Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/08/23/satisfying-video-of-the-world.html
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It would have gone even faster, but…
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Ahhh! My eggs!
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Test Dummy in 3…2…
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That’s a relief. For a moment there I thought you said “legs”.
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Some years ago, in this parking lot:
…and utilizing a car that looked a lot like this one (albeit with faded paint and a half-full Gatorade bottle glued to the roof over the rear–driver’s side–passenger’s head):
…I may or may not have helped a shopping cart accelerate to around 45mph. And while it did achieve a brief but glorious bit of uncontrolled flight, the shopping cart survived the experience relatively unscathed.
Large parking lots + unsecured shopping carts + cheap-ish gas + mentally stunted American male + mildly ratty car = hilarious hijinks
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And they get extra points for dramatic lighting.
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The loaf of bread at 00:19-00:23, tho!
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Yea, I was disappointed not to see any jet engines. Where did that picture come from? These claimants to the throne might be entirely illegitimate.
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Watermelon FTW!
Actually there is a competitive claim to this shopping cart speed genre:
Built by: Matt McKeown
Base vehicle: Chinook helicopter
Record speed: 74.194mph [119.404kph]
Fancy a high-speed trip to the shops? Look no further than this mishmash-mesh hybrid, which uses a modified starter motor from an army helicopter to produce 400lbs of jet thrust.
Built by McKeown in just three weeks at a cost of £4,000, it is stabilised with go-kart wheels and – rather precariously - by the 54-year-old rider hanging his butt of the back.
McKeown said: "I have a compulsion to take mundane but iconic objects and see how fast I can make them go. Standing on the back of a jet shopping trolley at 75mph looks silly but it’s the best place to be if it goes wrong.”
http://www.redbull.com/en/motorsports/stories/1331753253830/meet-the-real-life-whacky-racers
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The jet carts are fun, but they all have modified wheels, so the crash video is still more “authentic”.
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I’m in love.
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No. No it’s not.
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