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Air Canada passenger opens cabin door, falls out of plane before takeoff at YYZ (globalnews.ca)

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Didn't Douglas Adams write a bit around that in one of his books? It says, "Warning: Do not look into laser with remaining eyeball," or something to that effect?

[–] chaos@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I think that joke's been around for a while, but there is the Terry Pratchett line about how if you had a button with a sign next to it saying "pressing this button will end the world, do not touch," the ink wouldn't even have time to dry.