"Tram Bouncing" Craze

OFDM · 17-09-2008 09:01PM #1

I was told by a friend of mine last week that some of the local scobies on the red Luas line have taken to what's apparently called "tram bouncing" - it's where one of the said scobies runs at the moving Luas and "bounces" their bodies off the doors.

I didn't believe it myself until I saw on kid do it up near the Rialto Luas stop. He bounced and then fell on his arse on the grass at the side of the track. I was kicking myself I didn't get video of it.

At least they're getting some exercise! :rolleyes:

Aodan83 · 17-09-2008 09:08PM

that is the single stupidist idea ive ever heard.

KnifeWRENCH · 17-09-2008 09:13PM

I say let them - there's a chance that they'll misjudge it, fall in front of the tram and get run over.
Which would serve the little scumbags right.

i didn't do it · 17-09-2008 09:18PM

square_igloo wrote: »

I say let them - there's a chance that they'll misjudge it, fall in front of the tram and get run over.
Which would serve the little scumbags right.

It would. untill the driver gets done for murder.

Guy:Incognito · 17-09-2008 09:22PM

i didn't do it wrote: »

It would. untill the driver gets done for murder.

Why th ehell would a driver get done for murder? For a start the kid would have "fallen" under it by acting the prick. secondly unless they prove he went out with the intention of running over the kid ( hard in something stuck on rails) , doing him for murder would be a non runner.

Duckjob · 17-09-2008 09:23PM

Darwin Awards ftw

mikemac · 17-09-2008 09:27PM

i didn't do it wrote: »

It would. untill the driver gets done for murder.

I don't think you understand what murder is.
As said, you have to prove the driver set out to kill them.
You wouldn't even get manslaughter for this.

When I read this thread, the first thing I thought about was they'd trip and lose their arms under the Luas. Good enough for them

Adam · 17-09-2008 09:30PM

i didn't do it wrote: »

It would. untill the driver gets done for murder.

magnificent fail.

pyramuid man · 17-09-2008 09:38PM

Duckjob wrote: »

Darwin Awards ftw

Think there would definitley be some of the stupidest nominees ever for them

Itsdacraic · 17-09-2008 09:40PM

pyramuid man wrote: »

Think there would definitley be some of the stupidest nominees ever for them

Is that not the point of them?

Saruman · 17-09-2008 09:40PM

A cousin of my wife drives trains in the US. He has had about a half dozen people jump in front of his train. Nothing he can do considering a train that is about a mile long will probably take about a mile to stop. Its part of the job.

Anyway the Luas is no where near as long or heavy but im sure it can not instantly stop so there is no way a tram driver could get done for any sort of murder/manslaughter.. Its not like he can aim for the scummers.

i didn't do it · 17-09-2008 09:41PM

with the justice system in this country probably would happen though

Itsdacraic · 17-09-2008 09:42PM

i didn't do it wrote: »

with the justice system in this country probably would happen though

Dig up..............

zuroph · 17-09-2008 09:45PM

u telling me uv never been standing at the side of a road when a bus or train is passing slowly and thought "surely it wouldnt hurt if i just took a bounce off it?". I'v said this to my mates before and they've all thought it at some stage too. first i heard people were actually doing it though.

Robbo · 17-09-2008 09:45PM

i didn't do it wrote: »

with the justice system in this country probably would happen though

This is becoming exponential fail.

It wasn't me! · 17-09-2008 09:48PM

zuroph wrote: »

u telling me uv never been standing at the side of a road when a bus or train is passing slowly and thought "surely it wouldnt hurt if i just took a bounce off it?". I'v said this to my mates before and they've all thought it at some stage too. first i heard people were actually doing it though.

Y'know what? No, it's never a thought that's occurred to me, thankfully. Can't imagine a single reason it would.

"Don't play in/with traffic" is just one of those principles that works for me.

connundrum · 17-09-2008 09:58PM

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Y'know what? No, it's never a thought that's occurred to me, thankfully. Can't imagine a single reason it would.

"Don't play in/with traffic" is just one of those principles that works for me.

Solid advice there.

I'd say let them at it, but what we'll probably have is the bleedin hearts coming out saying that we need to stop this pactice i.e. employing security crowd to patrol the tracks.. then bang and your Luas fare goes up by 10% per journey.

Cheers for that you fuckwits.

It wasn't me! · 17-09-2008 10:06PM

Nah, just electrify the outside of the tram like a riot control vehicle, so then the passengers are treated to a nice smell of cooking when one of the gobshítes tries it, and the gene pool is a little richer.

Run_to_da_hills · 17-09-2008 10:10PM

connundrum wrote: »

Solid advice there.

I'd say let them at it, but what we'll probably have is the bleedin hearts coming out saying that we need to stop this pactice i.e. employing security crowd to patrol the tracks.. then bang and your Luas fare goes up by 10% per journey.

Cheers for that you fuckwits.

Just put an 2"x2" angle iron brace on the inside of a few of the doors. They will be in for a shock when they try to bounce from these.

KnifeWRENCH · 17-09-2008 10:16PM

zuroph wrote: »

u telling me uv never been standing at the side of a road when a bus or train is passing slowly and thought "surely it wouldnt hurt if i just took a bounce off it?". I'v said this to my mates before and they've all thought it at some stage too. first i heard people were actually doing it though.

Ehm....no, I can honestly say I have never thought that.

It wasn't me! wrote:

"Don't play in/with traffic" is just one of those principles that works for me.

Clearly you too remember the Safe Cross Code!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEssgMQ1O_k

ALL TOGETHER NOW:

"Remember:
1. Look for a safe place....."

zuroph · 17-09-2008 10:27PM

squares!

It wasn't me! · 17-09-2008 10:28PM

square_igloo wrote: »

Clearly you too remember the Safe Cross Code!

People really shouldn't need to be taught these things!

rainbow kirby · 17-09-2008 10:29PM

If it wastes a couple of the skangers who live along the red line of the Luas I'm all for it.

KnifeWRENCH · 17-09-2008 10:36PM

It wasn't me! wrote: »

People really shouldn't need to be taught these things!

Never overestimate the intelligence of people.
Especially children - they are generally a rather stupid species!

Toto Wolfcastle · 17-09-2008 10:44PM

zuroph wrote: »

squares!

Yeah, and squares don't bounce. It's clearly jealousy.

HalloweenJack · 17-09-2008 10:53PM

This isn't purely a "scobie/skanger" thing.

I knew a gang of lads from Gonzaga who were doing this at the Luas around Harcourt St one night.

Snobs can be stupid too.

spurious · 17-09-2008 11:05PM

Stupidity is a great leveller.

Frisbee · 17-09-2008 11:16PM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

This isn't purely a "scobie/skanger" thing.

I knew a gang of lads from Gonzaga who were doing this at the Luas around Harcourt St one night.

Either way.
When they start falling under trains at least we wont have either end of the spectrum diluting the gene pool anymore....

pablomakaveli · 17-09-2008 11:20PM

I think they should be applauded.

they're doing something that could remove them from the gene pool. lets just encourage them as much as we can.:D

binhead · 17-09-2008 11:20PM

The drivers should have rapid fire buttons that open the said door at speed allowing the "bouncer" to fly into the luas, a second of confusion/relief crosses it's tiny mind until the driver rapid fires! the second door open allowing the still moving Bouncer to fly out into the face of a luas coming in the opposite direction.

That, I'd pay to see.

ToeRag881 · 17-09-2008 11:33PM

lets shoot them

"Tram Bouncing" Craze

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