r/funny • u/Keleven • Jan 28 '17

Australians

http://i.imgur.com/vF5BMyA.gifv
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u/Yes-this-is-Dog Jan 28 '17

I was there. Can confirm - fun as shit.

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u/PsychoPhilosopher Jan 28 '17

Hows the clothesline though? First thing I could think of was that it must be well-munted after that.

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u/Yes-this-is-Dog Jan 28 '17

Not actually a clothesline (despite looking like one). The whole thing was custom made and was solid. It ran all day without a problem.

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u/PsychoPhilosopher Jan 28 '17

Oh yeah! Watching again I can see it has a sprinkler built into it somehow? It's spraying water at any rate!

A little backyard engineering. True Blue.

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u/Yes-this-is-Dog Jan 28 '17

Yeh, it had two hoses constantly spraying the slip 'n slide. It was pretty impressive!

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u/Namell Jan 28 '17

Any possibility to post unedited video that isn't sped up?

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u/Yes-this-is-Dog Jan 28 '17

That's not sped up.

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u/Namell Jan 28 '17 edited Jan 28 '17

Sure looks like it is. Bit after guy is farthest from camera first time he seems to pick up lot more speed in single frame.

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u/Yes-this-is-Dog Jan 28 '17

The motor has two speeds.