Comments on: Runaway Wrecking Ball Goes On Pa. Rampage

1,500-Pound Ball Injures 3 After Breaking From Crane Demolishing College Library

[actornaught]

I think this has the makings of a new festival, 'The Running of the Balls', except they need to roll 2 at a time. You know, like clackers...

[beanerman4]

BUILT FORD TOUGH!

Probably prevented further damage and/or saved a life by having a large enough trunk to store more than a set of gold clubs.

Would have just rolled over a piece of junk Toyota like a tin can.

Anyone get that on home video?

[actornaught]

YES, he jumped out and chased it, and tried to chock it with wood blocks. These guys don't sit around wringing their hands when something goes wrong...

[grammawhamma]

"The crane operator tried unsuccessfully to stop the ball." HOW!!?? Did he jump out of the crane and chase it down the road??

[actornaught]

Why a duck, why not a chicken?

(watch out Loqut, you probably made aardbeavis cry...)

[nskduke]

I don't think duct tape can solve this problem.

[loqut]

Funny the way it was describe how it had happen, I can only imagin the expressions of the people faces when they found that wrecking ball in that person car though. Luckly no one got kill.

[actornaught]

Oopsie... i think i used bad 'grammer'!!

Whatta nincowpoop, such a gulla-bull...

But seriously, hahahahahahaha!!!

[rushlimpdrug]

Guys,
This is what happens when you don't stay within the limits of the ball and chain.

[actornaught]

Why? I speels real good in my "subterrainian" way.

hahahahaha.....

[actornaught]

Don't these things travel in pairs?

[randalds]

Sounds like the action sequence in an old Harold Lloyd movie. I'm glad no one was hurt, but I sure would have loved to see it happening. Bet it was funny to watch.

[blkdog2]

Wanna get away?

[actornaught]

aard is admitting to being a closet 'liberalized', whereever that definition came from (rush parrot?). He's easily left the most contemptuous post so far, and obviously is very morally conflicted.

[jimibear]

"Gives a whole new meaning to, "Junk in the Trunk!"
Posted by mnelsonix at 10:32 AM : Jul 10, 2007
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Dammit! You stole the terrible joke I was going to post! :-P

[rushlimpdrug]

"wrecking ball broke loose"-
- oh sure, blame the wrecking ball.
"Taurus- built Ford tough"

[boopsie200]

Note to hugbee: I trust that the paramedics knew what they were doing in taking care of this driver. I was in a car that was rear-ended some years ago. At the time, I felt fine but a few hours later, while lying down, I found that I could not raise my head from the pillow. That was a minor whiplash injury (which cleared up in a few days). The car in this story took a much greater hit than the one I was in. People joke about insurance collars, but I'm sure anyone who has ever had a serious whiplash injury is not laughing.

[actornaught]

hugbee, the victom didn't say he got out of his car, a cop said that.

By the way, this is the same little town that gave us Sharon Stone!

[hugbee]

Interesting that the driver is being carried away in a stretcher after he "turned around" to look, got out and looked at the damage and made statements to the press. I'm sure he'll claim he was hurt.

[doggymama]

olebd took the words right out of my mouth.

I wasn't even aware that wrecking balls were still in use. I was under the impression that dynamite (or other explosives) were used to create an "implosion" on a building.

All they needed was Wile E. Coyote or that Oscar winning rabbit Bugs Bunny to make it complete.