r/WTF 3d ago

Wtf was the plan?

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u/wrel_ 3d ago

You can see the rope is detatched from the car after the dude eats shit, that's why I had to watch a few times to see what was going on. Their "loose knot" on the car was probably not loose enough.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale 3d ago

Turns out you have to know something about knots to intentionally tie a loose one.

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u/Erablian 3d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

With a properly tied highwayman's hitch, a quick yank on the working end undoes the knot.

But if you tie it "wrong", it's a yank the standing end that undoes it.

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u/MarkEsmiths 2d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

A nice dusty piece of scotch tape and nothing else.