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loquitur · 03-07-2009, 04:58 PM

I thought this video was incredibly cool.

It made me think of the time I did exactly what the people in the video are doing, back in 1981. If you want to see what that looked like, click here. You can actually see how much the trees have grown in the intervening years.

FuglyStick · 03-07-2009, 05:44 PM

That would drive me nuts if I had to commute through the area.

World's King · 03-07-2009, 06:00 PM

I have to admit that I did do the same thing when I was in London.

And what was up with the dude that drops his pants?

loquitur · 03-08-2009, 10:01 AM

Fuglystick, didn't you notice how the drivers just seem to take it all in stride? They seem to <i>expect</i> tourists to come by, take pictures, and block traffic. It's part of what makes the video so charming.
Though the guy who moons the camera is pretty funny, too.

Craven Morehead · 03-08-2009, 06:58 PM

I'd have to do this if I ever went to London. Just because.

FuglyStick · 03-08-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by loquitur

Fuglystick, didn't you notice how the drivers just seem to take it all in stride? They seem to <i>expect</i> tourists to come by, take pictures, and block traffic. It's part of what makes the video so charming.
Though the guy who moons the camera is pretty funny, too.

Ah, yes, but I'm one of those impatient drivers. More power to them, and I admire their patience; I'd probably be looking for an alternate route, however. My shortcoming, not their's.

ASU2003 · 03-08-2009, 08:28 PM

So where is this intersection on a map? (I know what street and city, but I don't know where it is exactly...)

snowy · 03-08-2009, 08:58 PM

Wish I'd done it while I was in London. Oh well. I hope I get the opportunity in the future.

I have been to where John Lennon was assassinated, though. My mother insisted upon it when we visited NYC.

loquitur · 03-11-2009, 08:42 AM

ASU2003, it's right by the EMI studio. I believe the next street over is St John's Wood Road, IIRC.

Xerxys · 03-11-2009, 04:24 PM

More power to them?!?!?! Ha!!! I beleive in life imprisonment for all pedestrians (besides myself, of course).

Road rage is bad for me.

settie · 03-11-2009, 09:42 PM

Very interesting.
And its nice to know that its still done today, so many years later.

I like it

03-07-2009, 04:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
loquitur Junkie Location: NYC	Recognize this intersection? I thought this video was incredibly cool. It made me think of the time I did exactly what the people in the video are doing, back in 1981. If you want to see what that looked like, click here. You can actually see how much the trees have grown in the intervening years.

03-07-2009, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
FuglyStick WHEEEE! Whee! Whee! WHEEEE! Location: Southern Illinois	That would drive me nuts if I had to commute through the area. __________________ AZIZ! LIGHT!

03-07-2009, 06:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	I have to admit that I did do the same thing when I was in London. And what was up with the dude that drops his pants? __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

03-08-2009, 08:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	Wish I'd done it while I was in London. Oh well. I hope I get the opportunity in the future. I have been to where John Lennon was assassinated, though. My mother insisted upon it when we visited NYC. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

03-08-2009, 10:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
loquitur Junkie Location: NYC	Fuglystick, didn't you notice how the drivers just seem to take it all in stride? They seem to <i>expect</i> tourists to come by, take pictures, and block traffic. It's part of what makes the video so charming. Though the guy who moons the camera is pretty funny, too.

03-08-2009, 06:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	I'd have to do this if I ever went to London. Just because.

03-08-2009, 08:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	So where is this intersection on a map? (I know what street and city, but I don't know where it is exactly...)

03-11-2009, 08:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
loquitur Junkie Location: NYC	ASU2003, it's right by the EMI studio. I believe the next street over is St John's Wood Road, IIRC.

03-11-2009, 04:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	More power to them?!?!?! Ha!!! I beleive in life imprisonment for all pedestrians (besides myself, of course). Road rage is bad for me.

03-11-2009, 09:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
settie Junkie	Very interesting. And its nice to know that its still done today, so many years later. I like it