Glad you liked it, Miss Cellania. I, personally, just keep the video handy and send it as a reply to any "LOL SO FUNNY" forwarded email. I should just automate that, shouldn't I?
It's not the first time that transit system has had some odd passengers. They had a coyote in Portland too: http://raincoaster.com/2007/04/10/by-request-2/
My father had a Piper Cub, and he occasionally made repairs with tape, although he used a special, light, low profile nylon tape. But those things are delicate, no question. The fabric is more or less the same stuff as they make kites from.
I know a woman who has children in exchange for money, although the economics and custody arrangements are a bit different. Economists have theorized that the only advantage marriage has over prostitution is the production of children, but they don't realize there's a market for the production of children in the first place. Details: http://raincoaster.com/2008/04/13/stupid-girl/
When my mother lived in Saudi Arabia she observed things like this: what happens is, when they get rain, they get torrents, and the drainage system in the cities is pretty vestigal. She told me she saw people who'd been living down there in the drains thrown up in the air by pressurized geyers like this, along with their furniture. It's a strange story, and I may stick it on my blog.
Apparently the geysers don't last long, but they are powerful while they do.
http://raincoaster.com/2011/07/01/happy-canada-day-2011/
This post is incomplete without a reference to Yarn Bombing: http://yarnbombing.com/
http://raincoaster.com/2007/04/10/by-request-2/
Details:
http://raincoaster.com/2008/04/13/stupid-girl/
Apparently the geysers don't last long, but they are powerful while they do.