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Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ok, so heres the situation:
Recently i tought someone i know to spin (from never seeing poi before to being confident with fwd/rev weave, butterfly variations etc.)
during this time, he was completely sensible and was really enjoying what he was doing.
now the problem came when he realised that he knew enough to "impress" people with fire, and bought some fire heads.
Now he takes his fire poi everywhere, gets hammered, spins and then hands them (lit) to drunken non spinners, to laugh at how "crap" they are, as well as spinning out in the street.
And yes people are getting burned, and smacking themselves in the face etc.
Now ive got nothing against anyone spinning fire, or drinking and spinning, but this is just plain dangerous.
the problem is that i feel responsible for this, and dont quite know what to do.
Has anyone else been in similar situations?
any suggestions?
Ok, so heres the situation:
Recently i tought someone i know to spin (from never seeing poi before to being confident with fwd/rev weave, butterfly variations etc.)
during this time, he was completely sensible and was really enjoying what he was doing.
now the problem came when he realised that he knew enough to "impress" people with fire, and bought some fire heads.
Now he takes his fire poi everywhere, gets hammered, spins and then hands them (lit) to drunken non spinners, to laugh at how "crap" they are, as well as spinning out in the street.
And yes people are getting burned, and smacking themselves in the face etc.
Now ive got nothing against anyone spinning fire, or drinking and spinning, but this is just plain dangerous.
the problem is that i feel responsible for this, and dont quite know what to do.
Has anyone else been in similar situations?
any suggestions?
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big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
kill him.
kill him now, before he does any more damage.
you have created a monster, and now the monster must be put to rest.
kill him - its your only option.
cole. x
kill him.
kill him now, before he does any more damage.
you have created a monster, and now the monster must be put to rest.
kill him - its your only option.
cole. x
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Unfortunately hun, there will always be spinners like that.
Have you had a talk with him and told him how serious some injuries can be?
Unfortunately hun, there will always be spinners like that.
Have you had a talk with him and told him how serious some injuries can be?
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sober
109 posts
Location: Bury St. Edmunds, suffolk, United Kingdom
sober
109 posts
Location: Bury St. Edmunds, suffolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
have you pointed out what a twat he's being?
best thing's obviously to talk to him, then at very least you know you've tried and it's not so much on your shoulders anymore.
or take him along to some gatherng with a bunch of people who are leagues ahead of him, maybe bring him back down to earth?
have you pointed out what a twat he's being?
best thing's obviously to talk to him, then at very least you know you've tried and it's not so much on your shoulders anymore.
or take him along to some gatherng with a bunch of people who are leagues ahead of him, maybe bring him back down to earth?
*produces sandwich- is happy*
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Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Posted:
Cole -
your a legend!
Maus - it is definately unfortunate and i havent talked to him as yet, but i fear that might go down like a lead balloon.
Boz - A great idea, however i dont think maus would take kindly to me bring ing him to falmouth!!!!
Cole -
your a legend!Maus - it is definately unfortunate and i havent talked to him as yet, but i fear that might go down like a lead balloon.
Boz - A great idea, however i dont think maus would take kindly to me bring ing him to falmouth!!!!
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Come from afar, far away state of mind,
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Bring him....if he misbehaves we'll throw him in the sea, and not let him come out until high tide!
Seriously though, he is more than welcome at Falmouth, I'm more than happy to tell him off if he breaks the rules,or acts irresponsibly....
But he really does need telling. It doesn't matter how much he doesn't want to hear it, he is acting like an idiot and putting not only himself but other people in danger.
If all else fails though....kill him.
Bring him....if he misbehaves we'll throw him in the sea, and not let him come out until high tide!
Seriously though, he is more than welcome at Falmouth, I'm more than happy to tell him off if he breaks the rules,or acts irresponsibly....
But he really does need telling. It doesn't matter how much he doesn't want to hear it, he is acting like an idiot and putting not only himself but other people in danger.
If all else fails though....kill him.
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403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
Posted:
Every time he gets drunk and starts behaving like a twit get him to use your "fuel" ie. water.
He should get the message pretty quick, just have your good shoes on for running away
Every time he gets drunk and starts behaving like a twit get him to use your "fuel" ie. water.
He should get the message pretty quick, just have your good shoes on for running away
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Sketch, there's no need for you to feel responsible at all.
you taught him some moves, good on you.
but it's now his choice if he wants to act like a total wanker or not.
its not your fault,
Sketch, there's no need for you to feel responsible at all.
you taught him some moves, good on you.
but it's now his choice if he wants to act like a total wanker or not.
its not your fault,
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
enthusiast
365 posts
Location: Ontario
365 posts
Location: Ontario
Posted:
steel his tools
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steel his tools
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Have you ever notice that poi is spelled backwords on the key board.............................................creepycool
member
71 posts
Location: Europe
71 posts
Location: Europe
Posted:
you have to steel his tools!!
you are not responsable for this, this guy is just crazy!!! What is his problem?? does he have any inferiority complexes??? Or why brings he other people in danger and laugh at them??? thats just 
you have to steel his tools!!you are not responsable for this, this guy is just crazy!!! What is his problem??
does he have any inferiority complexes??? Or why brings he other people in danger and laugh at them??? thats just -I love goats and cheesecake-
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
I say the full cobination of the above....
advise of the inguries that could happen, and that he is being irrasponsable, take him to falmouth so Maus can do the same and if that fails take away his toys and kill him
I say the full cobination of the above....
advise of the inguries that could happen, and that he is being irrasponsable, take him to falmouth so Maus can do the same and if that fails take away his toys and kill him
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
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Location: Ontario
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Location: Ontario
Posted:
Have you ever notice that poi is spelled backwords on the key board.............................................creepycool
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I
my Frogette! 
I
my Frogette! -Mike
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Do you do the poiz?
530 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Do you do the poiz?
530 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Killing does appear to be a very effective solution, could be worth considering...
Or try and get him to go to a few gatherings with experienced twirlers and hopefully he will be smart enough to realise the safety measures that dedicated twirlers take.
Killing does appear to be a very effective solution, could be worth considering...
Or try and get him to go to a few gatherings with experienced twirlers and hopefully he will be smart enough to realise the safety measures that dedicated twirlers take.
"In the end there is only fire and a waterfall"
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coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
why kill him? give him some of his own medicine by handing him a staff when he's drunk and let him smack himself around with it so he gets the idea that giving toys to people who are drunk and dont know how to use them is stupid
failing that, gaffa tape his entire hands together when he gets drunk.
why kill him? give him some of his own medicine by handing him a staff when he's drunk and let him smack himself around with it so he gets the idea that giving toys to people who are drunk and dont know how to use them is stupid
failing that, gaffa tape his entire hands together when he gets drunk.
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Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Posted:
You guys are great,
and i think the staff idea is classic!
Right who has the biggest, heaviest, scariest staff?
with huge wicks? ....oh and some gaffa tape.....
You guys are great,
and i think the staff idea is classic!
Right who has the biggest, heaviest, scariest staff?
with huge wicks? ....oh and some gaffa tape.....
"This dark place planet Earth, orbits one star,
Come from afar, far away state of mind,
open up your third eye, black helicopters in the sky"
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
I my Doc too
Written by: Doc Lightning
I
I
my Doc too Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
smack him upside the head!!!!! then say
"look clarrrt, your being the biggest twat i've EVER known. i really regret ever teaching you..........your an accident wating to happen and i don't want to be there when the s*it hit's the fan"
then kindly reming him if he hurts anyone, anyone hurts themselves because he neglectfully handed an intoxicated person a potentialy leathal piece of equipment he could get sued for millions, or go to jail and get bummed propper hard-styleee
smack him upside the head!!!!! then say
"look clarrrt, your being the biggest twat i've EVER known. i really regret ever teaching you..........your an accident wating to happen and i don't want to be there when the s*it hit's the fan"
then kindly reming him if he hurts anyone, anyone hurts themselves because he neglectfully handed an intoxicated person a potentialy leathal piece of equipment he could get sued for millions, or go to jail and get bummed propper hard-styleee
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coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
*is proud*
Written by: sketch
You guys are great,
and i think the staff idea is classic!
Right who has the biggest, heaviest, scariest staff?
with huge wicks? ....oh and some gaffa tape.....
*is proud* "but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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Internet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Posted:
Go ask Mynci for a staff. as annoying as he is, he has a brilliant staff, with a totally barbaric name. XD
Go ask Mynci for a staff. as annoying as he is, he has a brilliant staff, with a totally barbaric name. XD
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."
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sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
Posted:
Maybe this is an idea...
(AP) A 21-year-old man suffered severe burns to his face and head when he ignited a mortar-style firework that he taped to an old football helmet and placed on his head.
Police say Kaleb Spangler of Bloomington attempted the stunt while drinking at a party along Indiana 46 between Bloomington and Nashville early Saturday morning.
His girlfriend says Spangler decided to duct tape the large firework to the old football helmet. He then put on the helmet and ignited it.
She told police she saw a large flash, then saw Spangler on the ground, unconscious and bleeding from the head. The helmet was destroyed by the blast.
Spangler was taken to Bloomington Hospital, where he was treated for severe burns, lacerations and a concussion.
Maybe this is an idea...
(AP) A 21-year-old man suffered severe burns to his face and head when he ignited a mortar-style firework that he taped to an old football helmet and placed on his head.
Police say Kaleb Spangler of Bloomington attempted the stunt while drinking at a party along Indiana 46 between Bloomington and Nashville early Saturday morning.
His girlfriend says Spangler decided to duct tape the large firework to the old football helmet. He then put on the helmet and ignited it.
She told police she saw a large flash, then saw Spangler on the ground, unconscious and bleeding from the head. The helmet was destroyed by the blast.
Spangler was taken to Bloomington Hospital, where he was treated for severe burns, lacerations and a concussion.
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enthusiast
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Location: Ontario
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Location: Ontario
Posted:
Have you ever notice that poi is spelled backwords on the key board.............................................creepycool
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Posted:
He's your responsibility, I don't know what you can do about it but wehatever it is you best do it fast!!
Think of the Guinea Pigs
He's your responsibility, I don't know what you can do about it but wehatever it is you best do it fast!!
Think of the Guinea Pigs
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
No hes not his responsability...
They're his actions, his stupidity, his fire poi.
Leave him too it, he'll get his comuppance soon enough
Written by: Lunadog
He's your responsibility, I don't know what you can do about it but wehatever it is you best do it fast!!
Think of the Guinea Pigs
No hes not his responsability...
They're his actions, his stupidity, his fire poi.
Leave him too it, he'll get his comuppance soon enough
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Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Empirically random...
431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Posted:
**BIG bump**
Well, its finally happened, the first injury.
I was at a party with said person, and he was having a spin (as was i) and started letting people (non spinners) have a play.
This went on for a while until a girl (who had only picked them up that day) decided that it cant be that dangerous if all these pissheads are having so much fun.......
so she started to muck about with them, but wasnt really doing anything specific, and he told her she needed to spin faster or it looks crap.
one thing leads to another, and she gets one wrapped round her neck and stuck under the left side of her chin.
obviously she panicked and it took me about 5-6 seconds to grab her and pull it off.
needless to say its a pretty bad burn and alot of burnt hair.
I always wish i had the guts to go and take them off people, but they would only get funny about it. hopefully its been an eye opener, but i doubt it
taking a picture of her neck tomorrow, will post it up.
**BIG bump**
Well, its finally happened, the first injury.
I was at a party with said person, and he was having a spin (as was i) and started letting people (non spinners) have a play.
This went on for a while until a girl (who had only picked them up that day) decided that it cant be that dangerous if all these pissheads are having so much fun.......
so she started to muck about with them, but wasnt really doing anything specific, and he told her she needed to spin faster or it looks crap.
one thing leads to another, and she gets one wrapped round her neck and stuck under the left side of her chin.
obviously she panicked and it took me about 5-6 seconds to grab her and pull it off.
needless to say its a pretty bad burn and alot of burnt hair.
I always wish i had the guts to go and take them off people, but they would only get funny about it. hopefully its been an eye opener, but i doubt it
taking a picture of her neck tomorrow, will post it up.
"This dark place planet Earth, orbits one star,
Come from afar, far away state of mind,
open up your third eye, black helicopters in the sky"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Thats a shame. I really hope your friend learns from this.
I still think you need to bring him to a meet so we can kick his bum, and teach him how to play responsibly.
...In the nicest possible way of course!
It's not your fault, but you do need to tell him, and warn others of the dangers.
Thats a shame. I really hope your friend learns from this.I still think you need to bring him to a meet so we can kick his bum, and teach him how to play responsibly.
...In the nicest possible way of course!
It's not your fault, but you do need to tell him, and warn others of the dangers.
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(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
Posted:
Strongly encourage her to sue his dumb [censored] ass, for all he's got
Strongly encourage her to sue his dumb [censored] ass, for all he's got
marmite and nutella sandwich
1,590 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
1,590 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posted:
why dont you just seclude your 'mate', just make sure he/she knows (s)he's not your mate any more, until (s)he comes crawling back to your knees asking why you're leaving him/her out. Then explain (s)he's a twat.
why dont you just seclude your 'mate', just make sure he/she knows (s)he's not your mate any more, until (s)he comes crawling back to your knees asking why you're leaving him/her out. Then explain (s)he's a twat.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,749 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,749 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
Posted:
why bother getting him to a meet, we can kick his ass from here.
just post thier contact details and let the flame war begin!
T
why bother getting him to a meet, we can kick his ass from here.
just post thier contact details and let the flame war begin!
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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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:
Although verbal barbs would hurt, I think nothing compares to physical violence in the "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!!??" stakes.
Ooh, stakes! They'd work...
Although verbal barbs would hurt, I think nothing compares to physical violence in the "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!!??" stakes.
Ooh, stakes! They'd work...
Eww, Liza Minelli...
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