Hook Turns: Proverbs; verse 4:32:1

[lazerq3 0]

First shalt thou open thy parachute,
When thou seekest to land thyself
then shalt thou do three hook turns,
no more, no less.
Three shall be the number of hook turns thou shalt do,
and the number of the hook turns shall be three.
Four hook turns shalt thou not do, neither hook turn thou twice,
excepting that thou then proceed to three hook turns.
Five hook turns is right out.
Once the hook turns are three, being the third hook turn,
then prepare thou thy most precious face and sacred body to meet earth,
and thus since thou art being naughty in my sight,
I shall snuff you deep into the ground for all to see,
and behold my wonderous power."
*something I found while surfing the Web*
jason

[des 2]

dammit! lay off.
i've hooked or front risered my last 4000 jumps and it's the best way to land.
people die in all sorts of ways,hooking is only one of them.
if you don't have the experience or ability,don't hook,but leave those who do alone.
shit,i'm sick of this crap.

[mountainman 0]

Damn Des.....simmer down. I think he was just saying that it was funny.
Someone needs some valium!!
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[skreamer 1]

The whole hook turn thing and cypres thing have been debated to death. As long as the experienced jumpers aren't endangering anybody else in the landing area, I don't see that it is anybody else's business how they choose to land their canopy. Everybody is well aware of the potential risks of hooking, if they choose to do so it is THEIR prerogative (and their ass in the saddle).
Mountainman, I am still a total beginner/newbie myself after just 36 jumps, but I know better than to suggest valium to an experienced skydiver especially regarding a topic as contentious as this. There is nothing funny about people dying as a result of a bad hook turn, just as there is nothing funny about the many many other ways you could die skydiving.
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[Deleted 0]

Damn, this is funny!
This is my all time favourite quote from that movie, I am always reciting shite from it!
lazerq, that is a good find!!!
Cheers,
Kia Kaha,
Pyke
NZPF A-2584

[SkySlut 0]

Well, If somebody is going to start handing out Valium...I could use one!!!
-Slut
"I'll jump anything!"

[Pammi 0]

I agree with Screamer that whatever someone chooses to do is their own thing...but that's my 'life philosphy' anyway. *shrug*
I don't think Lazer was trying to bring up an old debate tho...just posting something humorous he found on the web and if others hookturn regularly and are okay with it, who cares? That wasn't really the point...it was just a joke. If you do it, you're okay with it, then go to it! Don't get defensive about it tho...just shrug and say "Welp, that's your opinion." None of us are 'all-knowing' so don't get upset with someone else's opinion..that's all it is. Like Dad used to say (being a hick and all like we are) "Opinions are like assholes..everyone has one!"
Well that's my long-winded version of what Brandon was trying to say. Just chill! If you're okay with hookturns, cool. If you're not, cool too.
My .02 as usual Pammi
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
-Joan Borysenko

[SpeedRacer 1]

NEE!
Speed Racer
"Blue Skies, Red eyes, Sore thighs!"

[wildblue 4]

Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm

[mountainman 0]

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Well that's my long-winded version of what Brandon was trying to say.

thanks Pammi...I think you are the only here that sees that I am just trying to say that he was just posting something funny and not tring to be telling what to do. Screamer, I totally agree with not telling people what to do. Especially since I have a whole one jump. You are all pros in my eyes.
Anyway, I enjoy jokes as much (if not more) as the next Joe, but people need to see why people post and realize that they are not all flames.
bluez
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[Slowfaller 0]

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Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm

NOWWW, you shall find the tallest tree in the forrest...and cut that tree down with....A HERRING!!!!

[Deleted 0]

GOOD GOD PEOPLE, FOR EVERYONE THAT THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY , THANXS, FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT TOOK OFFENCE CHILL THE FUCK OUT IT WAS A JOKE!!!!!! THIS IS A TAKE OFF OF A QUOTE IN A MONTY PYTHON MOVIE. ITS A JOKE. GEESE,, I DONT GIVE IF SHIT IF YOU HOOK ,WERE CYPREE (STILL WONDERING HOW THAT CAME INTO PLAY) OR WHAT YOU DO
JASON (sorry forgot to log in)

[decorous 0]

It is odd, I watched that movie last night.
As for the post, keep em cumming, a sense of humor has never killed anyone. Well except for that roger rabbit movie where those toons died from laughing.

[Pammi 0]

I still gotta see that one...heard it's hilarious...
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
-Joan Borysenko

[mountainman 0]

jason....that was great! Keep the funny stuff coming. I think some people on here need a little more humor in their lives. As for the rest of us, we can't get enough of it!
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[cloud9 0]

Ya know I can't help but think.
I had friends killed in car wrecks.(speeding)
One died of lung cancer (smoking)
My uncle died of liver disease (drinking)
One from AIDS a heterosexual.(you know)
So my thoughts
Put the pedal to the medal.
Smoke em if you got em!
Bottoms up (cheers).
and Hook it in if ya got the balls cause somthin is gonna get ya sooner or later.
Some fun eh!

[des 2]

your right mountainman. i'm a wanker,when i'm drunk.sorry,all.
des

[skreamer 1]

Des
I'm just a wanker all the time...

/s

[skySue 0]

OK, now from a Christian - roflmao, I loved it, funny funny funny, keep 'em coming Jason

[wingnut 0]

i love to hook it........that is hook the worms when i go fishing!!!!!!......damn, that sounded alot funnier in my head.....i think ineed some help my humor is going sour on me.......
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[mountainman 0]

des...no problems. Just thought I would point out at the beginning that he was just postin some humor for us all. Alcohol does strange things to us...isn't that why we like it??and wingnut...hmm...yeah, that sounds funnier in the head then written. But hey, oh well.
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[Pammi 0]

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i'm a wanker

I love that word! HEHE!
It's all good guys...if we weren't 'wankers' (snicker) sometimes, we prob'ly wouldn't be skydivers either :)
Pammi
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
-Joan Borysenko

[mountainman 0]

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if we weren't 'wankers' (snicker) sometimes, we prob'ly wouldn't be skydivers either

I don't know. I found out what a wanker is and it doesn't sound like something that a woman can be (in the literal sense at least), but yeah, I love that word too. When I was hangin out with some Brits, they said all kinds of funny stuff a lot: wanker, shag, fish-n-chips, crisps (chips), something about being a "short plank", and everything isn't nice, it's "lovely". I LOVED IT!!
Adios all...
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[SpeedRacer 1]

Gives me an idea for a new thread!
Speed Racer
"Blue Skies, Red eyes, Sore thighs!"

[Greg 0]

I have humor............
It was a hot day in Minnesota. Helga hung the wash out to
dry, put a roast in the oven, then went downstairs to pick
up some dry cleaning. "Gootness, it's hot," she mused to
herself as she walked down Main street.
She passed by a tavern and thought, "Vy nodt?" so she
walked in and took a seat at the bar. The bartender came up
and asked her what she would like to drink.
"Ya know," Helga said, "it is so hot I tink I'll have
myself zee cold beer."
The bartender asked, "Anheuser Busch?"
Helga blushed and replied "Vell fine, tanks, und how's
yer pecker?"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!