jephprospect 0 #1 November 7, 2008 Someone asked me today if bugs hit me while in freefall. I thought it was pretty funny. I guess it could be possible but nothing i ever thought of and the image of a bug splatting on my goggles just cracks me up. The funniest thing I've heard so far is when my mom was watching my AFF video she asked if I flew the plane as well. I told her to think about what she just said and laughed. Anyone got any good ones? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadiDadi 0 #2 November 7, 2008 Heeeyyyy!!! I was legimately concerned about skydiver-bird collisions and did ask about it on my first jump. Birds hit planes all the time and people get killed. I was concerned about taking a crow to the forehead. It's a legitimate question... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #3 November 7, 2008 QuoteAnyone got any good ones? Wow, I get to respond with the most often asked question: "Can you breath in freefall?"Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 November 7, 2008 Quote Heeeyyyy!!! I was legimately concerned about skydiver-bird collisions and did ask about it on my first jump. Birds hit planes all the time and people get killed. I was concerned about taking a crow to the forehead. It's a legitimate question... There have been bird-skydiver collisions... nobody won."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #5 November 7, 2008 Many times I have been asked if I am very religious after stating that I jump on the weekends. As long as I can remember I always replied: Sure I am, I get closer to God every time I get in the airplane." Most of the time I get a small laugh but pretty much the last time I said it there was this little girl, probably about 8 years old standing in the group. She looked up to me and said: " Maybe so, but he keeps sending you back!" I was a bit stunned, not sure to laugh or what, ultimately I laughed and thought to myself: it took about 15 years and an 8 yo to finally respond to my religious statement. Always thought that was amusing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #6 November 7, 2008 Quote I guess it could be possible but nothing i ever thought of and the image of a bug splatting on my goggles just cracks me up. I'll just add what my instructor said to me when I got down from a jump and claimed that I'd hit alot of bugs in freefall (goggles were smeared). He just smiled and said "Bugs don't fly that high"! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #7 November 7, 2008 ...ever seen one of these? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #8 November 7, 2008 Quote Heeeyyyy!!! I was legimately concerned about skydiver-bird collisions and did ask about it on my first jump. Birds hit planes all the time and people get killed. I was concerned about taking a crow to the forehead. It's a legitimate question... last sunday I fell past a gull (less than 15ft). Very Scary EDITED TO ADD a graphic explanation pfeffe.over-blog.com/article-24387054-6.html#comment33122408scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnboy 0 #9 November 7, 2008 My personal favorite: one of our tandem instructors shared this with us. He was on the ground with his PAX waiting their turn to jump. The person he was taking up was watching another tandem come down and exclaimed, "Look! They're throwing confetti!" If puke is confetti, she was spot on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skittles_of_SDC 0 #10 November 7, 2008 its not freefall but... skip to 0:43 I like: Does it hurt when your parachute pulls you upward? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyjunkySean 0 #11 November 7, 2008 do you open the door whilethe plane is flying?....I just stared at the chick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #12 November 7, 2008 QuoteDoes it hurt when your parachute pulls you upward? That's a classic comment... Another classic "but if the first canopy doesn't work and then the second one fails to, what happens then?".... My usual answer is: then "I'm going to die with a big splatter and the resque team will have to use a mop to clean up my mess".... I know it's a stupid thing to say but when you get this same question for the 1000'nd time then the answer isn't going to be any better....“The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #13 November 7, 2008 "I think you're all fuckin' crazy." Laughed at first but after thinking about it a little.....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 November 7, 2008 Yeah but that Crazy Laugh may just have proved his point (.)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
billeisele 122 #15 November 7, 2008 why do you wear these funny suits? so if you hit the ground they just tie a knot in the legs and arms and carry off the messGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #16 November 7, 2008 So..you steer in freefall using those stiff strips of fabric on the side of your coveralls?"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
shropshire 0 #17 November 7, 2008 "Why?" That still cracks me up after all these years. (.)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
DaGimp 0 #18 November 7, 2008 ive had 2 funny ones that come to mind.. 1) while briefing a tandem group, I was to be the videographer for one person, and the other person was also getting video, so the lady who im NOT going with asks me "So, we are on the same plane, and your gona film us both right?" rsponce "No mame, gravity will not allow me to leave the airplane with your daughter film her skydive till they open and come back up to the plane to film your skydive." 2. In Yuma AZ after a day of training a guy asks me "So if you open your parachute and you realize that the wind is pushing you back to far away from your landing area, can you pull your parachute back in, go back into freefall till you get closer to the ground therefor eleminating the wind and have a better chance at landing in your area?" Response......I was speachless"Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #19 November 7, 2008 I've more than once had someone ask how the plane is keeping up with me when showing them video of a skydive. I love to dish it out as well though. I've more than once talked about falling through rain and exclaim how it stings. They always ask why it stings. It's almost priceless when you come back to them with, well we are hitting the pointy side of the drop so I guess that is why it stings. Takes em a second sometimes. Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #20 November 7, 2008 I overheard a tandem passenger asking a tandem instructor ... Quote"Will we be able to see the ground when we jump?""That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtnesbitt 0 #21 November 7, 2008 My favorite is still: "If someone else's parachute doesnt work can you fly over and hold on to them?" Although I have had someone ask me once: "What happens if you die?" I told them at that point it no longer concerns me "If this post needs to be moderated I would prefer it to be completly removed and not edited and butchered into a disney movie" - DorkZone Hero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #22 November 7, 2008 I'm going to finish AFF when i have enough money to make more than 3 jumps." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 19 #23 November 7, 2008 Hi jp, Back in late '64 I had about thirty or so jumps and my girlfriends' mom asked me about jumping. Where do you jump? What kind of plane,..etc? How high do you jump from?? At that time I had maybe 2 or 3 30SD's from 7500' (Generally the top floor for our Cessna 172). Next question,"How long do you fall from that high??" "About 30 or so seconds," I reply. "Oh My, how can you hold your breath that long????" said she.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #24 November 7, 2008 "Why do you go back up when the parachute comes out?" is one I hear quite often.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #25 November 7, 2008 Another: "What happens if the strings get tangled up?" I stearnly tell them to not get tangled or I wont let them skydive anymore. Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
