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Login/Join to ParticipateCarpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Not like the other two where you ask stupid questions and get stupid answers...this thread is for those moments in rea life when people ask you stupid questions that have perfectly odviouse explinations.
My brother came into my room and saw the staff I just made the other day and asked...
'Whats that?
A staff
What for? Casting magic spells?
No for spinning
Oh, that makes much more sense now. Why does it have to be purple
It dosent have to be anything
Why is it purple?
Because otherwise its a dirty mop handle
*laughter ensues*
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
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"Is that real fire?"
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
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Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
The classic being:
Is that real fire?
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
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Location: Nuneaton
hehehe... 'Jinx'
Some men see things and say why....
I Dream of things that never were and say Why Not....?
Oh No I'm going to get Shot Alive if he finds out - DA 
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
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Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Damn you FRD!
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
co-director of A.C.B.I.S.H.A.
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Location: in the corner beside the filing cabinets, 2nd floo...
Is that real fire
No , its dehydrated, you just add water
**confused**
** back to spinning **
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"in most of our friends we're the hippies. but we have hippie friends of our own.. its like a dog having its own pet" - H. Sinoquet 19-03-2005
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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I remember a Liverpool meet that was beseiged by a group of scally kids (or uncouth youths for our international HOPpers)
What you doing?
Poi
You what? Doing Pie?!
(sooooo resisted telling the little sh*t 'Yeah although you could do with eating less of them...')
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
haha! I should go to the liverpool meets, so I can hear these stupid scallys in person.Written by:
No, I mean what's it for? What's the use?
Use? What use is a newborn baby?!!
Omg yeah, ive been asked that too. 'What are they for? Excercise?' What is anything for?! Thats like asking someone whos playing the pianno, 'whats music for?' Its just something to do, which hopefully is fun!
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
Has sharp edges
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Location: Stuck in the mire, USA
Unrealated to spinning but I get this all the time when people see my piercings
Did that hurt?
Nope I was born with no nerve endings .....*resist adding DUMBASS*
My ADD makes it so that.....Ooooo SHINY.....wanna go ride bikes....wait....where am I.....
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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Tho Loki you do get some people who have lower/higher tolerances for pain and there are those who lie through their teeth to look 'ard...
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Well loki might have huge piercings. Speaking of piercings loki, have you got a PA yet? lol
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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Joe, I'm sure Loki is a very organised man who doesn't need a Personal Assistant
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Written by: Loki_the_trickster
Unrealated to spinning but I get this all the time when people see my piercings
Did that hurt?
Nope I was born with no nerve endings .....*resist adding DUMBASS*
I second that one!
"No...having a big sharp needle pushed through my nipple didn't hurt one bit!"
Can I have a go? I've done it before once, I was drunk, but I've done it once before mate. Honest.
lurker
380 posts
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
i don't have piercings, so usually i get the these together --
Do you ever burn yourself?
nope. i'm actually half-dragon and therefore immune to flame.
real funny guy. Doesn't it hurt?
yes. the smell is worse tho. :\
So why do you do it?
...
my new game is to try to trick them into asking me what Buddhism is really all about so I can smack them in the face.
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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HAHAHA! "I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
Electro Ponce!
383 posts
Location: Hull!, United Kingdom
nice!
i love the old:
what do you call that?
poi
what?
poi
what!?
POI !!
What're you looking at?
I assume you're being rhetorical?
What're you callin' me!?
master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
and the ever popular...
Poi? isn't that a food?
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Has sharp edges
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Dut Written by: Neon Shaolin
Tho Loki you do get some people who have lower/higher tolerances for pain and there are those who lie through their teeth to look 'ard...
yes true but regardless of pain threshhold there is always pain when you push a piece of metal through a body part it just varies from little to lots but always pain .....thats why the "did that hurt?" question is so stupid to me.
Yes actually Joe I do its a 8 gauge and will be streached up to a zero and I also have 6 more down there in other locations
and I have 29 existing piercings and been pierced something like 57 times I think
but I'm way
here so I'll shut up now My ADD makes it so that.....Ooooo SHINY.....wanna go ride bikes....wait....where am I.....
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Written by: 87wt2gxq7Written by: Aimée
Can I have a go? I've done it before once, I was drunk, but I've done it once before mate. Honest.
yeah man, i hate this question. Always too soft to say no to people though..
LAst time someone did that, I was down in cormwall. And this guy said the exact same thing. I handed 'em over, and he burnt himself... mildly, mind. He passed them back going "ow man! This fire is hot!"
What did you learn?
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
to use cold fire?
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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Location: NJ or DE, USA
Loki, I get that all the time. Especially when people see my tongue piercings.My personal favorite is when I'm in a chatroom talking about things that most people don't think girls take interest in (gaming, computers, etc.) and people find out my gender.
"Wait, you're a GIRL?!"
"....yes."
"Will you marry me?!"
"...."
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
Pies Jesu Domine *whack*
Dona eis requiem *whack*
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ahhh those good old chatroom pervs
i've got to say a few of these have been said to me too in the past. it's annoying trying to explane it to some people too, it's like it rust dosen't register with them
lurker
380 posts
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
i guess for the full sequence, i'd best do some more combining... this is basically every interaction i have with someone who just saw me spinning and wants to know more --
What's that?
they're called "fire poi". (sometimes i'll get a "fire-what?!" and have to go into the "it's the new zealand art of playing with your food" shpeil)
Like "Real Fire"(tm)?
*gives them funny look* yah.
OMG! Isn't that hot tho?
girls seem to think so usually. oh, yeah, i think it burns up to like 500 degrees with the fuel i've got...
Written by: Dut
Do you ever burn yourself?
nope. i'm actually half-dragon and therefore immune to flame.
real funny guy. Doesn't it hurt?
yes. the smell is worse tho. :\
So why do you do it?
mostly for meditation and learning body control. did i mention girls think it's hott?
Meditation? Are you some sort of Buddhist
you might say that...
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Written by:
"ow man! This fire is hot!"
Are you sure he wasnt just a 39 year old trying to be young? Down with the kids n all
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Someone once genuinely asked me:
"Is the fuel you are using water?"
I looked at them with utter confusion.
newbie
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Location: Tas in Aussie, Australia
"hey can i light my cigarette off them firey things while they are spinning"
i was actually thinking of sayinbg yes, for the benifit of the gene pool
democracy- the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip
<3
master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
someone actually asked that during a performance...not a jam, a
performance kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
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I've managed to mainly avoid idiots when twirling, thankfully. But now I have no story for this thread!
Chucks nuns
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aww seb
i don't really have many funny storys of dumbass questions either 10,530 posts
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Written by: Brit_JoeWritten by: ]"ow man! This fire is hot!"[/quote
Are you sure he wasnt just a 39 year old trying to be young? Down with the kids n all
Well... no. He was around 18. I think I was 15 at the time. I reckon that a 15 year old hanging around a 39 year old is a tad... weird.The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
"I got some fish for tonight."
a few hours later...
Me: "what we having to eat later?"
queue the eyerolling...
Fortunately, when i'm down the park spinning, i dont get asked "what are they" questions. The area is policed by my 5yr old.
kid: "whats she (points at me) doing with those socks?"
my kid: "poi. she's spinning poi. thats my mummy. she's playing poi."
kid: "but they're socks"
my kid: "i know that but they're poi too."
kid: "why is she doing that though?"
my kid: "because it's fun."
The simplest answers come from the mouths of children!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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