Rode one for the first time in the Florida Keys, this past March. A lot of fun, but I can see how dangerous they can be in the hands of the wrong person at the helm.

Best astronaut name ever.

/reclaiming

It wasn't Astronaut Mike Dexter was it?

Nice move, Poindexter.

This is what happens when these guys are out of work..... when they arent busy strapping thousands of tons of rocket fuel to their back, they do other stupid things.

Please put them back to work!

whew, boys and their toys.

its not the speed that kills, its the sudden deceleration.

i can hear his son 20 years from now: man, the summer of 2012 really sucked........

i wonder if anyone was drinkin' and not thinkin'?

The astronaut shortly before his demise

I was gonna try and say something witty about it, but now that I see Linux_Yes and babwa wawa have already shown up and made horribly insensitive comments.

Poindexters Jet Ski stopped moving and Poindexters own son ran over and killed him by accident.

What a horrible family tragedy. I don't know how you recover from that.

I blame Young MC for mocking Poindexter in that song "Bust a Move". After spending the last few decades having his name synonymous with standing on the wall and and not "sexing" passing chicks he tried to break out of his shell. and look what happened.

fluffy2097: I was gonna try and say something witty about it, but now that I see Linux_Yes and babwa wawa have already shown up and made horribly insensitive comments.

So you can be funny, but anybody else cracking a joke is horribly insensitive.

You must be an absolute hoot to hang around with.

RIP Poindexter


/first RIP meme
//i know, i'm lame

"Lisa, do you take Alan, in impotence and in potence, in quiet solitude or blasting across the alkali flats in a jet-powered, monkey- navigated"... [consults the notecards] ... and it goes on like this."

Wow. You killed your dad.
Your famous dad.
How do you go on after that?

/write a book?

Was he attempting to jump from a lake into a swimming pool?

Babwa Wawa: So you can be funny, but anybody else cracking a joke is horribly insensitive.

No, Just you and Linux_Yes.

fluffy2097: Babwa Wawa: So you can be funny, but anybody else cracking a joke is horribly insensitive.

No, Just you and Linux_Yes.

Fair enough, I guess. Can I ask why you've chosen to honor me and Linux_Yes thusly?

Babwa Wawa: fluffy2097: Babwa Wawa: So you can be funny, but anybody else cracking a joke is horribly insensitive.

No, Just you and Linux_Yes.

Fair enough, I guess. Can I ask why you've chosen to honor me and Linux_Yes thusly?

If it's not readily apparent to you, no amount of explanation is ever gonna help.

/welcome to Fark

fluffy2097: If it's not readily apparent to you, no amount of explanation is ever gonna help.

/welcome to Fark

Well, I have to say your petulance is just adorable.

RIP

Naval aviator (dangerous enough as it is).
Combat missions in Desert Storm.
Test Pilot.
Two-mission astronaut.

Killed in a jet-ski accident. Dear gawd....