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Escalator skiing reaches British news ...been classed as a dangerous and serious incident

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flux-capacitor
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im shure we have all seen the clip of the dude skiing the escalator on the London subway on the mind the gap trailer. well its reached the British news and the police are considering taking legal action.... theres was a article in a news paper today about it today
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1577323.ece
and there was a clip about it on the bbc news.

theres the vid if you have not seen it http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1749621/
Mar 28 2007 1:01PM
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unchyll
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WOW
they're a little late on that one
and he istn even from londan so i bet they cant do shit
Mar 28 2007 1:15PM
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skiierman
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HAHAHAHA that's sooo awesome!!!!!
Mar 28 2007 1:18PM
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Mod
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Man if that guy fell he'd have been ripped to pieces by those stairs
Mar 28 2007 1:20PM
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Sholte
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hahahaha, that is so funny
Mar 28 2007 2:15PM
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Casey
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i'd be scared of hitting the concrete at the bottom and my skis just stopping. that would suck.
Mar 28 2007 2:26PM
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Jodi
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and to think...some people are scared of getting their shoelaces stuck in the escalator.
Mar 28 2007 2:30PM
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DaLiNeRiDEr21
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so funny
Mar 28 2007 2:47PM
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KillerMonkey
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that was in mind the gap sooo long ago
Mar 28 2007 6:34PM
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kepler.
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thats crazy. why would they do it now?
Mar 28 2007 6:37PM
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prophet
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its on CNN now too from Reuters... i remember that trailer from like october. fucking killjoys
Mar 28 2007 7:47PM
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derick
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haha man that would hert if he fell.
Mar 28 2007 7:59PM
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thats_random
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its not even that serious
Mar 28 2007 8:19PM
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Bigwoods
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Priceless.. like the skis after taking that beating.
Mar 28 2007 8:24PM
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hendrik.
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haha...it probably has perfect little lines along the base form the escalator stairs
Mar 28 2007 8:28PM
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artfullydodged
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yeah well your fat
Mar 28 2007 8:44PM
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thats_random
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good one
Mar 28 2007 9:33PM
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Beamer12
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haha he was haulin ass
Mar 28 2007 9:37PM
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crooks
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does anyone know who it was?
Mar 28 2007 9:38PM
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Melvs
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Made the internets biggest news site... DIGG:

http://digg.com/videos/comedy/May_Skies_Down_Tube_Escalator_with_Head_Cam_London_Underground_Not_Amused
Mar 28 2007 10:21PM
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Casey
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it was on keith olberman's msnbc show tonight too. i was like omg srsly mind the gap!
Mar 29 2007 12:36AM
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hiphopopotamus
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that would be funny if they put up a sign that said like NO SKIING DOWN ESCALATORS
Mar 29 2007 12:40AM
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Casey
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hahaha or like a black diamond at the top. "unmarked hazards exist, experts only..."
Mar 29 2007 12:47AM
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K2skipunk
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that is one of the coolest things done on skis
Mar 29 2007 12:50AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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good movie too
Mar 29 2007 1:41AM
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skiEER
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thats pretty crazy
Mar 29 2007 11:51AM
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Craigskis
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i tired to post a comment on that page, but i don't think it was posted...
Mar 29 2007 12:08PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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Oh god the police are gonna go after peter O, even though its not him isnt it hendrick winstedt?
Mar 29 2007 1:02PM
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Matty_C
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that was andreas hatveit. check out the wierd coincidence: the second guy in the comments section at the bottom is called John Olsen... wierd eh?
Nov 5 2007 10:35PM
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