Did poor baby smashy-face get ticketed for riding in the bed of a pickup truck? I hope so. farking assholes.

Batfang

Rock salt shells are homemade by taking a bird shot or rat shot shell and removing the metal pellets and replacing them with some rock salt. Supposedly this makes the shot non-leathal. The rock-salt is softer and lighter than metal pellets. The shape of the rock salt also drags air and slows down the projectiles in flight. So the shot is supposed to sting and perhaps make a superficial wound. Nevertheless its a dangerous and stupid thing to do. Using the wrong gauge or wrong size load, or leaving the plastic wadding in the shell, or firing too close to someone, or at their face could kill or seriously wound them. A friend of mine in HS got a really serious leg wound from a salt shot while stealing a watermelon (not a joke).

Please do not fark with people in cars. I am a nice nonviolent person but when I get in a car I turn into a crazy psychopath. Keep throwing things at cars and you will meet the one person that will kill you for it.
/Glad I refreshed had a much lamer expliation for the rocksalt.

what exactly is is rock salt for in a shotgun?

I'm guessing that it may have been a *literal* old school shot gun. Add the powder, add the shot. Then fire.

Or the old guy packed his own cartridges for "those damn kids".

/That's a damn good idea
// Props to that old man.

fastjimmy: Go take another "what are you" quiz limey.

Wow.. 'limey', that's original.

Sometimes you just have to shout out farkers without it getting turned into ... well, farkers.

I bet the kids are completely at fault for the wreck... I say they slammed on their brakes in front of the nissan...

who the hell goes on a high-speed pursuit with 3 guys in the back of a truck? if they were driving in a straight line, the truck shouldn't have flipped, even if it were hit by the nissan.

if the kids had real chutzpah they would have killed the old bastard proper.

cowards.

Ya, I'd have to vote "stupid" for the kid trying to outrun an old man @ 70mph with 3 kids in the box....

yes, yes, yes....blah blah, teenagers do stupid things, don't realize consequences, blah blah....
but that's just idiotic....

both drivers should face reckless driveng charges, driving with undue car and attention, and stunting tickets for good measure

BatFang: what exactly is is rock salt for in a shotgun?

It's not supposed to be lethal. It's supposed to burn like hell, and not kill you.

I blame Utah. By the time I had a car, I had better things to do than throw water balloons at random motorists. Of course, I also had a natural flair for senseless shenanigans and retired undefeated around 15. I remember putting brake fluid in water balloons once and used oil occasionally. I threw some sharks on someone's lawn, opossums on a fast food place. But such things weren't random (except the sharks) and usually involved, if not social commentary, at least payback.

Anyway, he didn't have to chase them, but they didn't have to run. They could have faced up to it and tried to talk their way out of it. What, was the group of 17 year olds afraid of the old man? Please. Not to mention they didn't learn from the first time he chased them and did it again. Maybe this is what it takes for them to learn. I think that applies to both parties. I don't see the benefit in charging anyone, since they were all responsible and will all suffer emotionally.

When you engage in that sort of behavior, you accept the possible outcomes. We always did, when we were punk kids. Punks cause trouble, old folks try to catch them. Circle of life. It's beautiful in its way.

/boys will be boys

A few weeks ago there was a story in my local paper about high-school kids throwing an opened soda bottle filled with urine into a convertible that was driving next to their school bus. The driver got pissed (literally) and called the cops. The kids got arrested for assault and throwing a missile at an occupied vehicle.

Scrapmaker
if they were driving in a straight line, the truck shouldn't have flipped, even if it were hit by the nissan.

Tell you what, you drive in a straight line at 70 mph and then I'll tap your rear bumper from the side.

Ever been in a car sliding sideways at speed into a ditch? When the horizon starts to rotate, you know you are in deep shiat.

/better wear a seat belt. and a diaper.

One kid got what he deserved, especially after hitting the Nissan a *second time*, but the rest of 'em.....well, maybe it scared the shiat out of them enough not to do stupid shiat.

A kid a knew in high school (real dick) was throwing water balloons at cars. Some guy who was hit chased him down in his car, got out of the car, and stabbed him.

/Owned!

I love it when things just work themselves out like that. Who would have been in trouble if the old codger lost control of his vehicle and broked all his bones?

Instant Karma - Just add water (balloon).

We used to buy a dozen eggs (cost about a quarter when I was 13) and toss them at cars from high cover in the woods. The best day we had was when some asshole stopped and got out of his car like he was going to come after us.
He got nailed twice before he decided that he made a mistake.

you know, everyone seems to have a story about being an asshat and chucking things at cars (I will spare you mine). But how many of you got a broken face out of the deal?

/deserved what he got

Har, the little dick-brained lobotomy cases got what they asked for! Hooray!

... pinning one kid against the ground. That kid suffered fractures to every bone in his face and will undergo reconstructive surgery. Two wrongs makes a right?

Yes. Yes they do.

how do you fill a balloon with syrup?
do you pressurize the syrup to blow up the balloon?
water is pressurized, syrup not...

/please enlighten me!

There seem to be a lot of people today who had really crappy childhoods, or who are so distanced from the memories of their childhood that they can't empathise with what it's like to be young, excitable, and willing to challenge authority.

What sad, dried-up, beaten old wimps you are. The state really has whipped you.

America, where it's all about spazzing in the name of revenge.

Some kid throws a water balloon at me or leaves flaming dog crap on my porch and that's it, I'll blow his head off. Hey, he had it coming!

/I'm not taking it anymore!
//I'm going to fight back!!

Mansell-

Note that most of the cranks wanting to see the kids get pummelled are the same ones telling the stories of their own hell-raising.

Not sad, dried-up, beaten old wimps. Just ready to play the game from the other side.

You, however, were kind enough to throw in a completely irrelevant point about the "state" whipping people. Some sad, dessicating beatings in your past you want to share with the class?

Philm

You do realize that you can apply pressure to a flexible vessel, like say, a bottle? So long as you apply a pressure greater than that provided by the elasticity of the balloon, you can fill said balloon with syrup.

/hope that helps.

Barnacles!

The treehouse was the place to smoke the weed away from the folks.
And after Farking your momma.

ok, thanks for the info imp.
i was raised on mrs. butterworths.
it came in glass bottle lady.
never thought of a squeezable syrup...

/enlightened

Philm said he came in the glass bottle lady.

heh

/Beavis

UberDave, we did about the same thing but with flour... and it was from the school bus, and it was more than one bag. Ever seen a school bus get pulled over by the cops? Oh man that was classic. Thank god I didn't live too far away to ride my bike for 2 weeks.

Dr Tad Winslow, we did the same thing in college, my roomate hit a kid playing basketball, knocked him on his ass.

As for some of the other things we did, oh man we would have done time in this day and age. Think rocks, cars, fireworks, bb guns, road blocks, fire, and wrist rockets.

Thankfully no one got hurt this bad.

on the substance other than water in ballons: what imprimere said and also a 50/50 mix of soap and water is amusing and it burns when you hit someone in the eyes, but it is safer than oil. you pump the soap in then put the ballon over the the tap.

"When stupid meets crazy, something bad is bound to happen".

You may quote me on that.
GN

So let me get this straight, these teenagers throw a few water ballons at this old codgers truck and he turns around and then rams thier vehicle causing an accident and one teen to be severely injured - breaking every bone in his face, his ribs, and his collar bone and you guys think HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED?!

He was throwing WATER ballons, not ballons full of acid - what the fark was the old guy worried about, that the WATER would stain his paint job?! Seriously this grumpy old bastard needs to go to prison and then maybe next time someone sprays a little water on him he won't react with deadly and lethal force.

almost_infamous

I hope you'd agree that there's a distinction between an old timer 'chewing out' some kid, as a poster described it, maybe giving him a shake and a scare. But to somehow equate that relatively benign and accepted level of reciprosity with running a kid off a road and scarring him for life is another thing.

Once you get to that level, once you agree that these mischievous kids (who were throwing water balloons, not bricks) 'deserved what they got', then you are a mouthpiece of the state. A sober, callous force that oppresses any challenge to its authority.

Take your place, get in line etc. What a difference your kind has made to the world.

/Oh, and of course I got chased, shouted at and shook up a few times. Every kid did. My point is that I, and pretty much everybody here, did far worse than throw a few water balloons as a kid. And fortunately we came across adults who dealt with us appropriately, who dealt with us as kids. That's why I'm not burnt, scarred, crippled or dead because some psycho went for me, some mean spirited old prick who didn't possess the maturity and wisdom that should come with old age to not act like a total twat and hurt the people who'll be supporting his ass when he's pissing out of it.

This sort of thing has been a problem in Mormonland ever since the beginning. The original Joe Smith used to climb up to the top of the steeple of the first LDS Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, and throw paper grocery bags full of water down on the passers-by (rubber balloons hadn't been invented yet).

How do you think he got himself shot!?

I hope that kid dies. What they did was incredibly dangerous and wrong. Running those kids off the road? Not wrong. Trying to stop/hurt these cockmongers is good and I fully support this man. Anyone who says "teens do this kind of stuff" is an idiot who was/is a bad egg. As A teen I never did this shiat. Neither did my friends. Why? Bceause they were good people.

almost_infamous
Yes, throwing a water balloon at a perfect stranger is a direct invitation to an ass kicking. Everybody knows that. That's why they run when they get caught. If you don't like the rules, don't play the game.

What world do you live in where teenagers throw shiat at people without expecting physical repercussions? I've never visited that world. And I've played on both sides of this game.

Some teenagers may respond to a water balloon assault by trying to kick the assaulters' asses. But they're young and immature. Adults should know better. If you think violence is an appropriate response to a farking water balloon, you need to grow up. It's... water. Do you also call people out when they call you a name? I'm sure the proper response to name calling is... "You and me, biatch! On the playground, after school!"

Water balloons are for wimps.

Me and my drunk friends used to hide behind the big freeway signs up on the bridge over the interestate near my town, and drop cinder blocks on passing cars. Oh man that was good for a laugh.

/no we didn't. But we DID used to stand up there when it was snowing and watch the semi tractors with full tire chains hit the dry pavement under a nearby bridge. In the dark, at 50 or so mph, the sparks were like the 4th of july.

susler
Oh please, I don't think you can equate bumping into somebody into a bar with willfully throwing a water balloon from a moving vehicle at another moving vehicle.

No, they are not equal, but 1) I was responding to the statement that if a stranger throws a water balloon at you, you have the right to kick their asses. It had kind of gotten away from the moving vehicles part. And 2), as you said yourself, neither activity warrants an ass kicking. I'd advise anyone who got beat up for something like that to press charges without hesitation.

Mansell:

/Oh, and of course I got chased, shouted at and shook up a few times. Every kid did. My point is that I, and pretty much everybody here, did far worse than throw a few water balloons as a kid. And fortunately we came across adults who dealt with us appropriately, who dealt with us as kids.

Maybe you were just lucky or quick. Do you think this guy really meant to crush the kid's skull? Obviously not. He didn't flee. Probably held the kid's head together while the other kids panicked waiting for help. This sort of anger vs idiocy thing is unpleasant, but it's part of the human condition. Fortunately, nature accounts for this by producing more male offspring.

If someone who wasn't involved had been hurt, it would be a tragedy, but this is just the way of things. We should not mourn them, but rather exalt them as martyrs to the cause of men. For they die as we should have died, running the gauntlet of testosterone fueled self destruction that is male youth. Their sacrifice is noble, as it serves as an example to us all. Through each death, countless more learn the lesson and survive. There should be a website to celebrate such idiocy. Oh, wait, we're on it.

Yeah but he rammed their truck.

What's up with that?

2005-06-15 06:59:10 PM The Great Mutato

"...Anyone who says "teens do this kind of stuff" is an idiot who was/is a bad egg. As A teen I never did this shiat. Neither did my friends. Why? Bceause they were good people.


Well folks, it's official! I was/am now a bad egg/person!
Hoo-ray!

WildMonkey:

he old guy is a farking idiot!

You tell me which one is more immature and stupid...a bunch of kids throwing harmless water ballons, or the old-should-know-better fart that chasses them at 70 mph to tell them "hey throwing water ballons is dangerous"...please give this idiot a linching.

I thought it was spelled "lynching" Perhaps I am wrong. Pet peeve of mine is when a person calls another person [insert intelligence insulting comment here] and spell things wrong.

Who's to say the guy hit the truck on purpose? Those kids were insufferable assholes. Nobody deserves to get their face crushed, but they aren't innocent little angels either. If that kid's face wasn't crushed it'd just be bad karma coming back to them.

Good for this a-hole who had his truck all up ons him. I hope he dies.

I'm sick of these dickless POS kids that want to prank someone and then ...

Nevermind. I like what ParagonComplex said about karma.

studebaker hoch: Yeah but he rammed their truck.

I'm reminded of an episode of Northern Exposure, when Maurice and that Russian wind up dueling for ethereal honor type reasons. While drinking heavily beforehand, the Russian and Holling were talking. The Russian said something like, "Things have gotten a little out of hand," to which Holling replied, "Things do."

All I'm suggesting is that if two men decide to do battle in whatever way, things will get out of control. When they do, the consequences are the responsibility of everyone who allowed it to get that far. No one involved in this incident had to continue with it at any point. They all had a zillion chances to stop, but they chose to participate.

Oh and one more thing.

How many of you have been hit by a water balloon while driving?

The impact can scare the shiat out of you!

Heh, anybody else notice the last three letters of the URL?

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2802848#WTF

lollerskates.

/nerd

studebaker hoch:

It works. You just hit him in the ass end, on one of the corners. If you can give him a little sideways nudge even better still, just be careful not to spin yourself out with him. The faster they're going, the easier it is.

Easier to pull this off on a rear-wheel drive vehicle(like a pickup truck).