You could probably scare them off with your car keys, though.

Oeditor wrote:

bert wrote:Back then, the typical way to ride a dinosaur was to lease a triceratops (which typically would set the average Abe back 2 shekels per month; expensive, but the beast ran on biofuel so running expenses were low). You'd tighten a few bands between the frontmost horns, put a piece of carpet on top of that for your bottom, and you could lean back against the neck shield, enjoying your ride in Comfort. Riding with the wind through your hair you'd think you were in paradise, which these days requires an expensive convertible.

Bert

Hmm, that might be all right if the wind were in the right direction Bert. But if it were blowing towards your steed you'd be in danger of having your hair burned off. Remember, dinosaurs were also dragons - of the fire-breathing variety - according to our creationist friends.

No, no. Technically speaking, the blowing fire was for eliminating the excrements of the dino's on the road (remember, there was no shit in paradise). It was a natural behaviour of the animals to do that. This unfortunately had the side effect that dino's were not allowed on Noah's arc, because they could set the boat on fire if one of the dino's forgot the instructions to to flame the shit. (Mods, you can merge this thread with the other one now).

As an aside, some people were using the flames to prepare s'mores while riding (believing they were in paradise anyway). This could lead to accidents, like texting while driving now. Also, some people found out that if you held the s'more closer to the animal, it would run faster (they were not the smartest of animals). Aaah, those sweet memories.

Bert