# What a fucking spaz... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659 "2003-06-13T20:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/21 "2003-06-14T00:41:07Z")
He didn’t even really fall. Sure, he had to jump off the Segway and the Segway fell, but Bush never actually fell on the ground. It appears this thread is just a product of DoC’s obsession with Bush. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/22 "2003-06-14T00:45:04Z")
What the hell’s wrong with an obsession with bush? Oh, _Bush_ with a capital B… ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/23 "2003-06-14T00:45:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by butrscotch \* > \*\*I think we need a president with a little bit more Marx BROTHERS in him. \*\* Well, as they say, time wounds all heels. **Rufus**? Have you paid your month’s rent on the battlefield? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/24 "2003-06-14T00:48:24Z")
[whine while stomping feet] But, what does it segue to? [/wwsf] ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_the_CC)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/25 "2003-06-14T00:54:30Z")
It must have been off or something. I’ve seen plenty of those things in use, and I know about the inventor, Dean Kamen, and trust me, he’s no crackpot. I just don’t understand how it could’ve fallen over all of a sudden like that. I mean, those things are about 5000 bucks and designed by one of the most successful inventors in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/26 "2003-06-14T01:34:01Z")
This reminds me of Gerald Ford. Do any of you kids remember the Ford Administration? If not, just let me explain that it was the “watergate recovery period, which led up to Carter, and wasn’t that just bags of fun?” Gerald Ford was a pretty decent athlete in his day. He lettered in all kinds of sports in college. Better yet, even though he was a Republican, he didn’t appear to be evil. He was just an all around good guy, apart from that “pardon” thing. But hey, Bill Clinton did it too, right? Gerald Ford slipped on the ladder while decending from Air Force One on a rainy day in Bonn. He then popped right up and shook the Chancellors hand. Minor notice taken. Unfortunately, on the way home, he tripped and fell on the Air Force One steps again. Instantly, he becomes a clumsy idiot, and an object of derision. It got really bad after that. When he went on a skiing vacation in Colorado and hit all the expert trails for a week and fell _once_, the New York Times headline was “Ford Spazzes Out Again.”\* I’m not entirely thrilled with our current President, but I’d really love to see how **Diogenes the Cynic** does with his first attempt at a Segway. \*That’s not the actual headline, but they did make a really big deal out of it. ---
**Author:** ![G-RAY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@G-RAY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-RAY)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/27 "2003-06-14T02:17:53Z")
He was probably driving (scooting?) drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conflict_of_Interest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/28 "2003-06-14T02:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*This guy can fly a plane but he can’t operate a fucking scooter? What a maroon. > [Shrub getting his ass kicked by a Segway](http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030612/i/1055454096.3154296905.jpg) \*\* Can you do either? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/29 "2003-06-14T02:42:34Z")
I can drive a fucking scooter. ---
**Author:** ![45\_70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/5f9b8f/32.png) [@45\_70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/45_70)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/30 "2003-06-14T02:46:54Z")
**DtheC** Oh lord it’s hard to be humble when your perfect in every way. Can’t wait to look in the mirror because i get better looking each day. Everybody knows the rest of the song. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/31 "2003-06-14T02:54:18Z")
I saw… was it Justin Timberlake? Driving on at the end of the MTV Movie Awards. Looked like fun. Really, the only trick is not to… uh, move. Wonder what he hit? Those things can hit 20 MPH, I gather, so a pothole could create a bit of a kick. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/32 "2003-06-14T03:42:24Z")
You get to say “fucking” in the Pit? 🆒 Ok, I’ll contribute. I saw a demonstration of the Segway on tv. A _lot_ of people tried it out, and not _one_ fell. Of course _they_ listened to the instructions. Peace, mangeorge (fucking _loves_ italics.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/33 "2003-06-14T12:13:48Z")
On second glance, it looks like he overpowered it when starting it up. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/34 "2003-06-14T12:26:47Z")
Jesus christ is he skinny. Not a condemnation of him personally or politically; just an observation. Eat something besides pretzels, man! ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/35 "2003-06-14T15:53:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Jesus christ is he skinny. > > Not a condemnation of him personally or politically; just an observation. Eat something besides pretzels, man! \*\* LOL you took the thoughts right outta my head!!! ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659/36 "2003-06-15T14:41:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Monster104_ > \*\*He didn’t even really fall. Sure, he had to jump off the Segway and the Segway fell, but Bush never actually fell on the ground. \*\* Pretty much sounds likes his political career (especially the last presidential race). Always managing to jump to safety at the last second. Peace-DESK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-fucking-spaz/181659.md?page=1)