Has anyone seen my specialty plates?

[PurplFrawg]

When was this? Is this a common event? They say the people commit suicide by jumping regularly in Las Vegas.

1974, IIRC. It was shortly after that they closed the observation deck for a long time. One regent at the time was quoted as saying that it didn't matter; if they closed the Tower, people would just jump off Belmont Hall (UT Football Stadium.) Shortly afterwards a student jumped to his death from Belmont.

 

[netty2424]

When was this? Is this a common event? They say the people commit suicide by jumping regularly in Las Vegas.

Apparently this is a big thing jumping from Golden Gate Bridge. Several documentaries on it. It's high enough that the water might as well be concrete.

 

[Bob]

It's high enough that the water might as well be concrete.

Sounds like my bowels after the daily dose of Metformin.

 

[SnoSki]

Apparently this is a big thing jumping from Golden Gate Bridge. Several documentaries on it. It's high enough that the water might as well be concrete.

Interesting. From Wikipedia...

“Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,600 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.[1]”

That’s a rate of about 21.3 per year. Nearly 2 a month for 75 years!

 

[RollToad]

Interesting. From Wikipedia...

“Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,600 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.[1]”

That’s a rate of about 21.3 per year. Nearly 2 a month for 75 years!

 

[netty2424]

Interesting. From Wikipedia...

“Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,600 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.[1]”

That’s a rate of about 21.3 per year. Nearly 2 a month for 75 years!

 

[Tom Brown]

Darn beat me to it

 

[RollToad]

It’s pretty crazy that they caught them... well not caught, but on video.

 

[netty2424]

It’s pretty crazy that they caught them... well not caught, but on video.

Yah it's been years since I saw the documentary but I feel like I remember seeing or maybe read somewhere that there are watch groups that sit on the hills with binoculars and watch the bridge, and call for help for people they think might jump.

 

[TheFDN]

Yah it's been years since I saw the documentary but I feel like I remember seeing or maybe read somewhere that there are watch groups that sit on the hills with binoculars and watch the bridge, and call for help for people they think might jump.

They are in the process of completing a netting system that extends 20 feet out along the bridge to hopefully cure this problem.

For some reason I agreed to rent a two seater bike and ride across the bridge a few years ago. It was windy af, and I was certain I was going to get blown over the railing and either die from the fall or get eating by the sharks. Never again.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

a two seater bike.

I don't even know where to begin.

 

[GeoFrog]

 

[talor]

They are in the process of completing a netting system that extends 20 feet out along the bridge to hopefully cure this problem.

Waste of money.

 

[Peacefrog]

Watched an Anthony Jeselnik stand up special while on the treadmill last night. Probably the darkest humor I have ever heard. Caught myself laughing and ashamed of myself for doing so all at the same time.

 

[GeoFrog]

Watched an Anthony Jeselnik stand up special while on the treadmill last night. Probably the darkest humor I have ever heard. Caught myself laughing and ashamed of myself for doing so all at the same time.

Well, now you know you are qualified to get a job writing for Cards Against Humanity:

http://www.kmov.com/story/38921161/how-to-make-40hr-writing-for-cards-against-humanity

 

[Tom Brown]

Watched an Anthony Jeselnik stand up special while on the treadmill last night. Probably the darkest humor I have ever heard. Caught myself laughing and ashamed of myself for doing so all at the same time.

Should be ashamed to be on a darning hamster wheel

 

[ShadowFrog]

I don't even know where to begin.

I’ll tell ya how....if Jordan was driving.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Watched an Anthony Jeselnik stand up special while on the treadmill last night. Probably the darkest humor I have ever heard. Caught myself laughing and ashamed of myself for doing so all at the same time.

Sometimes he's a brilliant comic but most of the time he's a hack. It's very frustrating.

 

[netty2424]

Post Malone fans might want to read. Plane he's on now is in trouble.

http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/21/post-malone-plane-crash-landing-blew-tires-mtv-vma/

 

[satis1103]

Post Malone fans might want to read. Plane he's on now is in trouble.

http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/21/post-malone-plane-crash-landing-blew-tires-mtv-vma/

He'll be aight. Single blown tire shouldn't cause a fatal incident.

Source - have seen every episode of Air Disasters (no lie) and may or may not have slept at Holiday Inn Express last night.