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The Case of the Missing Rocket Belt

Posted by michael on from the up-up-and-away dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "ABC News is running a very interesting article about the story behind those rocket belts you've seen in some movies. Apparently there are only three known to exist but one of them has gone missing leaving a trail of death and intrigue in its wake. From the article: 'One of its developers was found beaten to death in his Houston home, another is a suspect in the killing, and a third faces a possible life sentence for kidnapping the second and holding him hostage for seven days with a hood over his head.'"

18 of 122 comments (clear)

  1. Mmmmm by Bullfrog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet one of the developers was Dr Evil.

    He's now working on a compact version... called MiniBelt.

    Bullfrog

  2. You shoulda seen their faces. by El_Smack · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:
    "Starting in the mid-1980s, Gibson, who was a stunt double for action star Chuck Norris, ran a side business exhibiting his rocket belts at cultural and sporting events around the world."
    I remember seeing this during the intermission of "M. Butterfly". It really woke up the crowd!

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  3. Simpsons by smoondog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't Bart buy a super belt once that got him beat up? If I remember that was the episode Homer got mauled in. Anyway, the missing belt'll turn up on eBay soon anyway....

    BTW - /. has been mighty freaky recently. Testing the new front page ads?

    -Sean

  4. Note to self: by Kargan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do not develop rocket belt.

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    1. Re:Note to self: by slagdogg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Addendum to note to self:

      If creating rocket belt with two psychotic friends, make three.

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    2. Re:Note to self: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Addendum to addendum to note to self:

      Sabotage thier belts.

  5. I know where it is ... by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's my my back ya...

    --carrier lost.

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  6. LOTRB by syd02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    One Rocket Belt to rule them all, One Rocket Belt to find them...

  7. Notes to self: by Bobulusman · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Steal rocket belt from partners.
    2. Do not let Nazis get it.
    3. Remember to patch that hole in it. Gum just won't cut it anymore.

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    1. Re:Notes to self: by corbettw · · Score: 3, Funny

      No no, it's:
      1: Steal rocket belt from partners.
      2:
      3: Profit!

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      God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
    2. Re:Notes to self: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      1: make joke about beowulf cluster
      2: ???
      3: PROFIT!!!

  8. If someone put me in a pine box.. by MongooseCN · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..and starting drilling holes in it, I would have give in and given them the rocket pack. Little would they have known is that it would be a vacuum cleaner full of TNT.

    Strap it on and try it out first, I want to make sure it's not missing any parts. Don't worry, most of you will be in the air soon.

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  9. Best listed article in a long time by abulafia · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot finally posts something really amusing. It has been too long. This is the best article I've read all week. Extremely bizarre stuff, plus, it has rocket belts. What could be better than that?

    -j

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    1. Re:Best listed article in a long time by wadetemp · · Score: 4, Funny

      What could be better than that?

      Rocket belts *AND* Jennifer Connelly. No story of nerdy guys with rocket belts kicking Nazi ass on a the back of a zepplin is complete without her. Oh wait, wrong rocket belt story?

  10. Nope, only two steps now. ;-) by flogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:
    "And that was pretty much it: you know, build the belt, go out and make a lot of money, and that was it."

    Which translates into:

    1. Build a belt.
    2. Profit!


    (maybe I sohould be anonymous)

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    1. Re:Nope, only two steps now. ;-) by broken_bones · · Score: 3, Funny

      While the step by step cookbook plan to get rich is amusing its kind of sad to see how many people actually think that making money is that simple. Making money is hard. First you have to get that degree, then there's the lengthy process of lawsuits. If you really want to be rich you definitely need a "file lawsuit" step somewhere in the middle.

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      Never disturb your enemy while he is busy making a mistake.
  11. Who does this guy think he is? by Trogre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some kind of rocket scientist?

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  12. Easy to solve by Cheese+Cracker · · Score: 2, Funny

    It doesn't take a rocket scientist in figuring out who's the murderer and who stole the rocket belt...
    it was Duke Nukem!!! He has had this fascination with rocket belts ever since Duke Nukem 3D.
    Whacking one guy and turn the two others against each other was all part of Duke's masterplan of
    getting his hands on a real rocket belt.