Great Smoking Zambonis!

[beamjockey]

From the Things You Didn't Know You Always Wanted To See Department:

I imagine the hipper elements of the blogosphere have already posted links to the CNN footage of a Zamboni machine that caught fire, then exploded, in Aston, Pennsylvania. But just in case you missed it, here you go.

Comments

[scs-11.livejournal.com]

Not much of an explosion, but then again, for a Zamboni? Awesome!

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

Zamboni has become part of the American lexicon. I wonder just how many other names have become iconic machine ID? Leer Jet is one, any others?

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Jeep. 707. Zodiac. Almost, Cray.

airplane geek nitpick

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

that should be "Learjet"

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen the footage, but it *did* make the NPR news, so I was aware of the event.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

"Captain, the Zamboni can't take it anymore!"

[doclnghair.livejournal.com]

just this past weekend I attended a MN Wild game here in "The State of Hockey" as they so lovingly refer to Manysnowta. One of the team promos is that some lucky fan gets to be a "Guest Zamboni Rider" each time they bring the things out. (They are thorough, they use two at a time here) I think if more folks see that video, they will have a tougher time with that little giveaway.

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

It's like... art.

[charlie-meadows.livejournal.com]

Great, now hockey fans are going to want ever bigger and more spectacular Zamboni explosions during the games... where will it all end?