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well everyone else seems to have a new intro thread so i thought i might as well get one too. here it goes:
hello everyone...
my name's duballstar (or chris if you ever meet me) and at the moment i'm a student at nottingham uni.
i first started doing poi in france the summer of 2002 but took a while to get started and even longer to get on HOP. my poi guru is my mate laura (elsata) who first taught me stuff, thanx babe!
i currently spin with originalsmit and the rest of the nottingham contingent most of whom still haven't made it onto HOP yet....
as well as poi i also juggle and play with staff and guitar and somehow manage to surf fairly often despite living inland...
musicwise i love loadsa stuff from punk and metal to breakbeat and techno to hip hop to roots reggae not to mention old classics...
hope to meet y'all someday on my travels through the world of poi, spread the love!
well everyone else seems to have a new intro thread so i thought i might as well get one too. here it goes:
hello everyone...
my name's duballstar (or chris if you ever meet me) and at the moment i'm a student at nottingham uni.
i first started doing poi in france the summer of 2002 but took a while to get started and even longer to get on HOP. my poi guru is my mate laura (elsata) who first taught me stuff, thanx babe!
i currently spin with originalsmit and the rest of the nottingham contingent most of whom still haven't made it onto HOP yet....as well as poi i also juggle and play with staff and guitar and somehow manage to surf fairly often despite living inland...
musicwise i love loadsa stuff from punk and metal to breakbeat and techno to hip hop to roots reggae not to mention old classics...
hope to meet y'all someday on my travels through the world of poi, spread the love!
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Welcome - see ya in London on your travels 
Welcome - see ya in London on your travels
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
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Hi! Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in sane?
Do you believe in fairytales?
Do you believe in this game?
Hi! Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in sane?
Do you believe in fairytales?
Do you believe in this game?
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thanx kat... i should be at spitz this tues if you're about!
and sprout... yes no yesish no
thanx kat... i should be at spitz this tues if you're about!
and sprout... yes no yesish no
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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haha
Believe that magic happens
-believe insane is in
believe in all sorts of wingythings
And let the game begin
haha
Believe that magic happens -believe insane is in
believe in all sorts of wingythings
And let the game begin
ALL IS FULL OF LOVE
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Posted:
'ello! um....welcome? 
you've already been here awhile so that seems like a moot point. but um, ya, hi
'ello!
um....welcome? you've already been here awhile so that seems like a moot point. but um, ya, hi I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Posted:
you have a new intro...you must be a newbie!
Can't wait to meet you at Falmouth or maybe sooner shuold the opportunity arrive bud! you can teach me some surfy moves! I hope you've been practising for the poifing competition!
I've met your guru!! We met a couple times in Brizzle with the Chimera crew and circusoc this year. She's cool and spins very well indeed...I like Tims contact staff...I could watch him do that for oooh at least 20 mins till I got thirsty!
See ya's l8rs dubb...toodlepip!
you have a new intro...you must be a newbie!
Can't wait to meet you at Falmouth or maybe sooner shuold the opportunity arrive bud!
you can teach me some surfy moves! I hope you've been practising for the poifing competition! I've met your guru!! We met a couple times in Brizzle with the Chimera crew and circusoc this year. She's cool and spins very well indeed...I like Tims contact staff...I could watch him do that for oooh at least 20 mins till I got thirsty!
See ya's l8rs dubb...toodlepip!
Let's relight this forum 
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hey pounce... just cos i been here a while doesn't mean it's not worth sayin hello!
and custom... we gotta go surfin sometime! i'll b spinnin with laura this week an maybe tim too. who know's, s'all good..
hey pounce... just cos i been here a while doesn't mean it's not worth sayin hello!
and custom... we gotta go surfin sometime! i'll b spinnin with laura this week an maybe tim too. who know's, s'all good..
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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that mean yo in Brizzle dub or are they round your neck of the woods? I'm in Brizzle this weekend
that mean yo in Brizzle dub or are they round your neck of the woods? I'm in Brizzle this weekend
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nah... i'm headin home for a couple of weeks and we live near each other there. i'll make it down to bristol again one day tho!
nah... i'm headin home for a couple of weeks and we live near each other there. i'll make it down to bristol again one day tho!
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Posted:
well of course not...i'd always say 'ello and give ya a big .....although your obsession with hamsters does scare me 
well of course not...i'd always say 'ello and give ya a big
.....although your obsession with hamsters does scare me I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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i have absolutely nothing to do with hampsters damnit! why doesn't anyone believe me?
i have absolutely nothing to do with hampsters damnit! why doesn't anyone believe me?
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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you're gonna hate me for this...
i know you lost a ball and will be looking at buying some soon so i thought i'd regale you with way too much information and choice
so, here is my top balls list (if you can, try not to tell everyone i have one of these!
):
1. fluozies - these are the silicone coated balls i have but the standard ones are quite a bit smaller, lighter and less baggy.
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2. fergies - lush balls from america, made to spec.
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3. mr babache skwosh - the skin is 2 ply so if the top one rips, you still have another before the millet spills everywhere.
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4. dube squosh - filled with lovely, lovely birdseed instead of the standard millet that everyone else uses. they also do nice 3" shiny stage balls and of course their gorgeous silicone bouncers...
beanbag:
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stage:
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silicone:
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5. vladik's russian stage balls - apparently these are amazing although i haven't tried them meself. but if i wanted stage balls, i'd get these
he makes some very weird shaped clubs too...
you're gonna hate me for this...
i know you lost a ball and will be looking at buying some soon so i thought i'd regale you with way too much information and choice
so, here is my top balls list (if you can, try not to tell everyone i have one of these!
):1. fluozies - these are the silicone coated balls i have but the standard ones are quite a bit smaller, lighter and less baggy.
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
2. fergies - lush balls from america, made to spec.
Non-Https Image Link
3. mr babache skwosh - the skin is 2 ply so if the top one rips, you still have another before the millet spills everywhere.
Non-Https Image Link
4. dube squosh - filled with lovely, lovely birdseed instead of the standard millet that everyone else uses. they also do nice 3" shiny stage balls and of course their gorgeous silicone bouncers...
beanbag:
Non-Https Image Link
stage:
Non-Https Image Link
silicone:
Non-Https Image Link
5. vladik's russian stage balls - apparently these are amazing although i haven't tried them meself. but if i wanted stage balls, i'd get these
he makes some very weird shaped clubs too...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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wow.. coleman you're an absolute star! i'm gonna start looking into these now, i can feel a whole new set of balls being bought, thanks man! in the meantime i've managed to salvage a few crap ones from my socks + hit about 25 catches of 5 the other day. still working on it though....
(p.s. you're right about not being able to decide though, damn you...)
EDITED_BY: duballstar (1091202045)
wow.. coleman you're an absolute star!
i'm gonna start looking into these now, i can feel a whole new set of balls being bought, thanks man! in the meantime i've managed to salvage a few crap ones from my socks + hit about 25 catches of 5 the other day. still working on it though.... (p.s. you're right about not being able to decide though, damn you...
)EDITED_BY: duballstar (1091202045)
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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AAARRRGH!!! It's the CHOMPER!!!
AAARRRGH!!! It's the CHOMPER!!!
-Mike
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stop being such a scardey cat mike! give him a bit of marmite on toast an he'll be as cute as a kitten...
*chomp*
stop being such a scardey cat mike! give him a bit of marmite on toast an he'll be as cute as a kitten...
*chomp*
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Dubb that's an ace pikkar!!!
*Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions where nobody goes stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place lives Berk, overworked servant to The Thing upstairs. But that's nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath The Trapdoor, for there is always something down there in the dark, waiting to come out.*
*Creaky door noise*
"Don't you open that trap dooooooor....cuz there's something down there"
"Oh Globbits"
Brilliant Man that brings back memories
For everyone who like Dubb new avatar but don't know what it is...it's one of the best plasticine model kids animation of all time ever in the world ever. Trapdoor!
Dubb that's an ace pikkar!!!
*Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions where nobody goes stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place lives Berk, overworked servant to The Thing upstairs. But that's nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath The Trapdoor, for there is always something down there in the dark, waiting to come out.*
*Creaky door noise*
"Don't you open that trap dooooooor....cuz there's something down there"
"Oh Globbits"
Brilliant
Man that brings back memories For everyone who like Dubb new avatar but don't know what it is...it's one of the best plasticine model kids animation of all time ever in the world ever. Trapdoor!
Let's relight this forum
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s'wicked innit? i love drat most. there's so much crazy stuff goin on in the background of every episode... i'm thinking about just working my way through all the different trapdoor stills i can find online!
s'wicked innit? i love drat most.
there's so much crazy stuff goin on in the background of every episode... i'm thinking about just working my way through all the different trapdoor stills i can find online! It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Posted:
The title of this thread is "duballstar for sale: good as new " Just what is the going rate for a prior owned duballstar these days? And what do you get for your money?? Did it have only one previous owner that was a vicar that only drove it from the rectory to the church on a sunday?
The title of this thread is "duballstar for sale: good as new " Just what is the going rate for a prior owned duballstar these days? And what do you get for your money?? Did it have only one previous owner that was a vicar that only drove it from the rectory to the church on a sunday?
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Super Gidg!!!!
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Super Gidg!!!!
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Posted:
I was about to ask the same question Skully. But then we might want to move him over to the male auction thread.
Hi Dub!!
I was about to ask the same question Skully. But then we might want to move him over to the male auction thread.
Hi Dub!!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
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i dunno, you're the first person to ask! what'll ya give me?
edit: hi gidg i was thinking that too but i think i started my thread b4 the male auction so maybe we should just move that one over here!
EDITED_BY: duballstar (1093890606)
i dunno, you're the first person to ask! what'll ya give me?
edit: hi gidg
i was thinking that too but i think i started my thread b4 the male auction so maybe we should just move that one over here!EDITED_BY: duballstar (1093890606)
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Well you will have to discribe condition and mileage before I can put in an offer.
Well you will have to discribe condition and mileage before I can put in an offer.
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Posted:
Sounds like a bloody car! Make and model please
Sounds like a bloody car! Make and model please
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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mileage? i've already told you my condition. erm... i was made 21 years ago in the United Arab Emirates by some British manufacturers. my model is probably something like Hyperactive Dreadlocked Lampost Mk.1, although i think i lost the manual a long time ago... does that help?
oh.. and i've never been taken anywhere by a vicar no matter what the tabloids say...
mileage?
i've already told you my condition. erm... i was made 21 years ago in the United Arab Emirates by some British manufacturers. my model is probably something like Hyperactive Dreadlocked Lampost Mk.1, although i think i lost the manual a long time ago... does that help? oh.. and i've never been taken anywhere by a vicar no matter what the tabloids say...
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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ummmmmmm.............
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ummmmmmm.............
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Posted:
Hi duballstar!!
Hi duballstar!!
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned
and the last fish has been caught
will we realise that we
cannot eat money.
Cree Indian, 1909
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hello ali...
hello ali...
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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hmmmmm what should I make as a starting bid? Are we haggling or is this an out and out highest bidder wins kind of deal?
If its the first of the two I offer an empty hula hoop packet and a glass of water......if its the second I bid a brand spanking new sketch book with only one doodle of a cow in a crown in it, some green sticky tape, a snickers bar, some nice brown/black waterproof mascara, an inking pen with turquoise ink in it and a small dust bunny from under my desk.
hmmmmm what should I make as a starting bid? Are we haggling or is this an out and out highest bidder wins kind of deal?
If its the first of the two I offer an empty hula hoop packet and a glass of water......if its the second I bid a brand spanking new sketch book with only one doodle of a cow in a crown in it, some green sticky tape, a snickers bar, some nice brown/black waterproof mascara, an inking pen with turquoise ink in it and a small dust bunny from under my desk.
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Posted:
i'd like to see some haggling really. the doodle sounds good though, i like your avatar so much i'd love to see more! not sure what i'd do with the mascara tho...
i'd like to see some haggling really. the doodle sounds good though, i like your avatar so much i'd love to see more!
not sure what i'd do with the mascara tho... It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Well the fundamentals of haggling mean you have to now say some sort of line like "Ooooooo you must be kidding Misses I'm worth at least a large diamond and a small box of snuff and 12 shekles (sp?)" Then I haggle up a bit from my last offer,then you down a bit...and so on.......
As for doodles you can see as many as you want. I'll just have to scan a few and post them somewhere....Hmmmmm but where? *scratches her head and wonders off to find somewhere*
Well the fundamentals of haggling mean you have to now say some sort of line like "Ooooooo you must be kidding Misses I'm worth at least a large diamond and a small box of snuff and 12 shekles (sp?)" Then I haggle up a bit from my last offer,then you down a bit...and so on.......
As for doodles you can see as many as you want. I'll just have to scan a few and post them somewhere....Hmmmmm but where? *scratches her head and wonders off to find somewhere*
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*completely off topic i know but......* TRAPDOORRRRRR!!!!!
*runs off to change avatar*
*completely off topic i know but......* TRAPDOORRRRRR!!!!!
*runs off to change avatar*
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oh yes! but don't open it whatever you do...
and skully, you should have a gallery on here you can put yer doodles on. continuing the earlier conversation, maybe what i'm looking for then is competative haggling. i can try your way though:
'one doodle?!? one lousy doodle? is that all i'm worth? i could do them myself in my sleep!!! and why would i want a dust bunny when i've already got a mega-warren of them? i could get more for myself over on the male auction if i cut both arms off!!!'
is that alright?
oh yes! but don't open it whatever you do... and skully, you should have a gallery on here you can put yer doodles on. continuing the earlier conversation, maybe what i'm looking for then is competative haggling. i can try your way though:
'one doodle?!? one lousy doodle? is that all i'm worth? i could do them myself in my sleep!!! and why would i want a dust bunny when i've already got a mega-warren of them? i could get more for myself over on the male auction if i cut both arms off!!!'
is that alright?
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett