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Re: another burning question
Posted By: Mia, on host 209.180.94.202
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at 12:32:20
In Reply To: Re: another burning question posted by Ellmyruh on Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at 15:20:41:

> > > I'm wondering how the barf bag would be used at such high speeds. Would a roller coaster barf bag be used the way a horse's feed bucket is used? I have this vivid picture in my mind of a roller coaster rider with a bucket placed securely over his head.
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> > > Ell"I hope the barf bags would be bigger than those found on airplanes"myruh
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> > The reason I suggested that is because a friend of mine said he was riding in the front seat when the girl next to him lost her lunch at high speed. Everyone behind them was, well, not pleased. Since he was beside her and not behind her, he was the only one aboard still smiling. I wonder if a barf bag would have helped.
> > Howard
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> Ewww. This reminds of the time when I was about 12 and my sister was 8 and we were going on rides at the county fair. We got on this particular ride where the cars spun, the cars moved on a belt around the "arm" of the ride, and that "arm" turned over and over. The first time our car spun, my sister very nearly lost her lunch. So, for the remainder of the ride, I used all of my strength to keep the car from spinning again. It was worth it, because I did NOT wind up becoming my sister's barf bag.
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> Ell"I think I'm the only person I know who has purposefully KEPT a ride from being more fun"myruh

This reminds me of the time I went to Lagoon-A-Beach (a little water park inside of an amusement park) and jumped into a two-feet deep pool and cracked my heel. I felt like throwing up, it hurt so bad! Later, however (the reason this story reminds me of my cracked-heel incident), my sister (the wonderful Ticia) wanted to go on "just one more ride". It was of the kind that goes around and around and around, and throws you against the side where you get squished. I remember wanting to go on it, even though I knew that my foot throbbed like nothing else. I didn't go on it, but I know that if I did, I would have thrown up.

Mi"that heel still hurts sometimes"a