Tiny squirts of adrenaline pump into your bloodstream when you pull off this classic move.
Yes, suddenly you morph from Guy Walking To The Subway After Work into Indiana Jones In That Scene Where He Slides Under The Wall At The Last Second. Your hands stay clean, your strut stays mean, and you zip through that closing door and don’t look back, hoping it doesn’t nail an old lady in the face behind you.
AWESOME!
Illustration from: here
63 Comments
April 24, 2009 at 12:15 am
Dude! I thought I was the only one who did that! This totally made my day
May 8, 2009 at 7:07 pm
i thought i was the only one to also another thing is jumping and touching that high sigh in a supermarket or wallmart
May 26, 2009 at 1:43 am
I do that all the time. xD Everyone stares at me all the time when I do it in school and all.
May 27, 2009 at 1:08 am
no one stares at you.
June 2, 2009 at 11:15 pm
your just not cool enough to be stared at.
June 12, 2009 at 11:29 pm
i do the thing with the jumping in school, supermaret and the door thing.
June 18, 2009 at 8:36 am
lol i thought that was my thing, like, cool kid, emo kid, kid that doesnt touch doors =], and i kick them open too!!! so fun
April 30, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I enjoy kicking doors as well! =D
It’s an art.
An Awesome Art!
April 24, 2009 at 1:49 am
i do that all of the time! i always feel like i’ve accomplished something big every time i make it through, hahah.
April 24, 2009 at 4:49 am
This is one of those little challenges that guys partake in. It’s up there with using any item within your reach to help you get the remote control without actually having to get up.
April 29, 2009 at 5:04 pm
hahaha sooo very true.
AWESOME!!
November 4, 2009 at 3:23 pm
HAHAHA Agreed
April 24, 2009 at 5:52 am
I tried this recently at school. Not only did I not quite make it through, but the doors were heavier than I expected, and it was something of a struggle to free myself.
I made up for it later by successfully jumping through closing bus doors. Bonus points: the bus was already moving, and the bus driver called me “Indiana Jane”.
April 24, 2009 at 8:31 am
Pretty sure if someone called me ‘Indiana Jane’ it would absolutely make my life. That’s my new goal.
April 24, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Wow, I’m also going to add “Dubbed Indiana Jane” to my goals.
April 24, 2009 at 5:57 pm
indiana “jane” makes no sense. jones was indy’s last name…dumbasses
April 24, 2009 at 7:46 pm
That’s not very nice D:
June 9, 2009 at 9:02 am
It’s true, though :)
April 25, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I think we are all probably aware the Indiana Jones’ name is Henry Jones(Jr, I might add). I assume the bus driver in question was just trying to be cute and I think anyone complimenting my by inferring that I was in any way similar to Indiana Jones should not be subjected to a lesson in the history of the films.
May 25, 2009 at 4:25 am
quite right!
September 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm
haha ge him telt! =]
August 6, 2010 at 10:17 am
What an AWESOME response!
April 24, 2009 at 8:16 am
Um… when no one is behind you, this is great.
Personally, I would prefer it if someone in front of me held the door instead of doing this.
April 24, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Ya, it’s insanely rude when the person in front of you does this. But, if there’s no one behind you then it is epic awesome.
April 24, 2009 at 8:51 am
This sure is awesome, and I just did it today!
This is my absolutely favourite post for awhile!
April 24, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Other people do this too? Wow, I thought I was the only one. This is one of my favorite posts since this website began. Without a doubt my favorite website: every morning I check my email, the weather, and what’s awesome today.
April 24, 2009 at 2:10 pm
boy, you’re my hero
April 24, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I have a suggestion for a future ‘awesome thing:’ When you get to that place in a really long book where the pages just fall open.
When you’re just starting or just finishing, you always have to hold the book down to keep your page, and the size of the book renders page weights obsolete. But, once you hit that beautiful stretch of frontage in the middle, the pages just sit there- no hands required.
Wait for it… persevere through those first chapters…
AWESOME!
April 24, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Even tougher when it isn’t a fire escape door, that’s when the real challenge happens
April 24, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Ohhh dude that’s the best. Epic win if you’re big-breasted.
June 4, 2009 at 10:12 am
Everything is epic when you’re big breasted. Unless you’re a guy.
April 24, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I appreciate the effort you put into your site. Keep at it!
April 24, 2009 at 7:55 pm
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April 25, 2009 at 3:32 am
If something goes wrong, it could be trouble.
April 25, 2009 at 11:18 am
I came across this when searching info on Google. I will use it to complete my report for this weekend, thanks for the info.
April 25, 2009 at 1:27 pm
So true!
I’ve just found your blog via twitter, It truly is Awesome!
April 26, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I LOVE doing this, you don’t know how good i feel every time i do it!!!!
April 26, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Im voting for you @ the Webby Awards just because of this post :-P
April 26, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I did that as a kid and thought it was cool.
…teachers that taught me weren’t cool. I was singing “Getting Better” Sgt. Pepper album (1967) Woooooo
April 27, 2009 at 11:10 am
Going through the door is always fun, but a subway door is a whole other thing. Running to catch a subway, and then sliding in at the last second is so much better than any door. You gotta feel accomplished for catching that early train.
April 27, 2009 at 11:34 am
[...] #780 Squeezing Through A Door As It’s Shutting Without Touching It We all have done it before. Somebody goes through a door and as the door closes you slide through it without touching nothing, like a ninja in the night. Afterwards you think you are the thinnest and quickest person in the world. Ahhhhhh accomplishments. To see more examples of awesomeness go to 1,000 Awesome Things [...]
May 7, 2009 at 9:26 am
I am glad I came to your site. Just joined and I think I am learning and what and what I may need to do to spice up my site.
May 13, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Skills…
May 15, 2009 at 2:37 am
Wow I’m not wired for doing this then
May 17, 2009 at 3:21 am
Yeh, even i do it!! :D ROFL
May 26, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Worst thing is the doors that speed up right before they close… Ow…
May 26, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Found a Facebook fan page dedicated to the closing-door-sliding-game: http://www.facebook.com/pages/sliding-through-a-closing-door-without-touching-it/110243673312
June 4, 2009 at 11:47 am
No no no no, hoping it DOES nail an old lady in the face behind you.
June 4, 2009 at 11:51 am
I love this b/c I hate opening doors, that’s why I have a bf and a baby brother.
June 6, 2009 at 9:38 am
[...] Here’s an example of the type of thing deemed awesome. [...]
June 8, 2009 at 7:32 am
This is really THE most AWESOME thing you can imagine! Love the feeling! :D
June 17, 2009 at 11:13 pm
lol i though i was thon only one who did this too, thats soo cool!
August 9, 2009 at 1:45 am
i do this a lot too, however now that i’m an adult, i think that it causes people to think i am rude because by doing so I’m not holding the door for the people behind me.
August 10, 2009 at 5:02 am
I do that all the time. It becomes lame, even with those sliding doors.
September 20, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I luv it. I do it all the time.
January 30, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I love doing this.
also apparently i’ve walked behind people and they don’t realize i’m there, and get startled. even though i made no special effort to be sneaky.
February 7, 2010 at 11:31 pm
YES! It makes me feel like a spy!
March 15, 2010 at 1:58 pm
[...] #780 Squeezing through a door as it’s shutting without touching it [...]
April 21, 2010 at 3:36 pm
This is a right of passage in Middle School.
At least it was for me back in the day. :)
April 30, 2010 at 8:28 pm
this is awesome!
here’s a suggestion for the list:
####Pushing the door just enough so it closes easily.
May 24, 2010 at 2:49 am
Those narrowing spaces between door and jamb are especially fun to shimmy through in a sexy way while my husband is watching ;-)
Neil: Thank you for your blog, and your book. You may have been staggered by how both have taken off — and it makes perfect sense to me. Your blog and book are compendiums of delight that are never malicious. You truly celebrate the blessed ordinaries and the singular treats that can make our day and be remembered for a lifetime … Snow Days! Bakery smells! The smell of ditto-machine ink! Photosynthesis!
I read once a book review (can’t recall which) that called a book “juicy and joyous.” Your *Book of Awesome* is juicy and joyous … and it’ll never stop being added to, because everyone’s experienced Awesome in one way or another …
Thanks for this gift :-)
June 1, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Oh yes! I do this all the time. Ok, maybe not all the time, but as often as I can get to do it.
All this while I thought I must be the only person to get a thrill out of such silliness. But hey, here are a bunch of other people who love doin’ it too!
Great blog, buddy! Keep up spreading the happiness!
Best,
Sosha
June 11, 2010 at 10:34 am
dude, It’s even better when you sqeeze thru the door and it slams right in the person’s face behind you. ONLY if it’s a close friend though. It’s the opposite of awesome if you do it to a stranger
That makes my day