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Location: Lincoln UK
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Location: Lincoln UK
Posted:
I was thinking today.... You have someone that goes out clubbing... therefore and clubber. Or a person that ski's.... a skier.
So what is it for someone who has a skill in Poi or Staff?
Thinking now as I write this it might be a spinner??
I was thinking today.... You have someone that goes out clubbing... therefore and clubber. Or a person that ski's.... a skier.
So what is it for someone who has a skill in Poi or Staff?
Thinking now as I write this it might be a spinner??
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Super Gidg!!!!
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It just depends on who you are talking with and how detailed you want to get. Spinners, twirlers, poiers, staffers. They all work.
It just depends on who you are talking with and how detailed you want to get. Spinners, twirlers, poiers, staffers. They all work.
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Location: Lincoln UK
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Ahhhh
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Posted:
Manipulators.
Manipulators.
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Super Gidg!!!!
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
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I'm not going there!
I'm not going there! Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
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Location: Istanbul, Cuba
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Location: Istanbul, Cuba
Posted:
well you swing the poi, so that makes you a swinger..
well you swing the poi, so that makes you a swinger..
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Location: Lincoln UK
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Location: Lincoln UK
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Not one to mention at the office party.
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so that makes you a swinger..
Not one to mention at the office party.
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Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
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Posted:
If you spin with fire then a Fire Artist works too.
If you spin with fire then a Fire Artist works too.
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Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Depends where you are in the world i think. In Britain we mostly refer to ourselves as spinners (and fire spinners if you're so inclined).
Poi spinner, staff spinner etc.
Aussies tend to call themselves twirlers - no matter how gay that makes them sound. Odd in such a macho country
Lots of people, the world over, refer to themselves as fire dancers.
Object manipulator tends to come from the contact field more than any where else.
People who gain employment from poi and staff often say that they are fire artists/artistes. maybe so they don't just sound like everyone else. It allows a feeling mystery perhaps...
Then there are people that are called by the objects they choose to spin.
"oh him? he's a glowstringer"
"She's a devil sticker"
I noticed a lot of people in various countries simply adding an er to there toys. So Poier and staffer.
etc
Some that does diabolo is a diaboloist.
Not sure what you call someone who does meteors though. Meteoricist?
Depends where you are in the world i think. In Britain we mostly refer to ourselves as spinners (and fire spinners if you're so inclined).
Poi spinner, staff spinner etc.
Aussies tend to call themselves twirlers - no matter how gay that makes them sound. Odd in such a macho country
Lots of people, the world over, refer to themselves as fire dancers.
Object manipulator tends to come from the contact field more than any where else.
People who gain employment from poi and staff often say that they are fire artists/artistes. maybe so they don't just sound like everyone else. It allows a feeling mystery perhaps...
Then there are people that are called by the objects they choose to spin.
"oh him? he's a glowstringer"
"She's a devil sticker"
I noticed a lot of people in various countries simply adding an er to there toys. So Poier and staffer.
etc
Some that does diabolo is a diaboloist.
Not sure what you call someone who does meteors though. Meteoricist?
Meh
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master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
Posted:
meteorologist perhaps? then at least we'd have people that know what they're talking about
meteorologist perhaps? then at least we'd have people that know what they're talking about
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still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
C@ntus
OMGOMG that's sooo spot in it's scary.
C@ntus, that's a pretty accurate run-down too!
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Aussies tend to call themselves twirlers - no matter how gay that makes them sound. Odd in such a macho country
OMGOMG that's sooo spot in it's scary.
C@ntus, that's a pretty accurate run-down too!
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Location: manchester, uk
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Location: manchester, uk
Posted:
what about a collective name for ALL people that play with fire for a HOBBY!! heheh....how about an "insanity of spinners"?, an "accidentwaitingtohappen of spinners"?, a "lunacy"?, an "ayunee"( A and E)? hehe
or perhaps.... a glow of spinners
what about a collective name for ALL people that play with fire for a HOBBY!! heheh....how about an "insanity of spinners"?, an "accidentwaitingtohappen of spinners"?, a "lunacy"?, an "ayunee"( A and E)? hehe
or perhaps.... a glow of spinners
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
what's the collective name for poi & staff? toys!
i call my glo-poi my babies. gave up using that name for my firepoi after the strange looks i'd get when "going outside to burn my babies"
i refuse to be called a poier though. "pooier" (pronounced the same as poier) means pimp or panderer in dutch spinner will do i reckon.... 
what's the collective name for poi & staff? toys!
i call my glo-poi my babies. gave up using that name for my firepoi after the strange looks i'd get when "going outside to burn my babies"
i refuse to be called a poier though. "pooier" (pronounced the same as poier) means pimp or panderer in dutch
spinner will do i reckon.... My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
for fire peeps - well, I say fire spinners, fire performers, or even fire peeps. many people also think I am refering to them when I say burners as well, but I am actually refering to people who are part of the burningman community when I say that. even though there is an overlap of the two groups, I try to keep that one strait! if it is fire somethingorother - then it has to do with poi staff meteors or whatever. If I say burn- or burning- then that should refer to burningman type stuff!
all is clear? good, because I expect everyone to adopt that convention now!
thank you and goodnight... er, good morning, er, whatever
for fire peeps - well, I say fire spinners, fire performers, or even fire peeps. many people also think I am refering to them when I say burners as well, but I am actually refering to people who are part of the burningman community when I say that. even though there is an overlap of the two groups, I try to keep that one strait! if it is fire somethingorother - then it has to do with poi staff meteors or whatever. If I say burn- or burning-
all is clear? good, because I expect everyone to adopt that convention now!
thank you and goodnight... er, good morning, er, whatever
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
Well for me it depends what art I am talking... I generally only talk about Poi and Staff though.
If I am talking about someone who does Poi I call them a Poi Spinner.
If I am talking about Staff I say Twirler.
I have no idea why I say what I do... but oh well.
Cantus you said "Aussies tend to call themselves twirlers - no matter how gay that makes them sound. Odd in such a macho country"
Why does that make us sound gay? and why are we a macho country?
Well for me it depends what art I am talking... I generally only talk about Poi and Staff though.
If I am talking about someone who does Poi I call them a Poi Spinner.
If I am talking about Staff I say Twirler.
I have no idea why I say what I do... but oh well.
Cantus you said "Aussies tend to call themselves twirlers - no matter how gay that makes them sound. Odd in such a macho country"
Why does that make us sound gay? and why are we a macho country?
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Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
poff?
poff?
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Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
I have once seen it refered to at fwirling, as in short for fire twirling. Anyone else seen this?
I have once seen it refered to at fwirling, as in short for fire twirling. Anyone else seen this?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Bristol, UK
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I say "Me? I'm just cool. Tell me I'm great..."
I say "Me? I'm just cool. Tell me I'm great..."
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Location: Tampa, FL, USA
stick boy!
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Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Posted:
I have heard fwirlers(fire twirlers) but i think its pretty much up to each person as to what they call themselves. Fire twirlers, fire spinners, fire dancers, fire performers, burners...a rose by any other name still burns as sweet....
Mayhem--
I have heard fwirlers(fire twirlers) but i think its pretty much up to each person as to what they call themselves. Fire twirlers, fire spinners, fire dancers, fire performers, burners...a rose by any other name still burns as sweet....
Mayhem--
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I was recently referred to as a "Poi Nuteer", which I thought was a particularly good one!
I was recently referred to as a "Poi Nuteer", which I thought was a particularly good one!
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