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  • TUESDAY AUGUST 21 2007 8:00 PM

There's No Wrong Way to Crash a Segway



The Segway... It's like they secretly built a machine to let us laugh at the rich and idle.

"Sure... it's going to revolutionize transportation. That's right! It, uh, uses very little energy! It's going to replace the car... And only rich people like you can afford its expensive price. Just pay the man and step right up onto this goofy-looking machine!"

It's hard to say why the world had such grand hopes, it's not like the pogo-stick or the "stuffed horsy-head on a broomstick," changed our lives.

Until now, the Segway's biggest claim to fame was guest starring on "Arrested Development."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Piers Morgan may be a great judge of “talent,” but clearly, riding a Segway is not one of his own.

The “America’s Got Talent” judge broke several ribs this weekend in a Segway accident, and may not be able to appear on Tuesday night's season finale.

As first reported by The NY Post’s Michael Starr, Morgan was riding the Segway on the Santa Monica Pier, when he accelerated too quickly and hit a curb.


I'm laughing as I type this. I don't know who you are, Piers, but I guarantee this is the hardest you'll ever make me laugh. Thank you for lightening my day with your stupid rich guy injury.

An NBC show publicist confirmed the news to “Access Hollywood.”


Somebody actually had to make this call. And someone else had to answer the question. Awesome. Picture two people hanging up and then laughing in rapid succession.

“I broke two, possibly three ribs and I’m in quite a bit of pain,” Morgan reportedly told Starr yesterday. “It’s still kind of up in the air (if I’ll appear on the finale) but I’m going to try to do my best to be a part of it.”


Still funny...

Now, no footage of the accident exists, but I'd like to believe it looked a little like this:



Or this:



Or this, which, unfortunately, comes with douche-commentary:



Finally:





TheCoolerKing rode a Segway once, without incident.

 

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ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

AUG 21, 2007 08:10 PM

I'm going to predict that this thread will eventually contain pictures of President Bush falling off of a Segway. If I'm right, I'm a fucking genius and I deserve a check for seventy billion dollars. Pay the man.

Rafi

Rafi

Santa Monica, CA
January 2003

AUG 21, 2007 08:19 PM



Lamest accident EVER.

xazapdmytinu

xazapdmytinu

Fort Collins, CO
July 2007

AUG 21, 2007 08:22 PM

there's a mall near my hometown where all the security guards ride arouns on segways...well, not all of them I'm sure, but the ones brave enough to make fools of themselves certainly do.

I much prefer Mr. Garrison's version of "IT"

Rafi

Rafi

Santa Monica, CA
January 2003

AUG 21, 2007 08:23 PM

ckdexterhaven said:
I'm going to predict that this thread will eventually contain pictures of President Bush falling off of a Segway. If I'm right, I'm a fucking genius and I deserve a check for seventy billion dollars. Pay the man.



Self-fulfilling prophecy FTW! (someone else pay him):

Gringo

Gringo

Spokane, WA
May 2006

AUG 21, 2007 08:24 PM

I'm sure Extreme Segwaying is just around the corner.

DCruz

DCruz

Montreal-nord, QC
November 2006

AUG 21, 2007 08:25 PM

if I wasn't watching so many cams on chat right now I'd watch those videos... but I can already imagine and all I can say is... lol biggrin

d_day

d_day

San Bernardino, CA
July 2002

AUG 21, 2007 08:26 PM

Isn't it like, impossible to crash a Segway?

goodpoltergeist

goodpoltergeist

Douglasville, GA
January 2007

AUG 21, 2007 08:28 PM

MUAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

there are security people that ride segway's on Auburn's campus...

they make me laugh.

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

AUG 21, 2007 09:08 PM

d_day said:
Isn't it like, impossible to crash a Segway?



Didn't you watch the videos? wink

Spoiled

Spoiled

San Francisco, CA
August 2006

AUG 21, 2007 09:10 PM

those things are out of CONTROL!!! They're so sensitive, one wrong move causes you to jettison into the pavement. I prefer my two legs to that madness, thanks.

Ascanius

Ascanius

USA
October 2006

AUG 21, 2007 09:11 PM

The same guy who invented the segway invented the iBOT, which is awesome.

DeusExMachina

DeusExMachina

Berkeley, CA
August 2004

AUG 21, 2007 09:21 PM

I saw one of these today when walking through the UCB campus, and almost swerved to hit it...as I do every time I see one. Biggest frickin' waste of ambulatory capability by a person that I have ever seen.

This_Is_Not

This_Is_Not

Las Cruces, NM
April 2007

AUG 21, 2007 09:35 PM

I have ridden on a Segway twice and both times it was on slick tile, like the tile they have in hospitals or schools. I rounded a corner going extremely fast and still didn't fall. The only type of people who fall on these things are people who don't correctly ride it. Your car can go out of control if you accelerate too quickly so I don't understand why people don't take the same precautions with Segways. I know that I will own a Segway one day. Why? Because it is a gadget that I can use to lug my fat ass around town with. Seriously, I would rather hop on one of these things to go to the grocery store or Best Buy than have to drive my car.

Nixon

Nixon

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 21, 2007 09:57 PM

In Mexico City, they have cops on Sedgeways. It made me want to steal stuff REAL bad.

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

AUG 21, 2007 09:57 PM

bahahahahahaha

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