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malaise

(295,087 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2013, 02:41 PM Jun 2013

Nothing in the news will matter if Wallenda falls into the Grand Canyon [View all]

and dies walking the wire like his relatives.

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Nothing in the news will matter if Wallenda falls into the Grand Canyon [View all] malaise Jun 2013 OP

He'll make it, it's TV. tridim Jun 2013 #1

I'm betting it will have very high ratings malaise Jun 2013 #2

4 hours? Jeez... Inkfreak Jun 2013 #4

No. Google, friend, etc. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #24

No Scairp Jun 2013 #29

How to tell when you're old: noamnety Jun 2013 #14

Depends pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #22

Depends on what? penultimate Jun 2013 #31

Does he not have a harness? treestar Jun 2013 #3

No harness n/t malaise Jun 2013 #5

oh boy treestar Jun 2013 #6

If I didn't have a harness, I'd sure as hell have a parachute. LOL n/t cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #7

You and me both. texanwitch Jun 2013 #8

+1,000 malaise Jun 2013 #33

He was forced to wear the harness at Niagara. longship Jun 2013 #18

That was awful treestar Jun 2013 #20

Not really. Stunts don't trump reality. MineralMan Jun 2013 #9

We are a minority - check every quiz we do malaise Jun 2013 #13

Well, perhaps you're right. MineralMan Jun 2013 #15

Yep, you are right. Cleita Jun 2013 #10

Will Obama order drones to buzz about his head? NightWatcher Jun 2013 #11

I can't imagine such gruesome programming during the days of FCC licensing.... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #12

Its on cable. The FCC has no jurisdiction over cable content. onenote Jun 2013 #37

he won't. he's not walking across the Grand Canyon. cali Jun 2013 #16

I was there about 1970 or so on vacation. texanwitch Jun 2013 #17

Plus, the Grand Canyon is 17 miles wide in the Natl Park. longship Jun 2013 #19

The National Park Service would not have permitted it there pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #21

Now THERE is a picked nit! 1500 ft up, no net/harness, 30 mph winds,.....next door. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #26

That's the part that Thelma and Louise went over. Cleita Jun 2013 #27

I remember my first trip to the Canyon onenote Jun 2013 #39

Hey, it won't be like AZ will lower the flag to half-staff. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #23

I don't think any issue will matter even one bit less, the coverage is a different story TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #25

That's my point n/t malaise Jun 2013 #30

If anything interesting happens, it will be on tomorrow and for 30 russspeakeasy Jun 2013 #28

For a moment, I completely misread this post... Demoiselle Jun 2013 #32

LOL malaise Jun 2013 #34

Solidarnosc! pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #35

There isn't enough money to get me up on a wire. texanwitch Jun 2013 #36

My life won't change if he makes it or not. Apophis Jun 2013 #38

Well he made it malaise Jun 2013 #40