tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432038467404446976.post2993277018598265530..comments2022-03-24T08:08:32.812-04:00Comments on While You're Making Other Plans...: Logan on a MondayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432038467404446976.post-79058971171598502732011-05-17T04:29:00.307-04:002011-05-17T04:29:00.307-04:00You're not alone. There's a ski area in Ve...You're not alone. There's a ski area in Vermont with a gondola lift. The lift has a unique rescue system in case of a problem with the machine that makes it go: There's a roll of string under one seat. You remove the string, and either hold onto, or tie the end to something, and throw the spool out the window. The rescue crew then attaches a large rope that you pull up, thread through a pulley in the roof, and out the opposite window.... the rope is long enough to reach the ground, and ultimately hauls up a bicycle seat on a pole that you sit on, and the crew lowers you, on the seat, via the rope and pulley, to safety.<br /><br />Simple right?<br /><br />Except the directions read: <br /><br />"IF THE LIFT STOPS DO NOT PANIC. WAIT FOR THE RESCUE CREW TO ARRIVE BELOW YOU. REMOVE THE SPOOL OF STRING FROM BELOW YOUR SEAT. THROW THE SPOOL OF STRING OUT OF THE WINDOW."<br /><br />Wait a minute... hold on to what?<br /><br />At least the key to open the door doesn't arrive before the "seat on a pole" does.<br /><br />As to the demonstrator footprints -- well, at least you were at the airport security checkpoint, and not the colonoscopy lab, though, these days it might be hard to prove it.<br /><br />Excelsior.<br /><br />Noah ENoah Effingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744505726432998769noreply@blogger.com