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Login/Join to ParticipateGood Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Last night, while I was completely sucking:
"Do you study kung-fu?"
...*shaking head*
How 'bout you guys? Strangest thing you've ever been told while spinning or about your playing?
Last night, while I was completely sucking:
"Do you study kung-fu?"
...*shaking head*
How 'bout you guys? Strangest thing you've ever been told while spinning or about your playing?
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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member
74 posts
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
member
74 posts
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
Posted:
I was spinning fire the other day and one of my mates made the cheerful comment 'I can't wait to see you set yourself on fire with those.'
Cheers, Em
I was spinning fire the other day and one of my mates made the cheerful comment 'I can't wait to see you set yourself on fire with those.'
Cheers, Em
Buy gerbils cos you can't spin with hamsters
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wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
funny
thats the reason my parents and new ex said when they didn't buy me fire poi for christmas
funny
thats the reason my parents and new ex said when they didn't buy me fire poi for christmas
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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member
63 posts
Location: North Queensland, Australia
member
63 posts
Location: North Queensland, Australia
Posted:
Me and my friend out at the mall:
"Hey look! You're those fire twirlers!"
*friend looks at me wondering who this random person is* "Yes... Its.. Our super hero name!"
*later after guy left when having a convo with me*
Friend: "Who the heck was that??"
~*~*~
Random guy: "I can twirl better then you!" *grabs poi and 'butterflys' himself immediately afterwards.
(Lets just say, he kept quiet afterwards
)
~*~*~
*walking through a car park while twirling staff after finishing twirling* *police pull us up* "Is that a golf club?"
Thats all I can remember for now.
~ Neser
Me and my friend out at the mall:
"Hey look! You're those fire twirlers!"
*friend looks at me wondering who this random person is* "Yes... Its.. Our super hero name!"
*later after guy left when having a convo with me*
Friend: "Who the heck was that??"
~*~*~
Random guy: "I can twirl better then you!" *grabs poi and 'butterflys' himself immediately afterwards.
(Lets just say, he kept quiet afterwards
)~*~*~
*walking through a car park while twirling staff after finishing twirling* *police pull us up* "Is that a golf club?"
Thats all I can remember for now.
~ Neser
Fuel your fascination, burn your desire and dance with flames
newbie
33 posts
Location: Go
33 posts
Location: Go
Posted:
I've gotten the marry me thing before but i have no clue who it was. Ive gotten so many things at the same time all during my performance I have no idea what they were. Some of them were along the lines of, "I love your balls" and very frequently"Can I feel them?" on and off the stage. I make different replies every time.
I'd like to know what to do when you get the, "How do you do that?" It's simple but i have no idea what to tell them. Usually i tell them "Magic" or "I'm just really cool".
I've gotten the marry me thing before but i have no clue who it was. Ive gotten so many things at the same time all during my performance I have no idea what they were. Some of them were along the lines of, "I love your balls" and very frequently"Can I feel them?" on and off the stage. I make different replies every time.
I'd like to know what to do when you get the, "How do you do that?" It's simple but i have no idea what to tell them. Usually i tell them "Magic" or "I'm just really cool".
Life is a box full of chocolates. Its full of the gross coconut ones.
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
ElectricStapler, this is mighty off topic, but I love your handle. *giggle* I used to call people "Staple Gun" when they kept talking to me like they knew me but never supplied a name.
EDITED_BY: Kathain_Bowen (1171461589)
ElectricStapler, this is mighty off topic, but I love your handle. *giggle* I used to call people "Staple Gun" when they kept talking to me like they knew me but never supplied a name.
EDITED_BY: Kathain_Bowen (1171461589)
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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enthusiast
382 posts
Location: In Ger Land, India
enthusiast
382 posts
Location: In Ger Land, India
Posted:
Ummm, this is not quite a spinning one, but close enough...
Whilst practicing five clubs - which means throwing them up a few times and then dropping most of them - someone who was watching asked me;
"Why do you not keep going"
A valid question I suppose. I explained I was in the training stage, he seemed to accept this
Ummm, this is not quite a spinning one, but close enough...
Whilst practicing five clubs - which means throwing them up a few times and then dropping most of them - someone who was watching asked me;
"Why do you not keep going"
A valid question I suppose. I explained I was in the training stage, he seemed to accept this
Some things you have to see to believe, but
Some things you have to believe in to see.
veteran
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
next time, make up some story about making an offering to the Gods... if one stays up there, the Gods get to keep it (or something else just as lame)
next time, make up some story about making an offering to the Gods... if one stays up there, the Gods get to keep it (or something else just as lame)
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newbie
3 posts
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
newbie
3 posts
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
Posted:
Glowpoi gig at a nightclub...
"Wow...it's like a spaceship has landed..."
^-^
Glowpoi gig at a nightclub...
"Wow...it's like a spaceship has landed..."
^-^
Rebel. HA.
newbie
21 posts
21 posts
Posted:
Ok, just got one tonight. We are out spinning fire, and this random drunk comes up and saks if he can drink the very black and sooty parafin in the dipping bucket :\
Ok, just got one tonight. We are out spinning fire, and this random drunk comes up and saks if he can drink the very black and sooty parafin in the dipping bucket :\
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Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
Crazy...that is totally nasty!
But I can believe that a drunk would ask that!
Crazy...that is totally nasty!
But I can believe that a drunk would ask that! Beyond the Continuum.
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Member
128 posts
Location: USA
Member
128 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
i can believe it
i can believe it
Ich brauche Zeit
Kein Heroin kein Alkohol kein Nikotin
Brauch keine Hilfe
Kein Koffein
Doch Dynamit und Terpentin
Ich brauche Öl für Gasolin
Explosiv wie Kerosin
Mit viel Oktan und frei von Blei
Einen Kraftstoff wie Benzin
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member
94 posts
Location: Dover, DE, USA
member
94 posts
Location: Dover, DE, USA
Posted:
I was pacing back and forth across the top of a stone wall spinning zuni poi when a pickup with a couple guys in the back drove up and slowed next to me. One of them yelled out "Yo! It's that judo $#(T"
I almost fell off the wall laughing.
I was pacing back and forth across the top of a stone wall spinning zuni poi when a pickup with a couple guys in the back drove up and slowed next to me. One of them yelled out "Yo! It's that judo $#(T"
I almost fell off the wall laughing.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted - Martin Luther King Jr.
GOLD Member
member
63 posts
Location: North Queensland, Australia
member
63 posts
Location: North Queensland, Australia
Posted:
I've heard of that happening before. :s Doesnt surprise me in the slightest.
~ Neser
Written by: crazy_andy
Ok, just got one tonight. We are out spinning fire, and this random drunk comes up and saks if he can drink the very black and sooty parafin in the dipping bucket :\
I've heard of that happening before. :s Doesnt surprise me in the slightest.
~ Neser
Fuel your fascination, burn your desire and dance with flames
GOLD Member
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
What kind of guys did they look like? Uneducated, hill billys?
Written by: Mr Sock
One of them yelled out "Yo! It's that judo $#(T"
What kind of guys did they look like? Uneducated, hill billys?
Beyond the Continuum.
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Destroyer of kitchen appliances
180 posts
Location: Liverpool, UK
Destroyer of kitchen appliances
180 posts
Location: Liverpool, UK
Posted:
I've had:
"Is that real fire?" When I worked in a theme park I used to get asked if the water rides were "real water". Presumably, it's the same kind of 'special' person that comes out with these questions.
"WooooOoooo!OoooO!!!! Bruce LEE baby!" - by a drunk who started waving his arms around in what he thought was an imitation of me... Only I didn't fall onto my face.
My absolute favourite - "Do it with bricks!"
I've had:
"Is that real fire?" When I worked in a theme park I used to get asked if the water rides were "real water". Presumably, it's the same kind of 'special' person that comes out with these questions.
"WooooOoooo!OoooO!!!! Bruce LEE baby!" - by a drunk who started waving his arms around in what he thought was an imitation of me... Only I didn't fall onto my face.
My absolute favourite - "Do it with bricks!"
My brain is about as useful as a chocolate teapot, but unfortunately not as tasty.
Squueee!
BRONZE Member
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:
I seem to remember in the theme park, the answer was "Stick your hand in and see". I imagine a similar response would work with fire 
EDITED_BY: psycotic_furby (1172104494)
Written by: Clairebe
I've had:
"Is that real fire?" When I worked in a theme park I used to get asked if the water rides were "real water". Presumably, it's the same kind of 'special' person that comes out with these questions
I seem to remember in the theme park, the answer was "Stick your hand in and see". I imagine a similar response would work with fire
EDITED_BY: psycotic_furby (1172104494)
Eww, Liza Minelli...
The communists gave my mother a job, teaching sculpture to limbless children.
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Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
Haha...I think that would be an awsom response. But I would never let someone be so stupid as to try it...
Written by: psycotic_furby
I seem to remember in the theme park, the answer was "Stick your hand in and see". I imagine a similar response would work with fire
Haha...I think that would be an awsom response. But I would never let someone be so stupid as to try it...
Beyond the Continuum.
newbie
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
Posted:
I was spinning at a teen center because my friend's band was the nights entertainment...so in between sets I whipped out my Zunis. My favorite response was
"How are you doing that?" (granted at this time all I was doing was the forward spin because I was mouthing words to my friend setting up on stage)....O_o I wonder.
I got a few friends into poi, and they would say something about how quickly they are picking it up and how its not that hard. I respond with "Yeah, wait till you try it on fire." They are like O_O "What?!"
Some other favorite responses:
"Dude, your hot....literally!" (with fire poi obviously)
"What the hell's the point of that?"
"That looks retarded there's only like 10 moves someone can do."
"What are those called? Koi?"
"That would be funny if he (my friend was spinning) lit himself on fire...like seriously, I would laugh. In fact, i hope he does light on fire."
I was spinning at a teen center because my friend's band was the nights entertainment...so in between sets I whipped out my Zunis. My favorite response was
"How are you doing that?" (granted at this time all I was doing was the forward spin because I was mouthing words to my friend setting up on stage)....O_o I wonder.
I got a few friends into poi, and they would say something about how quickly they are picking it up and how its not that hard. I respond with "Yeah, wait till you try it on fire." They are like O_O "What?!"
Some other favorite responses:
"Dude, your hot....literally!" (with fire poi obviously)
"What the hell's the point of that?"
"That looks retarded there's only like 10 moves someone can do."
"What are those called? Koi?"
"That would be funny if he (my friend was spinning) lit himself on fire...like seriously, I would laugh. In fact, i hope he does light on fire."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Posted:
the commonest one in China so far:
"Is that Chinese gongfu/taiji?"
(usually it's chinese people asking me that: it's usually gongfu first when I'm practising staff, and taiji first when spinning poi: go figure)
Oh and a lot of surprised faces when I tell them it comes from New Zealand!
the commonest one in China so far:
"Is that Chinese gongfu/taiji?"
(usually it's chinese people asking me that: it's usually gongfu first when I'm practising staff, and taiji first when spinning poi: go figure)
Oh and a lot of surprised faces when I tell them it comes from New Zealand!
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Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Posted:
oh yeah and the other one I get when spinning staff sometimes:
'You are like Monkey King!' (chinese legend reference)
oh yeah and the other one I get when spinning staff sometimes:
'You are like Monkey King!' (chinese legend reference)
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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newbie
37 posts
Location: Denver, CO, USA
newbie
37 posts
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Posted:
Here's one I've gotten a few variations on...
"You're like a damn ninja or something!"
Not just a ninja, it's always a "damn ninja".
Here's one I've gotten a few variations on...
"You're like a damn ninja or something!"
Not just a ninja, it's always a "damn ninja".
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Member
19 posts
Location: Wales,Pembrokeshire
Member
19 posts
Location: Wales,Pembrokeshire
Posted:
I got asked by a kid while spinning my staff,
Kid>What is that thing?
Me>its a fire staff
Kid>How much did it cost you?
Me>About £40
Kid>Wana sell sell it for £10?
Me>Lmao
Im sure ill get more funny ones
I got asked by a kid while spinning my staff,
Kid>What is that thing?
Me>its a fire staff
Kid>How much did it cost you?
Me>About £40
Kid>Wana sell sell it for £10?
Me>Lmao
Im sure ill get more funny ones
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd.
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Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
Well I must say that one sounds like it came from a wanabe "Valley Girl"...LIKE TOTALLY!
Written by: ZeRo10487
Some other favorite responses:
"That would be funny if he (my friend was spinning) lit himself on fire...like seriously, I would laugh. In fact, i hope he does light on fire."
Well I must say that one sounds like it came from a wanabe "Valley Girl"...LIKE TOTALLY!
Beyond the Continuum.
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Member
13 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Member
13 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
the other day this really scary looking bloke came up to me while i was spinning to ask me if i was "doing that in the olympics" he ended up trying to convince me to call the olympic commitee and have it added as a sport! lol
the other day this really scary looking bloke came up to me while i was spinning to ask me if i was "doing that in the olympics" he ended up trying to convince me to call the olympic commitee and have it added as a sport! lol
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Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
You know......that would be very interesting to have poi as an olympic sport. However, I think that it would cheapen the art of it all a little. Then it would all become about who can pull off the 36 beat weave the best... But who knows, it might not. Though I do think that it would have some sort of effect on the performance community, whether good or bad probably in both directions.
You know......that would be very interesting to have poi as an olympic sport. However, I think that it would cheapen the art of it all a little. Then it would all become about who can pull off the 36 beat weave the best...
But who knows, it might not. Though I do think that it would have some sort of effect on the performance community, whether good or bad probably in both directions. Beyond the Continuum.
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member
47 posts
Location: Devon/Cornwall - UK
member
47 posts
Location: Devon/Cornwall - UK
Posted:
I feel poi should be kept as a largely non-competitive as possible... If you are better than someone, you ought to teach them If they wish, and you can....
that's my thought anyway...
[edit:
oh, and on topic, I get told to 'stop playing with my balls' quite a lot while juggling in the school corridors...]
EDITED_BY: giftedweasel (1175707697)
I feel poi should be kept as a largely non-competitive as possible... If you are better than someone, you ought to teach them If they wish, and you can....
that's my thought anyway...
[edit:
oh, and on topic, I get told to 'stop playing with my balls' quite a lot while juggling in the school corridors...]
EDITED_BY: giftedweasel (1175707697)
GiftedWeasel
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Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Posted:
had a classic in town the other day from a rent a cop type effort who told me to "you know your not allowed to play ball games here" i then spent 5 mins giving him very detailed infomation about how it was a morai dance prop and not a bliming ball game before telling him he dosnt just suck he blows and walking off with him shouting at me "if i see you doin that again i will detain you"
had a classic in town the other day from a rent a cop type effort who told me to "you know your not allowed to play ball games here" i then spent 5 mins giving him very detailed infomation about how it was a morai dance prop and not a bliming ball game before telling him he dosnt just suck he blows and walking off with him shouting at me "if i see you doin that again i will detain you"
he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.
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Introverted
833 posts
Location: Norf London, United Kingdom
Introverted
833 posts
Location: Norf London, United Kingdom
Posted:
I had a good one the other day while fire-twirling:
Chav girl: "So what happens if you die?"
I didn't quite know what to say to that. "Errr, well some people believe your immortal soul is judged by the lord and you either go to Heaven or burn in HELL for eternity... or you come back as a dolphin" would have been a good answer in retrospect.
I had a good one the other day while fire-twirling:
Chav girl: "So what happens if you die?"
I didn't quite know what to say to that. "Errr, well some people believe your immortal soul is judged by the lord and you either go to Heaven or burn in HELL for eternity... or you come back as a dolphin" would have been a good answer in retrospect.
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Emotions become the Waves
Soul is the Ocean
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Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Wit is not your strong point!
142 posts
Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
Posted:
MikefromGlos, mad props! I do believe he deserved every bit of the razzing you gave him. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone, poi should never be illegal. And to any person that says otherwise, up theirs! He was just mad that you told him off, and exposed his ignorance.
Sambo_Flux: Don't you always hate thet you can come up with the best responses 5 minutes later!?!?!
MikefromGlos, mad props! I do believe he deserved every bit of the razzing you gave him. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone, poi should never be illegal. And to any person that says otherwise, up theirs! He was just mad that you told him off, and exposed his ignorance.
Sambo_Flux: Don't you always hate thet you can come up with the best responses 5 minutes later!?!?!
Beyond the Continuum.
BRONZE Member
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:
Heh. The French call it "esprit d'escalier" - roughly 'Staircase wit', or something you think of as you walk away from a situation.
Or maybe it's made up french, but still, it happens enough that there's a pretentious sounding phrase to describe it!
Sorry, off-topic...
Written by: facelesshadow
Sambo_Flux: Don't you always hate thet you can come up with the best responses 5 minutes later!?!?!
Heh. The French call it "esprit d'escalier" - roughly 'Staircase wit', or something you think of as you walk away from a situation.
Or maybe it's made up french, but still, it happens enough that there's a pretentious sounding phrase to describe it!
Sorry, off-topic...
Eww, Liza Minelli...
The communists gave my mother a job, teaching sculpture to limbless children.
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