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kpete

(72,035 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:14 AM Mar 2015

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Old lady attacks car and the air bags blow up in drivers face! HILARIOUS!

FIRST, put all liquids away - or off to the side---

funny, funny, funny

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Old lady attacks car and the air bags blow up in drivers face! HILARIOUS! (Original Post) kpete Mar 2015 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Mar 2015 #1

Go Granny! NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #5

you know this is fake right? snooper2 Mar 2015 #6

Who cares malaise Mar 2015 #23

Soon as I saw the stereotype of TheOldLady™. Eleanors38 Mar 2015 #28

Instant karma wears a blue hat riverwalker Mar 2015 #2

This has been around forever and is obviously faked. yellowcanine Mar 2015 #3

BTW, it was an ad done for IKEA. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #4

Meh - don't care. It's still funny! calimary Mar 2015 #13

Unrec for continued blurring of reality and fiction RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #7

I don't have audio on the computer I'm on at the moment... skypilot Mar 2015 #8

He was honking at her repeatedly. randome Mar 2015 #19

Thanks. skypilot Mar 2015 #24

He was revving his engine and honking at her Warpy Mar 2015 #30

Dude! Lighten up! gregcrawford Mar 2015 #9

You realize dropping an anvil on a coyote's head won't make it walk like an accordion? Roland99 Mar 2015 #10

ROFLMFAO!!!!!! calimary Mar 2015 #12

I concur Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #16

I've already added it to my quotes collection! calimary Mar 2015 #20

Why thank you and glad it made you laugh! Roland99 Mar 2015 #26

*snort* pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #18

What was being sold in that ad? cyberswede Mar 2015 #15

The full video has a link to an ikea website at the end. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #17

Some don't want to know reality. Why are you spoiling it for them. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author heaven05 Mar 2015 #11

Full version... SidDithers Mar 2015 #14

Thank you Sid.. yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #25

Thanks, kpete. Needed that! nt Duval Mar 2015 #21

Thanks, we NEEDED that! elleng Mar 2015 #22

lol Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #27

Saw That in "Live Free Or Die Hard" ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #29

malaise

(269,239 posts)

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:16 AM

Mar 2015

Go granny!

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

5. Go Granny!

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:34 AM

Mar 2015

Doncha just love it?

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

6. you know this is fake right?

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:35 AM

Mar 2015

malaise

(269,239 posts)

23. Who cares

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 02:19 PM

Mar 2015

It's hilarious

Go Granny!

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

28. Soon as I saw the stereotype of TheOldLady™.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:43 PM

Mar 2015

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)

2. Instant karma wears a blue hat

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:17 AM

Mar 2015

Love it love it

yellowcanine

(35,703 posts)

3. This has been around forever and is obviously faked.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:20 AM

Mar 2015

Whacking the license plate of a stopped car is not going to set off the airbags no matter how hard the lady swings the purse.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. BTW, it was an ad done for IKEA. n/t

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 10:23 AM

Mar 2015

calimary

(81,557 posts)

13. Meh - don't care. It's still funny!

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:43 AM

Mar 2015

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

7. Unrec for continued blurring of reality and fiction

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:15 AM

Mar 2015

We need to learn to distinguish news from ads and real events from faked ones.

It appalls me how many people become unwitting viral marketers for commercials, especially for certain alleged "flash mobs" that obviously required sophisticated micing and multiple camera setups. I think "reality TV" (sic) has been a major cause of this decline.

Critical thinking may not be dead, but it's definitely dying.

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

8. I don't have audio on the computer I'm on at the moment...

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:22 AM

Mar 2015

...so maybe I'm missing something. Was the driver honking unnecessarily at the old women? Was he yelling at her for some reason? If this had been a real incident, I don't understand why her behavior would be considered funny unless the driver was being obnoxious to her.

randome

(34,845 posts)

19. He was honking at her repeatedly.

Reply to skypilot (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:57 AM

Mar 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

24. Thanks.

Reply to randome (Reply #19)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:14 PM

Mar 2015

Without audio I was missing that context.

Warpy

(111,407 posts)

30. He was revving his engine and honking at her

Reply to skypilot (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:55 PM

Mar 2015

As for deploying the airbag, a hard swing on a bag full of heavy items and a lucky landing right at the accelerometer could deploy the airbag, especially on an older car in which they hadn't been set as well as they are now. They'd deploy in parking lot fender benders when they first came out.

If she had bricks in that thing, maybe, if it was that one shot in a billion to an 80s sports car.

A large part of me hopes the footage is genuine and IKEA wisely bought it to use in a commercial. Old bag power! Yeah!

And no, kids, we can't walk any faster. With age, the nervous system conduction gets slower as muscles waste away. Getting around without a cane or walker is a great achievement.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)

9. Dude! Lighten up!

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:35 AM

Mar 2015

It's just a really funny bit. Anyone with the brains of a potted knows it was staged. Just laugh and let it go. There are issues far more deserving of outrage.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

10. You realize dropping an anvil on a coyote's head won't make it walk like an accordion?

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:37 AM

Mar 2015

calimary

(81,557 posts)

12. ROFLMFAO!!!!!!

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:41 AM

Mar 2015

DUzy!!!!

OMG! That's the best post of the week! And I say that on MONDAY! I'm gonna check back on Friday. I bet that will still be a true statement!

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,350 posts)

16. I concur

Reply to calimary (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:45 AM

Mar 2015

calimary

(81,557 posts)

20. I've already added it to my quotes collection!

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:12 PM

Mar 2015

This one applies directly to SOOOOOOO many things, in SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many places and situations!!!

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

26. Why thank you and glad it made you laugh!

Reply to calimary (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:29 PM

Mar 2015

I was cracking up typing it and it just popped into my head!!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

18. *snort*

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:51 AM

Mar 2015

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

15. What was being sold in that ad?

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:44 AM

Mar 2015

Handbags? Airbags?

If it's not clear what is being marketed, how are people unwitting viral marketers?

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

17. The full video has a link to an ikea website at the end. n/t

Reply to cyberswede (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:47 AM

Mar 2015

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

31. Some don't want to know reality. Why are you spoiling it for them. nm

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:49 PM

Mar 2015

Response to kpete (Original post)

heaven05 This message was self-deleted by its author.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

14. Full version...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:43 AM

Mar 2015

Sid

yuiyoshida

(41,868 posts)

25. Thank you Sid..

Reply to SidDithers (Reply #14)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:21 PM

Mar 2015

I knew I saw that before some where

Duval

(4,280 posts)

21. Thanks, kpete. Needed that! nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:39 PM

Mar 2015

elleng

(131,265 posts)

22. Thanks, we NEEDED that!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:47 PM

Mar 2015

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

27. lol

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:39 PM

Mar 2015

ProfessorGAC

(65,322 posts)

29. Saw That in "Live Free Or Die Hard"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:46 PM

Mar 2015

Doubted that would happen in the movies. Still doubt it.

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