Originally published at: Possessed manhole cover | Boing Boing
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I welcome our subterranean overlords.
When I was in Louisville KY, thirty years or so ago, the main news story was about a kid on crutches who was running for their school bus when they disappeared down a manhole where the cover had popped. They never found him. I still think about that child from time to time, especially when I see stories like this.
Trying to imagine the pressure buildup under one of those manhole covers that would make it flap around like that
what does that say about blocked drains…
And that, kids, is why they should always be round
He just wanted to do what this manhole cover did:
TL;DW: Speed was estimated to be six times earth’s escape velocity.
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