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Totally agree. Just holding onto the door doesn't mean you don't want to jump. It's instinct to grab something, not fear. What do you do when you peer off the side of a bridge? Most people immediately grab the hand-railing. When you're 80 years old, you get used to holding onto something all the time. I had a grandmother that needed to hold onto the handle in our car when it was moving. She didn't have the muscle strength in her back to stay upright easily when we went around a corner. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

"Up to your nuts in her guts" ? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Never give up. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

The Pope has a butler??? Christ would not approve. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Right on, as usual. "I'm just a normal millionaire, trying to make my way in the world by living in a third-world countries, sleeping with teenage girls younger than my grandkids, doing business with local 'politicians', imports/exports, the usual. Oh, and I have a 'venture' drug business that I run in my spare time." Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Cool stuff. Let's hope commercial space ventures actually do drive both cost and human risk down, as proponents have been tauting. Next on the list - a jump from outer space, in a pressurized wingsuit, and landing it without parachute in a pile of cardboard boxes. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

FIFY Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

That was my hand talking. I was trying to be funny, like that guy with the dead terrorist puppet. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

No way I'm going through TSA without lotion. It's too painful when they administer it raw. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I think "Incidents" implies "Bad Incidents" Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Skydivers are going to start playing a game called "How few boxes?" It'll be like "Name that Tune", except more deadly: "I can land a wingsuit on only 200 boxes!" "Well, I can land a wingsuit on only 150 boxes!" Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Well, I am amazed. I have long said this cannot be done. Congratulations to him! I'm glad someone proved me wrong. I'm off to buy stock in the companies that make cardboard boxes Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Today, the successful launch of the Space-X Falcon 9 rocket took Brady's ashes to outer space, along with James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) and 300+ additional people. Fly high, Brady! http://www.bigthink.com/think-tank/human-ashes-pay-pal-and-space-travel Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

The issue of offense at cursing is such an interesting one to me. Of course, there is a Commandment about not taking the Lord's name in vain. But isn't that a bit Old Testament? I mean, in the New Testament, Jesus proclaims that there are only two tenants a person really needs to follow (accept God as your savior and love thy neighbor) to be accepted into Heaven. So if a person is against taking the Lord's name in vain, doesn't that make them a proponent of the Old Testament? And if so, are the taking care not to shave their beards, sacrificing their daughters to the mob, not eating animals with cloven hooves, and all the other Old Testament (read Torah) laws that can get them killed? I mean, if you're a Levitican, that's fine by me, but don't be a hypocritical Levitican. And with that, I'll see you all in Speaker's Corner Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

WTH is wrong with you? This is not how to properly exploit the ambitious dreams of young girls wanting to come to America. The best answer is as follows: Pay expenses for flight over, meals, entertainment, shabby clothes. Rough her up a little, make it known that you know how to dispose of bodies, and have friends in the police (this is common for men in other countries). Pimp her out, give her just enough goodies to make sure she likes you better than any of the ugly johns that you know from your day job (engineers, remember?). When you make a decent profit from the first girl, go buy another. Same procedure. After three girls, you gotta get them spying on each other to make sure you keep them in line. Also, get a driver to haul them around and scare off the other pimps. After six girls, you get a two drivers and a bodyguard. Keep your day job so you have a cover for the IRS, and also a steady supply of customers. Now, your operation is starting to get big, so local gangs are gonna take notice. This is when you don a fake Chicago accent and claim to be affiliated with a family. Take credit for a few of the local gang killings that have gone unsolved. I could go on and on here, but you get the idea. Sadly, I have an uncle that actually did all this with young, gay Mexicans in the 80s (minus the drivers and bodyguard). He was never really caught, but he did get AIDS. Fortunately, the local Mafia didn't care about gay sex trafficking back then. Maybe they do now, I don't know. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Very valid point. When we start using immature technologies in business that deals with life and death, we are setting ourselves up for tragedy. The auto-spell thing needs another 10-20 years to get better. I'm very surprised AOPA would release an app like that - they are usually pretty conservative. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Well, now there is no doubt about him swallowing it. Details of the memory-card recovery are still pending, and hopefully will never be released. What a crappy thing to happen. Instructors want to share their joy of the sport, many of them lose money to do it. The student, meanwhile, thinks that these instructors do this all the time, and their risk is mitigated by experience. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

A little Theme Music might be appropriate. Although when he finally gets out, he looks more pissed-off than a wet cat. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I'm familiar with the loop swoop and pull, I learned about them both when I attended the hospital bed of a fellow jumper that got his fingers caught in a loop. Not being a swooper, can you show a picture or explain "bunny ears"? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

A lot of things feed on mice. Owls, wolves, etc, here in North America. In Guam, I'm sure there are plenty of animals there that depend on them for food. Poisoning a bunch of them will hurt a lot of other animals ... I'm reminded of New Zealand. White people brought rabbits, who are a scourge. Then they brought weasels to kill the rabbits. Unfortunately, the weasels killed a lot of the Kiwi (the bird, not the people :) as well as a lot of other native animals. Better to leave well enough alone, people tend to make matters worse, not better. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Sucker! I bought 16K expansion for my Atari 800 for $89. It was the size of a large, thin paperback book. I installed it myself. I was 10. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

She wasn't able to make it sticky for you? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

In many ways! Most yogurt marketing has been to women and children. Now, they have an excuse to go after males, with brand names like "Engorge!" and "Swagger" (endorsed by the late John Wayne). AC/DC's "Big Balls" might just see a Musak version for use as background music during 30-second spots. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I love the photoshopped images! A pristine coral reef off the coast of Dubai - who knew? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD