Boy hospitalized after bird hits him in the face on Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure

Leave my family out of this. That kid had it comin'.

That depends Ensign. Are you trying to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen African or European swallow?

stoogemanmoe said:

Firefox sucks also.

Other than a couple extremely minor issues I've seen, I'd say it's a solid browser.

Of course, African swallows are non-migratory.

But Mike, park spokespersons sometimes have to soften the blow of the dangers of their rides when that speak to the media. I just found the way she worded it to be kind of... deliberate.

Ensign Smith said:
Here's what I can't help pondering: given that the momentum of the train probably carried the creature along for a few moments after the impact, is that enough for the bird to claim a credit for Kingda Ka? I know this is kind of a gray area...

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

No credit without a full ride. If he had hit it on launch and carried it all the way, then we'd have something to debate.

Don't pile up on Mike. A lot of people at work can't control what browser they use because too many IT people care more about control than good software.

I am sure we will soon be hearing from a lawyer representing the flock. From what I hear...the brids are now angry.

Hey! This gives me an idea...

At least the kid can rest easy knowing that, according to the laws of probability, he never needs to fear any bird-skull interfacing for the rest of his life.

Ouch!

^^Pretty sure it doesn't work that way.

Hopefully it wasn't a yellow bird. One well-timed finger tap and there'd be a closing speed of 200+ mph.

Oink.

A black one would have taken out the whole train and the section of track it was on.

Oink

This would have been a real news story if it were reported that the coaster had plummeted 45 stories in a direction other than toward the ground. Even plummeting into a vat of tapioca pudding or a pool of hydrochloric acid. But plummeting toward the ground? Kind of a given.

Jeff said:

A lot of people at work can't control what browser they use because too many IT people care more about control than good software.

Around here it's mostly because software engineers can't be bothered to actually update their software to work with newer browsers. Thankfully Firefox is slowly becoming standard and fixing both those problems.

attach a scarecrow to the front of the train.. PROBLEM SOLVED :)

I dunno. I think a well-placed mixture of ice and rock blocks can seriously put a stop to those birds.

Some guy got pooped on in a few rows in front of me and he couldn't figure out what hit him.