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Watch Kids Go ‘Skylarking’ Alongside Fast-Moving Train
- Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:00am by
Liz Klimas
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Holding onto the outside door of a train and letting it drag you is called skylarking — at least that’s according to the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority. Urban Dictionary defines it as engaging in “tom foolery or shanaghins.” To others, what you’ll see below is probably just called being stupid.
Watch as these kids go “skylarking” and then proceed to take on other dangerous, monkey-like moves on a fast-moving train:
A Blaze editor also noted that he recently saw an anti-skylarking ad — though he noted it wasn’t referred to as skylarking — on the New York City subway system. Is it on the rise in New York too?
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (63)
heavyduty
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:07amThey will find out just how stupid it is right after one of them takes about four more off the train with them.
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:17amIt’s a heck of a lot more interesting than watching “Planking”
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:12amHmmm, Darwin award candidates?
Report Post »Cause4Liberty
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:31pmThese kids are posers. Dumb posers who wish they were hardcore walkers. Lol idiots would find out how fun their new lane sport is once one of them get run over by the train.
Report Post »Stiggs
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:57amThe NY Transit Authority is STUPID enough to spend money to tell these STUPID people that this is dangerous? WHY SPEND THE MONEY? If they hurt themselves and/or die, that’s their problem because THEY ARE SO FLIPPING STUPID.
Report Post »Lonescrapper
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:22amDarwin Awards.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:56pmwatch it again… palm trees and banana plants do not grow in NYC. this was more like New Deli, India. look at the head dress as well.
Report Post »josetoyou
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:41amJust more stupid *******…
Report Post »Geo0248
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 4:57am“Watch as these kids go “skylarking” and then proceed to take on other dangerous, monkey-like moves on a fast-moving train:”
oooooooh, your gonna be called a racist for using the term monkey like. a couple of these nut jobs were dark skinned.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 4:41amWhy is endangerment of anyone‘s life a ’prank’?
Report Post »Yes, I agree with other posts…a perfect example for those who believe in evolution. This is the true ‘evolution’ question.
Do not ask ‘From what did man develop’….ask ‘TO WHAT is man developing”.
Virgil_Lance
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:31amHow dangerous!
Report Post »String Bean
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 3:43amWTF does this kid care?
In India’s caste society, if he loses an arm or his legs it won’t change his life situation and standing one bit there.
All it will affect is his ability to do stupid stuff like that.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:11amCrazy!!!!!!!!
Report Post »bookofdaniel
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 3:42amIdiots. Wont be long before one of them gets decapitated and ripped to shreds.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:01amLooks like video from India, with an electric train powered by overhead lines.
I seem to recall other footage from such shenanigans around an Indian electric train. I don’t know whether the guy was insane, pissed off, or just stupid, but he climbed up on top of the train, and then thought reaching up to grab the overhead cable to steady himself was a good idea.
*ZORCH!* *ZOR*ZORCH!*
His corpse laying on the roof was not just smoking, not just smoldering, but there were visible flames coming off of it.
Take away: These people do not have a long history of rational behaviour around trains.
Report Post »Free_Stater
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:30amThey should get the Darwin awards! Less gene pool material.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:16amSome of those Indians have the most incredible balance. Check out the video below of the India Monkey King climber, especially the move he makes a little over 30 seconds into the video. Also search youtube for india pole gymnastics, incredible stuff, and, ahem, ladies you can check out the size of the pole pretty easily with the skimpy shorts these guys wear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN3gLVDsOY
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:36amI liked the sewage river next to the tracks. Crap, I need to call Microsoft tomorrow for internet help.
Report Post »v12tommy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:09amWhy do they need ads saying not to do this? This is just natural selection at its finest. If some idiot does this and gets wacked of the train by a tunnel entrance or something, scrape him/her off the tracks with a shovel, hose down the impact point, and go about the rest of the day. Think of all the money we would save on welfare if all the stupid people tried doing this.
Report Post »Redscot
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:18pmI agree. Skip the warnings. If some idiot does it, clean up the mess and keep going. They won’t do that of course. Our wonderful nanny state will do the warnings because some idiot’s mommy is going to scream otherwise. I raised 7 kids of my own and half the neighborhood. If any of them had tried that, their backside would have been difficult to sit on. One of mine simply walked on the train tracks, I was told by a neighbor. He never tried it again. Neither did any of the others. They are all responsible decent adults now too, not a single democrat among them, and they all have good jobs.
Report Post »Southernguy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:47amThey got one part right………monkey like ;)
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:48amThat monkey needs to be spanked.
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:44amThis reminds me of an article a few years back when some POS rag of a newspaper ran the headline “Navy Attacks Pirates in Indian Ocean” Apparently the “Navy” was the Indian Navy as in India, Country of. But any country’s navy is the “Navy” in a global village blah blah blah. I hate this sort of one world BS. These aren’t “kids”; these are poor b@st@rds trapped in some 3rd world h3LL hole. Hey Liz, stop trying to make the global village thing happen (and this is coming from a man who liked “Slum Dog Millionaire”).
Report Post »AlienEarthling
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:35amI believe there is an urban legend that a penny can derail a train…I wonder if one of these guys could?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:35amIf men are suppose to be so smart, why are they the ones who do all the dumbest things? When was the last time you saw a women do something this stupid… probably never.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:07amYeah women are so smart they breed a bunch of brats, then spend their live long days listening to them fight and yell while they clean house and cook the meals, and if they’re real smart they do all that and hold down a job too. What a wonderful smart life they lead. Of all the fun stuff they could be doing, that is what they end up doing.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:08amwell a bit back we watched one of your CO- FEMALES walk her dumb a$$ into a water fountain while texting
care for another example ?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:09amwell a bit back, we watched one of your CO- FEMALES walk her d u m b a s s into a water fountain while texting
care for another example ???? or was that enough to take you off your high horse ?
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:56amWomen do stupid things too. Like going out to a bar to pickup men. Happens everyday. Been to any bars lately Cofemale?
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:19pmoh yeah I have. When they were dating these fools, how’s that.
Report Post »FranklinK
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:39pmCOFemale Can you say Peanis envy?
Report Post »ruben
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:33amActually, you Darwin disciples you, the kid will probably father 15 before he’s through with this sojourn. As for you, my fellow computer gawking friends, I suppose your progeny won’t be quite so numerous. Who‘s Darwin’s favored child now????
And as for your claims that this is an activity for stupid people, looks like run of the mill thrill-seeking, stunt-pulling to me. Is every stunt man stupid? Is every thrill-seeker stupid. There’s probably a lower fatality rate for kids engaged in skylarking than for kids engaged in a million other “non-stupid” activities, like driving cars, riding bicycles, swimming, surfing, mountain climbing, hiking, etc. Is everyone that engages in those activities stupid too? Or only the ones that die?
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:20amAgreed. Look at skiing, racing, surfing, shooting, hangliding, parachuting, etc.
Report Post »Anything fun has an element of danger to it… and that’s usually what MAKES it fun! If you do get hurt though, it’s on you. Don’t ask me to pay your hospital bill.
Hungry_i
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:28amOops, he said “monkey-like.”
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:14amCould I take insurance out on these guys. Crazy stuff.
Report Post »SCARY
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:13amRunning into one of those supports face first would be my first class ticket outta that hell hole and into the eight arms of the temptress in the sky.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:12amWHen I was young and dumb me and my friends used to jump on and ride moving trains, but we were never THAT stupid!
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:12amDarwinism at its finest.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:08amDarwin candidates!!!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:08amThese kids are gonna slip one day and look like Chicken Tika Marsala on the ground…. stupid idiots!
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:07amNow there’s a real useful talent…not!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:04amIt’s all fun and games until someone dies or is crippled.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:12amIt’s all fun and games until *WHAM* Darwin strikes.
Report Post »ontheclock247
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:20am“…until someone dies or is crippled.”
…and the family sues the city, the transit authority, and anyone else it can come up with…then we all pay!
Report Post »sbeejustsaying
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:03amStupid is what stupid does.
Report Post »Southernguy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:47amyep
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:14amI was just going to say that……….
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