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Location: Meath
Name: Shane
Location: Ireland, Meath
Hometown: Dunboyne
DOB: 12/01/88
Age: 17
Sex: You Offering? (translation : male)
Occupation(s): Sales assistant in a fruit and veg store (bagboy... *cries*)
Favorite Food(s): Steak, Beef, lamb... prety much anything that used to have a pulse.
Favorite Color(s): Blue, Black, red, any combinations thereof.
Toys: My Gamecube, My Comp, My Blades.
Hobbies other than the obvious: Blading, Performing, Writing, Basketball.
Education: Currently in third level.
Favorite Book(s): Hitchhikers guide, storm of swords, the discworld series, Wit, far too many others to name.
Favorite Movie(s): Fear and loathing, Pirates of the caribbean, final fantasy: advent children, moulin rouge... again, way too many, i'm a movie buff.
Favorite TV show(s): Family guy.... um.... family guy... dont watch much t.v
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) plan to just get a job that gives me enough money to survive on, and just enjoy life, indulge my hobbies, write and perform.... basically, i wanna be slightly better off than a bum.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Alkaline trio, Electric Six, trivium... ah, to hell with it, give me 3 hours and i still wont be finished.
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Ben + Jerries caramel chew chew.
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Nutella, marmite is horrible. (for my own edification, wtf is vegemite?)
...thats me. i'm new to this whole fire spinning business, i really enjoy fire poi, and would love to hear from people interested in helping a noob out. tips, tricks, general well-wishing, that sort of thing. cheers.
"Cool... um.... just out of curiosity... how much is a decent fire extinguisher?"
----my g/f's response to me yelling " I'm Learning Fire-Poi!!"---
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
heya :waves:
to hopplease enjoy your stay and beware of falling whale sharks
back
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6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hello, welcome to HoP!!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom
welcome to hop young grasshoppa (sorry someone had to say it)
i love tha fact that you work in a fruit and veg shop yet your favourite foods aree all meat
UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."
Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
*prods with a stick* did i hear you blaspheme MARMAITE!!!!!
btw veggimite is very simmiler to marmite
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Vegemite and marmite are essentially identical, much in the same way that presbyterianism and methodism are essentially identical. And yet they make a big deal out of the differences.
Here, have some nutella.
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I'd offer sex, but you're not legal...
(Hey! I'm just trying to be a good, welcoming, hospitable HOPer!) 
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
mmmm Nutella..
Hi and welcome Shane 5 posts
Location: Meath
sorry, havent been near a comp in a while, just wanted to thank all for the great response. yer all great, lookin forward to, you know, never actually seing any of you in person, but having some great conversations with y'all.
"Cool... um.... just out of curiosity... how much is a decent fire extinguisher?"
----my g/f's response to me yelling " I'm Learning Fire-Poi!!"---
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
hi-de-hi
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Hi Shane
Good to see you here
Take care, see you soon
Clare x
Getting to the other side 
5 posts
Location: Meath
firepoise, i was meaning to ask you, as you seem like one o themz knowledgy people - how does one go about making monkey fist wicks? remember, i'm a noob, and as such am having serious trouble following the animation on this site. stuff like how much rope, type of bolts etc... any help would be appreciated dear.
"Cool... um.... just out of curiosity... how much is a decent fire extinguisher?"
----my g/f's response to me yelling " I'm Learning Fire-Poi!!"---
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Hey there, welcome to you grasshoppa
here's a link to the HoP page for making monkeyfist poi
clicky
and there's all details there re: how much rope, etc!
1,627 posts
Location: In your head. (Tasmania, Australia)
ello there
welcome to the wacky world of HoP!! a word of warning: we are all CRAZY!! [especially me] 
enjoy your stay and i hope its a long one D
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