R.I.P Evel Knievel (803 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2007-11-30 16:43:22 EST
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_knievel
No, no black screen with candles with Obi Wan's picture instead.
Evel Knievel was above all that.
For old guys like me, he was a superhero.
If you younglings get the chance to play with the old bendy action figures with the motorcycles, you'd understand.
The little red ramp with the handle on the side would wind the motor up and up until it peeled out and jumped a ramp made out of books or crashed into a wall of Dixie cups.
Man!
I refuse to say "God needed a stuntman".
Good bye Evel.
Thanks.
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-12-03 08:53:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:07:46 CST (#)
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ABOUT DAMN TIME
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-30 23:05:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:06:21 EST (#)
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nobody is above anything.
sorry guy, radley's right
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-11-30 20:11:17 EST (#)
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You did it wrong, Slim.
Submitted by beer-turtle (user info) at 2007-11-30 19:38:48 EST (#)
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EK was the inspiration for many of the dumbs things I did sucessfully or unsucessfully.
The rocket powered bicycle was the first of many bits of my idiocy when I realized I got alot of attention no matter if I did or didn't get hurt.
Jumping off the second story roof and getting stuck up to my knees in the ground (it had rained heavily the night before)....
anyways...these are stories worthy of their own telling..
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:15:39 EST (#)
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Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:14:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
He was the grit on my toast
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:08:18 EST (#)
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=175
Sorry, Yozz. 1972 HD XR750. If you have one of these, paint it red white and blue and put it on eBay immediately.
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:06:37 EST (#)
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After all the times he has massively eaten shit on motorcycles, he dies from Hep C?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:06:21 EST (#)
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nobody is above anything.
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:53:55 EST (#)
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Given that he would, inevitably, bite it on the main event, I always thought the best part of his show was the all the shit he did before the "big jump." The wheelies, etc. All in that really high strung voice of the 250 - 500 cc engine on the bike de jour. That was sweet.
Of course, watching him cross up the handle-bars on the down ramp and eat pavement was pretty cool too.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:42:33 EST (#)
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*Raises glass in recognition*
I too hope to go out with such glory!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:25:04 EST (#)
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R.I.motherfukin'P.
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:23:56 EST (#)
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noooooo!
hes ded?
fuck.
news like that just doesnt get here.
i wish i still had that bendy action figure and that suped sportster that came with him.
i used to gpo to bed with that bike. oh, and him too.
i also wish i had thowse spt smash up derby cars too.
Mr Evil, you'll be remebered
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:08:19 EST (#)
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If there's a God, it'll be Kneivel Avenue and it'll have a traffic circle with a fountain in the middle of it.
Tarpon Springs FL indeed. Sponges, schmonges. Greek food you can get anywhere. Grouper's the thing.
http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com/venue/upcomingshows2007.shtml#DEC It's in Tampa, between Tarpon Springs and Sun City Center. It's a cool place.
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:07:46 EST (#)
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ABOUT DAMN TIME
GO BEARS WOO!!!
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-11-30 17:06:54 EST (#)
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Nature punishes people who try to jump shit with a Hardly Abelson.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:56:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:53:22 EST (#)
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He was the inspiration behind my first, second, and fourth set of stitches.
He lived in Tarpon Springs, about 20 miles from my house. They'll probably name a street after him.
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Tarpon Springs, FL(?)- Worlds best sponges. I'll actually be down there eating shitty greek food sometime next month, while we visit my grandmother-in-law in Sun City Center.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:55:52 EST (#)
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Knievel St., Rd., Ave., or Ln?
I'm thinking road.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:55:49 EST (#)
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Kuzzzzhish.... :(
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:53:22 EST (#)
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He was the inspiration behind my first, second, and fourth set of stitches.
He lived in Tarpon Springs, about 20 miles from my house. They'll probably name a street after him.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:53:17 EST (#)
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In the late 70's, I was a spermatozoa. Either that or an ovum.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2007-11-30 16:49:31 EST (#)
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I actually had Evel Knievel pajamas in the the late 70's. That guy was the shit.