Early Contender For Internet Video Of The Year As A Man Escapes A Hotel Flood By Shattering A Nissan Murano

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Alright, it’s entirely possible this clip is like 10 years old. But it’s making the rounds [again] and I enjoyed it too much not to blog it. What a fantastic series of events. This clip had all the ingredients for the perfect viral cake.

You’ve got an incredulous man narrating the whole thing on the verge of giggles. You’ve got a full-blown waterfall cascading out of the hotel. And then we meet our hero, the Middle Eastern (I think? I’m really sorry if that’s wrong) Spiderman who, already, is “soaking wet” and panicking. Why he’s freaking out at this point, I don’t know. He’s already soaked. The damage has been done. But in these anxious times, it doesn’t take much to break a man.

And break, he does. Except not when you think. He STUCK the first landing. Holy cow. Feet hit the roof of that Murano like Mckayla Maroney on the vault in London. Maybe he got cocky from that. Started thinking, huh… that went better than I thought. Classic hubris, it’ll get ya every time. Off he goes down the windshield, forgetting that it’s not flat and certainly not dry. BOOM. Down goes Frazier.

His ass smacks into the glass and sends cobweb fractures across the whole thing. But it’s really the next moment that has my head reeling. This little girl appears out of nowhere and SCREAMS at him. WHAT is she saying?! What could she possibly be screaming at this dude?

I’ve listened to it 50 times. Sometimes I hear “THAT SILENT COMMA!” and sometimes I hear “THAT SHOULDN’T COME OUT!” It’s almost like the blue-black, gold-white dress for my ears. Please, if you’re a human capable of hearing dog whistles, you might have the edge on this. Help me.

When they pan back to the balcony and everyone is calmly standing there in awe, as he continues to run away like he’s escaped a fire? Fantastic. So much chaos. Needed this today. Thank you, internet.