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Build Your Own Flying Lawn Mower

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lawn-ranger dept.

Ant writes "Ever seen a flying lawn mower (streaming; download 5.1 MB WMV file) before? I haven't. The WMV video file description says: 'FlyingThingZ Sky Cutter .40 V2 flying at Moon Lake's Annual Make a Wish Foundation Airshow for 2004'. More information can be found on the official Web site. Seen on Blue's News. My good friend, KaT, brought up a good question: 'Since lawns (also known as grass) live usually less than 6" from the ground, how would flying help them do their job better?'"

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  1. Just great. Yeah, that's what I need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... to not just mow the grass, but to give my neighbor a haircut!

    1. Re:Just great. Yeah, that's what I need... by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... to not just mow the grass, but to give my neighbor a haircut!

      This may be a way to speed up recruits to Iraq. Line them all up outside, and have the thing fly in low: Bzzzzzzzzzzzt, and everybody is nice and trim with a smooth flattop. It can also be used to weed out the squeamish, who duck and run when they see it coming.

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  2. This looks fcuking dangerous... by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's that in the sky?

    Is it a bird?

    Is it a plane?

    It looks....it looks like a lawn mower!

    FUCK!!! IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!!! DUCK!!!

    *Mower "Mows" through field of humans*

    1. Re:This looks fcuking dangerous... by MustardMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      You don't duck when something is COMING RIGHT FOR you, you shoot it. Duck and cover only works with lava. Duh.

  3. Okay, relax by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just a model airplane, not a real lawnmower.

    My niece was killed by a flying lawnmower when she was 4. The thing leapt off the ground after hitting a stump and the rotation of the blades created enough lift to set it into flight. You'd have expected the automatic cutoff to kill the motor, but my brother in law held on to the thing and it just took off. She was playing on the second floor balcony when my BIL and the mower caught her upside the temple. Took her scalp clean off.

    She's better now, but those first few hours were pretty harrowing.

    1. Re:Okay, relax by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 5, Funny

      "My niece was killed by a flying lawnmower when she was 4.... She's better now, but those first few hours were pretty harrowing."

      What a recovery!

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    2. Re:Okay, relax by nulltransfer · · Score: 5, Funny
      My niece was killed by a flying lawnmower when she was 4.

      She's better now, but those first few hours were pretty harrowing.

      I, for one, welcome our new undead overlords.

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    3. Re:Okay, relax by Bull999999 · · Score: 4, Funny

      My niece was killed by a flying lawnmower

      She's better now

      Huh?

      I guess she just respawned.

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    4. Re:Okay, relax by arose · · Score: 4, Funny

      Give your niece an Amulet of Life Saving today!

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    5. Re:Okay, relax by Aoreias · · Score: 5, Funny
      What a recovery!

      Indeed. Just a few repairs and the lawnmower was back in action later that week.

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  4. Flying do-dahs by thedogcow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but can it mulch?

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  5. Wow... by graffix_jones · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've discovered that I really have a liking for 'Industrial Squaredance' music...

    /me makes an appointment with his psychiatrist.

  6. Re:Ha ha ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    amazingly the server is holding up quite well... i'm getting a good 10 mbps every time i download it (and i've downloaded it like 10 times just to be sure).

  7. Early adopter... by tentimestwenty · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the flying toaster.

  8. Is it a bird? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always felt sorry for the people who yelled "is it a bird?" and "is it a plane?" during the intro. Do these people get excited every single time they see a bird or plane?

  9. Only A Quote From 'Firefly' Is Appropriate: by Caraig · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This must be what going mad feels like."

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