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422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Last night, while I was completely sucking:
"Do you study kung-fu?"
...*shaking head*
How 'bout you guys? Strangest thing you've ever been told while spinning or about your playing?
Last night, while I was completely sucking:
"Do you study kung-fu?"
...*shaking head*
How 'bout you guys? Strangest thing you've ever been told while spinning or about your playing?
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
BRONZE Member
compfuzzled
1,182 posts
Location: hastings, England (UK)
compfuzzled
1,182 posts
Location: hastings, England (UK)
Posted:
you goto hell with all those other evil pyromaniacs and take part in the biggest burn off ever
Written by: Sambo_Flux
Chav girl: "So what happens if you die?"
you goto hell with all those other evil pyromaniacs and take part in the biggest burn off ever
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Okay, okay, I've got one. For anyone who missed the misadventures of the newly dubbed "Firefox" or "Pyro Slinky," I've got a great one. I ran down to the junkyard to get my friend, Wil, to make me some mock fire fans to practice with. After the discussion of what we were making, his mechanic friend and seeming girlfriend had some great gems of comments.
Girl : "So..... is this for some kind of experiment or something?"
Mechanic : "Uh.... and how are you going to light these on fire again?"
Wil : "She's one of those..... those pyros. Yeah, she's a pyro..... *looks at me* right?"
Mechanic : "You have some thrill issues."
There were better comments during the conversation about how to make the fans, but they mostly stemmed from me suddenly drawing a five minute blank on the word "rod" when it came to building materials. So, we'll just omit those stupid moments, because they're all my own fault. =/
Okay, okay, I've got one. For anyone who missed the misadventures of the newly dubbed "Firefox" or "Pyro Slinky," I've got a great one. I ran down to the junkyard to get my friend, Wil, to make me some mock fire fans to practice with. After the discussion of what we were making, his mechanic friend and seeming girlfriend had some great gems of comments.
Girl : "So..... is this for some kind of experiment or something?"
Mechanic : "Uh.... and how are you going to light these on fire again?"
Wil : "She's one of those..... those pyros. Yeah, she's a pyro..... *looks at me* right?"
Mechanic : "You have some thrill issues."
There were better comments during the conversation about how to make the fans, but they mostly stemmed from me suddenly drawing a five minute blank on the word "rod" when it came to building materials. So, we'll just omit those stupid moments, because they're all my own fault. =/
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
BRONZE Member
HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
Posted:
my most amusing bystander commemt was
"Your on fire"(don't your just hate dumdass obvious pointers)
Then i said
"Ha Ha very funny"
Then my missus said
"SEF your bandanas on fire"
And it was
Then did my throw bandana, pat head, stomp fire routine.
Needless to say that i have since instigated a safety word.
my most amusing bystander commemt was
"Your on fire"(don't your just hate dumdass obvious pointers)
Then i said
"Ha Ha very funny"
Then my missus said
"SEF your bandanas on fire"
And it was
Then did my throw bandana, pat head, stomp fire routine.
Needless to say that i have since instigated a safety word.
May my balls of fire set your balls on fire 
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
It might be a bit off topic but I think that is a very interesting fact, and thanks for it!
Written by: psycotic_furby
Heh. The French call it "esprit d'escalier" - roughly 'Staircase wit', or something you think of as you walk away from a situation.
Sorry, off-topic...
It might be a bit off topic but I think that is a very interesting fact, and thanks for it!
Beyond the Continuum.
BRONZE Member
and behold!
464 posts
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
and behold!
464 posts
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Posted:
I get the "do you practice"? Then again maybe because I am Chinese, people thinks I am naturally gifted?
I get the "do you practice"? Then again maybe because I am Chinese, people thinks I am naturally gifted?
Why let your body be a temple? When it can be a theme park?
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Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Posted:
had one yest well attempting to do some contact poi in town some women came up and said are you ok because it looks like your trying to strangle yourself after doing a neck wrap.
had one yest well attempting to do some contact poi in town some women came up and said are you ok because it looks like your trying to strangle yourself after doing a neck wrap.
he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.
Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing
BRONZE Member
Hehe, you said 'Member'
105 posts
Location: Lydiate, nr Liverpool, United Kingdom
Hehe, you said 'Member'
105 posts
Location: Lydiate, nr Liverpool, United Kingdom
Posted:
You kidding?! People are asking because you never seem to get any better :P
I need to spin more, clearly... Have I mentioned the time I got my picture taken by two traffic wardens, while I was spinning in a park in Preston...
Written by: Lowan
I get the "do you practice"? Then again maybe because I am Chinese, people thinks I am naturally gifted?
You kidding?! People are asking because you never seem to get any better :P
I need to spin more, clearly... Have I mentioned the time I got my picture taken by two traffic wardens, while I was spinning in a park in Preston...
Eww, Liza Minelli...
The communists gave my mother a job, teaching sculpture to limbless children.
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Altyd Brandend
149 posts
Location: Orange County, California, USA
Altyd Brandend
149 posts
Location: Orange County, California, USA
Posted:
i got "how do you do that without making a complete Ash of yourself" tee hee hee
i got "how do you do that without making a complete Ash of yourself" tee hee hee
Spinning makes my world go round
GOLD Member
Dangerous cynic
166 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Dangerous cynic
166 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
Technically I think you'll find that's the 35 or 37 beat weave /geek
Written by: facelesshadow
who can pull off the 36 beat weave the best
Technically I think you'll find that's the 35 or 37 beat weave /geek
SILVER Member
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
Posted:
"what if you set youself on fire"
um... didn't really know how to answer that one.
also (and i dunno if this has been said, not read all of it) but "is that real fire?"
and "is it hot?"
uhhmmm..... yes?
"what if you set youself on fire"
um... didn't really know how to answer that one.
also (and i dunno if this has been said, not read all of it) but "is that real fire?"
and "is it hot?"
uhhmmm..... yes?
GOLD Member
Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Posted:
Someone asked me the other day when I was spinning my poi:
"Do you do that with people?"
I imagined trying to spin some fully grown men on the end of chains around my person - but all I could visualise were blood covered faces and much screaming.
Apparently she meant something like, meeting up with people and spinning, etc.
But I prefer my interpretation!
Someone asked me the other day when I was spinning my poi:
"Do you do that with people?"
I imagined trying to spin some fully grown men on the end of chains around my person - but all I could visualise were blood covered faces and much screaming.
Apparently she meant something like, meeting up with people and spinning, etc.
But I prefer my interpretation!
Skatto
"Fly like a mouse,
Run like a cushion,
Be the small bookcase."
For goodness sake, don't aggravate the otters!!!
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
"WTF you think you are! Get over your ego-trip and out of here! People want to dance and not smell your filthy kerosene. It stinks!
off!!!"
You wouldn't believe...
In Goa - at three different raves over the past 3 years (from "Hippies") and inside one (open air) nightclub in Goa at a Russian X-mas celebration by one extra hot stallion latin lover type
.... I couldn't believe
"WTF you think you are! Get over your ego-trip and out of here! People want to dance and not smell your filthy kerosene. It stinks!
off!!!"You wouldn't believe...
In Goa - at three different raves over the past 3 years (from "Hippies") and inside one (open air) nightclub in Goa at a Russian X-mas celebration by one extra hot stallion latin lover type
.... I couldn't believe
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
Now what makes me a geek? Personally, I do not know, aside from the chase which is 2 beats, if it is possable or not to do an even numbered weave. I am sure it is possable. 
Though what does it really matter? Untill the move is actually achieved, or something close to it, I do not think that it makes much sense to argue over a single digit
. Mainly I was just trying to get a point across, not to emphasize a poi-litically 
(that is an interesting word) correct statement.
Written by: kash
Technically I think you'll find that's the 35 or 37 beat weave /geek
Now what makes me a geek?
Personally, I do not know, aside from the chase which is 2 beats, if it is possable or not to do an even numbered weave. I am sure it is possable. Though what does it really matter? Untill the move is actually achieved, or something close to it, I do not think that it makes much sense to argue over a single digit
. Mainly I was just trying to get a point across, not to emphasize a poi-litically (that is an interesting word) correct statement. Beyond the Continuum.
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
kash:
By the way, I like your gallery, am I right in that you are on a shoreline for the first few pictures?
kash:
By the way, I like your gallery, am I right in that you are on a shoreline for the first few pictures?
Beyond the Continuum.
SILVER Member
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Posted:
"If you don't stop that right now I'll have you arrested"
Security guy an an Astral Phoenix party. The party had ended, the lights were on, and the only people still on the dancefloor were poi and staff spinners.
"If you don't stop that right now I'll have you arrested"
Security guy an an Astral Phoenix party. The party had ended, the lights were on, and the only people still on the dancefloor were poi and staff spinners.
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
SILVER Member
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
enthusiast
271 posts
Location: Bradford *rolls eyes*, United Kingdom
Posted:
When spinning glow poi at the club: "you look like an atom!!"
"thats the girl with those awesome balls" This one is a little embarasing when people shout it loudly. in a busy place.
then all kinds of interesting questions about how does it work, and most amusingly "yeah, but whats the trick to it?" after random person smacks themselves after "can i have a go" and is convinced it cant be as easy as it looks!!
When spinning glow poi at the club: "you look like an atom!!"
"thats the girl with those awesome balls" This one is a little embarasing when people shout it loudly. in a busy place.
then all kinds of interesting questions about how does it work, and most amusingly "yeah, but whats the trick to it?" after random person smacks themselves after "can i have a go" and is convinced it cant be as easy as it looks!!
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
"Hey, hey, do you think the moon landing was fake?"
.... seriously.
"Hey, hey, do you think the moon landing was fake?"
.... seriously.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
How off topic can you get...I mean the stupid person asking about the moon landing....wow the stupidity of some people
How off topic can you get...I mean the stupid person asking about the moon landing....wow the stupidity of some people
Beyond the Continuum.
GOLD Member
Sneaking
1,207 posts
Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
Sneaking
1,207 posts
Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
Posted:
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups, I once had a group of tourists come past me and tell me that contac tjuggling is easy, there's a magnet inside the ball and one in his sleeves (on this particular occasion I wasn't wearing a shirt, so I don't know where they got sleeves from) Needless to say when they tried the balls went rolling all over the place and one of them managed to fall over thrying to do a chest roll from leaning too far back.
Moon landing? trying to make a connection but not even I can do it.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups, I once had a group of tourists come past me and tell me that contac tjuggling is easy, there's a magnet inside the ball and one in his sleeves (on this particular occasion I wasn't wearing a shirt, so I don't know where they got sleeves from) Needless to say when they tried the balls went rolling all over the place and one of them managed to fall over thrying to do a chest roll from leaning too far back.
Moon landing? trying to make a connection but not even I can do it.
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you land among the stars
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Yeah, I was pretty confused, too. I had been attempting to spin and contact juggle pretty much anything in the shop, and having a conversation about how the basic concepts of both were firmly rooted in Newtonian physics. The other mechanic just popped up and asked in the middle of the conversation if we thought the moonlanding was fake.
.... and that somehow digressed further into a conversation about whether or not Texas was the most badass state for having Texas Liberation Day....
Yeah. It was an interesting night.
Yeah, I was pretty confused, too. I had been attempting to spin and contact juggle pretty much anything in the shop, and having a conversation about how the basic concepts of both were firmly rooted in Newtonian physics. The other mechanic just popped up and asked in the middle of the conversation if we thought the moonlanding was fake.
.... and that somehow digressed further into a conversation about whether or not Texas was the most badass state for having Texas Liberation Day....
Yeah. It was an interesting night.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
GOLD Member
Dangerous cynic
166 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Dangerous cynic
166 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
Yeah, it's on the beach
And BTW I wasn't calling you a geek /geek is mock html (in itself very geeky), suggesting that I was at the end of my own outburst of geekness.
Written by: facelesshadow
kash:
By the way, I like your gallery, am I right in that you are on a shoreline for the first few pictures?
Yeah, it's on the beach
And BTW I wasn't calling you a geek /geek is mock html (in itself very geeky), suggesting that I was at the end of my own outburst of geekness.
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
kash: Thanks for the info on the pix, haha sometimes I really feel behind on all the computer lingo.... Geeze I listened to a cell phone commercial the other day advertising text messaging and I almost popped a blood vessel
trying to decypher the acronyms
Point_Blank: I have gotten the magnet thing while contact juggling as well, I was also wearing a sleeve-less shirt...though I never watched someone actually fall over doing a body roll...that would be hillarious to see though 
kash: Thanks for the info on the pix, haha sometimes I really feel behind on all the computer lingo.... Geeze I listened to a cell phone commercial the other day advertising text messaging and I almost popped a blood vessel
trying to decypher the acronymsPoint_Blank: I have gotten the magnet thing while contact juggling as well, I was also wearing a sleeve-less shirt
...though I never watched someone actually fall over doing a body roll...that would be hillarious to see though Beyond the Continuum.
GOLD Member
Sneaking
1,207 posts
Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
Sneaking
1,207 posts
Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom
Posted:
It might have had something to do with the fact that he was very drunk, but maybe he was very drunk and had terrible co-ordination
It might have had something to do with the fact that he was very drunk, but maybe he was very drunk and had terrible co-ordination
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you land among the stars
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
I am betting it was both!
I am betting it was both!
Beyond the Continuum.
PLATINUM Member
bastard child of satan
1,113 posts
Location: Raanana, Israel
bastard child of satan
1,113 posts
Location: Raanana, Israel
Posted:
my friend: "do the ball burning trick" (as in burning my own balls)
to which i replied by stalling the poi next to my friend's balls, which made him shut up.
my friend: "do the ball burning trick" (as in burning my own balls)
to which i replied by stalling the poi next to my friend's balls, which made him shut up.
GOLD Member
Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Posted:
"Do the trick where it wraps around your arm and stays there!"
"Thats not a trick, thats me getting them tangled up."
"Do the trick where it wraps around your arm and stays there!"
"Thats not a trick, thats me getting them tangled up."
Skatto
"Fly like a mouse,
Run like a cushion,
Be the small bookcase."
For goodness sake, don't aggravate the otters!!!
SILVER Member
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
what a great thread, just finished reading through all of them.
what a great thread, just finished reading through all of them.
O.B.E.S.E.
Owned by Mynci!
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journeyman
76 posts
Location: newcastle, Australia
journeyman
76 posts
Location: newcastle, Australia
Posted:
one drunk chick asked me to do it without my hands
i said i would if she could walk over to me without her feet
one drunk chick asked me to do it without my hands
i said i would if she could walk over to me without her feet
are you gonna drink that?
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
That is some funny shite right there!
Written by: melting
one drunk chick asked me to do it without my hands
i said i would if she could walk over to me without her feet
That is some funny shite right there!
Beyond the Continuum.
SILVER Member
Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Posted:
kinda screwed though if she could walk on her hands really
kinda screwed though if she could walk on her hands really
he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.
Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing
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