Yawn

Anybody see this? Now, the whole world seems to be going nuts over this guy who jumped the Great Wall Of China on his skateboard. Am I the only one who wonders what the fuck the big deal is? He built these big ramps going right up to each side of the wall, and made it across the 61-foot gap. Ok, cool. BUT, it's not like he jumped the Grand Canyon or anything. He may have been some hundred or so feet off the ground, but when he was in the air he was above the wall, which was only like 20 feet under him. So if he goes skidding off the end of the ramp, he's not going to fall to his death. He's going to sprain his ankle or bruise his leg like any other skating crash. Whoop-di-doo. And the ramp looks to be about 300 feet wide so there's no chance he'll skid off the side into the real height drop. These kind of stupid stunts have always annoyed me. It's like when they light stuff on fire for motorcycle jumps, ala Evel Knievel, when in fact the fire makes it no more dangerous than any other jump of that distance. He's always got on a fire-proof jumpsuit and there are guys with extinguishers on every side. Oooooh, walk on the wild side of fire safety. What's next, guys bragging about bowling a 300 when they use the kiddy bumpers during the game? Color me unimpressed.

I'm off to Ireland for the week. I'll be ranting at you when I get back. Peace.