# What not to do at the beach **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753 "2012-04-14T11:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/1 "2012-04-14T11:39:46Z")
I’m surprised she was not hurt worse. Watch the whole video. [ItemFix - Social Video Factory](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=31b_1333901432) ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/2 "2012-04-14T12:03:10Z")
That’s gotta hurt. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/3 "2012-04-14T12:49:36Z")
It’s really surprising that they don’t have [blast fences](https://www.google.com/search?q=blast+fences&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Mti&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=OHKJT4vSAYKGgwfmw5HfCQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CFQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1408&bih=905&sei=PnKJT_3yNcrx0gHUiKi3CQ#q=blast+fences&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Tti&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1&biw=821&bih=528) on that runway. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/4 "2012-04-14T12:59:06Z")
So if I’m seeing this right, this is some kind of a game where you hold onto the fence and when the jet ramps up its engines for takeoff you let go of the fence, turn and run the other way while allowing the jet blast to push you faster than you can normally run? Stupid. It might be cool to experience jet blast that close, but I wouldn’t be letting go of that fence. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/5 "2012-04-14T13:18:33Z")
God, but I love stupid people. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/6 "2012-04-14T13:28:09Z")
Been there, done that. Princess Juliana Airport in St Martin. She screwed up. You either hang tight to the fence, or stay on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/7 "2012-04-14T13:29:09Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > So if I’m seeing this right, this is some kind of a game where you hold onto the fence and when the jet ramps up its engines for takeoff you let go of the fence, turn and run the other way while allowing the jet blast to push you faster than you can normally run? Actually, the big French planes can lift you off your feet if you hang onto the fence and are slim. ---
**Author:** ![lizlizliz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/db5fbb/32.png) [@lizlizliz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizlizliz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/8 "2012-04-14T13:56:30Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > It’s really surprising that they don’t have [blast fences](https://www.google.com/search?q=blast+fences&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Mti&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=OHKJT4vSAYKGgwfmw5HfCQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CFQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1408&bih=905&sei=PnKJT_3yNcrx0gHUiKi3CQ#q=blast+fences&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Tti&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1&biw=821&bih=528) on that runway. Read that as “blast feces.” Maybe I need another cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/9 "2012-04-14T14:16:36Z")
I saw a woman running on the beach in a thong. Was there more to it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/10 "2012-04-14T14:25:38Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I saw a woman running on the beach in a thong. Was there more to it? 😉 Well, she’d been wearing a business suit before the jet engines revved up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/11 "2012-04-14T14:58:51Z")
I think we know who’s getting the next Web Redemption on Tosh.0… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/12 "2012-04-14T15:00:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Actually, the big French planes can lift you off your feet if you hang onto the fence and are slim. That would be pretty cool…if you were wearing a decent set of gloves to cling onto the fence with. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/13 "2012-04-14T15:07:54Z")
A landing at that airport [Air France A340 landing Princess Juliana Int. st Maarten - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8KjPNj2jgw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/14 "2012-04-14T15:25:33Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Well, she’d been wearing a business suit before the jet engines revved up! 😃 All right, this made me giggle like a loon. I don’t have the volume on my laptop on because I’m surrounded by cranky people. How badly was she hurt? I’ll bet you two nickels that she never does anything like that again. On purpose, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/15 "2012-04-14T15:48:31Z")
The only audio is jet engines blaring ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/16 "2012-04-15T17:23:01Z")
This takeoff shows how short the runway is [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=818\_1256685740](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=818_1256685740) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/17 "2012-04-15T17:48:20Z")
The best part of that video is at about 0:44. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/18 "2012-04-15T17:50:28Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > God, but I love stupid people. +1. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/19 "2012-04-16T11:59:19Z")
About 50 yards down the beach is the Sunset Beachbar, where topless women drink free and daily takeoffs/landings of large planes are listed on a chalkboard. Good times! ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753/20 "2012-04-16T12:56:56Z")
OW!!! That video makes me cringe in so many ways. First, the girl who whacks her head on the cement barricade, then the people on the beach being sandblasted by all the sand blown up by the jet, then just the noise of the engines spooling up. I’m guessing that alcohol was involved… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-at-the-beach/618753.md?page=2)