Newsreader blames downed flight on a failed flux capacitator

[Cerebus]

[Tomorokoshi]

A failed flux capacitator? Really? What is this world coming to?

Clearly, it was actually caused by a failed turbo encabulator!

[vk6zgo]

Sometimes I despair!
A couple of weeks ago there was a TV news report on someone who backed their car out of the second level of a multi  storey car park, & was left dangling perilously "half in, half out".

The newsreader stated that the driver "Put her foot on the "reverse pedal" by mistake."

I think Ford "T" models had something like that, but I've never heard of it otherwise.

[SparkyFX]

So he had reached 88MPH, but it did not work? That´s an outright scandal. I am sure the lack of unobtanium leads too piss poor quality flux capacitors, so manufacturers need to rely on turbo encabulators. OTOH i never had a failed turbo encabulator.

[Bud]

The flux capacitor was made in China.

[GeorgeOfTheJungle]

Oh, dear, see what happens when the flux capacitators go bad.

[IanMacdonald]

Oh, dear, see what happens when the flux capacitators go bad.

To a certain extent the problem is self limiting, since once past the use-by date they are very hard to solder in.

[EEVblog]

First class prank, well done sir

[Cerebus]

Sometimes I despair!
A couple of weeks ago there was a TV news report on someone who backed their car out of the second level of a multi  storey car park, & was left dangling perilously "half in, half out".

The newsreader stated that the driver "Put her foot on the "reverse pedal" by mistake."

I think Ford "T" models had something like that, but I've never heard of it otherwise.

I wouldn't be surprised to find a Citroen with an arrangement like that, they've had all sorts of odd arrangements over the years. A former boss had a high end Citroen that I inherited after he left the company and I had to drive for a (mercifully short) while. It had the handbrake release on a pedal to the left of the clutch pedal, which made for very interesting hill starts involving a little right foot dance between brake and accelerator while doing a left foot dance of release handbrake, declutch, engage 1st gear, find clutch biting point without stalling.

[David Hess]

Flux capacitors for aircraft use are kept next to the prop wash and flight line.

[vk6zgo]

Sometimes I despair!
A couple of weeks ago there was a TV news report on someone who backed their car out of the second level of a multi  storey car park, & was left dangling perilously "half in, half out".

The newsreader stated that the driver "Put her foot on the "reverse pedal" by mistake."

I think Ford "T" models had something like that, but I've never heard of it otherwise.

I wouldn't be surprised to find a Citroen with an arrangement like that, they've had all sorts of odd arrangements over the years. A former boss had a high end Citroen that I inherited after he left the company and I had to drive for a (mercifully short) while. It had the handbrake release on a pedal to the left of the clutch pedal, which made for very interesting hill starts involving a little right foot dance between brake and accelerator while doing a left foot dance of release handbrake, declutch, engage 1st gear, find clutch biting point without stalling.

The foot "handbrake" is not uncommon--- some US cars used them,  & from memory one model of Holden Torana did the same.
The next model changed to a normal one.