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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."
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Seriously? Because I've actually broken out in random spinning sessions in the middle of Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport, and at Newark-Liberty Airport without any incident... well... barring the little old lady who shook her head at me, and the plethora of kids who just wanted to play, too.
Written by: neverafter
oh and i can't forget the time i was removed from a highshool football game for carring "wepons"
Seriously? Because I've actually broken out in random spinning sessions in the middle of Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport, and at Newark-Liberty Airport without any incident... well... barring the little old lady who shook her head at me, and the plethora of kids who just wanted to play, too.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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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:
at our local concert hall they are considered weapons
(which is why i created my deconstructable glow poi)
at our local concert hall they are considered weapons
(which is why i created my deconstructable glow poi)
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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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
When the documentary crew was following me around and filming for a week, one of the art directors constantly asked me if I worshipped Satan. The filmographer became very embarrassed and then very angry about it. I laughed at first, then after awhile, it was just annoying.
Written by: neverafter
oh i get this one all the time.
"So, do you worship satan?"
When the documentary crew was following me around and filming for a week, one of the art directors constantly asked me if I worshipped Satan. The filmographer became very embarrassed and then very angry about it. I laughed at first, then after awhile, it was just annoying.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
that's really odd.
that's really odd.
"i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
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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:
in that case i must be a hell of a surprise
in that case i must be a hell of a surprise
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
117 posts
Location: USA
member
117 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
If your talking about the Rave, they don't allow glowsticks or LED's at all. It has nothing to do with with being wepons. It's because it's "a distraction to the performer", or so they tell me every time i'm there. Dosen't make much sense to me as most dj's have performed at undergrounds and clubs that allow glowsticking/stringing, but it's a rock club so no suprise.
Written by: faithinfire
at our local concert hall they are considered weapons
(which is why i created my deconstructable glow poi)
If your talking about the Rave, they don't allow glowsticks or LED's at all. It has nothing to do with with being wepons. It's because it's "a distraction to the performer", or so they tell me every time i'm there. Dosen't make much sense to me as most dj's have performed at undergrounds and clubs that allow glowsticking/stringing, but it's a rock club so no suprise.
Too many secerets are locked in side your minds, but your all equal in life, equal in love. your all building castels in the sky dreaming of a better world.
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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:
Some places just have stupid and strange rules about things.
Mad props to Kathain_Bowen for spinning in the airport...I would have thought you would have been tackeled as soon as the first couple of rotations let fly.
Some places just have stupid and strange rules about things.
Mad props to Kathain_Bowen for spinning in the airport...I would have thought you would have been tackeled as soon as the first couple of rotations let fly.
Beyond the Continuum.
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
.... I do admit, it was only with Zuni Poi w/o the tails on, and tied down to a really tiny length (*about ten to twelve inches).
I didn't actually have any issues at the terminal. I did have issues at the security checkpoint in Atlanta, though. My long skirt with d-rings on it kept setting off the metal detector and earned me a "random" screening. Then, my purse made it worse when they saw a "hole" in my bad (*a 3" acrylic contact sphere). I ended up having to give a lame, novice demo in the screening area (*since I'm a lame novice at contact juggling).
That, and, for some odd reason, they seemed to think a Hello Kitty Sushi Stationary Set I brought home for a friend was a bomb....
Written by: facelesshadow
Some places just have stupid and strange rules about things.
Mad props to Kathain_Bowen for spinning in the airport...I would have thought you would have been tackeled as soon as the first couple of rotations let fly.
.... I do admit, it was only with Zuni Poi w/o the tails on, and tied down to a really tiny length (*about ten to twelve inches).
I didn't actually have any issues at the terminal. I did have issues at the security checkpoint in Atlanta, though. My long skirt with d-rings on it kept setting off the metal detector and earned me a "random" screening. Then, my purse made it worse when they saw a "hole" in my bad (*a 3" acrylic contact sphere). I ended up having to give a lame, novice demo in the screening area (*since I'm a lame novice at contact juggling).
That, and, for some odd reason, they seemed to think a Hello Kitty Sushi Stationary Set I brought home for a friend was a bomb....
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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:
Haha. A hello Kitty set as a bomb? Some of these security checkpoints are a joke ! Though, I do suppose they do serve a good purpose though.
If they think a Hello Kitty set was a bomb...what in the world did they think the Contact Ball was
? I am sure the show was a bit awkward at a security checkpoint which made you think it was a lame show...it probably wasn't as bad as you say! I am sure everyone around was like 
. If you need a vit of visual instruction there is always contact juggling.org.
Haha. A hello Kitty set as a bomb? Some of these security checkpoints are a joke
! Though, I do suppose they do serve a good purpose though.If they think a Hello Kitty set was a bomb...what in the world did they think the Contact Ball was
? I am sure the show was a bit awkward at a security checkpoint which made you think it was a lame show...it probably wasn't as bad as you say! I am sure everyone around was like . If you need a vit of visual instruction there is always contact juggling.org. Beyond the Continuum.
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Geek
1,261 posts
Location: Manchester, UK
Geek
1,261 posts
Location: Manchester, UK
Posted:
I walked out of a club in stoke one night holding a set of poi when two policemen walked over and asked me...
"Are they Nunchuks?"
I walked out of a club in stoke one night holding a set of poi when two policemen walked over and asked me...
"Are they Nunchuks?"
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
The Hello Kitty Sushi Stationary Set was really cute, and I had it all wrapped up in my checked luggage. But my bag had to be pulled, opened, ripped apart, marked with random tags, all sorts of good stuff. To this day, whenever I go through security, I just picture what the TSA officials' faces must have looked like when they opened it up.
"Oh no, it's a bomb! Oh....wait... it's Hello Kitty... nevermind... false alarm!"
And, the demo was mighty novice. Just over the index, pinky, and top. The TSA people clapped at the end, and I managed to stop the whole screening line I'd been pulled from for a few minutes. But it was still very lame and novice.
The Hello Kitty Sushi Stationary Set was really cute, and I had it all wrapped up in my checked luggage. But my bag had to be pulled, opened, ripped apart, marked with random tags, all sorts of good stuff. To this day, whenever I go through security, I just picture what the TSA officials' faces must have looked like when they opened it up.
"Oh no, it's a bomb! Oh....wait... it's Hello Kitty... nevermind... false alarm!"
And, the demo was mighty novice. Just over the index, pinky, and top. The TSA people clapped at the end, and I managed to stop the whole screening line I'd been pulled from for a few minutes. But it was still very lame and novice.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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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:
they allow them you just have to buy them from their vendors
at least that was the case last time
Written by: acidchildWritten by: faithinfire
at our local concert hall they are considered weapons
(which is why i created my deconstructable glow poi)
If your talking about the Rave, they don't allow glowsticks or LED's at all. It has nothing to do with with being wepons. It's because it's "a distraction to the performer", or so they tell me every time i'm there. Dosen't make much sense to me as most dj's have performed at undergrounds and clubs that allow glowsticking/stringing, but it's a rock club so no suprise.
they allow them you just have to buy them from their vendors
at least that was the case last time
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
BRONZE Member
member
117 posts
Location: USA
member
117 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
That was run by T.I.T.S, M.E.D.M, and outlawed productions. The only involvement the rave had was the venue cause it's the only place a party that size could happen, the only leagl place anyway.
That was run by T.I.T.S, M.E.D.M, and outlawed productions. The only involvement the rave had was the venue cause it's the only place a party that size could happen, the only leagl place anyway.
Too many secerets are locked in side your minds, but your all equal in life, equal in love. your all building castels in the sky dreaming of a better world.
journeyman
73 posts
73 posts
Posted:
the other day someone was saying how they cud do it rele rele easily, so i handed him my poi, he began to spin then all of a sudden he hit he self the in u know wats lol
the other day someone was saying how they cud do it rele rele easily, so i handed him my poi, he began to spin then all of a sudden he hit he self the in u know wats lol
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Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Hitman
985 posts
Location: Gloucester England
Posted:
I had that many a time today and then ihad the "wow that was awesome" on me doing a really fast 3bt because i was bored then they didnt even say anything about the hyperloop from 3 bt i did
I had that many a time today and then ihad the "wow that was awesome" on me doing a really fast 3bt because i was bored then they didnt even say anything about the hyperloop from 3 bt i did
he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.
Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing
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:
Not a lot of people would understand the complexity of some tricks unless they are paying alot of attention...I have gotten that type of ooooo ahhhh reaction to the simpler trickes, and no reaction to the complex tricks as well. lol
Not a lot of people would understand the complexity of some tricks unless they are paying alot of attention...I have gotten that type of ooooo ahhhh reaction to the simpler trickes, and no reaction to the complex tricks as well. lol
Beyond the Continuum.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Posted:
it's all about how you sell it...
it's all about how you sell it...
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
24 posts
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
newbie
24 posts
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Posted:
I was spinning in the park a while back and had a crack head came up to me and said
"You're like a freakin' ninja! So, do you like... kill people with those?"
people on drugs amuse me. XD
I was spinning in the park a while back and had a crack head came up to me and said
"You're like a freakin' ninja! So, do you like... kill people with those?"
people on drugs amuse me. XD
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Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
hehe, you should have gone "yeah..." and started walking towards him.
hehe, you should have gone "yeah..." and started walking towards him.
"i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
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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:
i find people's presumptions of people of drugs funny
i find people's presumptions of people of drugs funny
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
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:
You should have said, "No, only an apprentice. If I was a Ninja you wouldn't see me...and I don't have the heart yet to kill people asking questions about the sacred art! But that wont stop the four other guys you don't see 
...run along now!"
Then again, depending on my mood, I am a bit sarcastic when it comes to things like that.
Written by: silly_rilly
I was spinning in the park a while back and had a crack head came up to me and said
"You're like a freakin' ninja! So, do you like... kill people with those?"
people on drugs amuse me. XD
You should have said, "No, only an apprentice. If I was a Ninja you wouldn't see me
...and I don't have the heart yet to kill people asking questions about the sacred art! But that wont stop the four other guys you don't see ...run along now!"Then again, depending on my mood,
I am a bit sarcastic when it comes to things like that. Beyond the Continuum.
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Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Posted:
Got a new one last night.
Some guy came up to me and asked what I was doing - I was spinning some glow poi in the street at night. I told him there were lots of different types of poi and told him of fire-poi.
The words he said as he watched me twirl were:
"Oh... I set fire to my fence once...*
Long pause.
"I wish I hadn't done it now."
Another pause.
"I got chucked out of my place. I cant change it."
He sounded almost psychopathic.
I stopped spinning at that point and went back inside.
Got a new one last night.
Some guy came up to me and asked what I was doing - I was spinning some glow poi in the street at night. I told him there were lots of different types of poi and told him of fire-poi.
The words he said as he watched me twirl were:
"Oh... I set fire to my fence once...*
Long pause.
"I wish I hadn't done it now."
Another pause.
"I got chucked out of my place. I cant change it."
He sounded almost psychopathic.
I stopped spinning at that point and went back inside.
Skatto
"Fly like a mouse,
Run like a cushion,
Be the small bookcase."
For goodness sake, don't aggravate the otters!!!
member
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
Posted:
this doesn't quite fit thid thread, but i'm not starting a new one for it.
i had a really strange dream the other night where i was watching some spunky spinners and comeing up with ways to insert names of particular tricks into pick up lines. in the dream i came up with quite a few, but i can only remember a couple of lame ones like 'if i got you into isolation we could do the horizontal weave' (i did warn they were lame!)
unfortunatly i didn't get the chance to use them in the dream so i don't know if they worked.
it was all a bit odd
this doesn't quite fit thid thread, but i'm not starting a new one for it.
i had a really strange dream the other night where i was watching some spunky spinners and comeing up with ways to insert names of particular tricks into pick up lines. in the dream i came up with quite a few, but i can only remember a couple of lame ones like 'if i got you into isolation we could do the horizontal weave' (i did warn they were lame!)
unfortunatly i didn't get the chance to use them in the dream so i don't know if they worked.
it was all a bit odd
"A Thnead's a fine thing that all people need"
Dr Suess
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:
Even if they did work in the dream...I would love to see you try them in the real world! I think that would be hilarious to see!
Even if they did work in the dream...I would love to see you try them in the real world! I think that would be hilarious to see!
Beyond the Continuum.
member
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
Posted:
yeah, most of my attempts to pick up are pretty hilarious i'm much better at match making other people than i am at sorting out my own love life 
Written by: facelesshadow
Even if they did work in the dream...I would love to see you try them in the real world! I think that would be hilarious to see!
yeah, most of my attempts to pick up are pretty hilarious
i'm much better at match making other people than i am at sorting out my own love life "A Thnead's a fine thing that all people need"
Dr Suess
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:
I don't know why but I am the same way...I can manage a relationship, but I am much better at helping other people with relationships.
I guess that is why I am going to be a Relationship Psychologist once I finish college. I know it is scary!
I don't know why but I am the same way...I can manage a relationship, but I am much better at helping other people with relationships.
I guess that is why I am going to be a Relationship Psychologist once I finish college.
I know it is scary! Beyond the Continuum.
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Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
why didn't i ever think of that?
Written by: facelesshadow
I don't know why but I am the same way...I can manage a relationship, but I am much better at helping other people with relationships.
I guess that is why I am going to be a Relationship Psychologist once I finish college.
why didn't i ever think of that?
"i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
member
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
107 posts
Location: Brisbane
Posted:
that's great! last year when i was trying to find some direction life, i was drunkenly talking to a friend about the talents i had and how they could be converted into a career. i decided i would make a great match maker and 'flirt coach'...instead i'm becoming a librarian!
Written by: facelesshadow
I don't know why but I am the same way...I can manage a relationship, but I am much better at helping other people with relationships.
I guess that is why I am going to be a Relationship Psychologist once I finish college.
that's great! last year when i was trying to find some direction life, i was drunkenly talking to a friend about the talents i had and how they could be converted into a career. i decided i would make a great match maker and 'flirt coach'...instead i'm becoming a librarian!
"A Thnead's a fine thing that all people need"
Dr Suess
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member
91 posts
Location: dark sun, Germany
member
91 posts
Location: dark sun, Germany
Posted:
the circus line.. I've heard it too a couple of times! As well as the martial arts line.
the circus line.. I've heard it too a couple of times! As well as the martial arts line.
I'll tell you this...
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. "Jim Morrison"
****
"...but I, being poor, have only my dreams
I've spread my dreams under your feet
tread softly because you tread on my dreams..." Yeats
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:
Well while you are just sitting around in the library you could maybe make a book about your other talent?!?!? Someone somewhere is bound to read it, someone always does!
Written by: tillymoo
that's great! last year when i was trying to find some direction life, i was drunkenly talking to a friend about the talents i had and how they could be converted into a career. i decided i would make a great match maker and 'flirt coach'...instead i'm becoming a librarian!
Well while you are just sitting around in the library you could maybe make a book about your other talent?!?!? Someone somewhere is bound to read it, someone always does!
Beyond the Continuum.
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