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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 27, 2010 9:04:41 GMT -6
Note that this was not Dean Kamen, the American inventor of the Segway. This dude bought the company from Kamen last year. Didn't turn out to be one of his better investments!........Jake ******************************** Segway company owner Jimi Heselden dies in England after riding a Segway off cliffThe British businessman who owns the Segway company was killed when he drove one of his famous two-wheeled scooters right off a cliff. James Heselden, who was using an off-road version of the iconic ride to inspect the grounds of his estate in northern England, was fished out of a river shortly after the freak accident Sunday. "Officers were called to the incident around 11:40 a.m. following a call from a member of the public," the West Yorkshire police said in a statement. Heselden, 62, who lived in Thrope Arch, was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was "not believed to be suspicious," police said. Laying near his body was one of his company's battery-powered scooters, a device that made its debut in 2002. Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/27/2010-09-27_segway_company_owner_jimi_heselden_dies_in_england_after_riding_a_segway_off_cli.html#ixzz10k5CGOM2 |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 9:10:00 GMT -6
God I hope there is a movie made about this... with lots of Hollywood pyrotechnics thrown in for good measure when the Segway goes over the cliff. There must have been a chase involved ala Costanza's battery scooter chase scene in Seinfeld.
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Post by Tex on Sept 27, 2010 9:15:54 GMT -6
He fell for the whole Segway schtick.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 9:35:27 GMT -6
Head over heels even
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Post by Merlot Joe on Sept 27, 2010 9:42:54 GMT -6
I wonder if he had time to bend over and kiss his ass goodbye.
Joe
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 9:47:50 GMT -6
How did he not manage to jump off... unless he had his seat belt fastened.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Sept 27, 2010 9:54:49 GMT -6
Maybe he thought it would be bad for business if he jumped off.
Joe
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Post by Merlot Joe on Sept 27, 2010 10:38:05 GMT -6
I wonder if about half way down he thought, shit this really going to hurt?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 27, 2010 10:41:23 GMT -6
One can only hope that the entire funeral procession will be made up of people on their Segways.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 10:46:01 GMT -6
A Segway Hearse, never saw that on The Munsters
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 27, 2010 11:11:20 GMT -6
The coffin will be interred vertically as the deceased requested he be buried riding on his Segway.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 12:31:00 GMT -6
Hopefully balanced proper, or else he could ride off into the sunset on his own.. and maybe over the cliff again
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 27, 2010 12:38:06 GMT -6
The coffin will be interred vertically as the deceased requested he be buried riding on his Segway. I've seen cemeteries in NYC where they do just that. Bury the coffin vertically, I mean; not with a Segway. I suppose it makes sense when land values are at a premium. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 27, 2010 12:38:53 GMT -6
Seeing as his name was "Jimi" - I wonder if his final words were, "Scuse me, while I kiss the ground!!"
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 12:40:43 GMT -6
he did fail miserably at kissing the sky
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 27, 2010 13:12:48 GMT -6
Did the police even BOTHER to check for a suicide note?
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 13:43:15 GMT -6
This whole situation is prime for a remake of Jan and Dean's Dead Mans Curve
I was cruising in my Segway late one night
when an Mobility Products Scooter pulled up on the right
and pulled out his hearing aid from a tiny bag
and challenged me then and there to a drag
I said, "you're on, buddy, my battery's runnin' fine
let's come off the line, now, at Sunset and Vine
I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve
let's race all the way to dead man's curve.
Dead man's curve
Dead man's curve
Won't come back from dead man's curve
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Post by nolaflacav on Sept 27, 2010 13:52:22 GMT -6
Did the police even BOTHER to check for a suicide note? I think they were looking for one but they could not find the glove compartment |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 27, 2010 13:54:50 GMT -6
They should've looked in the trunk.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 14:04:35 GMT -6
It was under the wiper blade
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 27, 2010 14:05:12 GMT -6
He might have lived if he had airbags
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 27, 2010 14:18:10 GMT -6
Is it true that when he went off the cliff he shouted, "Allah Akbar"?
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Post by Merlot Joe on Sept 27, 2010 16:36:17 GMT -6
Up Up and oh shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 28, 2010 5:53:59 GMT -6
This just in, apparently he was in a high speed chase, topping out at almost 12 mph, trying to elude the police. Look for the sad video on a special episode of "Hot Pursuit"  Edited: It just occurred to me that these guys look a lot like the firemen in the movie Fahrenheit 451 BTW- Do you think when he went over the cliff he hung motionless in the air for a second, ala Wile E Coyote before his body dropped, neck stretched and ended up disappearing in a puff of dust? |
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