did you see the article in the paper
about the guy who has been dressing up as batman and trying to fight crime by himself? i just saw the headline, but it looked like quite the piece of darwinism in action.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:21, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I did. In Seattle. Dear God, people are dim.
There are, apparently, several of them. Not for long, one suspects.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Anyone got a link?
This sounds as though it would chime with my interest in the continuing role of natural selection in modern lifefucking hilarious.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Here you go:
abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7890919

Typical US reporting - you can clearly see he is not in any way 'caped'. Cunts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Ta kindly.
And Christ on a Segway, what a complete helmet...

Edit: And yes, good point. I see no cape. Just a man in what quite frankly looks like some sort of gimp costume.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:31, Reply)

some the same
+ that I have at home
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:38, Reply)

holy freakin idiots, batman

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Capes cause too much drag
I've never understood why superheroes have them. Particularly the flying ones. Have they no grasp of simple aerodynamics?
( Kroney, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Far too much drag
You start one day wearing a cape, and it's only a matter of time before you're in a short pencil skirt and ill-fitting fishnets...
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Doesn't Lampito own/wear a cape?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Exactly, every time I see her she's dressed up as a...oh, hang on.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Or this link here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q81zlawe13M

*Not funny*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:32, Reply)

they've been going at it for 9 months apparently
and they all have some sort of background in police or mma or something like that

it really is a bit silly
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I think they watched/read Kick Ass and thought they'd give it a go
Idiots.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I think you are definitely right about that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Aggadoo.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 13:34, Reply)