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We should ban life jackets and flotation devices! (Original Post)
riqster
Feb 2014
OP
They forgot to add the part about risky behavior by walking near the water :)
Drew Richards
Feb 2014
#2
And instead of airbags, put a big spike right in the middle of a cars steering wheel.
Electric Monk
Feb 2014
#4
aquart
(69,014 posts)1. Goooood.
Drew Richards
(1,558 posts)2. They forgot to add the part about risky behavior by walking near the water :)
riqster
(13,986 posts)3. True. It's like the baptists' prohibition against premarital sex...
...because it might lead to dancing.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)4. And instead of airbags, put a big spike right in the middle of a cars steering wheel.
Drivers will become extra careful and safer as a result
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)6. Rec
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)7. What were you wearing that provoked you being pushed?
riqster
(13,986 posts)13. Winner of the Internets.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)8. Life jackets and flotation devices.....
...are just one more example of liberal political correctness and over-regulation all rolled into one. So if you're a True Amurikan you'll never wear any safety equipment whenever you do dangerous sports, while flying in planes, or speeding in race cars.
- Just fly by the seat of your pants like God intended!
K&R
mimi85
(1,805 posts)9. I don't find this amusing at all. nt
lastlib
(23,213 posts)10. (I've got a spare sense of humor I can send you!)
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mimi85
(1,805 posts)11. I have a perfectly good sense of humor, thanks anyway.
This just isn't funny. At all.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)14. It's a parody...
Of abstinence only education. How do you NOT find it funny?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)15. Maybe a loved one drowned?
I can see how this could take someone to a bad place, as a child I was once saved from drowning.
riqster
(13,986 posts)12. Different strokes for different folks.
And so on and so on, and shooby dooby doowah...