop and got his shoes knocked.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Ohhhhh! So that's what practice is for!

 

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[Revoltingest]

 

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[Shadow Wolf]

I once ride a dirt bike towards the field where I used to live, and I did this because the field dirt was high enough to ramp off it. Being curious what that's like I hit the gas, hit the dirt ramp, had no idea what I was doing so the front wheel went down, into the freshly tilled soil, and I was flipped over the handlebars.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I hate it when I do something on this stupid, dumb phone that I don't know what or how.