action.
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January 2, 2009, 9:40 am
Filed under: Pittsburgh,Social Media | Tags: beeeeer, drunk again, holiday fun, i'm an idiot, internet fun, pixburke, yinzteam
Filed under: Pittsburgh,Social Media | Tags: beeeeer, drunk again, holiday fun, i'm an idiot, internet fun, pixburke, yinzteam
As promised: video proof that peer pressure can cause people to do really dumb things:
Did you see the perfect form on my cannonball? My toes were even pointed.
24 Comments
*standing ovation*
Comment by Burgh Baby January 2, 2009 @ 9:50 amSeriously, awesome
Comment by TheJim January 2, 2009 @ 10:10 ami had to wrap up in a blanket watching this.
Comment by spoon January 2, 2009 @ 10:13 amAbsolutely awesome. You’re nuts. LOL
Comment by burghseyewife January 2, 2009 @ 10:16 amYou know, I almost regret not going now. Almost.
Comment by Three January 2, 2009 @ 10:32 amclap, clap, clap
Comment by Michael January 2, 2009 @ 11:08 amI too felt cold watching, but just may have to give it a go next year. My only issue is that I don’t even want to jump into The Mon when its warm.
Comment by Scottsweep January 2, 2009 @ 12:02 pmAwesome. I had some friends talked into doing it about…oh…20 years ago, but they backed out and I didn’t want to go alone. Now, I’m old and I’ll just enjoy watching everyone else freeze their asses off.
Comment by Gina January 2, 2009 @ 12:13 pmGREAT video! Thanks guys! I needed some proof I actually did this.
Comment by dahcheet January 2, 2009 @ 1:25 pmLove the music. Meanwhile, my heater in the computer room is at full power!
Comment by ethel January 2, 2009 @ 5:30 pmYou guys rock. Mighty impressive.
Comment by CarolineFB January 2, 2009 @ 9:01 pmBrooks, Drew, Mollie, Chris and your sister just watched this – Chris, your sister and Drew would have joined you, Brooks and Mollie think you’re crazy.
We all say good job and Mollie is making an
Comment by the sister January 2, 2009 @ 9:49 pm“Uncle M…” face to you.
Yinz are awesome!!! Loving the excitement…maybe I will jump in with yinz next year.
@chad_warren
Comment by itsjustberry January 2, 2009 @ 9:54 pmThanks, y’all. If you’re thinking about joining us next year, it’s really not that bad. It’s about three minutes of ohmygodreallyfreakingcold … and then everything’s fine again. C’mon … you know you wanna…
Comment by Uncle Crappy January 3, 2009 @ 12:16 amThat’s my boy!!!!! I thought you were joking when you posted this Chris. Love, Mom
Comment by Makalani January 3, 2009 @ 12:53 pmAt 3:13 on the video, you can hear my voice. I’m saying, “108 12th Street” — as directions to our house to our running / swimming mates. We got a handful of newbies into the ‘swim’ and then had waffles at our house on the South Side.
Join us next year after the swim.
BTW, I posted a few pix on the blog at
http://rauterkus.blogspot.com/2009/01/polar-bear-swim-2009.html
FWIW, I’m @Rauterkus.
Comment by Mark Rauterkus January 3, 2009 @ 3:08 pmGreat job everyone, I’ll be with yinz next year!
Comment by burghseyeview January 3, 2009 @ 8:20 pmMark: I was looking for you; didn’t realize we were that close. We’ll be sure to get our groups hooked up next year.
Comment by Uncle Crappy January 4, 2009 @ 7:18 pmOMG. This is insane, and by insane I mean crazy, and by crazy I mean awesome. Good job yo.
Comment by mme3rivieres January 4, 2009 @ 7:22 pmUC!!! So cool! (har dee har!)
I have to tell you, my cousin did that as well this year. Was there a huge turn out?
BTW…Go Bucks!!
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