I won't lie; it's hard to be upbeat with Ted Kennedy still in the hospital. But to lift your spirits, here's something the Senator from Massachusetts no doubt would have attempted, had he been 40 years younger and on the infield at Pimlico on Sunday. Will this brave fan's attempted leap from one portable toilet to another during the Preakness Stakes end in triumph, or Epic Fail? The result, following the jump. And thanks to Tracy Ham And Eggs for discovering these photos from the Baltimore Sun.




Dutrow Long On Confidence [Baltimore Sun]
Fun At The Preakness [Deadspin]
(Outstanding photos from Christopher T. Assaf of The Baltimore Sun.)









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If only the door had been open...
1 vote for epic fail
Fail.
I was maybe ten feet from this daring leaper, and almost got hit by one of the Boggs Lite cans that everyone threw at his head. Great shots.
I bet the Royal Flush marketing department are thrilled over this photo series. "Just look at how our Port-o-Johns stand up to the drunken idiots of Maryland."
A shithead flying face first into a shitter. Awesome.
Did they shoot him when he landed?
Famous last words, "Duuuude, check this out!"
Oh my god it's better than Christmas. These pictures have restored my faith in the existence of a benevolent deity.
After the initial comical scan of the photos, I am getting the most long term enjoyment out of the sublime couple in the background, ducking for cover as if the atomic bomb had just exploded.
Chris Benoit approves.
At least Sen. Kennedy has some water to land in.
Christopher Reeves is not impressed...or, umm, would not have been impressed...
Next on When Douchebags Attack...
I find it hard to believe that the trampoline effect the roof of this port-o-potty had on this upstanding citizen did not catapult him to success. I also love the names of these port-o-potty companies.
Needs more reaction shots.
Good to see Ryan Leaf find his true calling.
NON EGZISTINT INTELIJENTS
Nice to see natural selection at work.
Jim Edmonds Takes A Shit
Man do I regret not taking my digital camera to that thing for fear (certainty) of blacking out and losing it.
Although one of the people I was with taking a beer can right to the face during the volleying did make up for some of it.
@mingusmonk: Yeah, what's with the cowering? Was there a typhoon simultaneously?
A Royal Flush
Does this make this fella the court jester?
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@Doyle McPoyle: you're really on your game today, BROTHER!
gotta love the black socks with white shoes, a shay-whitey staple in Maryland.
They didn't have the port-o-johns in long rows this year. Probably due to safety concerns after last year's running, beer-chucking mayhem. Just goes to show that you can't stop really stupid people from hurting themselves.
I love how you can see the roof folding in the first shot, but it pops right back into place. The idiot... not so much.
the power of advertising: bud light comes with the power to fly
@Carlton_Whitfield: Beer Can Volleyball.
If he would have made it, would this have been more retarded? Less retarded? Or about the same level of retarded?
Discuss.
@Carlton_Whitfield: I think the onlookers feared him crashing into the port-a-pottie, sending its contents spraying in all directions.
If only the sidewall had broken, this guy could have had a headful of Big Brown.
"Since the days of Copernicus, man has dreamed of flight. On this historic day, we remember the Wright brothers, Orville and Redenbaucher, whose dreams and visions inspired generations. And now again one man's vision ushers in a new era of aerial travel, proving the power of imagination and intellect. The magic of flight!"
/Cartman'd
"I want this young man on my team. With a little bit of work, I can fine-tune his flopping skills."
--Coach K
He's really down in the dumps. ZING
For this guy, epic fail
For everyone else, extreme triumph
Way to make Kentucky look classy.
Not pictured: Roddy Piper smashing a coconut on his head afterward.
By the way you can tell these pictures were taken earlier in the day because the ground is dry - by the 9th race or so all of the port a johns were surrounded by huge puddles of bodily fluids, which would have cushioned his landing and made for a better visual effect.
Ouch, my pride.
@Rob Iracane: Boy, if his wife catches wind of this, he's going to be in the outhouse.
@Brazil Thrill: Since hes local there is no way Gary signs him.
Thank you, Deadspin. That is much better than the coffee I was considering drinking.
Where's the "Whimsy" tag?
Kennedy would have never attempted that. It would have cut into his drinking time.
James Earl Jones convinced him to jump. Thus answers 'The Riddle of Steel'
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give his effort a No. 1. Maybe No. 2.
This is the director's cut for the video to R.Kelly's " I Believe I Can Fly"
"Frankly, I think he's about to be full of shit"
B. Bissinger.
Unless you get a running start for such a jump, I would say urine some trouble.
+1 to all his friends, and frankly all friends out there, who act in the best interest of their own amusement rather than the wellbeing of their friends.
Broken bones heal, dislocated joints relocate, and cuts heel, but memories of your friend attempting an idiotic stunt and embarrassing himself in the most humiliating way possible last a lifetime.
@KarlHungus: But an 10 for execution. (since that basically what that was)
Tag for final photo: "Dude, I can see big brown from down here!"
@Tracy Ham and Eggs: @shea_guevara: Ah. Understood.
@CIALIS COOPER: You'd cower too, if you thought the port-a-john he jumped from might explode. Years of research* have taught me that being covered in marinated crap from a port-a-potty is awful
/*watching movies where a guy is stuck in a tipped-over port-a-potty.
And that, is why you only wear black socks with dress shoes
@UpstateUnderdog: if he did, would it be Chappashittic?
I'll show myself out.