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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:55 PM Original message |
WTF: Question on MSNBC site. What if you get sucked out of a plane? |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually sounds like a relatively quick and painless way to go. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But you would have plenty of time to think about it |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. If you read the article it says you would be unconscious within 3 or 4 seconds |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not like |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Answer: Always keep your will up to date. |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. or |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Keep the giant fingers away from the fuselage and I'll be fine, thanks! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. God's wearing one helluva wedding ring. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. And a righteous French Manicure!!! |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. If I'm in my seat, I have my seat belt on. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. First your eardrums would rupture. Then you'd lose consciousness |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. With the right luck I'd smack my head on the aircraft on my way out |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hope I'd have time to yell, "Thanks for all the fish!" |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Something the article missed |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. You would lose consciousness very quickly. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good to know. Our media is full of useful information. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. i suspect until it happens, i'd only be guessing. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm no expert on the subject but I believe that a person suddenly |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Nah, it's only a few psi. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It would be about 13 psi, yes through the mouth and the |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It's only about 6-7 psi. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. We are pretty close to agreeing that the victim would be in big |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. "The prognosis, experts say, would not be good" |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not sure if my body or shitty underwear would hit the ground first |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's why I make it a personal policy NOT to get sucked out of planes |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Technically, you would be blown out, not sucked out |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. +1 n/t |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm disappoint to learn that I completely misread the headline. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. it's the opposite of what would happen if you got sucked in.....? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. $115 a barrell, before long not many people will be able to afford to fly anyway. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. I was a flight attendant for TWA and |
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