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War Horse

(931 posts) Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:25 PM Oct 2013

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Would you sit there?

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Would you sit there? (Original Post) War Horse Oct 2013 OP

Not just no........FUCK NO. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #1

You got it. That's my answer too. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #6

ditto trof Oct 2013 #16

I couldn't get to within 20 feet of the edge... 2theleft Oct 2013 #27

I get vertigo too easy Goalie49009 Oct 2013 #2

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope! LeftofObama Oct 2013 #3

Ah, I am afraid of heights. Denninmi Oct 2013 #4

NO! HappyMe Oct 2013 #5

No, only if I had a parachute. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #7

Good golly...NO! hibbing Oct 2013 #8

So... pipi_k Oct 2013 #9

Yes, I would IrishEyes Oct 2013 #10

In a heartbeat HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #11

Just looking at the picture makes me nauseous. Squinch Oct 2013 #12

I don't think I could crawl out to the edge yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #13

In an aircraft, you're not looking straight down into the abyss Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #29

You don't know Pucca? yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #30

In keeping with the spirit of the OP, Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #34

YES! And walk away with dry pants? NO! benld74 Oct 2013 #14

hell no. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #15

A pictue on the web is a close as I can get to that without actually passing out. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #17

Maybe. alphafemale Oct 2013 #18

Only if I have a parachute on, "just in case you fall." Neoma Oct 2013 #19

No and I'm not afraid of heights...it looks like he could slide off at any minute. Avalux Oct 2013 #20

Somebody'll have to pay me first. eom Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #21

i have a similar pic. of a couple old friends of mine at the grand canyon orleans Oct 2013 #22

that looks photoshopped to me ... Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #23

Few things before I would Xyzse Oct 2013 #24

oh yeah! Incitatus Oct 2013 #25

That looks like the cliffs that the coyote goes out on when chasing the roadrunner. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #26

NO. nt LWolf Oct 2013 #28

nope, I'm a fat man nt Broken_Hero Oct 2013 #31

My acrophobia won't let me get within 50 feet of that ledge. Chan790 Oct 2013 #32

Don't like heights tblue Oct 2013 #33

In my youth I probably would have, but not today. Jenoch Oct 2013 #35

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,632 posts)

1. Not just no........FUCK NO.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:26 PM

Oct 2013

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

6. You got it. That's my answer too.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:35 PM

Oct 2013

trof

(54,256 posts)

16. ditto

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 07:05 PM

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2theleft

(1,136 posts)

27. I couldn't get to within 20 feet of the edge...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 05:34 PM

Oct 2013

I agree...

Goalie49009

(748 posts)

2. I get vertigo too easy

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:27 PM

Oct 2013

my ass would fall off that thing

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)

3. Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope!

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:28 PM

Oct 2013

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)

4. Ah, I am afraid of heights.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:30 PM

Oct 2013

I can't go more than 2 steps up a ladder. Glass elevators freak me out. So, yeah, probably not.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

5. NO!

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:33 PM

Oct 2013

Fuck no!

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

7. No, only if I had a parachute. n/t

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:42 PM

Oct 2013

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

8. Good golly...NO!

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:44 PM

Oct 2013

Makes me nervous just looking at it.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

9. So...

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 04:55 PM

Oct 2013

I'm getting the willies just looking at that photo.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)

10. Yes, I would

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 05:08 PM

Oct 2013

What a beautiful view. It looks like fun. I guess I'm the only one who would sit there. I have other fears but not heights.

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

11. In a heartbeat

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 05:14 PM

Oct 2013

And if I had a hang glider & someone to pick me up, I'd jump off.

Squinch

(50,955 posts)

12. Just looking at the picture makes me nauseous.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 05:32 PM

Oct 2013

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

13. I don't think I could crawl out to the edge

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 05:55 PM

Oct 2013

without getting violently sick. And yet, Aircraft don't bother me...go figure.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

29. In an aircraft, you're not looking straight down into the abyss

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:54 PM

Oct 2013

You just have to hope that everyone associated with the operation of that aircraft has done/is doing their job well.

ところで、あの「跳んでいる子」アバターは可愛い

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

30. You don't know Pucca?

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #29)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:05 AM

Oct 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pucca

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

34. In keeping with the spirit of the OP,

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #30)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 10:12 AM

Oct 2013

here's an excerpt from Bullwinkle

benld74

(9,904 posts)

14. YES! And walk away with dry pants? NO!

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:09 PM

Oct 2013

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)

15. hell no. nt

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:43 PM

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Gidney N Cloyd

(19,840 posts)

17. A pictue on the web is a close as I can get to that without actually passing out.

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 08:58 PM

Oct 2013

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

18. Maybe.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 09:26 PM

Oct 2013

I would if somebody was freaking out because I was doing it.

It just looks freaky. There is really no real risk involved.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

19. Only if I have a parachute on, "just in case you fall."

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:28 PM

Oct 2013

Avalux

(35,015 posts)

20. No and I'm not afraid of heights...it looks like he could slide off at any minute.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:31 PM

Oct 2013

That's a little too risky for me!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

21. Somebody'll have to pay me first. eom

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 12:56 AM

Oct 2013

orleans

(34,057 posts)

22. i have a similar pic. of a couple old friends of mine at the grand canyon

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 02:02 AM

Oct 2013

back in the 1970s (before photoshop)
i'm not saying this is photoshoped or tech. messed with, but it definitely could be.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

23. that looks photoshopped to me ...

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:00 AM

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Xyzse

(8,217 posts)

24. Few things before I would

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:04 AM

Oct 2013

1 - Rope... STRONG @SS rope.
2 - Towing Truck 20 feet away.

I need to be tied to that damn truck, and it is ready to pull me if I were to fall.

Incitatus

(5,317 posts)

25. oh yeah!

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:06 AM

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Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

26. That looks like the cliffs that the coyote goes out on when chasing the roadrunner.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:44 AM

Oct 2013

The man will hang suspended in the air for a moment before he plummets into the water far, far below.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

28. NO. nt

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:29 PM

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Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)

31. nope, I'm a fat man nt

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:06 AM

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Chan790

(20,176 posts)

32. My acrophobia won't let me get within 50 feet of that ledge.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 01:29 AM

Oct 2013

Hell, it's all I can do to not have a panic attack every time I step out on my balcony...and that's barely 5 stories up.

tblue

(16,350 posts)

33. Don't like heights

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:59 AM

Oct 2013

so hell NO!

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)

35. In my youth I probably would have, but not today.

Reply to War Horse (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:17 PM

Oct 2013

I remember walking with my father across the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado when I was ten years old. My dad didn't really wish to walk across that bridge, but he did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gorge_Bridge

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