B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 16, 2011

And it also passed by in slow motion.

There mustn’t have been too much to flash…….5 seconds.

Be thankful for that tree.

You need a good set of ice tires! (You and Rory…)

All your long life in 5 seconds? what a flash!!!

I wold have thought it would have been more time than that. I don’t think John was going too fast to begin with.

Good Morning, Fellow Cave Dwellers!

Sure, Clark. You’d think of flying out of trouble, but the rest of us don’t have that option.

He does have helmet butt so a simple spin might have saved him the whiplash.

A ‘70’s disco turtle would have had his chains on.

A lack of seat belts and bumpers caused both NHTSA and the IIHS to give the turtle a failing grade. He did score high on rollover protection.

Why not just retreat inside his shell for the duration? I guess it all happened so fast that he didn’t have time to think of that.

Do it again, do it again!

(Good morning, Pamlicorat, Gweedo, Grog & all BCers!)

Tortoises have studs..I mean claws. Why didn’t he use them?

NOW your going too remind him of thatJaroca2? Why diidn’t you tell him before he hit the tree?

And when his life flashed before his eyes, it was it slo-mo.

I had the same reaction as the bird when the car I was riding in slid on a muddy road (GA red clay gets slick as ice when wet) into a ditch. I watched it with a sort of detachment. Hmmm…..we are going to hit that ditch……any second now….yup….here it comes…..

5 seconds wasn’t enough time for turtle to think to retreat into his shell.