Misc The Donkey Screamed in Fear as it circled overhead

ChiefaRoo · 07-20-2010, 11:19 AM

First time I've ever felt sorry for a donk.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/2010072...t-509a08e.html

Parachuting donkey shocks Russian beachgoers

AFP - Wednesday, July 21SendIM StoryPrint.MOSCOW (AFP) - – Russian beachgoers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week, police said on Tuesday.

Attached to a parachute, the animal screamed in fear as it circled over heads of holidaymakers sunbathing on a beach in the Cossack village of Golubitskaya in the Krasnodar region.

A regional police spokeswoman said the donkey ended up in the skies as a result of an impromptu advertising campaign by several Russian entrepreneurs to attract beachgoers to their private beach.

Instead, they attracted the attention of regional police who learned of the flying donkey earlier this week and launched a probe.

"The donkey screamed and children cried," regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told AFP. "No-one had the brains to call police."

Instead, she said, people reached for their cameras and bombarded a local newspaper with phone calls.

"It was put up so high into the sky that the children on the beach cried and asked their parents: "Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?" the newspaper, Taman, said late last week.

"The donkey landed in an atrocious manner: it was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore."

The incident is stunning even for a country where animal cruelty is widespread and came as a shock to the locals, said Taman newspaper's editor, Elena Iovleva.

"This has never happened before," she told AFP.

The footage of the parachuting donkey was aired on national television Tuesday.

**Buck** · 07-20-2010, 11:19 AM

THE CP MASSES SCREAMED IN ANGER AS IT POSTED A REPOST

**Bugeater** · 07-20-2010, 11:20 AM

Chiefaroo screamed in fear as he realized he reposted.

**Dave Lane** · 07-20-2010, 11:26 AM

Hydrae · 07-20-2010, 11:28 AM

Post fail! The original had a pic included.

ChiefaRoo · 07-20-2010, 11:31 AM

Really? You fockers are spending too much time on here (oh wait it's clayton nevermind). I was going to post a pic of Tebow crying and everything.

Crush · 07-20-2010, 11:34 AM

This reminds me of the story of post and repost.

LaChapelle · 07-20-2010, 11:38 AM

IN-COM-BLETE -no

bray
Hi-jacked ass/Hi-jack ass -no
**** it

ChiefaRoo · 07-20-2010, 03:47 PM

This is pretty cool. Repost?

The U.S. Navy has used a a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense shield in the 1980s.

The successful test of the Laser Weapon System off the coast of California was announced during the Farnborough International Air Show, which is taking place this week in England.

The technology, jointly developed with Raytheon, used industrial strength lasers, is more than just your run-of-the-mill PR exercise. In its write-up of the technology, Scientific American correctly notes that the shoot-down of the drones over water constitutes an advance over previous Raytheon tests which focused on static targets.

Mike Booen of Raytheon gave USA Today the money quote for the day: "The targets came in over the ocean, and it was a good day for lasers, bad day for drones."

Still, don't expect deployment any time soon. Even if the follow-up tests come through with flying colors, the technology is likely going to take several more years before it's ready for combat situation.

ModSocks · 07-20-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

Really? You fockers are spending too much time on here (oh wait it's clayton nevermind). I was going to post a pic of Tebow crying and everything.

Shoulda done that first. That may have made your thread win.

ModSocks · 07-20-2010, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

This is pretty cool. Repost?

The U.S. Navy has used a a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense shield in the 1980s.

The successful test of the Laser Weapon System off the coast of California was announced during the Farnborough International Air Show, which is taking place this week in England.

The technology, jointly developed with Raytheon, used industrial strength lasers, is more than just your run-of-the-mill PR exercise. In its write-up of the technology, Scientific American correctly notes that the shoot-down of the drones over water constitutes an advance over previous Raytheon tests which focused on static targets.

Mike Booen of Raytheon gave USA Today the money quote for the day: "The targets came in over the ocean, and it was a good day for lasers, bad day for drones."

Still, don't expect deployment any time soon. Even if the follow-up tests come through with flying colors, the technology is likely going to take several more years before it's ready for combat situation.

Oh yeah?

Wanna see how many push ups I can do?

**loochy** · 07-20-2010, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

This is pretty cool. Repost?

The U.S. Navy has used a a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense shield in the 1980s.

The successful test of the Laser Weapon System off the coast of California was announced during the Farnborough International Air Show, which is taking place this week in England.

The technology, jointly developed with Raytheon, used industrial strength lasers, is more than just your run-of-the-mill PR exercise. In its write-up of the technology, Scientific American correctly notes that the shoot-down of the drones over water constitutes an advance over previous Raytheon tests which focused on static targets.

Mike Booen of Raytheon gave USA Today the money quote for the day: "The targets came in over the ocean, and it was a good day for lasers, bad day for drones."

Still, don't expect deployment any time soon. Even if the follow-up tests come through with flying colors, the technology is likely going to take several more years before it's ready for combat situation.

I dont know...I'm disappointed at the lack of "PEW PEW PEW" noises made by the laser.

ChiefaRoo · 07-20-2010, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Shoulda done that first. That may have made your thread win.

best I can do now. Someone could photoshop Tebows face over the

head.

Over-Head · 07-20-2010, 04:03 PM

Ok, I thought I might have just smoked too big a one and read the title of this thread wrong.
Flying

?????
Damn the kush is great out here

listopencil · 07-20-2010, 06:20 PM

God damn it, McDaniels was supposed to keep our Flying Donkey Offense secret until at least the regular season. Now everybody has film on it. ****.

07-20-2010, 11:19 AM
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ChiefaRoo MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Austin,TX Casino cash: $5117505	This is pretty cool. Repost? The U.S. Navy has used a a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense shield in the 1980s. The successful test of the Laser Weapon System off the coast of California was announced during the Farnborough International Air Show, which is taking place this week in England. The technology, jointly developed with Raytheon, used industrial strength lasers, is more than just your run-of-the-mill PR exercise. In its write-up of the technology, Scientific American correctly notes that the shoot-down of the drones over water constitutes an advance over previous Raytheon tests which focused on static targets. Mike Booen of Raytheon gave USA Today the money quote for the day: "The targets came in over the ocean, and it was a good day for lasers, bad day for drones." Still, don't expect deployment any time soon. Even if the follow-up tests come through with flying colors, the technology is likely going to take several more years before it's ready for combat situation.
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