Daily Caller- A top Audi executive and mountain climbing aficionado suffered a fatal fall Saturday while vacationing on a mountain range in northern Italy, according to reports.
Fabrizio Longo, director of Audi Italia since 2013, fell more than 600 feet while near the summit of Cima Payer, Il Messaggero reported. MORE
Reminds me of the billionaire that imploded in the submersible that went down to the Titanic…
Fabrizio took a Longo ass fall. But that’s not what killed him.
St Peter greeted him with: ‘Audi neighbor!”
Did St. Peter also greet him with the new last name of Splat.
When is the government gonna do something about gravity, as it claims another victim?
Blame Isaac Newton.
…guess he didnt read this…
“How To Fly
© by Douglas Adams
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy] suggests, and try it.
The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it’s going to hurt.
That is, it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground. Most people fail to miss the ground, and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard.
Clearly, it is the second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.
One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally. It’s no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won’t. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you’re halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground, or about how much it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss it.
It is notoriously difficult to prize your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal. Hence most people’s failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.
If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momentarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phyllum and/or personal inclination) or a bomb going off in your vicinty, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonishment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.
This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration. Bob and float, float and bob. Ignore all consideration of your own weight simply let yourself waft higher. Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful. They are most likely to say something along the lines of “Good God, you can’t possibly be flying!” It is vitally important not to believe them or they will suddenly be right.
Waft higher and higher. Try a few swoops, gentle ones at first, then drift above the treetops breathing regularly.
DO NOT WAVE AT ANYBODY.
When you have done this a few times you will find the moment of distraction rapidly easier and easier to achieve.
You will then learn all sorts of things about how to control your flight, your speed, your maneuverability, and the trick usually lies in not thinking too hard about whatever you want to do, but just allowing it to happen as if it were going to anyway.
You will also learn about how to land properly, which is something you will almost certainly screw up, and screw up badly, on your first attempt.
There are private clubs you can join which help you achieve the all-important moment of distraction. They hire people with surprising bodies or opinions to leap out from behind bushes and exhibit and/or explain them at the critical moments. Few genuine hitchhikers will be able to afford to join these clubs, but some may be able to get temporary employment at them”
http://extremelysmart.com/humor/howtofly.php
If he was a liberal, I’m having trouble finding any worthwhile feelings on my ‘Give-a-Shit’ meter.
Outside of that, I can readily find empathy for him.
SNS – The first time you don’t miss you become Topper. After that it works every time.
Harry
Tuesday, 3 September 2024, 20:08 at 8:08 pm
“SNS – The first time you don’t miss you become Topper. After that it works every time.”
…Topper, as I recall, just bought the Kirby’s car. George and Marion were the actual ghosts.
https://youtu.be/2LZAO_SNwu0
If God intended for us to climb Mountains, he wouldn’t have invented ’79 Ford Broncos with T-18 4speeds!!!
Climbing mountains is a risky business.
Do these adventurous types not ever think about reducing risks instead of taking on more? Surely being in the automobile industry would have taught him something about risk.
I can hear his family “Oh he died doing what he loved during”. Like falling 600 feet to a gory death?
@Bob M. — If God hadn’t wanted us to climb mountains, he wouldn’t have given us the Allard.
Tim Buktu
Tuesday, 3 September 2024, 20:27 at 8:27 pm
“I can hear his family “Oh he died doing what he loved during”. Like falling 600 feet to a gory death?”
…at least its quick.
Better than dying in pieces in a nursing home with your mind leaking out as fast as your urine from your overfilled diaper.
“Longo was climbing alone along the via ferrata..” Not a good idea doing dangerous activities by yourself.
Have to wonder what incriminating evidence he had on Hellary?
At least it’s a new method for her outside the usual two-shots-to-the-back-of-head-suicide.
Well, according to the article, Saturday was to be his last day of vacation. And so it was.
In an unrelated story, Hillary Clinton has returned her new Audi to the dealer due to numerous mechanical issues and unresolved warranty claims.
RIP