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Recall for the Rich: Bentley‘s Famed ’Winged B’ Hood Ornament Could Impale Pedestrians
The Blaze ^
| September 23, 2010
| Scott Baker
Posted on 09/24/2010 8:23:25 AM PDT by Gordon Pym
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I wonder what they would do with the gunsight ornaments on the old Buicks or the Peirce Arrows from the 20's and 30's
To: Gordon Pym
The peasants just need to get out of the way.
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:25:27 AM PDT
by
nina0113
To: Gordon Pym
To: nina0113
It is a FEATURE, not a bug!
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:28:47 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
To: Gordon Pym
Better some good old blunt force trauma than a skewerin. LOL
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:32:36 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
Better some good old blunt force trauma than a skewerin. LOL Ask the current regime about that 3Nov2010
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:34:19 AM PDT
by
Gordon Pym
(2+2=4)
To: Gordon Pym
It’s a hood ornament...in order to impale a pedestrian wouldn’t that require the pedestrian to also be hit by the car?
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:40:53 AM PDT
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
To: Gordon Pym
Sounds like a solution to the excess population.
I say, have you any grey poupon?
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:50:44 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
BTW, that was my Scrooge impression.
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:51:19 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Gordon Pym
Although I creamed one pretty good a few years ago, I generally try to avoid pedestrians. My Scion xB has no hood ornament but the guy still spent a few months in the hospital.
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:51:36 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: Gordon Pym
I guess this puts the Kibosh on my razor Blades on the bumper idea to deter pesky panhandlers.
To: Gordon Pym
>>I wonder what they would do with the gunsight ornaments on the old Buicks or the Peirce Arrows from the 20’s and 30’s<< When I first read the headline I thought it was a reprint of some 60’s article. Use google images to check out the hood ornaments on 50’s and early 60’s american cars. Lots and LOTS of pointy rockets and stuff.
They got rid of them for exactly this reason. It was actually big news at the time.
A side note is that the same thinking that allowed people to believe that this was no big deal also aided the thinking behind letting Pintos explode when rear ended. That is, it was a foregone conclusion that these things were only a problem if you were in an accident - and that was using the product beyond its design limitations, so there was no “responsibility” for the outcome.
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:56:03 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: Gordon Pym
What's the big deal?
Bike messengers beware.
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:58:21 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: anniegetyourgun
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posted on
09/24/2010 8:59:24 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: Gordon Pym
Now,
these were impalers!
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posted on
09/24/2010 9:02:19 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: Gordon Pym
Awesome.
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posted on
09/24/2010 9:02:21 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...Richard Frank DeCamp, 11/13/34-9/15/10, R.I.P.)
To: Gordon Pym
To: hifidelity
Ahh... “Death Race 2000”, a “good” bad movie, and a classic of it’s time...:^)
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posted on
09/24/2010 9:59:47 AM PDT
by
az_gila
(AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
To: Gordon Pym
Bentley hood ornament
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posted on
09/24/2010 10:54:35 AM PDT
by
blam
To: hifidelity; SeaDragon
I loved Death Race 2000. It’s a terrific B movie. We’re still using things from that movie today... specifically the points. LOL
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posted on
09/24/2010 10:59:52 AM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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