Pog
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« on: December 15, 2009, 02:14:46 PM » |
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Ways that only Steams and Diesels can win a Darwin award, similar to my FML thread, here is my first example.
Winston Greens was flying in his airship and refused to turn on his radio because the static made his ears hurt, the radio was actually London ground control warning him of high levels of air kraken activities...
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I want to live in a Dieselpunk world reading Steampunk books
I want to see how a nuclear family looks
I want to live in the 40s era
But instead I'm stuck down here-a
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Rockula
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 02:16:26 PM » |
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''No, don't worry if the pressure guage goes into the red...it's only a guide.''
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Quicker than the Pony Express.
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Pog
Gunner
Crankshaft Cruncher
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 02:20:51 PM » |
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"Is it safe to go across the engine as a shortcut into the starboard wing if we want to fix it?"
"Yeah sure, those steam valves only release every 10 minutes and they just went..."
"You sure, thats enough to cook us"
"Look, I'll prove it!"
*Kicks release valve accidentally*
"BLAAAAAAARGH!"
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I want to live in a Dieselpunk world reading Steampunk books
I want to see how a nuclear family looks
I want to live in the 40s era
But instead I'm stuck down here-a
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jringling
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 03:19:01 PM » |
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Pressure relief valve? We don’t need no stinkin’ pressure relief valve…
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Shameless plug for my Etsy shop of oddities: ] |
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Maj. Clive Hathaway
Gunner
 United States
Gentleman Adventurer & Darklantern
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 03:24:59 PM » |
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I nominate Dr. Moreaux for obvious reasons.
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"Death is the last Great adventure."
Lurk the Good Lurk.
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MechanicalMouse
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 03:44:29 PM » |
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I wouldn't happen.
We're all far to smart to ever play around with
High voltage supplys
Superheated Liquids
Massive pressurised systems
Flammable Liquids/Gas/solids
All the above in a ornately made but possibly fragile machine
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stockton_joans
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 04:41:56 PM » |
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I wouldn't happen.
We're all far to smart to ever play around with
High voltage supplys
Superheated Liquids
Massive pressurised systems
Flammable Liquids/Gas/solids
All the above in a ornately made but possibly fragile machine
I've only done 2/5 of the above this month  anyway, back to my contribution. Two young air pirates falling over the rail of their airship whilst high on a combination of either and absinthe whilst trying to get the best view at an Abney Park concert *inspiration taken from an actual Darwin award* |
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Stockton Joans:
Gentalman
Tinkerer
Part time illithid hunter
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Tajhan
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2009, 09:31:31 PM » |
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Unfavorable wind conditions when going on holiday in you airship... Not quite that time, but I laughed my ass off. Can't believe what they get away with. |
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James Harrison
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2009, 09:35:40 PM » |
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Setting off to circumnavigate the globe in a submarine you've built on a remote island with no access to proper dockyard facilities.
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See Gentlemen... Without his baseball cap the Chav is completely harmless!
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greatestescaper
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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2009, 09:51:00 PM » |
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When your minion brings that abby normal brain to put into a seven and a half foot long, fifty four inch wide, GORILLA!
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"Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever." -Baron Munchausen
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helios
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2009, 11:27:36 PM » |
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Making your own topper, the traditional way! Mmmm, Mercury!
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor
Governor
Rogue Ætherlord
 United Kingdom
Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2009, 11:32:44 PM » |
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Standing too close to groin-height, rapidly rotating cogs and gears, with no safety rail.
OUCH!
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CapnHarlock
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« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2009, 01:02:03 AM » |
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"I say, old chap, what does THIS lever do??"
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Jeremiah Cornelius Harlock
At Your Service
"It's so hard to know if you're bound for a fall,
But better to have tripped than never danced at all."
"Dancing Under The Rose" - The Albion Band.
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JingleJoe
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« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2009, 01:12:58 AM » |
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We can't, we're too smart for the Darwin Awards  |
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helios
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« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2009, 01:38:05 AM » |
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We can't, we're too smart for the Darwin Awards Making this assumption could do it, actually. |
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Marauder_Pilot
Deck Hand
 Canada
Goggles down and the cannons up!
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« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2009, 01:40:37 AM » |
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Unfavorable wind conditions when going on holiday in you airship... Not quite that time, but I laughed my ass off. Can't believe what they get away with. Well, the airport scene was staged, but it's still awesome.  Anyways, 'steampunking' (Is that even a word?) is basically poking the bear of Darwinism. I mean, it basically revolves around the idea of 'What will happen if I do this?', which is one step away from 'Hold my beer and watch this!' |
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TheGumbieCat
Deck Hand
United States
Love was in my sails, but I kept rowing
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« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2009, 01:42:44 AM » |
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* VanAlstyneDesigns.etsy.com
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Dr cornelius quack
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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2009, 01:56:45 AM » |
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"Of course it's safe! Everyone knows that Helium comes in a bright red tank with a left hand thread!""
"That's not a real raygun! It's just a painted up Ner......."
"It'll be OK, I'll fit a safety catch later."
"I wouldn't stand there if I were you, Mister Huskisson."
"Earthed?... What do you mean?...Earthed?
"What? Oh! Yes! I'd love a drink. A pint of Absinthe, please."
"Yes, it's something the young farmers club do every year. Those torches and pitchforks look so quaint, don't you think?"
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Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.
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Sir A Poiselamppe
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« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2009, 01:57:27 AM » |
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Igor... about those Safety interlocks I said not to bother fitting..... Igor... Igoooor?
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Angus McCarthy
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« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2009, 04:12:26 AM » |
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I say, Blokes! Take a gander at this!
(universal)
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Train up a moustache in the way it should go, and when it is old it shall not depart from it.
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Pog
Gunner
Crankshaft Cruncher
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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2009, 04:45:07 AM » |
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"Do you trust this Pog bloke?"
"Yeah, he's been flying all sorts of famous airships, HMAS Mary Celeste, HMAS Titanic..."
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I want to live in a Dieselpunk world reading Steampunk books
I want to see how a nuclear family looks
I want to live in the 40s era
But instead I'm stuck down here-a
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Capt. Stockings
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« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2009, 08:43:12 AM » |
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I wouldn't happen.
We're all far to smart to ever play around with
High voltage supplys
Superheated Liquids
Massive pressurised systems
Flammable Liquids/Gas/solids
All the above in a ornately made but possibly fragile machine
I've played with all of these this month! Should I be proud, or should I be making funeral arrangements for myself? "So, in theory, this jet-glider-copter should be good for 15 full minutes of safe, stable flight." "I've rigged the automated absinthe dispenser to relese the poison into the fifth glass served tonight. Subsequent glasses will not be tainted." "I just made a dragon automaton to guard my house! All unwanted guests will be incinerated!" |
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Auntie Ludmilla
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« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2009, 09:19:14 AM » |
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A Darwin award is all too possible..... I worked at Elvaston castle, near Derby for a while, and one of the earls (I think it was the 9th earl?) met his doom attempting to invent a steam powered lawn mower. Deliciously spinal tap. never forget the safety valves.....
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helios
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« Reply #23 on: December 16, 2009, 09:19:59 AM » |
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"So, in theory"
This sums up almost everything, I'd say. |
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Auntie Ludmilla
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« Reply #24 on: December 16, 2009, 09:47:32 AM » |
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Having looked it up, it was the 8th earl. Sounds like quite a charachter, I swiped this from the friends of Elvaston castle website....
The 8th EARL, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, (1844-1917) - nicknamed “Old Whiskers” in later years, due to his full bushy white beard, said by many to be “the most popular man in the Midlands” and possibly the only keen huntsman and Master of the Hunt that has ever gone to the meet in a horse and cart! Well, what do you do when your motorised vehicle breaks down? At least the well worn cart and its hardy horse was more reliable!
He married the Hon. Elizabeth Carrington, daughter of the 2nd Baron Carrington and served in the Cavalry. He was also a keen amateur engineer, spending many hours in his workshop emulating some of his forbears who had inventions to their name. However, it was there he met a tragic death when there was an explosion in the workshop and he was killed. Still spoken of with bated breath, is an incident at his funeral when the hounds he so loved were, at his earlier instruction, released to run their course and, bounding towards the churchyard as he was lowered into his grave, their baying sounding as he had wanted, they all checked their flight as they reached the grave!
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