JohnMitchell 16 #51 October 18, 2007 Quote But I have this big steel tank full of compressed air to breathe! What could possibly go wrong?? I tell tandem passengers who have scuba dived that our sport and theirs have the same concern . . . running out of air.You know, I really don't mind dumb whuffo questions too much. I've taught for so many years I've heard almost all of them. Questions you can give answers to, even if you're stifling a chuckle at the same time. I do get tired of dumb whuffo statements about our sport, many of them as derogatory as they are ignorant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #52 October 18, 2007 Hear, hear!"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #53 October 21, 2007 QuoteHear, hear! Him, Him! .......?Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec86 0 #54 August 11, 2011 I know this is an old thread but I had a couple more I wanted to add, I've not long had my A license and im already getting asked them, 1st one was from a guy at work after i told him about RAPS training and he asked do you have to do a reserve pull in the sky tell him no just need to know how, then hes say if he was doing it he would want to just to check it works??? lol didn't know what to say. 2nd was my dad today, at the moment im building my first rig up and was talking about the main canopy im buying, and hes comes back later and asks how do you know it works i say what do you mean, his reply how do you know that it will work, didn't know what to say but it will, he just shakes his head and walks off lol Spank the Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #55 August 11, 2011 I got one of the surprisingly common ones last night from an old friend from graduate school that I see once every couple of years or so. Him: You still jumping out of airplanes? Me: Yup, still having a great time. Him: So how many skydives do you have now? Me: Just over 800. Him: So you're jumping by yourself now, right? "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poolmarty 0 #56 August 11, 2011 Over heard at lost Prairie: QuoteDo you think they do this all the time or just this week every year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #57 August 11, 2011 Quote Quote a couple high school students that come out on weekends and pack. That one really blows thier minds. We had a ten year old that used to pack student rigs. She did a great job, never packed a mal. Was hilarious - "uhh... is that little girl supposed to be messing with that parachute?" "Yeah, she's packing it, that's the one you'll be jumping." I've always told folks that the only reason my parents had kids was for packers. Was packing by 6 years old for $.50! And yes, the 1st time jumper is scared shitless when they discovered that! Whuffo's: For years when questioned about my religion and jumping on Sunday's, I always replied: I get closer to god every weekend than most folks do in a lifetime. Was a good answer for 20 years until about 4 years ago when chatting with some whuffo parents. Their 10 yo daughter looked up and said: Yea, but he keeps sending you back! I about lost it, I was speechless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxwellman23 0 #58 August 12, 2011 Thanks for the laugh I am ALIVE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #59 August 12, 2011 Hi Fly-r, Eons ago, had a girlfriends' mom ask a bunch of typical whuff ?? One was about fall times so I say from 12,500' ya' can do about 60 seconds till ya pull your chute at 2500'. She says,"MY GOD!, How can you hold your breath that long!!!!???"SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #60 August 12, 2011 Quote Over heard at lost Prairie: Quote Do you think they do this all the time or just this week every year? Not such a silly question, i know of folks who only do the odd boogie or two. Their currency sucksYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #61 August 12, 2011 Quote Quote Over heard at lost Prairie: Quote Do you think they do this all the time or just this week every year? Not such a silly question, i know of folks who only do the odd boogie or two. Their currency sucks Maybe it's cuz they like to keep their 'currency' in their wallet (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TriGirl 298 #62 August 12, 2011 Quote Whuffo's: For years when questioned about my religion and jumping on Sunday's, I always replied: I get closer to god every weekend than most folks do in a lifetime. Was a good answer for 20 years until about 4 years ago when chatting with some whuffo parents. Their 10 yo daughter looked up and said: Yea, but he keeps sending you back! I about lost it, I was speechless. Okay, THAT is funny! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokierower 0 #63 August 12, 2011 Quote Whuffo's: For years when questioned about my religion and jumping on Sunday's, I always replied: I get closer to god every weekend than most folks do in a lifetime. Was a good answer for 20 years until about 4 years ago when chatting with some whuffo parents. Their 10 yo daughter looked up and said: Yea, but he keeps sending you back! I about lost it, I was speechless. That was pretty good. Thanks for the laugh. When I bought my first rig all of the components were used and I told my parents that I'd bought a rig. My mom looks at me and asks me "You bought a USED parachute?" I looked back at her and said, "Yea, they aren't like rubbers, you can use them more than once!" My whole family still cracks up over that, especially when they ask me what I'm doing this weekend and I respond by saying that I'm gonna go jump my used parachute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #64 August 12, 2011 Quote"Yea, they aren't like rubbers, you can use them more than once!" So, you're not from a Scottish family? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokierower 0 #65 August 12, 2011 Hahaha, nope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerRoo 0 #66 August 12, 2011 Quote Quote Whuffo's: For years when questioned about my religion and jumping on Sunday's, I always replied: I get closer to god every weekend than most folks do in a lifetime. Was a good answer for 20 years until about 4 years ago when chatting with some whuffo parents. Their 10 yo daughter looked up and said: Yea, but he keeps sending you back! I about lost it, I was speechless. Okay, THAT is funny! Very funny!! I was laughing so hard and then had to explain it to my coworker.. (I.C.D#2 VP) ""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #67 August 12, 2011 QuoteQuote"Yea, they aren't like rubbers, you can use them more than once!" So, you're not from a Scottish family? Turn it inside out and wash the fuck out of it."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
