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There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:02:43 GMT

What an awful thing, a chap was sucked in to a jet engine:-

http://news.sky.com/story/1607546/man-dies-after-being-sucked-into-jet-engine

The thing is, he must have gone close to it after the engine had gained power, surely if it was simply starting as stated in the news item it wouldn't have had enough power to suck him in and he'd have had chance to beat it?

I suppose he went in head first?

Wonder if the engine was badly damaged?

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:23:06 GMT

That was horrific CeeDee

...but thanks to your thread title my head's full of blooming limericks about it now

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:25:14 GMT

So, you know the rhyme then?

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:19:03 GMT

@cee-dee wrote:
So, you know the rhyme then?

I do now LOL

But I was talking about the limerick your thread title inspired me to write about the incident.

I better not post it though in case others don’t share my macabre sense of humour

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

suzieseaside — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:21:29 GMT

How horrible, and it seems because of poor communication.

It happened in Texas in 2006. I think there were people aboard the plane then as well. Pretty traumatic for the passengers too, not just for the poor guy who was minced.

I hope it never happens again.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:45:45 GMT

Well, it used to happen all the time when planes had propellers, when they were revolving at speed they were "invisible" and blokes walked in to them.

A moments thoughtlessness and they were minced.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:56:56 GMT

Lola, there are several but the one I've always known is like this:-

There was a young chap from Bombay,

Who fashioned a (thing) out of clay.

But the heat of his (thing),

Turned the clay in to brick

And wore his (something) away.

There's a lot of risqué rhymes in similar vein......

Australia

Calcutta

Devises

Kent

Marseilles

There's a few, I suppose other blokes will know lots more?

Not forgetting the longer one about the bridges of Buckingham.....

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:33:14 GMT

Your censored version is funnier than the original LOL

I've probably heard most of those over the years but I've forgotten them now.

The only one that I remember without Googling is...

There was a young man from Nantucket
Whose thing was so long he could something it
He said with a grin
As he thinged on his chin
If my ear was a doofer I could thingummy it

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:49:25 GMT

Whenever I see your ID I just have to play this:-

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

artful_dodgings — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:20:02 GMT

There was a young lady from Ealing,

Who thought she could walk on the ceiling,

(In the interest of decency, lines three & four have been Tipexed).

I guess I know how she's feeling.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:16:19 GMT

In fairness CeeDee we haven't had it for a while and it is a blerdy good song

Arty, the lady from Ealing whom I used to know had had a peculiar feeling..I wonder if she's the same one LOL

I used to think those rhymes were hilariously funny when I was young, now they just make me wince TBH. I must be getting prudish in my old age or maybe that style of humour is a bit too outmoded now like Carry on films and dirty postcards.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

bankhaunter — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:15:38 GMT

It needn't have ribaldry's taint.

Or strive to make everyone faint.

There's a type that's demure

And perfectly pure,

Though it helps quite a lot if it ain't.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:15:13 GMT

Well well well clean limericks eh, who knew? Just shows you the class of people I've been mxing with all my life LOL

There's some really clever ones aswell

A certain young fellow named Bee-Bee
Wished to wed a woman named Phoebe.
"But," he said, "I must see
What the clerical fee
Be before Phoebe be Phoebe Bee-Bee

Trying saying that after a few rum and cokes

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:45:52 GMT

Ah yes, reminds me of the Pheasant Pluckers mate?

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

bankhaunter — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:58:54 GMT

Was this written by one of the board posters we see now and then?

Dear Mam. I am lernin to spel,

I hoap you an Dad are boath well,

This skool is kwite nice

But Ive run away twyss

With luv from yor dorter, yung Nell.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

otherego — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:47:31 GMT

The limerick packs laughs anatomical

Into space which is quite economical

The good ones I've seen

So seldom are clean

The clean ones so seldom are comical.

(Think I remembered that mostly correctly.)

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

otherego — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:58:50 GMT

Joking aside, jet engines can be nasty - even at low thrust settings. This is a famous clip - very poor resolution, but clear enough:

http://oopslist.com/ThisJobSucks.avi

For those who, like me, couldn't be bothered with videos - an American ground crewman was slurped into the intake of a fighter - not sure, but I don't think it had powered up yet.

IIRC, his helmet preceded the rest of him, causing a massive compressor stall and accompanying loss of power. He managed to wedge himself into the intake while the engine was hastily shut down, and survived. Others have been less fortunate.

The site that comes from is worth a look, BTW - http://oopslist.com/ - I see it's not been updated for years.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

otherego — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 23:13:13 GMT

My mistake - it was developing high thrust. More here:

http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Love-Sharing-Videos/249612

Lucky chap.

For the curious, a page on Snopesdotcom (the urban legend debunking site) shows what is left after someone is inhaled by a jet engine - find snopes and then look for Mechanic sucked into jet engine .

It's really not nice, so don't search if you're squeamish.

That one definitely wasn't at full thrust - and was an ordinary, common or garden Boeing 737.

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

cee-dee — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:42:15 GMT

I couldn't find that by using the search on Snopes, I found it by using google:-

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=60975

Re: There was a young chap from Bombay.

*.*..lola..*.* — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:46:10 GMT

@cee-dee wrote:
I couldn't find that by using the search on Snopes, I found it by using google:-

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=60975

I didn't look I don't like seeing stuff like that but I knew you would CeeDee LOL