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Few people came close to attracting my attention like Evil Knievel when I was a little boy. Along with the space missions and Olympics, I tried to tune in to his televised performances as much as possible. His antics were mesmorizing and at times his stunts were simply rediculous, but his dream and the spirit with which he pursued life was inspiring.

I wonder what details we'll find about his death in the upcoming days. He just last week reached a settlement with Kanye West over his representation in a Kanye video. He gave no indication that his next stunt would be dying, but good for him for making it this long, he obviously was one tough S.O.B.

BTW I had a the action figure Evil Knievel that rode the motorcycle, you put it in a little stand which had a crank on it, then wound it up and let him jump ramps/run into the wall or whatever else mayhem your 9 year old mind devised. Every kid should have one.

And of course he died due to completely non-stunt-related things. Is that cosmic irony or Alanis irony? I forget which is which.

I think that's actual situational irony...which is a literary device, and doesn't necessarily relate to reality...but it's actual irony.

I remember watching some standup comic I hadn't previously heard of that was going on about that song. I've never actually heard the song, but this routine was pretty funny anyway. Something about rain on your wedding day is all I really remember, as far as the actual lyrics. Anyway, she said something along these lines that summed it up pretty well. "No, Alanis, it isn't ironic. It's unfortunate."

Damn, death is working overtime lately. RIP Evil Knievel, Kevin Dubrow and Casey Calvert.

R.I.P. Mr. Knievel
He has always been an inspiration for me to live life to the fullest.

Billy's Little Trip wrote:R.I.P. Mr. Knievel
He has always been an inspiration for me to live life to the fullest.

Funny - he's always been an inspiration to me to not wear jumpsuits and act like a dick.

Caravan Ray wrote:

Billy's Little Trip wrote:R.I.P. Mr. Knievel
He has always been an inspiration for me to live life to the fullest.

Funny - he's always been an inspiration to me to not wear jumpsuits and act like a dick.

It's really too bad that didn't take.

And BTW, I hear he was riding the motorcycle that shoved that Sting Ray's barb up Steve's ass or wherever it landed.

Caravan Ray wrote:

Billy's Little Trip wrote:R.I.P. Mr. Knievel
He has always been an inspiration for me to live life to the fullest.

Funny - he's always been an inspiration to me to not wear jumpsuits and act like a dick.

He also was an inspiration for me to not jump huge fountains in Vegas.
Oh, by the way....
Evel Knievel's jumpsuit > Your over priced panties

I guess I'll drop by the site in Twin Falls, Idaho where he attempted the jump when I'm there in a few weeks. If I have the time. I bet there are many flowers and things.

Niveous wrote:Damn, death is working overtime lately. RIP Evil Knievel, Kevin Dubrow and Casey Calvert.

Kevin Dubrow!!????

what .. when... as in Quiot Riot Kevin Dubrow....

Now Im shocked



Oh yeh Evil Knievel.. He did well, lot of crashes, gotta take its toll.
Still not a bad age.

fluffy wrote:And of course he died due to completely non-stunt-related things. Is that cosmic irony or Alanis irony? I forget which is which.

Not even completely true. He got hepatitis from a blood transfusion when hospitalized for one of his stunts. This was part of the diabetes & other complications reasoning for his death.

I had a friend who worked at a sign shop he used to frequent... always said he didn't look too great these days.

Okay, then it's cosmic irony.

Me$$iah wrote:
Kevin Dubrow!!????

what .. when... as in Quiot Riot Kevin Dubrow....

Yes, that Kevin DuBrow. As of Nov. 19th, not feelin' the noize so much anymore.

fluffy wrote:Okay, then it's cosmic irony.

or just a coincidence?

*ducks

Coincidence is when two unrelated things occur at or near the same time, hence the name ('co' meaning 'together,' 'incidence' meaning, er, 'incidence'). A stunt that the world's biggest badass barely survives in the late 80s/early 90s causing him to eventually die 20 years later satisfies neither part of the definition.

I think both the crashes and the death were incidents. Co- or 'together' as you say, doesn't have to mean "at the same". It could mean "in the same place", or "to the same person". Do do do do ... do do do do </rodserling>

I read those do do do do's with the twilight zone theme even before I got to the last word. What a co inky dink. (co meaning together, and inky dink meaning to put your penis in ink).

Don't be a dink toucher.