# Naked man running on highway, his prosthenic leg on fire. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272 "2010-07-11T03:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/41 "2010-07-13T19:39:46Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Your jackboots have no sole I know. I only wear them for the halibut. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/42 "2010-07-14T01:19:59Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I know. I only wear them for the halibut. Still, she’s quite polished… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/43 "2010-07-14T03:01:58Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I know. I only wear them for the halibut. Oh my Cod, I can’t believe you said that. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/44 "2010-07-14T05:45:46Z")
Ahh, does someone need a cuttlefish? ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/45 "2010-07-14T15:39:00Z")
Stop it with the puns, I’m getting a haddock… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/46 "2010-07-14T15:47:52Z")
Wait a minute! These used to be leg puns! There’s something fishy going on here now. Does this mean the thread is floundering? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/47 "2010-07-14T15:51:30Z")
_::Slaps everybody with a wet trout and walks away::_ \ ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/48 "2010-07-14T15:55:49Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Wait a minute! These used to be leg puns! There’s something fishy going on here now. > > Does this mean the thread is floundering? I guess they just couldn’t stand it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/49 "2010-07-14T18:00:25Z")
I don’t understand these puns. I guess I’m just not hip enough. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/50 "2010-07-14T18:24:40Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Named Smith? > > hh What was the name of his other leg? ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/51 "2010-07-14T19:03:52Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > What was the name of his other leg? That is hilarious, HF, thanks. I’m trying to stifle my laughs here at work, but it’s not happening. Did you get a load of the other top, or rather most viewed stories from the Las Cruces Sun-News? Las Cruces man on lam after threatening girlfriend with shovel:eek: Truck driver chokes on pork rinds ends in ditch:D ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/52 "2010-07-14T19:21:59Z")
Threadspotted! I didn’t write the tag, but it’s better than the one I submitted with the nomination. Guessing **Tuba** wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/53 "2010-07-14T20:05:23Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Threadspotted! > > I didn’t write the tag, but it’s better than the one I submitted with the nomination. Guessing **Tuba** wrote it. It didn’t need Threadspotting, it could stand well on it’s … oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/54 "2010-07-14T20:09:37Z")
We made _Threadspotting_!? At least I had a hand in it. ---
**Author:** ![kapntoad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@kapntoad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapntoad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/55 "2010-07-14T20:16:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > No criminal charges were filed against the men who set him on fire or left him on the highway, and the man told police he didn’t once try to stop them. > > > > “If they had lost the bet,” the man told police, “he would have done the same to them.” I’m curious if the man was speaking in the third person, or if VT or the newspaper misquoted somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/56 "2010-07-14T21:48:09Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Wait a minute! These used to be leg puns! There’s something fishy going on here now. > > Does this mean the thread is floundering? Sounds like the thread is suffering from pain in the metacarpals… ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/57 "2010-07-14T22:38:36Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > At least I had a hand in it. Don’t you mean a foot in it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/58 "2010-07-15T01:44:17Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Sounds like the thread is suffering from pain in the metacarpals… cough/_tar_sals/cough ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/59 "2010-07-15T01:54:23Z")
TWO coughs and a drop? That’s quite a Hall’s… ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/60 "2010-07-15T11:03:06Z")
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