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"Just a little intro. I feel I already know most of you. Been actively browsing this site for a while, just registerd today. I had to give a shout out to Pele. What a terrible thing to g..."
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"Ok so my dads a DT teacher so during his lesson two boys were getting ready to have a fight. So my dad says to them "You can choose between two things. I tie you to the table and chop o..."
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"Here's an interesting discovery I made last week.Most of my fire friend love fire drinks. Meaning drinks like B-52 and Flaming Ferrarri (my personal favorite)How many of you like Flamin..."
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"What is tihs all about? It makes it so hard to read teh messages.... To tohse with teh spelling problem I tihnk I can help: teh problem seems to be taht teh second and tihrd letters ..."
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"Just to make all of you who are interested in fire eating aware...the book by Ben Garth and the Book by Ben Mack are actually one and the same. They have been released under both names ..."
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"today here on korean t.v. i saw some sort of traditional dance thing, you'll have to excuse me, i don't know the name or all those kinda details. but the sleves of the costume were very..."
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"Being an American and using this type of nonverbal communication in a positive manner I find this really really funny.I one of my education texts it said that a a thumbs up in Australia..."
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"Sounds weird,I just wanted to say how lovely it is to be on a site where people work hard to maintain goodwill towards one another. Having just read a thread where people start off ang..."
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"Hi all. Not posted in a while, cos I've been exploring India. Just thought I'd report that the art of Poi, both fire and non-fire, is thriving on the west coast of Goa, lots of people ..."
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"I was just reading the fire/glowsticks thread, and came upon somebody, i can't remember who, i apologise, who said that they were going to light their poi a year after first starting to..."
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"so whats the story with the new vids?i have received no e-mail expaning the closure of this thread and no answer has been forth coming regarding the questions asked. am i surpposed to t..."
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"dear fire bugs,i've been twirling for a little while and coming froma theatrical background would like to create some sort of a dramatic performance/ dance routine (whether it's for pub..."
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"In a sudden realization, I found out that I have no plans this weekend, *we're very short on rent*, and as there's no good gigs goin on that I can see, soooooooooooooooo I'm having a ho..."
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"the other day i was thinking about other poiers arpart from those here.what kind of percentage do we represent of the world poi population, does anyone have any idea?im also interested ..."
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"I've Learned as much as i can from HOP, and have hit the brick wall of learning. is there anywhere else to find poi lessons¿ im 15 and in the middle of bumfu** nowhere, so i cant meet ..."
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"In watching the COL and COL2 videos for the gazillionth time, the following question came to mind: how long have each of the people on the videos have been spinning?I guess I was partic..."
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"Can anyone actually say they are happy wth their lives? We always sit there and think everyone else has it better. But do they? If we knew those people and there problems would we actua..."
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"Hello everybody.I live in San Francisco, and I'm interested in learning fire but don't know where to go. I've heard that there is a gathering at Golden Gate park on Sunday nights...do a..."
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"I haven't read through the previous topics but I was wondering whether there has ever been any discussion of a chat room on this site. I think it would be pretty good to speak to other..."
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"Too bad spinning fire isn't something that you earn. It seems like the people that I know that have waited on their first light have evolved faster on their poi skills than people who ..."
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"Hi everyone! I am Circadia and I am new to this list. I love fire and I love to dance ritually. Right now I spin poi, do body transfers, fingers, hula hoop, and am starting to learn a f..."
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"We all know the new game...Beat the Mods...If you get into a thread and claim a point before a Mod shuts it down, for whatever reason (repeat posting, nastiness, whatever).I will also g..."
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"Whilst browsing round the discussion groups on HoP in my usual happy go lucky fashion. I noticed one or two small anomalies in Mr Bendy's behaviour. Every now and then he posts a sensib..."
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"The subject is supposed to read "Made me Cry"...I am tired...oops! This is a song I have to perform in a couple of weeks, and I am seriously concidering putting a routine to it, except..."
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"First off, sorry if this depresses anyone...My wonderful girlfriend of 3 years went off to South Africa yesterday for 3-5 months and I'm unsuprisingly quite depressed about this. Valeti..."
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"I have lots of work to do at the moment, so obviously I'm spending more time than usual poi'ing to avoid doing it, and I was just wondering if anyone ever experiences the same frustrati..."
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"Hey all,Im sitting here at home with a broken leg and singin' the blues. I was wondering if anybody has any good idea of things to do when dealing with broken bones. I cant poi or staff..."
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"hey everyone ever since i started, poi has become part of me. when i introduce myself to people or am asked for info aboout myself i always include poi.i learn (im saying learn and..."
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"I need help......i can't sleep. Its currently 2:26 am and im sleepy but can't....if that makes sense. I really want to sleep, and im yawning like a hippo, but when i lie down in bed i c..."
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"I watched The Enforcer last night. Jet Li uses his son as a rope dart.*rotflmao*J"
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"Ok... not so hypothetical situation...let's say you breath, eat, spin and twirl.You have a big wick short staff (just long enough to do basic contact, rolls and such), eating sticks, a ..."
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"Well the reason for this is, and he gave me permission to use it:During mr Kato's recent vacation from HOP for personal reason's, he was round at mine last night for a nice meal prepare..."
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"hello one and all.if anyone is from brighton/shoreham/worthing they will know what Shoream Beach Dreams is. a big beach party in the summer.this year we need more fire stuff, like poi, ..."
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"Yep, the travel bug done bit me again. I'll be in New York City March 21-25. I'd really enjoy meeting up with any of y'all fire-freaks that I can while I'm up there.You can contact me o..."
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"I just went in to the pub for a quick pint before bed and after a while my best friend came in with my girlfriend having just gone out for a drink together. They have now gone out for a..."
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" I am very excited! Last night I *finally* had my first paid indoor performance! I have been working on securing gigs around here (which, by the way, is damn near impossible to do a..."
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"i twirl to comedy as well as soundsit keeps me giddy or euphorically highall energy towards-is energy towardsjust to say turrah (byebye) to the manhe had the eyes people realise are ali..."
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"just a quick question for the professionals out there...I agreed to do a large scale performance for a concert in a month or so. this is our 6th paid show, but its a much bigger perfor..."
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"Some of you may remember that I bought 2 sets of Poi as a gift for my wife and I so we can have another cool thing to do together (like the rock climbing, hiking, backpacking and workin..."
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"As a mod, when I touch, move, delete, whatever someone's post or thread I am supposed to email the person to let them know what's up.If a conversation is inappropriate for the board, I ..."
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"oh geese!how ironic. i was so excited to show of my new poi move (i learned btb weave!!!)that i went running off to grab my poi, when my finger decided to run directly into the wall at ..."
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"sorry in advance... I know fuels have been discussed before, but need a specific & urgent answer for a gig we're doing tonight...We are flying down to Sydney (from Brisbane) this aftern..."
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"First of all, I'm new to these boards, as well as poi. I was interested in learning the staff and discovered this site. Now I want to learn the staff AND poi! So, hello everyone I ..."
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"After about 4 months my dad has agreed to let me do it. Im literally going to do it the nest minute. Ill tell you how it went..."
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"Before I introduce this topic I must urge everyone to know thier local fire laws, "Know your local fire laws people I urge you!". Right, now I can introduce the topic:How many of you ha..."
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"Hey all. I'm real excited and knew you guys and gals would share my joy. It goes like this: I spent all day today in Pamana City Beach, Florida, USA. I went to every place imaginable..."
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"Anneounghaseo,i'm a Canadian who's transplanted her life to Korea for a spell. . . looking for kindred fire twirling spirits - is there such a thing here? Any out there, ideas on web s..."
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"Ive done firestaff but then Im sure I will hit myself a lot with the poi. The reason im asking this is, if you hit yourself with the firepoi, does it hurt a lot more than if you hit you..."
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"I wanted to get an idea of how long some of the newer people to poi have been doing it and how they're progressing. I've been doing it for around 7 months and i still feel very green. S..."

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