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My Electric Parachute Exploded
I was standing on the edge of the plane, plugged my parachute into an
outlet, unrolled the extension cord, and jumped. When I pulled the cord, my parachute exploded, sending pieces of it for miles around. It was a huge ball of fire, and it singed off all my hair. I was about 50 feet from splattering against the ground, when the extension cord hit me in the face. I grabbed it, and made the long climb back up to the plane, which was about 5000 feet in the air. It was a tough climb on that slippery 18 gauge orange extension cord, but I managed to climb the entire 5000 feet back into the plane. I was amazed the cord never unplugged from the outlet. I dont know why the chute exploded. Could it have been a bad fuse? Or defective motor, faulty cooling blade, bad cathode ray tube, leaky capacitor, or just a faulty switch? Then too, I wonder if my cellphone signal caused the blast, because I was arguing to my ex-wife on the phone when this occurred. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? |
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My Electric Parachute Exploded
On Jan 7, 9:07*am, wrote:
I was standing on the edge of the plane, plugged my parachute into an outlet, unrolled the extension cord, and jumped. When I pulled the cord, my parachute exploded, sending pieces of it for miles around. It was a huge ball of fire, and it singed off all my hair. *I was about 50 feet from splattering against the ground, when the extension cord hit me in the face. *I grabbed it, and made the long climb back up to the plane, which was about 5000 feet in the air. *It was a tough climb on that slippery 18 gauge orange extension cord, but I managed to climb the entire 5000 feet back into the plane. *I was amazed the cord never unplugged from the outlet. * I dont know why the chute exploded. *Could it have been a bad fuse? Or defective motor, faulty cooling blade, bad cathode ray tube, leaky capacitor, or just a faulty switch? *Then too, I wonder if my cellphone signal caused the blast, because I was arguing to my ex-wife on the phone when this occurred. *Anyone have any idea what went wrong? Sounds like the cord was about 100 ft too short. Jimmie |
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My Electric Parachute Exploded
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wrote: I was standing on the edge of the plane, plugged my parachute into an outlet, unrolled the extension cord, and jumped. When I pulled the cord, my parachute exploded, sending pieces of it for miles around. It was a huge ball of fire, and it singed off all my hair. I was about 50 feet from splattering against the ground, when the extension cord hit me in the face. I grabbed it, and made the long climb back up to the plane, which was about 5000 feet in the air. It was a tough climb on that slippery 18 gauge orange extension cord, but I managed to climb the entire 5000 feet back into the plane. I was amazed the cord never unplugged from the outlet. I dont know why the chute exploded. Could it have been a bad fuse? Or defective motor, faulty cooling blade, bad cathode ray tube, leaky capacitor, or just a faulty switch? Then too, I wonder if my cellphone signal caused the blast, because I was arguing to my ex-wife on the phone when this occurred. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? And then you woke up? -- Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein) Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org |
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My Electric Parachute Exploded
Hmm. What color is your parachute?
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... I was standing on the edge of the plane, plugged my parachute into an outlet, unrolled the extension cord, and jumped. When I pulled the cord, my parachute exploded, sending pieces of it for miles around. It was a huge ball of fire, and it singed off all my hair. I was about 50 feet from splattering against the ground, when the extension cord hit me in the face. I grabbed it, and made the long climb back up to the plane, which was about 5000 feet in the air. It was a tough climb on that slippery 18 gauge orange extension cord, but I managed to climb the entire 5000 feet back into the plane. I was amazed the cord never unplugged from the outlet. I dont know why the chute exploded. Could it have been a bad fuse? Or defective motor, faulty cooling blade, bad cathode ray tube, leaky capacitor, or just a faulty switch? Then too, I wonder if my cellphone signal caused the blast, because I was arguing to my ex-wife on the phone when this occurred. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? |
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My Electric Parachute Exploded
It's the red one with brown gobs of **** dripping off of it.
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