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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

 segway transporters are so awesome
They book.  It takes minutes to get used to them, and then they are so natural.  There is a gyro inside that keeps you balanced.  We went all around Paris in them.
OK now I must confess.  This one lady in the group was looking backwards and hit a PARKED CAR.  OMG it was so hard not to laugh but I saw her going forward and looking backwards and she's going right towards a parked car and BAM.  We tried so hard not to laugh.
The guide said, "Don't feel bad, it happens all the time!" (true answer - it's never happened before that he's seen).  You know how it is funny when someone slips on a banana peel?  It's that funny when someone hits a parked car with a Segway looking backwards.
Anyway, she wasn't hurt at all, so that's why we laughed.  If she got hurt it wouldn't be funny.
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dont let this be you!
http://www.break.com/index/woman-faceplants-on-segway.html
Posted 6/10/2008 5:10 PM by kjeldm - recommend - reply

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Now see, that is something that I would do...and then I would laugh at myself. :D
Posted 6/10/2008 6:19 PM by jessicahughesdotcom - recommend - reply

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If she got hurt, it wouldn't be as funny. I would laugh so hard if that was me, running a Segway into a PARKED CAR. (:
Posted 6/10/2008 7:41 PM by chunkielove Xanga True Member - recommend - reply

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LOL...thanks for making my evening.
Posted 6/10/2008 10:59 PM by ronstorer - recommend - reply

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the composition in that shot is quite impressive! not touristy at ALL! ;)

i would have DIED laughing when the lady hit the car! i don't believe for a SECOND that you didn't laugh...heck, I bet all of Paris heard you! I love how you are acting like you have such self restraint when things aren't appropriate!

i hit a parked car with my bike once....i was just riding along and suddenly I was stopped and I looked and I'd run into a car! i was only 10, though!
Posted 6/11/2008 11:32 AM by JessicaStrickland - recommend - reply

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oh my gosh we laughed, but the thing was we had already passed her and so we were down the street laughing and she didn't hear us. Plus she was laughing really hard too. It was actually a mom and she was all worried about her daughter (like 13 years old) riding this thing on the busy street and she kept looking back and then hit a car. so maybe she should have just worried about herself, cause her daughter did fine.

it was freaken hilarious!!! I had to keep telling Gary SHHHHH don't laugh at her.

Tiffany Yoder almost hit a light pole when walking in an outdoor mall. She as inches away before Gary stopped her. Would have been a good one!
Posted 6/11/2008 11:37 AM by missycarl - recommend - reply

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Oh ... and our tour guide (which by the way, he reminded me of DJ) he takes photos all the time for people and he kept saying "want me to take a photo? I am really good" it was funny.

He was a college grad from Texas and he was spending his summer in Paris working at the segway tour place. sounds like a fun job!
Posted 6/11/2008 11:39 AM by missycarl - recommend - reply

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So when you guys get home, are you going to buy a couple of Segways?  I keep telling you that it would be cool for the ranch!  Get the off-road police version...  :)
Posted 6/11/2008 1:00 PM by RussLowe - recommend - reply

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Yes I can imagine putting a lid on Gary's laugh...:lol: I have to agree with Jessica on composition. Maybe some fill light?...") Is not the Eiffel Tower lighting copyrighted? Alors, monsieur Gary. Avez-vous eu l'occasion de pratiquer votre français pour au moins commander vos repas?
Posted 6/11/2008 1:28 PM by richardj7 - recommend - reply

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Gary I'm curious.....joking aside: did she have the decency to pay for the damage she did to that car?
Posted 6/11/2008 2:06 PM by Joe_Farrugia - recommend - reply

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there was no damage. but we all had to wait down the street while the tour guide called the office to see what he should do. They told him to go check out the car and if there was no damage, we could head back. Everything was fine, but it was still really funny.
Posted 6/11/2008 2:14 PM by missycarl - recommend - reply

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Les repas c'ent ne pas de probleme pasque il ya menus americains partout in paris. Je une problem avec ma othorgraphie - est que vous peut dire?
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Quote: "They told him to go check out the car and if there was no damage, we could head back. Everything was fine...." end Quote

LOL, yeah right.... :))

Glad you all had such a good time in the old continent.
Posted 6/12/2008 5:23 AM by Joe_Farrugia - recommend - reply

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As long as you make an effort, french people like that. You must have noticed that the french are quite fluent in english.
Posted 6/12/2008 12:54 PM by richardj7 - recommend - reply


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