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[–]charangutan 403 points404 points ago

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OIL! WE'RE RICH!!!

[–]acosmichippo 73 points74 points ago

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I think we just found the opening title sequence for The 21st Century Hillbillies.

[–]Iamthesmartest 17 points18 points ago

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Watch yer head Granny!!!

[–]Jesus_luvs_Jenkem 9 points10 points ago

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My mom says this every time anyone references the Beverly Hillbillys. I thought it was a family joke.

[–]Iamthesmartest -1 points0 points ago

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Haha, watch the movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies_(film)

The TV show was supposed to be awesome too, but I've only seen clips of it.

[–]Jesus_luvs_Jenkem 5 points6 points ago

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I know it's from the movie. I remember the scene vividly. I just didn't realize anyone else saw the movie. Lol

[–]Iamthesmartest 9 points10 points ago

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Hahaha, oh! Do you watch Entourage? Did you know that rich kid that takes a liking to Elle May is E? Re-watched the movie not too long ago and noticed that, thought it was pretty funny.

[–]ss5gogetunks 4 points5 points ago

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The show was sooooooo much better than the movie - and I loved the movie!

[–]stoopidhandfulofakid 5 points6 points ago

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Watched a lot of Nick at Nite as a kid with my mom, and Beverly Hillbillies and I Love Lucy were always my two favorites. Green Acres was up there also.

[–]Astrokiwi 2 points3 points ago

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... there was a movie too?

[–]budbuds 1 point2 points ago

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Awesome?

[–]CrimsonKevlar 17 points18 points ago

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Don't bully me Daniel!

[–]SGTPepper119 4 points5 points ago

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I'm your old friend Eli, Daniel!

[–]Smaskifa 9 points10 points ago

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Black Gold, Texas Tea.

[–]J-Codo 4 points5 points ago

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I'm pretty sure that was a shit pipe that broke... Which would make that fecal mater not oil.

[–]you_reddit_right 36 points37 points ago

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This man sounds like he knows a fecal spray when he sees one.

[–]willies_hat 19 points20 points ago

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I'm no plumber but I am pretty sure building codes would not allow a shit pipe in a drop ceiling.

[–]localgrown 24 points25 points ago

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They actually do. The only thing is waste pipes are gravity not Pressurized So it would not spray out this violently. My guess is sprinkler. That water is black from being super oily in the pipes. It's not like the movies, trust Me.

[–]ohmygodbees 16 points17 points ago

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I work on sprinkler systems quite often! That black stuff is so nasty, and I have gotten sprayed by a system drain before, covered with that perfume.

Its not just oil, either...there is a slow reaction with the iron

[–]JustGreg 11 points12 points ago

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Former firefighter here. It's pretty much this. The first few minutes is stagnant water from how ever many years ago when the system was charged.

[–]o_c_d 12 points13 points ago

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She hit a sprinkler line and knocked the sprinkler off. The water doesn't circulate so the first few minutes are a putrid mess.

[–]saltyjohnson 4 points5 points ago

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I work in commercial construction and you're correct. The sprinklerfitters build the branch pipe design on-site which basically involves cutting and then threading a bunch of 1-1/4" (or thereabouts) pipe. Threading involves using a die to cut threads into the end of the pipe: a process that produces a ton of heat and requires a ton of cutting oil to keep from basically melting the really expensive dies.

And then the guys do absolutely nothing by way of cleaning all the oil out of the inside of the pipe. So that settles in the pipe and sits right on top of the sprinkler heads for years and years until one is activated and that dirty stinky gross mess gets all over everyone and everything unlucky enough to be in the way.

[–]saltyjohnson 2 points3 points ago

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Where else do you think the shit pipes would go in a multi-story building?

Usually, bathrooms are stacked on top of each other so they can use the same plumbing chase all the way up the building without needing any horizontal shit travel, but not always. And sometimes there are single bathrooms in certain places for whatever reasons. They can't just have a shit pipe running down through the middle of a room, so it has to make its way to the main sewer trunk in the mechanical riser.

There's a LOT of shit above those t-bar ceilings. You'd be amazed. I'm an electrician and our big feeder pipes usually go in first, which means everything else is underneath us and if I need to fix something or make a modification, I need to climb through countless pipes and ducts and straps and rods and fittings to get to where I need to be. Not fun.

[–]willies_hat 2 points3 points ago

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I am curious at how many multistory bowling alleys you have seen.

[–]saltyjohnson 2 points3 points ago

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You were talking about building codes.

As far as single-story buildings such as bowling alleys, there would never be shit pipes in the ceiling because shit flows downhill.

[–]dubloe7 2 points3 points ago

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Nah, but a lot of rust and sediment builds up in those sprinkler systems when they're not used for a while.

[–]ihatemaps 2 points3 points ago

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I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Do you know how pipes work? Do you think when you shit it just sits in the pipe and collects until there is a long line of high-pressure liquid shit?

[–]GrooveCombo 1 point2 points ago

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There was a Beavis and Butthead episode about that.

[–]Kluey 2 points3 points ago

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Until the US comes after you.

[–]GeneralLeo 2 points3 points ago

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I came here just to find this comment!

[–]flyonawall 55 points56 points ago

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What is that coming out of the ceiling?

[–]clwnfrt 168 points169 points ago

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Water from the fire supression system just sits in those pipes for a very long time. That is what it looks like when it is released. I believe the dark color comes from a bacteria that forms in iron rich enviroments. The metal piping provides that. Yumm.

[–]Enocssa 54 points55 points ago

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its called MIC it is nasty. The oil that is still in the pipe from being cut, and whatever is coming form the city water system. That stuff is nasty and smells horrid. What is worse are the wet pipe system that have the sugar based antifreeze in it that stuff reaks.

[–]DragQueensReact 64 points65 points ago

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[–]jusksmit 18 points19 points ago

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Some humans have wonderful faces. This is one of those humans.

[–]DragQueensReact 69 points70 points ago

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[–]Esteam 16 points17 points ago

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What the hell are these from?

[–]jdmf87 16 points17 points ago

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RuPaul's drag race, most recent season. That's Latrice Royale, one fierce convict.

[–]buildinghype 6 points7 points ago

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It looks like Project Runway because of the mannequin heads in the background. Make it work.

[–]xSorcha 2 points3 points ago

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5 G's!

[–]sotech 7 points8 points ago

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I broke a sprinkler head in a datacenter once, that shit came flooding out. I guess it was lucky-ish that it was below the raised floor instead of from the ceiling overhead.

[–]middo 22 points23 points ago

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As an IT guy:

Jesus fucking christ holy shit. Did you get to keep your job? HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN SO I NEVER MAKE THIS MISTAKE

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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DON'T PUT SPRINKLERS IN YOUR DATACENTER.

[–]BisforBM 1 point2 points ago

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Listen to this guy, he's eddycated.

[–]joeyheartbear 3 points4 points ago

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Yeah, and I am sure the fire chief would LOVE that. Let's put a bunch of heat producing machines in a room and not set anything up to prevent a possible fire.

[–]NovaDeez 10 points11 points ago

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Water isn't the only thing that puts out fire and using sprinklers in a data center is retarded and just asking for what could be a small fire to suddenly turn into millions upon millions of dollars in lost equipment and data.

The data center I work for has a halon system. When a fire is detected you basically have a few minutes to get the fuck out before the halon drops and more or less sucks all the oxygen out of the air, killing the fire.

[–]zigzog7 3 points4 points ago

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its a bit more complicated than that, the advantage of halon is that it stops the fire but does not kill everyone who might happen to be in the room like if you used CO2

[–]Legio_X 2 points3 points ago

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Sounds like a lawsuit just waiting to happen. Letting the servers burn or get soaked might just be the cheaper option in the long term.

[–]mightbetrolling 2 points3 points ago

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Tons of establishments already use such systems, You get about one to two minutes heads up before the room is flooded with suppression agent. There is no reason someone could not vacate a location within that amount of time.

[–]NovaDeez 3 points4 points ago

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You either severely underestimate how much servers and the data contained within them cost, or severely overestimate how much someone might earn in a wrongful death lawsuit.

One rack worth of equipment is probably 1 to 20 million dollars, and there are several hundred racks worth of equipment in the data center I work for. That's to say nothing of all the data that would be lost if those servers were destroyed.

[–]BisforBM 2 points3 points ago

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And you, if you're not fast.

I guess they should call it a natural selection system.

[–]MyOtherAcctIsACar 2 points3 points ago

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That's like a Bond villain way to kill a fire

"In a few minutes Mr Fire you will be suffocated in Halon! Mwhahahahaha"

[–]I_Am_Not_An_Expert 1 point2 points ago

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According to Prison Break, I'm never going into one of those rooms.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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most serious datacenters use something like argon gas or fire-retardant foam to put fires out

[–]BK_allday 2 points3 points ago

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You are defintely never supposed to put sprinklers in a data center

[–]sotech 1 point2 points ago

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Well, here is some background:

This was a demo job back when I was in telecomm (I'm a software engineer now, so I don't really care what happens in the DC, heh). It was late at night, the only time this company would let us in, and we were trying to pull out the huge pile of spaghetti under the tiles. There were kvm cables, network cables, power cables, ibm type 1 cables (which are virtually identical looking to power cables), etc.

So me and a buddy were about 2-3 tiles apart, pulling stuff through and cutting it out from a particularly large pile when crack, the sprinkler head that was completely covered in cables broke and dark, oily water came spraying out. This lasted about 10-15mins with a steadily decreasing pressure. They never did find the cut-off switch for it. All told it just left standing water over a large area under the tiles. Thankfully there were tiles still in place directly above it so no water got above the tile line.

As for repercussions, I think the company was sufficiently embarrassed by a) not even knowing there was a pressurized fire suppressant system down there b) had no idea how to shut it off, that they called it a draw. We were never notified about it and had just started work, so we hadn't uncovered any other heads yet.

This was also the job I nearly cut my thumb off trying to demo out some 300 pair cable from a pipe it might have slid through 10-15 years previously when it was installed, but over the years it had swollen tight. Good times.

So glad I just sit at a keyboard all day now, hehe.

[–]CyanPeppa 11 points12 points ago

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Why on earth are they not using a pre-action system in an environment where there's millions of dollars of sensitive electronic equipment?

[–]Scott555 1 point2 points ago

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I worked with a fellow who told a tale of playing catch with a football in the datacenter; claims this happened. Fellow's name is Darren. Familiar?

[–]flyonawall 1 point2 points ago

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Learn something new all the time. I did not know that fire suppression systems sat stagnant, full of water, seems obvious now, but I never thought about it. I can imagine it generates an entire anaerobic community, could be interesting. I would have been fascinated by that as a kid and collected samples to look at.

[–]Suxout 11 points12 points ago

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Very dirty water.

[–]Growing4Freedom 5 points6 points ago

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Probably the sprinkler system.

[–]Gortonis 12 points13 points ago

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Two of the movie myths that I love pointing out in movies are. One that when you pull the fire alarm it doesn't set off the sprinkler system in real life. And two the water that comes out is not stuff that you would wanna have a wet t-shirt party in it's gross black stinky eye burning putrid scum water only good for putting out a fire. Even if the system is made of pvc pipe it still sits in those pipes for possibly years so its still gross

[–]jdmf87 25 points26 points ago

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I once accidentally flushed my hotel's suppression system. I fell against a stand pipe and grabbed the lever to stop my fall. Ended up setting off the major alarm in the hotel and, when I turned the lever back to where it had been, the system had to relieve the pressure caused by me opening the pipe. It did this by evacuating the entire suppression system in one blast into our banquet hallway... Where the servers were hanging out in between dinner courses.

Thank Christ my boss thought it was funny.

[–]arojay 2 points3 points ago

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Also that smoke doesn't trigger sprinklers, and that when you put a match under one sprinkler head, it doesn't make every single head in the building fire at the same time.

The way real fire sprinkler systems work is far too boring for Hollywood.

[–]iamasociopath22 112 points113 points ago

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She's like one of those people from the infomercials.

[–]SicilianEggplant 136 points137 points ago

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Stop bowling like this ::black and white clip with an overlaid red 'X' showing someone throwing bowling ball unlike any human::

And start bowling like this ::color clip of same person scoring a strike:: with Magic Balls!

[–]FatCat433 54 points55 points ago

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Our balls are 300% heavier than normal bowling balls, so you'll barely be able to get it off the ground much less hit the ceiling.

Plus if you order in the next 20 minutes, we'll throw in a travel weight bowling ball that only weighs one quarter of the regular model, so you can take it anywhere with no fuss.

[–]friday6700 27 points28 points ago

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Call now and we'll send you not one, but TWO magic balls, a magic glove, and magic ball chamois all for the cost of shipping and handling! And if you're not completely satisfied, you can return it for a full refund within 30 days!!!!

(Allow 31 days for delivery)

[–]taintedbloop 22 points23 points ago

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BILLY MAYS HERE, IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF THESE POSTS WERE WRITTEN LIKE THIS!

[–]synoptyc 5 points6 points ago

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That's a $199 value for only three easy payments of $29.99!

[–]Always_smooth 2 points3 points ago

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Don't use any of the competitor's balls, it simply doesn't get the job done. You know our balls are the best!

[–]unohoo09 1 point2 points ago

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Ah, there's the scheming catch; I was getting worried.

[–]raihan42 4 points5 points ago

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"HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?!"

[–]Hey_Brother 2 points3 points ago

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I'm sitting in a room by myself, and I actually laughed out loud. My hat is off to you.

[–]cultured_banana_slug 1 point2 points ago

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I'm surprised she managed to put her shoes on without putting out an eye.

[–]BillW87 223 points224 points ago

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Apparently I'm the only person whose first thought was "I wonder who got stuck paying for that" instead of "that water coming from the ceiling is gross".

[–]cocktastic_voyage 65 points66 points ago

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Insurance.

[–]notjawn 5 points6 points ago

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I imagine a Bowling Alley's liability policy is pretty damn comprehensive.

[–]FatCat433 37 points38 points ago

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Bowling ball got stuck paying for it.

[–]flyingnomad 18 points19 points ago

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Spent rest of its life with person after person sticking fingers in its holes and getting thrown around to pay the bills.

[–]AnotherBlackNerd 2 points3 points ago

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He got fucked in all 3 holes

[–]patefoisgras 6 points7 points ago

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It's an inevitable part of growing up.

[–]GeorgeTaylorG -2 points-1 points ago

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I'm willing to bet the girls family ended up paying. If anyone in here knows the story, I am very curious as well.

[–]electronicdream 6 points7 points ago

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Or, you know, insurance.

[–]splintersmaster 1 point2 points ago

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No way they payed. That floor most likely had to be redone. The wood used on those lanes are very sensitive. Most likely there isn't an engineer on duty to immediately find and shut off the sprinkler system. That's a 100 thousand dollar oops Thursday there. Insurance.

[–][deleted] 80 points81 points ago

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MARK IT ZERO !!

[–]Epic_Big_Mac 31 points32 points ago

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But, her foot never crossed the line...

[–][deleted] 85 points86 points ago

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!

[–]dantepicante 6 points7 points ago

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You are entering a world of pain.

[–]TakenMyAss 3 points4 points ago

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Shut up Donny, you're out of your fucking element.

[–]420Warrior 17 points18 points ago

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i'm watching this movie right now

[–]unohoo09 14 points15 points ago

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No, you're on Reddit.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-MULTITASK.

[–]aweg 2 points3 points ago

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Shut the fuck up, Donny.

[–]SolidLuigi 2 points3 points ago

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I followed this gif back to cinemagraphcollection.com. It's my favorite site now. Thank you

[–]rafuzo2 1 point2 points ago

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AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THE RULES

[–]suzy9mm 25 points26 points ago

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Holy shit! is that the monster from Lost!?

[–]flyingnomad 8 points9 points ago

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Finding new roles were tough after the series ended.

[–]Magnesus 1 point2 points ago

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He played in Stargate Atlantis before gettin a role in Lost (episode 1x04 or sth like that).

[–]impshial 0 points1 point ago

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1x03. First episode after the pilot.

[–]scootypuffjr33 10 points11 points ago

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The best part is how the ball lands in the gutter and then rolls back at her onto the landing like it's just taunting her for sucking so bad.

[–]helicalhell 4 points5 points ago

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It's telling her..You can suck my ballls in Cartman's voice

[–]CNDNFighter 22 points23 points ago

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HOW FUCKING STRONG IS THAT WOMAN!!!!???

[–]willscy 32 points33 points ago

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its probably a 6 lb ball. you know, the ones adults aren't supposed to use for this exact reason lol.

[–]mooseknuckle83 3 points4 points ago

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But this is the kind of girl that only wants the pink balls 'cuz they're way cuuuuuter! Even though her fat fingers don't fit in the holes.

[–]harmthellama 1 point2 points ago

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She's not even fat.

[–]CNDNFighter 1 point2 points ago

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Lol, a valid point indeed

[–]NinjaScenester 8 points9 points ago

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Probably using like, a 6 pound ball. You can throw those things like they're nothing

[–]CNDNFighter 15 points16 points ago

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I'm sure you're right but I prefer to imagine it is a 16lb ball for the sake of my amusement.

[–]FedexSentMeAHead 10 points11 points ago

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Wet pipe sprinkler systems, the water is charged all the way up to the head. The water sits for years and is beyond foul when it comes out.

[–]Brother_B 42 points43 points ago

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Read the title in Jeremy Clarkson's voice

[–]persianprez 27 points28 points ago

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emphasis on "in the world" ?

[–]C4ndlejack 4 points5 points ago

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[–]Biub_Pocket_Tanks 8 points9 points ago

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She gave the ball too much POWAAAAAAAH!

[–]I_have_a_dog 8 points9 points ago

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You could say that's not gone well...

[–]captainmarvel23 2 points3 points ago

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...Right.

[–]Dreadrazorbeast 9 points10 points ago

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I had a buddy do something similar. He is over 300 lbs and after his backswing he hit himself in the back of the leg with the ball knocking him into the ball return and dislodging it from the floor. Two weeks later that lane was still roped off and closed.

[–]All-American-Bot 13 points14 points ago

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(For our friends outside the USA... 300 lbs -> 136.1 kg) - Yeehaw!

[–]NO_TOUCHING__lol 9 points10 points ago

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Bullshit. Everyone knows the British measure their weight in stones.

[–]roflbbq 5 points6 points ago

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Of course everyone knows that, but did you know the stone is a unit of measurement based off of William Wallace's testicles.

[–]Maldizzle 3 points4 points ago

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I can confirm this

[–]Flytch 2 points3 points ago

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Only sometimes. When discussing it informally, we use stones, but for medical or sports related purposes, we're usually asked for our weight in kilograms.

[–]NO_TOUCHING__lol 4 points5 points ago

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That seems like it would be tedious; knowing two different numbers for your weight instead of one.

[–]tastycat 5 points6 points ago

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As a Canadian I can honestly say yeah, it's fucking tedious to have to understand and convert measurements from two different quantitative systems, but I don't have any say in the matter do I do what I must. Because I can.

[–]Legio_X 1 point2 points ago

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As a Canadian, since when do we understand and convert measurements for weight and height? Pretty much every time I've ever been asked it has been in imperial units.

Not to mention everybody measures houses and apartments in square feet, etc. Some things just never use metric.

[–]tastycat 1 point2 points ago

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I do it all the time.

The government requires metric units, so when fucking everybody gives me their weight in pounds and height in feet I have to convert it to cm and kg before recording it. Frankly, there'e no reason to not use metric units in all of the situations you described except for common usage, which I feel is mostly due to American influences.

I'd be a lot happier if we could just complete the switch to metric, but until the US converts we're going to be stuck in this shitty halfway place.

[–]Legio_X 1 point2 points ago

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True enough, but hey, that's bureaucracy for you. The government also gets to translate everything ever into French, another thing nobody in the country outside of Quebec cares about.

I'm a pretty big fan of the metric system in most cases. The whole 10-100-1000 thing and so on makes a lot more sense than the arbitrary imperial units.

That said, some things just plain don't work with metric. Like describing the power of jet engines with kilonewtons as opposed to pounds of thrust. A kilonewton? How much is that? Nobody knows, since these things are always relative.

Just like I know that I am 6'4 and 190 pounds, but off hand all I know is that I'm somewhere between 188 cm and 195 cm, and maybe about 90 kg?

And come on, if punching numbers into an imperial to metric calculator is the toughest thing you have to do in your job, you really have nothing to complain about.

[–]tastycat 1 point2 points ago

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Well, the French/English thing is a political decision, where the usage of Imperial is just a cultural thing - our parents were brought up weighing themselves in pounds, so we were, and so on.

According to Wolfram Alpha, 1 KN is approximately equal to 225 lbf, so that seems like an easy thing to do. I realise that you're saying there's no need to change, people understand what lbf actually means, why learn something new; I'm just saying it would be nice if it was consistent.

It's definitely not the hardest part of my job.

[–]Flytch 1 point2 points ago

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It is, we're a mix of sensible metric and stupid imperial.

We go from centimeters - to inches - to feet - to meters and to yards with even noticing it.

Hell, our milk bottles have the quantity in both litres and pints, just in case we're that dedicated.

[–]BisforBM 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, turns out there's more than the UK outside MURRICA.

[–]HighFiveTRex 1 point2 points ago

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I don't know. I think of people's height and weight in imperial, but every other use of weight and distance in metric. But I don't speak for all Brits!

[–]nerdscallmegeek 1 point2 points ago

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He paid for it.... Right?

[–]Pawprint2000 26 points27 points ago

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Source?

[–]RyantheDarko 45 points46 points ago

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[–]fearofthesky 26 points27 points ago

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[–]HalfLucky 5 points6 points ago

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I didn't want to tonight.. now I have to.. I hate you

[–]fearofthesky 2 points3 points ago

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It's Friday night bro. Go hit the town...maybe you can find someone to hep you with that!

[–]svullenballe 1 point2 points ago

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Where are you? Isn't it Saturday?

[–]fearofthesky 0 points1 point ago

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Ha...oh yeah. It was indeed.

[–]troubledbrew 2 points3 points ago

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Sweet Jesus!

[–]jekkemenn 2 points3 points ago

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I feel like we need a gif from 3:30 to 3:40..

[–]RiMiBe 1 point2 points ago

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The Wadsworth Constant certainly applies to this

[–]punarvasu 2 points3 points ago

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awesome. so much of what's funny in this video is cut out of the .gif. priceless.

[–]wmidl 1 point2 points ago

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Like the guys just sitting there at the table staring in disbelief. Haha

[–]IamLeven 8 points9 points ago

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Its like a boomerang

[–]dubdubdubdot 5 points6 points ago

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Came for the cricket, stayed for the downpour.

[–]TataTutu 2 points3 points ago

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Come on now. I've only done that four times. I'm sure there are worse.

[–]joshy1234 2 points3 points ago

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Plumber shows up and says "Well looks like you got a leak..."

[–]Mellenoire 2 points3 points ago

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Watching this thinking "oh yeah, I've done that, done that, oh wait... haven't done THAT "

[–]danish_hole 2 points3 points ago

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Or how to tell if your girlfriend is on steroids.

[–]NotGoingToGraduate 2 points3 points ago

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Socially awesome Penguin turns into socially awkward penguin mid-date

[–]awesomedudeguy 2 points3 points ago

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Someone get that woman a shotput and put her in the next Olympics

[–]RossParrot 2 points3 points ago

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Maybe she's in a sea lab, underneath the water..... A sea lab at the bottom of the sea?

[–]SkoobyDoo 2 points3 points ago

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Only a civil engineer would run a waste line through a recreational center...

[–]BeMoreCareful 2 points3 points ago

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Is the bowling alley deflating?

[–]Zenitram 2 points3 points ago

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The water is black because it's filthy and has been sitting in the pipes for decades. When these things pop in a populated location, the smell and mess is a disaster. Fuck it stinks.

[–]mikehaney24 2 points3 points ago

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all it needs is jeremy clarkson to read the title

[–]hardcorehakes 2 points3 points ago

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My mom works at a bowling alley where something just like that happened. Damaged all 40 lanes which cost about $10,000 per lane at least.

[–]Bloated_Chunk 10 points11 points ago

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This is actually at the bowling alley nearby me, I always wondered how that dent got there...

[–]FatCat433 12 points13 points ago

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Probably from a really tall guy bumping his head.

[–]harry_deepwood 3 points4 points ago

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seems like a metaphor for my sex life.

[–]pieguyfly 18 points19 points ago

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Your balls keep hitting the roof?

Buddy that's not sex, that's Circque De Soleil.

[–]MrCynicalSalsa 5 points6 points ago

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Welcome to /r/nocontext

[–]Waff1es 9 points10 points ago

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I guess shes a shitty bowler

[–]KatzIncorporated 10 points11 points ago

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Oh spare me.

[–]screch 7 points8 points ago

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I agree. She's quite the pin-head.

[–]persianprez 34 points35 points ago

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[–]r_Dubwc 3 points4 points ago

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Fuck. I can't think of a pun.

[–]screch 9 points10 points ago

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Just got to stop thinking about nasty shit. Get your mind out of the gutter.

[–]screch 2 points3 points ago

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On second thought, nevermind. You don't strike me as someone who could come up with puns.

[–]cincyfan04 3 points4 points ago

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i guess you gotta be in the right frame of mind to get these.

[–]The_Old_Regime 1 point2 points ago

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You guys are such turkeys!

[–]beckzilla 4 points5 points ago

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Way to one up the time my buddy tried to throw an exaggerated gutter ball on purpose and it flew out and broke the door. The human race never ceases to progress and amaze.

[–]debrad1207 1 point2 points ago

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At least she has a good arm.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I've actually done this before. Glad I'm not the only one.

[–]KDIZZLL 1 point2 points ago

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What luck, she managed to hit a sprinkler head, wonder how long it took to shut that off?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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She's ballin' too hard.

[–]Nedhudir 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck it dude, lets go bow-... Oh.

[–]omnicious 1 point2 points ago

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I imagine the ceiling found that so bad that he literally did a spit-take.

[–]NomProphet 1 point2 points ago

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Come on down to the Slip n slide, lane 5!

[–]WatdeeKhrap 1 point2 points ago

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[–]SkateboardG 1 point2 points ago

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Am I the only one who was hoping she would fly into the ceiling?

[–]GitEmSteveDave 1 point2 points ago

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What's good is the fire alarm that sounds when that happens just draws almost EVERYONE'S attention away from you as they try to leave.

[–]nira007pwnz 1 point2 points ago

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Sarah always forgot why people thought she couldn't roll a bowling ball properly. Then it came back to her.

[–]lugubriosity 1 point2 points ago

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Getting a hand-job from that woman must be like sticking your dick in a pneumatic vice.

[–]countershaft 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, I've seen one these go off by "accident" during an indoor nurf football game and there isn't anything funny about the crud that comes out of one of those sprinkler heads. Black sludge and a massive volume of it. It's like twenty, no make that twenty seven blue whales took a massive dump. The office you're in will be f'd for weeks and so will any of the floors that are below you. Consider that a warning, or if you're mildly adventurous and your insurance is up to date, a challenge.

[–]trueblueskies 1 point2 points ago

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About 5 years ago, I was at a bowling alley with some friends, and a girl did the same thing - however, she didn't hit the roof. The ball went straight up and completely obliterated the score TV above her head. They were two lanes over and it was one of the craziest random things i've ever witnessed in person.

[–]RuneOclave 1 point2 points ago

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For a second I thought she'd hit the weak point on a colossus.

[–]mezzanomarcus 1 point2 points ago

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Does nobody realize how strong she is!? lol

[–]Mogese 1 point2 points ago

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the best part is how the ball roll up the gutter rather than down it lol

[–]cthulhu_zuul 1 point2 points ago

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Once in high school we all went bowling as part of an incentive day for not fucking up too badly.

When I went to bowl, I slipped, ended up throwing my ball over the dividers and got a gutter ball in the next lane over.

Not quite as bad as breaking the ceiling, but still funny.

[–]xBladeDragonx 2 points3 points ago

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Reminds me of what happened to a friend of mine. Back in high school, near the end of the year, a group of my friends decided to go bowling after a Finals day...

My friend had 5 consecutive strikes and was on a roll... A guy next to him throws a ball and it jumps lane guttering my friend.... the look on his face...

[–]codemunkeh 1 point2 points ago

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A friend of mine (and I insist this is true) threw a shot that went diagonally across two lanes and landed in the 3rd. Can't remember if it rolled back up to him or slowly down the lane, but he gave a few people a fright.

[–]axelsar 1 point2 points ago

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Considering you can just have the score corrected I don't see the point.

[–]thelightforest 1 point2 points ago

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how does someone even manage to do that?

[–]emceelokey 1 point2 points ago

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"No Lofting the Ball."

[–]Bergger 1 point2 points ago

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Hahahahahahaha I've done this before, the ball went through the roof and never came back lol

[–]Paultimate79 0 points1 point ago

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You'd think girls would be better at finding the right fit for their fingers in tight holes.

[–]millerkeving 0 points1 point ago

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I wish I always filmed my entire life because someone I was bowling with did this, but the ball hit the gutter in the next lane EDIT: after hitting the ceiling and moving the ceiling tile, hopped back onto ours, and he got a strike. True story

[–]axelsar 2 points3 points ago

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Except it's not a strike if it bounced off the lane. You gotta "mark it zero".