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Drone chopper shocker in Moscow

Published Tuesday 20th May 2008 15:58 GMT

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Lulz 

By StopthePropaganda
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:02 GMT
Joke

I think i have the same helicopter model they used here, one of the Eflight Blade CX models.

Now I have another mod idea-thanks Russia!

Bad pun intended 

By Ian Emery
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:12 GMT
IT Angle

The pilot seems to have escaped; I bet he is feeling pretty cocky.

Nice alliteration Lewis! 

By David Rollinson
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:25 GMT
Paris Hilton

"communist contrarotating copter-cock"

A bit of a mouthful though...

Paris (for reasons that don't need stating)

I thought that kind of thing only happened in Second Life? 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:47 GMT
Black Helicopters

it has begun: the Internet is leaking into the real world

Surely... 

By Schultz
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:56 GMT

He got lost searching the bathroom.

Casparov making a laughing stock of himself 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:03 GMT
Paris Hilton

You need to know Russian to do get that one.

The chopper is launched right around the time when Casparov is talking about the necessity to treat all political views and opponents with some level of equality and give them the chance to express themselves.

So the first thing he does after the chopper incident is to snigger at whoever launched it.

Half of the Russian politicians would have laughed it off. In fact Casparov could have used it as a proof of his point and made a proper joke of it. So instead he showed himself to everyone as a sad w**er.

Oh well.. At this rate it does not matter how much money we pour into Russian opposition it will not succeed.

Stay in Sadville 

By Chris C
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:08 GMT

Great, now the retards from Sadville are playing in real-life, too? What do these idiots think is so funny about a flying penis? Is it their pathetic attempt to show the world how big theirs is (when the truth is, I would guess, exactly the opposite)? I imagine these are the same people who think prank/crank phone calls are funny and think the majority of YouTube videos are funny.

Am I just getting ornery? I'm only 30, so I can't say "in my old age"...

Everybody Wang Chung tonight 

By XML slave
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:19 GMT
Black Helicopters

"It's a bird, it's a plane.....it's wedding tackle!"

"Putin's may be bigger, but mine can do Immelman turns!"

"The one threat the KGB had never encountered."

"Now that's a political message I can get behind, but I'd bet my wife would like it behind her!:

The Icon because of the aerial capers.

Security 

By John
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:27 GMT
Paris Hilton

Definitely a security cock up.

Paris because... it goes without saying.

They should name this one 

By hi_robb
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:41 GMT
Black Helicopters

Either

A helicockter

or nimrod

/exits stage left

I'm dissapointed 

By D
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 17:57 GMT
Paris Hilton

that the bodyguards didn't pull out their handguns and open fire on the huge flying cock, which would have made it the coolest youtube clip ever, instead of just standing there looking perplexed for a couple of minutes and then a right hook.

Paris because she shows no hesitation in dealing with this kind of threat.

Pilot was a d*ck 

By StopthePropaganda
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 18:01 GMT
Joke

but escaped with his joystick intact.

Real life imitating second life? 

By Jonathon Green
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 18:07 GMT
Black Helicopters

And we thought flying genitalia was a purely virtual phenomenon...

Black Helicopter because it's the only chopper icon available.

--

JG

Who cares? 

By Elmer Phud
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 18:13 GMT
Go

I mean, really, who gives a flying fuck about it and does the pilot need a special helmet?

Chopper manufacturer 

By Les Matthew
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 18:25 GMT
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Sicocksky?

@Casparov making a laughing stock of himself 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 18:46 GMT
Black Helicopters

"how much money we pour into Russian opposition"

1) Who is "we"?

2) And why are "we" doing this?

3) ....without getting appropriate blowback?

No answer needed if "we" == "America".

Insert obligatory "...in Soviet Russia..." Cockocopter joke here.

@David 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 19:01 GMT
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Heh heh...you said mouthful...heh heh

Detachable Penis. 

By Tanuki
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 19:41 GMT
Paris Hilton

Didn't the rather good band 'King Missile' write a song a while back called "detachable penis" ?

If so, I guess our erstwhile Russian opposition-leader's just been Missiled.

That flying Dick... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:18 GMT
Dead Vulture

... is a perfect match for Harry K. political allies.

He was a great chess player ... and now is less than mediocre politician.

sic transit gloria mundi

Chess master Pwned by Bishop 

By Steve Skipper
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 22:02 GMT
Coat

The bodyguard gave it a good beating however.

Way to go Security Guys! 

By Tim Brown
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 22:12 GMT

The way they immediately stepped up, evaluated the threat, and swatted it out of the sky. Bet Ballmer's wishing his guys were that good...

Helicockter 

By Daniel B.
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 22:15 GMT
Black Helicopters

Now someone seems to have been playing too much Second Life, and decided to do it in real-life! Or were they just trying to be a d*ck?

Black helicopter, because it would've made a larger err.... "model".

That was hilarious 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 22:41 GMT
Joke

There might be a market for those things.

Well obviously 

By anarchic-teapot
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 23:38 GMT
Black Helicopters

it would *have* to be in Flash, wouldn't it?

@That was hilarious 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 23:48 GMT
Heart

"There might be a market for those things." - yeah, can't wait to get my hands on one of those.

I don't know about you but.... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 02:29 GMT
Black Helicopters

..I respectfully bow down to our new flying-cock-copter overlords!

Alternative acronym 

By Joe Cooper
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 04:11 GMT

Communist Contrarotating Copter-Penis

CCCP

@hi_Rob 

By Sir Runcible Spoon
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 07:27 GMT
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Helicockter - priceless :D LMFAO

If only it was magenta 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 08:10 GMT

there'd be no need for Photoshop on my next B3ta submission...

All the effort going into that drone is wasted. 

By TeeCee
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 10:03 GMT
Coat

There's no market for Wang programmers these days.

Worrying... 

By Daniel Wilkie
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 10:21 GMT
Dead Vulture

Never mind the cockcopter - there's a worrying amount of people in this thread who appear to have been exposed to second life at some point or other from the sounds of things.

Explain yourselves. Now.

It's SO obvious... 

By Martin Maloney
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 10:50 GMT
Dead Vulture

...someone was telling Kasparov to go f*ck himself!

(There's a "butt of the joke" pun in there somewhere, too.)

Q: How do you make pickle bread?

A: You start with some dill dough..

re XML slave 

By Sam
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 11:00 GMT

Immelman turns? Someone been reading "dogfight" by William Gibson?

Could always be worse... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 11:40 GMT
Gates Halo

Imagine that had of been at the Scientology protest, the implications are enormous!!!!

<insert Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986>

Cause Bill rules the world from the gates lair... (cue Dr. Evil laugh)

Comming.... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 18:08 GMT
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over a politician near you!

Schrödinger's cat vists Sadville? 

By Melissa Ter
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 20:03 GMT
Alert

Having never been involved with Sadville I immediately thought of a book I read as a teenager, Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. I seem to recall a man gets his genitals removed for a sex change and gets his "helicockter" stuffed and mounted on the wall. It gets stolen at some point and eventually gets thrown at the pope. (I believe it was painted red, white, and blue at the time).

The caution sign because it does appear like it is warning of flying phalluses (or is it flying phalli?)

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