That's a frikkin meal there, man"

Awesome...

"A repeater"? Was the grasshopper throwing up?

"GUYS! HEY, GUYS! You will NOT believe what just happened to me!!!"

Same thing happened to me once.

/instead of T-38, think toilet

Wow he was that easily amused by a giant grasshopper? What a wuss! If that happened to me while playing my daily Counterstrike I wouldn't even miss a beat.

To any pilots or cricket experts out there, how the heck was that thing A. able to hang on and B. not get crushed by the force?

Burping Bacon Bits: To any pilots or cricket experts out there, how the heck was that thing A. able to hang on and B. not get crushed by the force?

It was inside the cockpit.

/no expert of any sort

Grasshoppers, when jumping can undergo 20-Gs. They laugh at our pilots and say "bring it on."

the peak acceleration force during take-off of a grasshopper jump approaches 20 G's, the same g-force would invariably squash a human.

Master Po: [after easily defeating the boy in combat] Ha, ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Young Caine: No.
Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
Young Caine: [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?

I don't know why, but that really tickled me. I think it's cool how the pilots were laughing; they were obviously honestly getting a kick out of it.

Wow that guy has the stereotypical pilots voice.

For a while I thought I was watching a porn actor testing out a flight simulator after ingesting huge amounts of mescaline.

Islamograsshopper wants to crash you jet into the white house.

jeffwashingdc: Wow he was that easily amused by a giant grasshopper? What a wuss! If that happened to me while playing my daily Counterstrike I wouldn't even miss a beat.

Did you actually just compare playing Counterstrike to piloting a jet trainer? Really?

Joe Moneybags McBigCock: jeffwashingdc: Wow he was that easily amused by a giant grasshopper? What a wuss! If that happened to me while playing my daily Counterstrike I wouldn't even miss a beat.

Did you actually just compare playing Counterstrike to piloting a jet trainer? Really?

Do you completely miss the sarcasm of every situation? Really?

I enjoyed how the headline went from odd and confusing to succinctly descriptive after viewing the vid.

The Bad Astronomer: I don't know why, but that really tickled me. I think it's cool how the pilots were laughing; they were obviously honestly getting a kick out of it.

Hey, a celebrity! I'm a big fan. Sign my baby?

Burping Bacon Bits: To any pilots or cricket experts out there, how the heck was that thing A. able to hang on and B. not get crushed by the force?

To answer A and B, they weren't pulling any high G maneuvers. Even if they were, a cricket doesn't weigh that much, so 4-8 times his body weight probably won't do too much to him.

The real question is how long can a cricket survive at 20,000' without supplemental O². The IP even jokes that the cricket doesn't seem hypoxic. A human would be pulling a Payne Stewart in that situation. Can a cricket expert answer that one?

/pilot
//no, not that kind of cricket you poms

"A grasshopper is slowly dying....Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Burping Bacon Bits: To any pilots or cricket experts out there, how the heck was that thing A. able to hang on and B. not get crushed by the force?

Ever since Buddy Holley's crash, crickets have not been allowed in airplanes.