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Quick Reflexes by Lank

June 22nd, 2007 5:14 PM / Location: 34.150764,-118.3408

INSTRUCTIONS: Test a stranger's reflexes.

This task seems so simple, and yet I've been avoiding it. I've been avoiding it because the method of completion I had chosen has filled me with fear. For more explanation of that, please see Your Phobia.

So I went to the Taco Bell near where I work with my favorite cup - it has a drawing of Bela Lugosi as Dracula:

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And I set my trusty cell phone camera to Multi-Shot mode, so it would take several photos in quick succession.

I stood outside the main entrance. A car pulled into the parking lot. A man and a woman got out. As they approached the door, I said, "Excuse me - catch!" and I tossed the (empty) cup at them, while shooting away with the camera phone.

The man just watched the cup make an arc to ground behind him as he passed; the woman actually made an attempt to catch the cup, but didn't succeed. She was nice enough, however, to pick up and hand back the object which I had just lobbed at them. The man didn't even remove his hands from his pockets.

My assessment: If I had to be stuck in a physically perilous situation with one of these two, like in an Indiana Jones movie, I would pick her.

Sorry the photos are small and poorly framed. The camera only shoots small shots in Multi-Shot mode and I was so nervous while doing this, my hands were shaking.

- smaller

Excuse me...

Excuse me...


Catch!

Catch!


There it goes...

There it goes...


What was that?

What was that?


Sorry!

Sorry!


How nice!

How nice!


Here's your cup

Here's your cup



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Where is the fear…
posted by Blue on June 23rd, 2007 1:43 AM

If I owned that cup it would be my favorite too!

What this task really needs is a nice animated GIF… one second…
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There!!!

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posted by anna one on June 27th, 2007 12:31 AM

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