I took these pictures a few weeks ago. Local businesses were promoting a Monster Truck show by strategically placing monster trucks throughout the town to help promote the show.
A few days before the truck show, I was heading home on a bright and sunny afternoon when all of a sudden I thought I saw a CJ Jeep that had run on-top of another vehicle. I began to slow down and when I got closer I noticed that it was just a monster truck that was sitting next to a normal passenger car.
Being the car lover I am, I had to snap a shot of my car next to a monster.
My post the other day about "America's Funniest Videos" and men being hit in the genitils doesn't even compare to this. The 60 second AFV video montage of men being struck is painful and funny, but this video is downright corrupt and hilarious.
I've been holding on to this video for a few years--I just recently got the motivation to transfer it to the computer. Anyhow, my dad built this go kart using scrap parts from around his shop and from some motorcycles that had been donated to him.
Like all of my dad's hand-built projects, the go kart is superbly-built. The motor on the kart is a Kawasaki 750 GZP, the frame made from scrap tube-chasis framing, the seat is from a Subaru Brat, the axels were custom made, and the brakes are from a Kawasaki bike. The kart screamed! Believe it or not, after the accident the only thing that needed to be replaced were the front steering linkages.
Since the ending gets cut-off and all you can hear is the noise of a wreck, the guy who was riding the go kart ended up hitting a curb which launched him and the go kart into a wire fence. When they ran to help him, the guy was found in severe pain laying on the other side of the fence in the grass and the go kart was wrapped in the fence. The guy riding was rushed to the hospital and ended up dislocating his shoulder, broke his knee and wrist, and had minor bumps and bruises all over. Luckily, he avoided head, neck, and back injury. He still laughs about the accident to this day.
After the accident my dad ended up putting a harness on it and requires anyone who dares to ride it to put on a helmet. The kart hasn't run in about a year--after showing this video to anyone who inquires about riding it, they change their mind.
There is something refershing about sitting down on a Sunday evening and watching an hour of America's Funniest Home Videos. I can't quite place it--a series of video montages of men being struck in the genitils, babies doing cute baby things, dogs chasing their tails, cats doing backflips, and people inflicting injury upon themself--it never gets old and it I'm guaranteed to laugh my ass off, even if it's a repeat.
Last week I posted a video of dredg covering Lionel Richie's "Hello." This is my all-time favorite best dredg video.
