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More of a nightmare!
But no.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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James May
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I assure you, he may not.
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Oh very droll 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Scarecrow - he has no brain and so can't dream and he's of OZ.
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Freaky experience of the day
Aquaplaning[^] ... with my motorcycle... 
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As long as you can tell the tale...
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Glad you survived - it's not a lot of fun, is it? You have my sympathies. Hopefully, you didn't fall off?
(Most people do the first time or two, particularly when they run out of water and don't have everything dead straight when grip returns).
It was brown trouser time my first time!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Nothing happened, but I do have some experience with my car and I wasn't turning either (luckily). Go straight, ease of the gas, but don't brake. It was over in about a second or so. 
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That's where people go wrong - panic and hit the brakes. Does a grand total of nothing, until you run out of water... ouch!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Ow!
Broken ribs are nasty - but collarbones are worse!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Oh collarbones...
I got them when felt from a wild horse...
I was able to broke all my fingers (hand and leg), arm, ribs, leg (calf bone), knee cap and collarbone. All this before 25...
My mother tells I was known to the local hospital so when father drove into the parking lot they gout out the instruments...
I was also stitched(?) all over but that's an other story...
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I did my collar playing rugby. Twice. In a single season.
speramus in juniperus
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did mine on a gt750 kettle, who knew that hitting full and main beam together would blow the main fuse and seize the engine, or that wooden fences were so vicious
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Ducati 750, on loan from the shop for the day, brand new with 300 miles on the clock.
Pulling away from the lights in traffic, car ahead braked, I hit the wrong brake (used to Moto Guzzi by then - foot pedal works one front and the rear disk) locked rear wheel, got it back, slid sideways into kerb, broke collar bone. £1500 worth of damage to the bike, £5000 worth of operation to the collarbone, frozen shoulder as a result of operation, life of hell for 4 years...oops. Total speed: 10 mph 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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ouch
least it wasnt a sheep
I had a mate who managed to hit sheep on the way home from the pub on a friday for 4 weeks on the trot, the following Sat he didnt turn up, he was in Hospital, seemingly he was half way home and a sheep jumped over a wall and totaled him and his CX.
We think it was either related to one of earlier victims or was a specially imported hitsheep
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It's the HitSheep: they hated Plastic Maggots!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Bad in a car but bloody terrifying on two wheels. I used to do a bit of MX as a kid, so when I hit the roads I was used to having the stupid thing sliding off in every direction. However, aquaplaning at speed was never an experience I wanted to repeat.
Next up for you is to try the ton-up tank slapper - over 100mph and you lose front grip, bang left, bang right and bang goes your bowels.
speramus in juniperus
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The fun bit of tank slappers is you always remember the advice: "accelerate through it" without thinking "how do I slow back down again?" 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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or the fact that the slapper has broken your thumb (as happed to me, damn KH500h2 kawasaki's)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Ooo...the WidowMaker...your flexible friend!
Never rode one, but I remember the stories.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: tank slapper
If I have that I'll get broken fingers and whrists. My steering wheel can touch the tank... 
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