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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 2:50 PM
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In reply to: It looks like a number of noobs felt the need to chime in (and shoot the messenger)
Well, I am a n00b, as anyone here who's noticed my presence knows very well. And though I don't think I was taking pot shots at you for your "message," you are a bit of an easy target, bumblebee....Kind of like that little game at the county fair where you shoot the water stream through the clown face and watch the balloon swell until it explodes....
Looks like, from the sound of your second last post, at least one n00b gets to claim a cheap little prize for bustin' yer bubble......
In reply to: I didn't mean to rankle anyone's feathers. That's not true. Actually, I did mean to rankle. Is rankle a word?
Bum, at least you are hospitable enough to admit that which is so glaringly obvious to the rest of the forum..... and yes, rankle is a real word.
In reply to: It's always interesting to watch the response whenever a "taboo" issue is brought up.
I don't think noticing posers and their acts of posing is a taboo..... Though I've only been around a short while, I am pretty sure about that. I think it's just that your post seemed.... well....there was something rankling to most people about the tone you presented it in. As for myself, I couldn't help but wonder, when I first noticed it, if you weren't hoping to set up some sort of "predictable" responses, in order to use within another context; perhaps in another thread.....
But, I think the responses weren't what you were expecting, and I think that perhaps that rankled you...
In reply to: How many of you even know what my username means? :wink:
I do recall your explaining the term in that thread where everyone said where their usernames came from, but don't recall exactly what it was you said.... But, just from a general assumption, I would guess a bumblie is a term used by old-school brits to describe a floundering newb, sort of like a gumby, only less imbued with a sense of self-confident obnoxious grandiosity....Am I off? If so, would you kindly enlighten me. Or not; no doubt someone else will be more willing to answer the question.
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bumblie
Feb 17, 2005, 2:54 PM
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In reply to: and yes, rankle is a real word.
How about prattle?
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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 2:59 PM
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oh, so witty....
Let's try to keep the thread on topic, lest it be wisked off to Community, though it is sort of funny to see that there is something about my posts that seems to irk the *f* out of you.... You rarely are able to restrain yourself from making some sort of comment. Maybe I'm one of them there poseurs you're so worried about, steppin' on yer ropes and such....
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dirtineye
Feb 17, 2005, 3:04 PM
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In reply to: oh, so witty.... Let's try to keep the thread on topic, lest it be wisked off to Community, though it is sort of funny to see that there is something about my posts that seems to irk the *f* out of you.... You rarely are able to restrain yourself from making some sort of comment. Maybe I'm one of them there poseurs you're so worried about, steppin' on yer ropes and such....
A chocolate covered doughnut says you have matching prana undies Snippiegrrrl! And I KNOW you'd love for the bumbler to rip em off with his teeth, as you two posed your way up runout 5.1 on top rope. The love between you two can't be denied.
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bad_lil_kitty
Feb 17, 2005, 3:12 PM
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Oh Bumbum!
Was my answer too, that predictable?
Bah, I'm a noob - I'd pose, if the price is right :shock: :shock: :shock:
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bumblie
Feb 17, 2005, 3:19 PM
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In reply to: Oh Bumbum! Was my answer too, that predictable? Bah, I'm a noob - I'd pose, if the price is right :shock: :shock: :shock:
I have nothing but love for you, my fine feline. Meow.
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blueeyedclimber
Feb 17, 2005, 3:22 PM
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In reply to: Poking poseurs proves possible pissy prognosticators proceed, possibly probing poor person picking on principle, perhaps provoking pretentious purges.
I just got spit all over my screen reading this!
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bumblie
Feb 17, 2005, 3:29 PM
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A fine piece of alliteration. :D
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dirtineye
Feb 17, 2005, 3:44 PM
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In reply to: I just got spit all over my screen reading this!
You should look at the quote me wrong game in scummunity, it's priceless. Be warned, mouth should be empty while reading. And thanks. Helping saliva explore new frontiers is part of my mission.
In reply to: A fine piece of alliteration. :D
And every word starts with, "P", too!
I was inspired by your one true love, Happiegrrrl, who also alliterates as anger alleviates.
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cockjet
Feb 17, 2005, 3:57 PM
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Man
I gotta say this is such an immature topic. Every sport is obviously comepetitive to a certain degree. But this just sounds to me like a bunch of grade 8 skateboarders bullying other kids in the skate park to reasure their fragile egos. I know some climbers that still talk like that at 25 yrs old + some of them are the best around. But maybee their egos got to their head or something. Some of them at the gym, or our at the local crag.
Where did the mature humble sportmanship go anyways?? Why be uptight??
If someone is talking shit or talking big... just ignore them. Its such a trivial issue
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dingus
Feb 17, 2005, 4:04 PM
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OK, you folks obviously need some answers here and I'm just the poser to do it (note the down home American spelling, all you people who use french are fucking posers, get it, french posers)...
The ideal for a climber is to BE CLIMBING. It doesn't matter if its lead, TR, bouldering, standing in aiders, hiking up a peak, its all climbing. You aren't a climbing poser when actually climbing.
However, any time one purposely acts in such a way as to leave the impression that one is a climber, when not actually climbing? THAT person is posing.
Examples:
Climbing decals on the back of the truck? POSER!
Carabiner hanging from the belt? POSER!
Spraying about climbing to your lunch mates? POSER!
Loud talking about how ridiculous Vertical Limit really is? POSER!
Standing in the gym telling the gymbies about climbing in the real world? POSER!
Talking gear with the clerk at REI? POSER!
Talking about your next big adventure with someone not directly involved in the trip? POSER!
See, we all have an equal opportunity to pose and we all pretty much do it... or we wouldn't be posting about it to a climbing forum on the internet which incidentally is 100% POSING!
We're all posers! Purposly fostering the impression of being a climber when one is not actually climbing is POSING.
Glad to put this one to bed, hehe. Now STFU.
Thank you.
Thankyouverymuch.
DMT
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cockjet
Feb 17, 2005, 4:12 PM
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ALL NON POSEURS SHOULD NOT REPLY IN THIS FORUM!!!! IF YOU'RE A REAL 'SERIOUS' CLIMBER, YOU WILL NOT EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO THIS TOPIC.
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bustloose
Feb 17, 2005, 4:15 PM
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the noob becomes the poseur when it gets a climbing related tattoo, like oh, say... a great big muskrat 'climbing' ice with 2 claw hammers and a severed rope...
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maybeone
Feb 17, 2005, 4:24 PM
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Mr. Jet and dingus,
I agree with you 100% and said a lot of that on page 2. That's what's funny about this topic, people can't not talk about it. 5 pages by Thursday...a little slow. But it is refreshing to see the topic stray towards love (bum&grrrrrl).
Look, I can't even shut up about it! I'll singlehandedly get this to 10 pages by the weekend!
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maybeone
Feb 17, 2005, 4:28 PM
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bustloose,
that's awesome! I have a tatoo of the Cliffhanger movie poster on my forearm so I can see it for inspiration when I'm pulling a tough roof at the gym. The noobs love it!
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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 4:29 PM
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well, that's dirtineye for you. He's out chasing amber all around the community misquote thread as we speak, I mean text, er....pose.
Dingus - so stickers on your helmet...a pose(u)r or not a pose(u)r? That is a question(to keep the thread moving, anyway).
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dingus
Feb 17, 2005, 4:33 PM
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In reply to: Dingus - so stickers on your helmet...a pose(u)r or not a pose(u)r? That is a question(to keep the thread moving, anyway).
Oh, that is like POSING ONE OH ONE BABY. Climbing stickers on the helmet screams "I'm a poser!" like almost nothing else.
DMT
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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 4:35 PM
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Well....what about a chiquita banana sticker? Please....don't make me peel off that!
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dirtineye
Feb 17, 2005, 4:36 PM
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In reply to: well, that's dirtineye for you. He's out chasing amber all around the community misquote thread as we speak, I mean text, er....pose.
Hey babe, I'd be chasing after you, if you could ever take your mind off the ever so suave and dashing apple of your eye, BUMBLIE!
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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 4:37 PM
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What happened to the misquote thread - neadrly a half an hour from the last post....I thought you guys all got sent to the tar-pit corner.
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dirtineye
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In reply to: What happened to the misquote thread - neadrly a half an hour from the last post....I thought you guys all got sent to the tar-pit corner.
People really are afraid to post there hahaha. I was sure it would have 20 pages by now when it started. That is a great thread.
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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2005, 4:43 PM
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wankers....I'll go take a whack, then.
and dingus, I should have clarified - I didn't mean climbing stickers. Of course, how could anyone have known.... Anyway, my helmet has, the chiquita on the forehead, a smileyface on the back, a Patagonia one that a guy who works for them gave me, a UPC code, and a JTree one. Now the JTree one causes me a little conceren, because I was going to sticker my helmet with the places I've been, sort of like they used to do with steamer trunks back in the oceanliner daze...but if that makes me a pose(u)r...then I WON'T do it!
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bumblie
Feb 17, 2005, 4:50 PM
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At least five people on this thread have less than 20 posts. I feel a great sense of pride :wink: that so many noobs felt comfortable enough to chime in. It's all about stimulating discourse.
xoxoxo
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caughtinside
Feb 17, 2005, 4:58 PM
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In reply to: But, I think the responses weren't what you were expecting, and I think that perhaps that rankled you...
I'd disagree. The responses were totally predictable. The people who responded were predictable as well.
Bravo, Bumblie. 8^)
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