Two Jefferson County fire departments rescued a California woman who became stuck in a vault toilet at the top of Mount Walker on Tuesday after falling in the toilet to retrieve her phone.
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The woman told rescuers that she dropped her cell phone down into the vault toilet while she was using it. She tried to take the toilet apart to get it, but when that didn't work, she said she used her dog's leash to try and fish it out.
She then tried to use the leashes as a support to lower herself in, but they weren't strong enough, so she slid and fell into the vault head-first, according to the Brinnon Fire Department.
She spent around 20 minutes trying to get out before using her phone to call 911.
Is….a vault toilet specially designed to trap and hold people in it
It's a lined pit toilet. So a modern out-house. Commonly found in heavily trafficked trails that have a forestry road nearby and no water or sewage nearby. Also common at camp sites with minimal services.
Is….a vault toilet specially designed to trap and hold people in it
It's a lined pit toilet. So a modern out-house. Commonly found in heavily trafficked trails that have a forestry road nearby and no water or sewage nearby. Also common at camp sites with minimal services.
Also very high on my list of places i do not want to fall in head first.
The bad news is The Onion has not actually been banned
There is no gone right
The gone right is that this is how the Onion is mocking the Babylon Bee - a right wing Onion knockoff that is currently supporting the hateful goose we've been discussing in the LGBT thread - and their actual ban from Twitter.
The bad news is The Onion has not actually been banned
There is no gone right
The gone right is that this is how the Onion is mocking the Babylon Bee - a right wing Onion knockoff that is currently supporting the hateful goose we've been discussing in the LGBT thread - and their actual ban from Twitter.
Which makes all this even more amazing.
That's useful context because this entire thread just seems...where's the funny? without it.
The bad news is The Onion has not actually been banned
There is no gone right
The gone right is that this is how the Onion is mocking the Babylon Bee - a right wing Onion knockoff that is currently supporting the hateful goose we've been discussing in the LGBT thread - and their actual ban from Twitter.
Which makes all this even more amazing.
That's useful context because this entire thread just seems...where's the funny? without it.
Well, it's hilarious as a parody of a...certain sort of organization's response to getting banned. The fact that it's them explicitly mocking hate mongers who claim they were "inspired" by the Onion just makes it better.
OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
edited April 2022
Gone right: retiree given a ride in a Dassault fighter jet as a retiring gift instead of a gold watch
Bad news: nobody asked him first if this was a good idea
Imagine: You work hard your whole life in the French defense industry, and when it's time to retire, your co-workers want to give you something more memorable than a gold watch or a set of golf clubs. So they set up a coveted back-seat ride in a Dassault Rafale B fighter jet, the kind of perk that requires serious connections.
Just one problem: nobody asked one particular 64-year-old civilian whether he ever wanted such a ride, or showed him much about what to expect. Next thing you know, the French Investigation Bureau for State Aviation Safety (BEA-E) is issuing a report explaining how Monsieur Newbie came to experience not only the Dassault, but also its Martin-Baker MK16 ejection seat.
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The fighter pilot, being a fighter pilot, probably thought he was taking it easy as he pulled into a 47-degree climb and generated a 3.7-g load. (Which, incidentally, was also beyond the doctor-ordered limit of 3 g's.) On the climb, both pilot and passenger were crushed down into the seat. But when the plane started to level off, things got real panicky in the rear seat, as a negative 0.67-g load caused the ill-buckled passenger to feel like he was about to fly out of the cockpit. Which, shortly thereafter, he did.
Apparently the quick and dirty safety briefing failed to properly emphasize the fact that the black-and-yellow striped loop in the middle of the seat, between his legs, was not a grab handle but the trigger for the ejection seat. The good doctor's g-load recommendations were surely exceeded as pyrotechnics blasted a hole in the canopy and rocket motors fired the seat and its terrified denizen out into the slipstream high above the French countryside.
It gets better from there. Read the linked article!
There's a happy ending though; our unfortunate retiree made it out with minor injuries, the pilot's seat malfunctioned so he was able to land, and everybody learned something that day.
Extra information here (go to 1:30 to skip the intro):
Your think the safety briefing would cover negative Gs and definitely cover the "absolutely don't touch that" areas
Assume it did. Are you going to remember 15 seconds on a one hour briefing whe you’re scared out of your mind and panic as you float towards the ceiling?
I went white water rafting years ago and it had an orientation. They said no matter what, keep your top hand on the end of the oar. If you let go, your bottom hand in the middle will turn the thing into a spear and you will brain another person. Very clear, info. The first time we hit some white water, my top hand came right off the oar. You can't really tell people anything safety related about stressful situations, you have to drill it in.
Gone right: retiree given a ride in a Dassault fighter jet as a retiring gift instead of a gold watch
Bad news: nobody asked him first if this was a good idea
Imagine: You work hard your whole life in the French defense industry, and when it's time to retire, your co-workers want to give you something more memorable than a gold watch or a set of golf clubs. So they set up a coveted back-seat ride in a Dassault Rafale B fighter jet, the kind of perk that requires serious connections.
Just one problem: nobody asked one particular 64-year-old civilian whether he ever wanted such a ride, or showed him much about what to expect. Next thing you know, the French Investigation Bureau for State Aviation Safety (BEA-E) is issuing a report explaining how Monsieur Newbie came to experience not only the Dassault, but also its Martin-Baker MK16 ejection seat.
...
The fighter pilot, being a fighter pilot, probably thought he was taking it easy as he pulled into a 47-degree climb and generated a 3.7-g load. (Which, incidentally, was also beyond the doctor-ordered limit of 3 g's.) On the climb, both pilot and passenger were crushed down into the seat. But when the plane started to level off, things got real panicky in the rear seat, as a negative 0.67-g load caused the ill-buckled passenger to feel like he was about to fly out of the cockpit. Which, shortly thereafter, he did.
Apparently the quick and dirty safety briefing failed to properly emphasize the fact that the black-and-yellow striped loop in the middle of the seat, between his legs, was not a grab handle but the trigger for the ejection seat. The good doctor's g-load recommendations were surely exceeded as pyrotechnics blasted a hole in the canopy and rocket motors fired the seat and its terrified denizen out into the slipstream high above the French countryside.
It gets better from there. Read the linked article!
There's a happy ending though; our unfortunate retiree made it out with minor injuries, the pilot's seat malfunctioned so he was able to land, and everybody learned something that day.
Extra information here (go to 1:30 to skip the intro):
Martin-Baker, the manufacturer of the ejector seat runs an exclusive club for people who have survived using their seats so he's eligible for a fairly unique tie at least: https://martin-baker.com/ejection-tie-club/
Owning that many homes and/or being that rich and "couch surfing" while this is happening:
is just one of the more bougie/gilded age things I could imagine right now.
...what?
He's ultra rich and essentially flaunting it while we have a record level of homelessness? Even if he's couch surfing, he's basically doing the equivalent of Bruce Wayne living "homeless" in the first Batman movie where he could return to Gotham at any point, or Bear Gryhls "surviving".
Owning that many homes and/or being that rich and "couch surfing" while this is happening:
is just one of the more bougie/gilded age things I could imagine right now.
...what?
He's ultra rich and essentially flaunting it while we have a record level of homelessness? Even if he's couch surfing, he's basically doing the equivalent of Bruce Wayne living "homeless" in the first Batman movie where he could return to Gotham at any point, or Bear Gryhls "surviving".
Are you trying to respond to something in a different thread? I don't see any mentions of Elon Musk here and I'm failing to see the gone right aspect.
+1
OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
Owning that many homes and/or being that rich and "couch surfing" while this is happening:
is just one of the more bougie/gilded age things I could imagine right now.
...what?
He's ultra rich and essentially flaunting it while we have a record level of homelessness? Even if he's couch surfing, he's basically doing the equivalent of Bruce Wayne living "homeless" in the first Batman movie where he could return to Gotham at any point, or Bear Gryhls "surviving".
Are you trying to respond to something in a different thread? I don't see any mentions of Elon Musk here and I'm failing to see the gone right aspect.
There was a brief discussion last page. I had the same confusion until I looked back.
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Image one, in which satire is lain low:
Image two, in which a doubling down finishes the job:
Just...what the actual fuck, people. These are fractally bad, in which further examination illustrates deeper badness.
I'll wait.
Gone right: this just proves Japan's mascot game to be the best.
You're pawsitively barking up the wrong tree. Puns are a real dog eat dog business. Just really ruff, very dane-gerous. So stop hounding me.
I actually love it, though I'm not from New Zealand.
Gone Right: she rescues her phone!
https://www.q13fox.com/news/crews-rescue-woman-who-fell-in-vault-toilet-in-olympic-national-forest-after-her-phone-dropped-inside
It's a lined pit toilet. So a modern out-house. Commonly found in heavily trafficked trails that have a forestry road nearby and no water or sewage nearby. Also common at camp sites with minimal services.
Also very high on my list of places i do not want to fall in head first.
{slow golf clap)
That's a joke, right?
Orca...
Have you lived through the last 6 years? Satire is dead.
True. But the story is posted by The Onion's account. On Twitter.
I didn't know that was their official account *shrug*
There is no gone right
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
...okay yeah that's fair. I definitely can't be throwing stones from this particular glass house, jokingly or not.
Hedgie posted it, so that’s a given.
The gone right is that this is how the Onion is mocking the Babylon Bee - a right wing Onion knockoff that is currently supporting the hateful goose we've been discussing in the LGBT thread - and their actual ban from Twitter.
Which makes all this even more amazing.
That's useful context because this entire thread just seems...where's the funny? without it.
Well, it's hilarious as a parody of a...certain sort of organization's response to getting banned. The fact that it's them explicitly mocking hate mongers who claim they were "inspired" by the Onion just makes it better.
Also, another tweet that is (chefkiss):
Bad news: nobody asked him first if this was a good idea
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32131240/french-dassault-fighter-jet-joyride/
It gets better from there. Read the linked article!
There's a happy ending though; our unfortunate retiree made it out with minor injuries, the pilot's seat malfunctioned so he was able to land, and everybody learned something that day.
Extra information here (go to 1:30 to skip the intro):
The writer really enjoyed doing this article.
Assume it did. Are you going to remember 15 seconds on a one hour briefing whe you’re scared out of your mind and panic as you float towards the ceiling?
Martin-Baker, the manufacturer of the ejector seat runs an exclusive club for people who have survived using their seats so he's eligible for a fairly unique tie at least:
https://martin-baker.com/ejection-tie-club/
...what?
He's ultra rich and essentially flaunting it while we have a record level of homelessness? Even if he's couch surfing, he's basically doing the equivalent of Bruce Wayne living "homeless" in the first Batman movie where he could return to Gotham at any point, or Bear Gryhls "surviving".
Are you trying to respond to something in a different thread? I don't see any mentions of Elon Musk here and I'm failing to see the gone right aspect.
There was a brief discussion last page. I had the same confusion until I looked back.