I once saw a guy get struck by lightning. Well I didn’t see it exactly since it was blindingly white followed by some moments of confusion. But one minute I was talking to him from across the street. He was under a palm tree about to get into his car. The next minute I was on the ground, he was on the ground, the top of the palm tree was charred and on fire, and on closer inspection the tires of his car were melted to the driveway. Not a cloud in the sky, so obviously the “May lightning strike me if…” jokes haven’t stopped near 20 years later.
My neighbor? He's fine. He was deaf for a few days and weirdly the palms of his hands were burned but it doesn't seem like there were long-term effects.
I once saw a barmaid singing along to a popular song, and jump onto a table while singing. The whole bar joined in, singing and dancing. Moments after the song ended, my friends came back into the room, where everything was back to normal, and they didn't believe that anything had happened!
When my cat tries to run she first dosen't have enough friction with the floor and keep running for a second on the same spot and then go away fast as fuck
When I was a kid, I fell asleep on a camping trip after eating way too much candy, and a relative got a picture of me with a humming bird examining my mouth. Literally, "Honk, shoooo, mimimimi..." I was so bummed out that I missed it.
In a similar vein, I was at a baseball game once when I felt something yank on my hair. I whipped my head around to find a hummingbird hovering next to me that had apparently mistaken my hat for a flower, stuck its beak into one of the holes on top, and pulled on my hair.
42 Comments
coalie@piefed.zip · 59 pts · 135d
A blue what?
calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone · 55 pts · 135d
For some reason my first thought was “whale”
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 135d
That would be pretty memorable...
coalie@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 135d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 135d
If this is anything except ODOT exploding a whale I will be disappointed...
edit: booyah, a user of culture is what you are.
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 135d
Blue is usually islands. Often used for counterspells and other instants.
errer@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 135d
Land, like a whole continent, on the shoulder of a girl
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 135d
Would atlas shrug?
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 135d
Land on the shoulder of a little girl in a princess costume.
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 135d
The raptor. From the Jurassic World series.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 6 pts · 135d
Pretty sure they're referring to a Hooloovoo.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 135d
Now there's a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel's at.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 135d
I'm going to guess 'bluebird'
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 135d
Eagle. Ripped her head right off, and flew away with it.
artifex@piefed.social · 55 pts · 135d
I once saw a guy get struck by lightning. Well I didn’t see it exactly since it was blindingly white followed by some moments of confusion. But one minute I was talking to him from across the street. He was under a palm tree about to get into his car. The next minute I was on the ground, he was on the ground, the top of the palm tree was charred and on fire, and on closer inspection the tires of his car were melted to the driveway. Not a cloud in the sky, so obviously the “May lightning strike me if…” jokes haven’t stopped near 20 years later.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 135d
Thank you for specifying “once”
artifex@piefed.social · 16 pts · 135d
Well I wanted to be clear that I wasn’t talking about Roy Sullivan.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 135d
Or Martha Stewart.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 135d
Did he survive or die?
artifex@piefed.social · 9 pts · 135d
My neighbor? He's fine. He was deaf for a few days and weirdly the palms of his hands were burned but it doesn't seem like there were long-term effects.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
Actually common in lightning strikes. Exit path gets burned to shit but otherwise you can be weirdly ok. The shock wave is what does the most damage
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 135d
Having your muscles suddenly contract with all their power can't be harmless either.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 135d
I once saw a barmaid singing along to a popular song, and jump onto a table while singing. The whole bar joined in, singing and dancing. Moments after the song ended, my friends came back into the room, where everything was back to normal, and they didn't believe that anything had happened!
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 135d
I once saw a good guy shoot the Evil insurance CEO that was responsible for thousands of deaths and endless suffering.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 135d
Shut up, no you didn't. The CEO ran into a bullet. Nobody saw anything.
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 124d
i think his torso just did that
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 15 pts · 135d
When my cat tries to run she first dosen't have enough friction with the floor and keep running for a second on the same spot and then go away fast as fuck
oozynozh@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 135d
we call that "peeling out" when my dog does it
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 135d
A blue what? Chevrolet?
kunaltyagi@programming.dev · 5 pts · 135d
Whale maybe. Would be crazy to see a Chevrolet flying through the air
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 135d
When I was a kid, I fell asleep on a camping trip after eating way too much candy, and a relative got a picture of me with a humming bird examining my mouth. Literally, "Honk, shoooo, mimimimi..." I was so bummed out that I missed it.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 135d
In a similar vein, I was at a baseball game once when I felt something yank on my hair. I whipped my head around to find a hummingbird hovering next to me that had apparently mistaken my hat for a flower, stuck its beak into one of the holes on top, and pulled on my hair.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 135d
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 135d
There's a trope about people and their dogs looking alike: I once saw a three legged dog being walked by a person with a leg cast.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 135d
Whale?
Ioughttamow@fedia.io · -47 pts · 135d
Why should I care?
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 26 pts · 135d
Apathy? In this economy?!
Ioughttamow@fedia.io · 2 pts · 135d
I guess I didn’t artfully dodge this one
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 135d
Is this a philosophical question or a mental health question?
Ioughttamow@fedia.io · 8 pts · 135d
I was going for a line in Oliver and company, but it didn’t land
AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 135d
Ioughttamow@fedia.io · 5 pts · 135d
My life is a lie!!!
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 135d
Looks like your downvotes revealed how many of us need to watch Oliver & Company.
MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 135d
Why should we care that you don't