Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Who Do You Have to Thank for Motorcycle Helmets?

In part, Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, a British neurosurgeon. He was a neurosurgeon who treated T.E. Lawrence after Lawrence's fatal crash in 1935. That experience sparked Cairns's research on head protection for motorcyclists.

4 comments:

Stewart Dean said...

And the Rolls of Rolls-Royce was killed in 1907 when, before the days of seat belts, he was thrown up while flying and had his skull punctured by a bolt protruding down above the pilot's seat. The Rolls-Royce badge had been red. Thereafter, it was black in his memory.

Anonymous said...

And still there are states in the US where helmets are not compulsory.
Praise Darwin ;-)

Comrade Misfit said...

This summer, in upstate NY, a boatload of motorcyclists held a "protest ride" and rode without theirhelmets.

One of the riders crashed his bike, hit his head and died.

Darwin at work.

Ruckus said...

Stu
If you have nothing to put inside you don't need a helmet.