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feckingmorons		2012-06-15 11:02:25 PM

Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-06-15 11:02:27 PM

Slowly he turned, step by step, inch by inch...

Buck3ts		2012-06-15 11:02:41 PM

good for him

vudukungfu		2012-06-15 11:02:50 PM

I won $3k on that bet.

Indubitably		2012-06-15 11:02:59 PM

Wakka-wakka-wakka does?

Sergio_Van_Lukenstein		2012-06-15 11:03:14 PM

10:43 p.m.: "Welcome to Canada. May I see your passport, please?" Nik pulls his out of a small pouch. They ask him what his purpose of his trip to Canada is and he says "to inspire people all over the world."

Debeo Summa Credo		2012-06-15 11:03:21 PM

Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

mab1823		2012-06-15 11:03:50 PM

Could've done without all the Jesus, but good for him. I guess.

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-06-15 11:04:08 PM

feckingmorons: Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...

God DAMN it.

Indubitably		2012-06-15 11:04:50 PM

vudukungfu: I won $3k on that bet.

Hi, how do I know you can afford more taxes?

Bathia_Mapes		2012-06-15 11:05:40 PM

Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

ABC made him wear the safety harness.

feckingmorons		2012-06-15 11:06:04 PM

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: feckingmorons: Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...

God DAMN it.

I had it in ctrl-v. I've posted it every time I see a Niagara Falls thread, obviously.

PhiloeBedoe		2012-06-15 11:06:08 PM

He should have had Evel Knievel's grandkid jump over him while Harry Houdini's great-grandchild dangles below trying to escape a straitjacket.

Indubitably		2012-06-15 11:07:27 PM

'Tis good to be a daredevil, no?

HardRocker488		2012-06-15 11:07:37 PM

I'm conflicted. Part of me thinks he's a pussy for using a tether (although ABC made him do it) but then again had he not worn a tether and fallen to his death I probably would have called him a moron and chalked up another win for Darwin.

jtown		2012-06-15 11:07:43 PM

Damnit. Now this is stuck in my head:

As Wichita falls, so falls Wichita Falls

lenfromak		2012-06-15 11:08:01 PM

Sergio_Van_Lukenstein: 10:43 p.m.: "Welcome to Canada. May I see your passport, please?" Nik pulls his out of a small pouch. They ask him what his purpose of his trip to Canada is and he says "to inspire people all over the world."

Actually, he will need it for the return trip, thanks to the war on turrism.

Apos		2012-06-15 11:08:48 PM

Congrats on eluding death's claws,I guess....

AFKobel		2012-06-15 11:09:18 PM

A safety harness? Wth

I was not pleased with that development. I almost took a trip over to see it live, I'm glad it didn't fit my schedule.

smadge1		2012-06-15 11:09:23 PM

So, you're saying, he went to a lot of trouble to get into Canada?

AJatHP		2012-06-15 11:09:27 PM

It was like NASCAR without an car wreck. ZZZZZZzzzzzz.......

HardRocker488		2012-06-15 11:10:44 PM

Gotta admit I am enjoying some of the "Wet Zone" jokes on twitter.

Mrtraveler01		2012-06-15 11:11:12 PM

smadge1: So, you're saying, he went to a lot of trouble to get into Canada?

Have you been on the Rainbow Bridge during the peak of tourist season?

This was a much faster way to get into Canada.

TheManofPA		2012-06-15 11:11:29 PM

Bathia_Mapes: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

ABC made him wear the safety harness.

On the special after the NBA game last night, that was the thing he was most pissed off about and thought was going to mess him up. He hated having the harness.

rhiannon		2012-06-15 11:11:33 PM

Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

Jackass.

/praise Jesus, thank you Lord

ecmoRandomNumbers		2012-06-15 11:11:46 PM

I was kinda hoping for tragedy. When you do such public stunts, you have to expect that half the people are betting on Darwin.

Oh well.

TheManofPA		2012-06-15 11:12:28 PM

HardRocker488: Gotta admit I am enjoying some of the "Wet Zone" jokes on twitter.

Fill us in, not everyone follows your mom on twitter

/bazinga
//not a good one, I'm sorry

jaytkay		2012-06-15 11:14:03 PM

Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

gothamist.com

Scoffs at these lame-ass pansy shenanigans

LabGrrl		2012-06-15 11:15:03 PM

Every time I go to Canada I either answer the "purpose" question with a fake purpose we agreed on before hand or tell the truth, which is too existential for border patrol ("Because it's next door", "to go shopping, not sure where", "to see if I can see my house from here") and TO INSPIRE THE WORLD is acceptable?

And since when do they stamp passports?

/"To get booze at Duty Free."

Bathia_Mapes		2012-06-15 11:15:24 PM

TheManofPA: Bathia_Mapes: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

ABC made him wear the safety harness.

On the special after the NBA game last night, that was the thing he was most pissed off about and thought was going to mess him up. He hated having the harness.

I'm not surprised. He mentions his dislike of the harness in the article too.

Debeo Summa Credo		2012-06-15 11:15:27 PM

rhiannon: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

Jackass.

/praise Jesus, thank you Lord

No, he originally said jackoff but caught himself and said jackass instead.

Oh praise Jesus lord you are my savior

KittenMittons		2012-06-15 11:15:33 PM

Tight roping the twin towers was cooler. Yeah.

burber		2012-06-15 11:16:47 PM

Man on Wire is on Netflix streaming. No wires there

megalynn44		2012-06-15 11:17:43 PM

Next time I leave the country & they ask me the purpose of my trip, I'M going to say, "To inspire the world."

Debeo Summa Credo		2012-06-15 11:18:11 PM

Bathia_Mapes: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

ABC made him wear the safety harness.

Yeah, i figured it was something like that. No way would they show it live if there was a chance of him going down the falls.

But still, I have to say it made it boring.

papatex		2012-06-15 11:18:12 PM

It's funny that people "could have done without" the Jesus comments.

They lasted for less than 30 seconds, with a jackass inbetween

/praise you Jesus
//thank you Lord

9beers		2012-06-15 11:19:29 PM

If you want a walk that didn't go so well, look up Karl Wallenda's last walk on YouTube.

wildsnowllama		2012-06-15 11:20:02 PM

Oh no Oh no! Sooooooooo Exciting!!1! If he slips he'll fall two feet!!! The horror!

/The children looked very bored.

megalynn44		2012-06-15 11:20:19 PM

papatex: It's funny that people "could have done without" the Jesus comments.

They lasted for less than 30 seconds, with a jackass inbetween

/praise you Jesus
//thank you Lord

......he prayed the whole way across.

buckeyebrain		2012-06-15 11:20:39 PM

feckingmorons: Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...

Over in one.

Mrtraveler01		2012-06-15 11:20:43 PM

papatex: It's funny that people "could have done without" the Jesus comments.

They lasted for less than 30 seconds, with a jackass inbetween

/praise you Jesus
//thank you Lord

It was a little longer than that but I let it go because if I did that, I would be thanking every diety I possibly could as well.

Plus I remember reading that the family is very religious.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-06-15 11:21:05 PM

Debeo Summa Credo: Bathia_Mapes: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

ABC made him wear the safety harness.

Yeah, i figured it was something like that. No way would they show it live if there was a chance of him going down the falls.

But still, I have to say it made it boring.

True, but when your financial backer (ABC) says you have to wear a harness, you wear a harness.

zipdog		2012-06-15 11:21:30 PM

jaytkay: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

[gothamist.com image 640x430]
Scoffs at these lame-ass pansy shenanigans

I'd like to see Wallenda do THAT!

PYROY		2012-06-15 11:21:45 PM

Every time someone goes over Niagara Falls, whether they live or die, the first thing that pops into my head is "fark Yeah".

papatex		2012-06-15 11:22:11 PM

megalynn44: papatex: It's funny that people "could have done without" the Jesus comments.

They lasted for less than 30 seconds, with a jackass inbetween

/praise you Jesus
//thank you Lord

......he prayed the whole way across.

Right, but how much could you actually hear...

/busy putting a closet together so wasn't really watching, but I did catch the jackass part and lol'did

Impasse		2012-06-15 11:22:55 PM

jaytkay: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

[gothamist.com image 640x430]
Scoffs at these lame-ass pansy shenanigans

Even still images of that makes my gut a little squirrelly.

rhiannon		2012-06-15 11:24:06 PM

Debeo Summa Credo: rhiannon: Debeo Summa Credo: Meh. He had a safety harness which took all the drama out of it.

He kept talking about Jesus which was annoying, but it was funny when he used the term jackoff.

Jackass.

/praise Jesus, thank you Lord

No, he originally said jackoff but caught himself and said jackass instead.

Oh praise Jesus lord you are my savior

I heard him fumble something at first, wasn't sure what it was

/thank you Jesus