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I’ve always been terrified of heights, sky-diving would be last on my list of fun things to do, but there’s something about the 20 parachutes that seems really safe. I like it, i might try it.
You can never be too safe!Why not go without ANY parachutes? According to dedidiotive logic, that would be the funnest way to go. Wooh! I’m definitelly trying that the next time I go skydiving
Ya know, with 17 (or 20) parachutes… you won’t be falling ever again, you’ll just float around on the wind for all of eternity until the nylon shreds after hundreds of years of weather abuse…
I could survive skydiving without a parachute, Provided I made sure to jump over the Mattress Factory, The Amazing Jello House, The World’s largest beenie store, And the empty lot filled with ridiculously overstuffed pillows.
A) Why are they all deployed before he left the plane? Don’t they start in the backpacky thing and then deploy at a certain height? If they just layed behind you they’d deploy right off the bat and something about deploying it too high is bad.
B) Assuming they’re not manual-only parachutes, more than one alone would be bad. One would steal the other’s wind and it would collapse. Also the strings would get all tangled and you’d get to return to the ground faster than you expected.
So he’s just gonna hang out the side of the plane for the rest of the flight? Since the plane’s going hundreds of miles per hour, that should be good enough, right?
Well, taking the helicopter question seriously, JUMPING out of a helicopter is a bad idea depending on how HIGH you jump, unless you want a really close haircut like Biff did.
Also, the downdrafts from the helicopter rotors would just blow you down faster….
Now skydiving out of the spacestation, there’s an idea worth exploring..
“Vex Says:
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
I could survive skydiving without a parachute, Provided I made sure to jump over the Mattress Factory”
That just reminded me of that cheezy Batman Movie, where Batman’s helicopter gets shot down, and he lands on a pile of matrisses…
Robin: Wow what are the odds of landing here?
Batman: I dont know, but I could have sworn I saw it out of the corner of my eye!
July 21st, 2006 at 11:11 am
I’ve always been terrified of heights, sky-diving would be last on my list of fun things to do, but there’s something about the 20 parachutes that seems really safe. I like it, i might try it.
July 22nd, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Weren’t you paying attention? It doesn’t work with that many!
July 23rd, 2006 at 8:32 am
Yeah, 20 is too many. The maximum number of allowable parachutes for them to still be functional is 17.
July 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
You can never be too safe!Why not go without ANY parachutes? According to dedidiotive logic, that would be the funnest way to go. Wooh! I’m definitelly trying that the next time I go skydivingJuly 25th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
i’d perfer air bag suit via mars lander
August 25th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
kangaroo’s idea is sweet
January 9th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Why not do it like the Mythbusters and use one of those air-filled slides from big planes? Or a life boat.
January 10th, 2007 at 1:51 am
You know what they say, as soon as your first one fails, you have the rest of your life to deploy the backup
January 12th, 2007 at 2:43 am
Ya know, with 17 (or 20) parachutes… you won’t be falling ever again, you’ll just float around on the wind for all of eternity until the nylon shreds after hundreds of years of weather abuse…
January 13th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
You don’t need a parachute to skydive, you need a parachute to skydive twice.
Reading the other comics, that’s the first quote that came to my mind XD
January 19th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Biff is the last person you would expect to be over-cautious. About anything. So this comes as quite a surprise to me.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
I could survive skydiving without a parachute, Provided I made sure to jump over the Mattress Factory, The Amazing Jello House, The World’s largest beenie store, And the empty lot filled with ridiculously overstuffed pillows.
January 27th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Remember, kids: If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.
February 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
You need a parachute to skydive once, you need a working parachute to skydive twice.
February 13th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Biff’s logic is that with 20 chutes, 20 times the fun.
February 18th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Why not jump out of a helicopter with just one parachute? (bonus points for anyone who knows why this is stupid)
February 18th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
only if you open it right away, right?
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:17 pm
no, because it’s against regulations to go witfout a backup
March 17th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
A) Why are they all deployed before he left the plane? Don’t they start in the backpacky thing and then deploy at a certain height? If they just layed behind you they’d deploy right off the bat and something about deploying it too high is bad.
B) Assuming they’re not manual-only parachutes, more than one alone would be bad. One would steal the other’s wind and it would collapse. Also the strings would get all tangled and you’d get to return to the ground faster than you expected.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Hey Kardas, it’s because the down draft will cause the parachute to collapse, and you’ll fall to the ground fast enough to fracture the dirt.
April 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Why, Biff, WHYYY?!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Actually, that looks quite fun.
April 29th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Ala Ed and Al in FMA book 1:
Ed: AAAAAH! WIND PRESSURE, WIND PRESSURE!
May 5th, 2007 at 1:06 am
haha, anything FMA is good
May 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
So he’s just gonna hang out the side of the plane for the rest of the flight? Since the plane’s going hundreds of miles per hour, that should be good enough, right?
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Yay! horrizantal skydiving!
May 24th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
It’s that darned sideways gravity again, only this time from the other side!
May 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
That almost looks like fun.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Well, taking the helicopter question seriously, JUMPING out of a helicopter is a bad idea depending on how HIGH you jump, unless you want a really close haircut like Biff did.
Also, the downdrafts from the helicopter rotors would just blow you down faster….
Now skydiving out of the spacestation, there’s an idea worth exploring..
August 15th, 2007 at 11:44 am
*concerning John’s comment*
Ooh! There Biff wouldn’t have to worry if he had 20 or 54 parachutes ^^
October 16th, 2007 at 1:35 am
“Vex Says:
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
I could survive skydiving without a parachute, Provided I made sure to jump over the Mattress Factory”
That just reminded me of that cheezy Batman Movie, where Batman’s helicopter gets shot down, and he lands on a pile of matrisses…
Robin: Wow what are the odds of landing here?
Batman: I dont know, but I could have sworn I saw it out of the corner of my eye!
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pm
……It’s hard to tell people how great this comic is, and clean, when people swear on the comments.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving is not for you!
Biff though, thats different…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
and the falling…