hobie331 0 #1 June 28, 2007 My wife comes home today from work and asks, "do you know what a fluffer is?" This is a women who was raised in the Holdeman Mennonite church and lived in that lifestyle until she was 29 years old. Since leaving though she has gone on to receive degrees in criminal justice and post grad degrees in sociology. Anyway, what is the safest way to answer such questions in the future. We were eating dinner at the time, so I'm guessing blowing my beverage out my nose probably gave the answer away this time. Evidently were she works(mental health ward at a correctional facility) a higher percentage of men knew than women. It's a gift, I don't try to explain it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #2 June 28, 2007 I have a video called "The Fluffer" Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #3 June 28, 2007 It's Scottish. http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/fluffer"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
virgin-burner 1 #4 June 28, 2007 what the heck IS a fluffer?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #5 June 28, 2007 I assume the same thing as A "Fluff Girl". http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fluff+Girl "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #6 June 28, 2007 Yup. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #7 June 28, 2007 I thought it was common knwledge but I always end up running into people who have no idea what it is. Crazy I tell ya, who wouldn't want a job like that History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #8 June 28, 2007 Are we talking about food? Because all I can think of when you say "Fluffer" is a Fluffer-nutter (you know a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich... mmmm.... Fluffer-nutter ) and it doesn't help that y'all are talking about crazy people too... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 June 28, 2007 I voted Male No. I have no clue and from the sound of it, maybe I don't want to know. 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
Jewels 0 #10 June 28, 2007 My tunnel coach and his wife explained to me what the function of a fluffer is, in a very clinical way, of course. (NO DEMOS. ) There are a lot of terms I had never before imagined out there. . . . All I have to do is book a lot of coached time and by this time next year, I should be bilingual! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #11 June 28, 2007 I had to look it up. I just can't imagine what she does to do her job effectively. I imagine it's a precarious balancing act... not too much... not too little... My kids had to explain what a "shocker" was. Everyone at the DZ likes to display that hand signal when photos are taken, but they wouldn't tell me what it meant. Yep, I've had a real education since becoming a skydiver. I've learned things that I never even imagined. What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #12 June 28, 2007 Ohhhh, I didn't know there was a hand signal, too. It only came up because they call it "tunnel fluffing" on the rare occasions when the tunnel isn't booked and the instructors get in to fly for the benefit of anyone who might be watching. It made no sense. . . . Anyway, hand signals must be for the advanced class. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharimcm 0 #13 June 28, 2007 I didn't know what a fluffer was until I started skydiving. But, a conversation last night led me back to this poll, and I posed the question to the young man I was talking with. I then had to tell him what it was... I answered FEMALE - YES. "I had a dude tip his black cowboy hat to me after I provided him with a condom outside my hotel room at 3-something in the morning." -myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #14 June 28, 2007 I have heard that fluffers are a myth. And being a connoisseur of porn, I have seen lots of 'behind the scenes' footage, and from what I have seen, the male performers are responsible for their own 'fluffing'. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #15 June 28, 2007 Road trip to CA. Hang out at Skydive Taft. http://www.skydivetaft.com/ She'll pick-up on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #16 June 28, 2007 Quote ...being a connoisseur of porn, I have seen lots of 'behind the scenes' footage, and from what I have seen, the male performers are responsible for their own 'fluffing'. Sooo, Zippo, you're saying you like watching video of guys playing with themselves? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #17 June 28, 2007 Interestingly, this term does not appear in the dz.com glossary--and I thought it was a pretty thorough website!TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #18 June 28, 2007 Quote Ohhhh, I didn't know there was a hand signal, too. It only came up because they call it "tunnel fluffing" on the rare occasions when the tunnel isn't booked and the instructors get in to fly for the benefit of anyone who might be watching. It made no sense. . . . Anyway, hand signals must be for the advanced class. I know this is hard, but you must pay attention or you won't get a good grade in class. The hand signal I was referring to is for the "shocker," not "fluffing." These are two different things.What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #19 June 28, 2007 I know this is hard, but you must pay attention or you won't get a good grade in class. The hand signal I was referring to is for the "shocker," not "fluffing." These are two different things. GREAT. Now I have to get coaching on hand signals, too. I just wonder whether that should come BEFORE or AFTER a good canopy course.TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #21 June 28, 2007 GREAT. Now I have to get coaching on hand signals, too. I just wonder whether that should come BEFORE or AFTER a good canopy course. You'd do better to take it after. Just hanging around the DZ will add greatly to your education. What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #22 June 28, 2007 QuoteIt's Scottish. http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/fluffer . . . and the Shrek is scottish . . . so are you sayng that Skinnyshrek is a Fluffer?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #23 June 28, 2007 Quote I know this is hard, but you must pay attention or you won't get a good grade in class. Laugh The hand signal I was referring to is for the "shocker," not "fluffing." These are two different things. I had to look up "shocker". It's a pretty "advanced" hand gesture compared to what we used as kids. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #24 June 28, 2007 I had to look up "shocker." It's a pretty "advanced" hand gesture compared to what we used as kids. Yeah, well, can you imagine my chagrin that I had to learn the meaning from my kids? Actually, I was then able to educate a former member of Airspeed who had never heard of it before either. It's amazing the topics of conversation that come up in a wind tunnel camp break. I learned what a Rodriquez Brother initiation was from a woman who was in that same camp! Although I'm not very clear on the mechanics on how it is accomplished. What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #25 June 28, 2007 Hey, I would rather have my wife ask me what a "fluffer" is, than my daughter... How in the hell do you explain what a fluffer is to a little kid? I would just get pillows and show her how to fluff them... "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
