Heelies

[mechurchlady]

Ok what did I miss. Never mind as I know the powers here know what is best.

[Big Wallaby]

Don't think you missed anything. I was referring to the video of the kid who went down hard, the first thing he said.

[mechurchlady]

The problem with heelies is that you are on one wheel that has no brakes. The only way to stop is to put your feet down and run fast. If you are going faster than you can run then expect to crash and cry.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought it was a new person who was whining because I posted pictures of them. My dad t-boned a car and flew off his motorcycle. The kid looked worse than my dad, lol. Dad's helmet had huge scrape marks, his cotton work pants were ok until you saw his knees that looked like that kid's. Dad always wore boots and gloves which saved him the bloddy palms. A kid going to college turned left in front of dad and stopped.

I doubt any kid will stop using heelies even after seeing those videos. They think they can go 15 mph then stop.

[Elyse (AKA: Bubble Lady)]

OMG! I wanna see one of those little SOBs go down just one time!!! :twisted:
I can't tell you how many times I've nearly been run down at the park by those uncontrollable kids...I just wanna stick out my foot (or perhaps a handy cane?) & let 'em have it! I've discussed it with several ÇMs; many are in accord with me.

Just last Monday, over by the lockers on Main St., there he was...a 10-12 year old male, on those stupid shoes. I told him he'd better watch out, cuz if security sees him, they'll take his shoes away. Åpparently, it didn't phase him. When I came out of the locker room, there he was, buzzing around on his heels. I told him again..."Dude! I am not joking! If security sees you skating around like that, they'll take your shoes!!! Want THAT to happen?" That must have impressed him, cuz he stopped...or at least stopped skating around me...

See y'all on 8/14...

Elyse


Interesting reaction?
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[lady ulrike]

So, I have an interesting story about heelies. I was babysitting a friend of mine's kids and we're watching cartoons. Her five year old, being a kid, asked at pretty much every commercial, 'will you buy me that for my birthday' (his birthday btw is in April so a long ways away, I think he hasn't figured out yet that Christmas will be here long before then) I answered maybe, or we'll see and other vague answers. Well, then a heelies commercial came on and I answered, No, I will never ever buy those for anyone and proceeded to rant about how awful they were. He started crying, although mom assures me it's just a ploy because apparently when he cries with dad he gets whatever he wants. What was really funny was his 7 year old brother started agreeing with me about heelies being dangerous and such. I think he just wanted to make his brother cry more.

[Syndrome]

His brother will grow up to be like Jack Handey (below is my favorite Deep Thought from Jack):

"One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late."

[BRWombat]

His brother will grow up to be like Jack Handey (below is my favorite Deep Thought from Jack):

"One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late."

Heh :D: -- also a fave of mine.

At the risk of going way OT and turning this into a Jack Handey thread, I always loved: "Of all my uncles, my favorite was Uncle Caveman. We called him Uncle Caveman because he lived in a cave, and occasionally he would eat one of us. Later on we found out he was a bear." And also, "To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." And, "The face of a child says it all. Especially the mouth part of the face." And... okay, I'll stop.

[mechurchlady]

Well, isn't that special!

[hobie16]

I'm hoping Al Franken gets elected so we can see some Jack Handey moments on the senate floor.

[Syndrome]

Okay, I HAD to throw one more in:

"Aunt Lucy always used to win first prize at the county fair for her apple pie. It wasn't a real county fair - that's just what they called it at the mental home where she lived. And it wasn't a real apple pie either. Usually it was a ball of dough with tongue depressors and pieces of gum sticking out of it. Still, she won."

I was quite shocked to recently learn that Jack Handey is a real person!