Friday, July 10, 2009
Coasters from Hell
Nothing ups the pucker factor (and i'm not talking about your lips) more than riding a roller coaster. Unfortunately, I'm one of the few who are terrified to ride one, but still do. In fact, even on a Ferris Wheel I still have to have something to hold on to. The big, swinging boat thingy and the log rides you find in parks? Been there, done that, almost peed in my pants.
Not to say I'm a complete wuss; I've had my share of so-called thrills from several coasters. Particularly:
The first inverted roller coaster in the Philippines (we're talking Stone-Age here), The Star Flyer in Star City,
The 20-second long Space Shuttle in Enchanted Kingdom in Laguna, Philippines,
The Dragon in Ocean Park, Hongkong, and...
...the disc-slipping Space Mountain in HongKong Disneyland.
By today's standards, those rides are for the, as Po says, 'Level zero' thrillseekers. Yet, I was scared to death riding them. And I notice that everytime I go on thrill rides, I never scream. Ain't it a bit un-macho to be going :"Waaaaaaaaah!!!" on the final drop (and damn those park-installed cameras that record the moment). So what I do is I disguise the scream by incorporating a curse word in it. For example: "Sh***********t!". That way, I can still let the tension out and not seem like a wimp...clever, huh?
Anyway, I came upon this article on the top roller coasters in the world. So, it got me to thinking: "What would be an appropriate thing to say (scream) while riding them?" Here's what I came up with:
Dodonpa Fuji-Q Highland, Japan:
"Banzaaaaaaaaaaaaaii!!!"
Duelling Dragons - Universal's Islands of Adventure, U.S.A.:
"My coooooins!!!"
Six Flags Magic Mountain, U.S.A.:
"My croooooootch!"
Colossus, Thorpe Park, England:
"What in Bloody Heeeelll!!!"
X2 Six Flags Magic Mountain, U.S.A.:
"That cloud formation looks just like my doooooooooooog!!!"
Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Japan:
**Nippongo for "Nobody told me anything about a laaaaaake (splash)!!!"
And this last one? Pretty straightforward, I think...
Wicked Twister, Cedar Point, U.S.A.:
"Put*ng-ina, mamamatay na akoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
(translation: "(insert expletive),I'm going to diiieeeee!!!")
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