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10 Ways to Act Foolish While You are Skydiving For The First Time

Updated on April 17, 2015
Most people react like this the first time they go skydiving.
Most people react like this the first time they go skydiving.

Here is a list of places and events where acting a fool is not acceptable.

  • Defusing a bomb.
  • Jumping from one car to a run-away car in hopes to stop it before someone gets hurt.
  • Feeding a killer whale.
  • Challenging Floyd "Money"Mayweather to a fight in a dark alley.
  • Having a hot affair with Jessica Alba and taking foolish chances not worrying that you might get caught.
  • Working on a glitch in live nuclear warhead.
  • Skydiving.

It's time, sweetheart.
It's time, sweetheart.

Besides these, there are literally thousands of other tense situations considered life or death where showing your ignorance (on purpose) can lead to these things happening to you:

  • Cursed out.
  • Your butt kicked.
  • Cursed out again.
  • Fired.
  • Blacklisted all over town.
  • Sent to get psychiatric evaluation.

"Why can't I take a nap now?"
"Why can't I take a nap now?"
"Watch my lips flutter."
"Watch my lips flutter."
"I wish everyone were as brave as me."
"I wish everyone were as brave as me."
"I have my eyes closed."
"I have my eyes closed."
"I am a real man."
"I am a real man."
"Watch me hold onto the plane!"
"Watch me hold onto the plane!"

You get the point. We just can't go through life doing what we please without dreadful consequences. I just happen to know a few people like this. And you can believe this or not, but some of them have did just that. Float through life on their own terms. Never compromising. Somehow I envy them.

Rather than bash them, I want to support their stupid actions by offering them an area at random, skydiving, and suggest these . . .

10 Ways to Act Foolish While You are Skydiving For The First Time

  1. Stand in the plane's doorway and eat a few ham and biscuits standing on your head.
  2. Standing outside the plane's door holding to the wing's steel brace with one hand.
  3. Waiting until one minute before you jump to pack your parachute in the plane.
  4. Let the other skydivers watch in horror as you stuff your parachute with huge rocks to show your bravery.
  5. Pay someone to blindfold you before you jump.
  6. Wait until you jump to put your parachute on. (This was against the advice of your instructors).
  7. Jump while facing inside the plane and pouring an exploded soda all over yourself.
  8. Tie a rope to the inside of the plane. Then jump, but hold onto the rope.
  9. Dive only using your emergency parachute.
  10. Dive while holding an agitated rattlesnake in your hands.

Note: I will not add you to the list of people whom I envy.

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