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Unmanned Aerial Manhood outrage at Kasparov rally

StopthePropaganda

Lulz 

Joke

I think i have the same helicopter model they used here, one of the Eflight Blade CX models.

Now I have another mod idea-thanks Russia!

Ian Emery

Bad pun intended 

IT Angle

The pilot seems to have escaped; I bet he is feeling pretty cocky.

David Rollinson

Nice alliteration Lewis! 

Paris Hilton

"communist contrarotating copter-cock"

A bit of a mouthful though...

Paris (for reasons that don't need stating)

Anonymous Coward

I thought that kind of thing only happened in Second Life? 

Black Helicopters

it has begun: the Internet is leaking into the real world

Schultz

Surely... 

He got lost searching the bathroom.

Anonymous Coward

Casparov making a laughing stock of himself 

Paris Hilton

You need to know Russian to do get that one.

The chopper is launched right around the time when Casparov is talking about the necessity to treat all political views and opponents with some level of equality and give them the chance to express themselves.

So the first thing he does after the chopper incident is to snigger at whoever launched it.

Half of the Russian politicians would have laughed it off. In fact Casparov could have used it as a proof of his point and made a proper joke of it. So instead he showed himself to everyone as a sad w**er.

Oh well.. At this rate it does not matter how much money we pour into Russian opposition it will not succeed.

Chris C

Stay in Sadville 

Great, now the retards from Sadville are playing in real-life, too? What do these idiots think is so funny about a flying penis? Is it their pathetic attempt to show the world how big theirs is (when the truth is, I would guess, exactly the opposite)? I imagine these are the same people who think prank/crank phone calls are funny and think the majority of YouTube videos are funny.

Am I just getting ornery? I'm only 30, so I can't say "in my old age"...

XML slave

Everybody Wang Chung tonight 

Black Helicopters

"It's a bird, it's a plane.....it's wedding tackle!"

"Putin's may be bigger, but mine can do Immelman turns!"

"The one threat the KGB had never encountered."

"Now that's a political message I can get behind, but I'd bet my wife would like it behind her!:

The Icon because of the aerial capers.

John

Security 

Paris Hilton

Definitely a security cock up.

Paris because... it goes without saying.

hi_robb

They should name this one 

Black Helicopters

Either

A helicockter

or nimrod

/exits stage left

D

I'm dissapointed 

Paris Hilton

that the bodyguards didn't pull out their handguns and open fire on the huge flying cock, which would have made it the coolest youtube clip ever, instead of just standing there looking perplexed for a couple of minutes and then a right hook.

Paris because she shows no hesitation in dealing with this kind of threat.

StopthePropaganda

Pilot was a d*ck 

Joke

but escaped with his joystick intact.

Jonathon Green

Real life imitating second life? 

Black Helicopters

And we thought flying genitalia was a purely virtual phenomenon...

Black Helicopter because it's the only chopper icon available.

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JG

Elmer Phud

Who cares? 

Go

I mean, really, who gives a flying fuck about it and does the pilot need a special helmet?

Les Matthew

Chopper manufacturer 

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Sicocksky?

Anonymous Coward

@Casparov making a laughing stock of himself 

Black Helicopters

"how much money we pour into Russian opposition"

1) Who is "we"?

2) And why are "we" doing this?

3) ....without getting appropriate blowback?

No answer needed if "we" == "America".

Insert obligatory "...in Soviet Russia..." Cockocopter joke here.

Anonymous Coward

@David 

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Heh heh...you said mouthful...heh heh

Tanuki

Detachable Penis. 

Paris Hilton

Didn't the rather good band 'King Missile' write a song a while back called "detachable penis" ?

If so, I guess our erstwhile Russian opposition-leader's just been Missiled.

Anonymous Coward

That flying Dick... 

Dead Vulture

... is a perfect match for Harry K. political allies.

He was a great chess player ... and now is less than mediocre politician.

sic transit gloria mundi

Steve Skipper

Chess master Pwned by Bishop 

Coat

The bodyguard gave it a good beating however.

Tim Brown

Way to go Security Guys! 

The way they immediately stepped up, evaluated the threat, and swatted it out of the sky. Bet Ballmer's wishing his guys were that good...

Daniel B.

Helicockter 

Black Helicopters

Now someone seems to have been playing too much Second Life, and decided to do it in real-life! Or were they just trying to be a d*ck?

Black helicopter, because it would've made a larger err.... "model".

Anonymous Coward

That was hilarious 

Joke

There might be a market for those things.

anarchic-teapot

Well obviously 

Black Helicopters

it would *have* to be in Flash, wouldn't it?

Anonymous Coward

@That was hilarious 

Heart

"There might be a market for those things." - yeah, can't wait to get my hands on one of those.

Anonymous Coward

I don't know about you but.... 

Black Helicopters

..I respectfully bow down to our new flying-cock-copter overlords!

Joe Cooper

Alternative acronym 

Communist Contrarotating Copter-Penis

CCCP

Sir Runcible Spoon

@hi_Rob 

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Helicockter - priceless :D LMFAO

Anonymous Coward

If only it was magenta 

there'd be no need for Photoshop on my next B3ta submission...

TeeCee

All the effort going into that drone is wasted. 

Coat

There's no market for Wang programmers these days.

Daniel Wilkie

Worrying... 

Dead Vulture

Never mind the cockcopter - there's a worrying amount of people in this thread who appear to have been exposed to second life at some point or other from the sounds of things.

Explain yourselves. Now.

Martin Maloney

It's SO obvious... 

Dead Vulture

...someone was telling Kasparov to go f*ck himself!

(There's a "butt of the joke" pun in there somewhere, too.)

Q: How do you make pickle bread?

A: You start with some dill dough..

Sam

re XML slave 

Immelman turns? Someone been reading "dogfight" by William Gibson?

Anonymous Coward

Could always be worse... 

Gates Halo

Imagine that had of been at the Scientology protest, the implications are enormous!!!!

<insert Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986>

Cause Bill rules the world from the gates lair... (cue Dr. Evil laugh)

Anonymous Coward

Comming.... 

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over a politician near you!

Melissa Ter

Schrödinger's cat vists Sadville? 

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Having never been involved with Sadville I immediately thought of a book I read as a teenager, Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. I seem to recall a man gets his genitals removed for a sex change and gets his "helicockter" stuffed and mounted on the wall. It gets stolen at some point and eventually gets thrown at the pope. (I believe it was painted red, white, and blue at the time).

The caution sign because it does appear like it is warning of flying phalluses (or is it flying phalli?)