skydivegirl 0 #51 March 12, 2003 I cannot tell you how many times someone has seen the skydiving sticker on my truck and then asked me 'oh, does your boyfriend/husband skydive'. Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slink2 0 #52 March 13, 2003 -What do you do if the second one does not open?- As children, thats what my brother and I would ask my dad when talking about his paratrooper days. He would always respond..."go back up to the plane and get a new one" I'm glad to say we knew he was joking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #53 March 13, 2003 What do you do when it doesnt open me: grab the grass can you really breath through your skin? me: can you? "I saw this movie once and the skydivers in it were moving around...then I remembered that you skidive and I wanted to ask..you cant really move around when youre falling right?" me...THINKING this is gonna take a while.. me: I fly a high performance canopy that is capable of landing at 50-60 mph whuffo: Ohhh My how dont you break your legs every time? doesnt that hurt? me: no its forward speed...then I slow the parachute and myself down before I put my wieght on the ground whuffo: yeah I get that but you slow down so fast when you hit the ground right??? its not like you have air brakes or something... me...ahh hell if you really want to know jsut come to the dz sometime.. -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTPi 0 #54 March 13, 2003 From a fellow teacher, "Wow, you have an A license? You must be awesome. Those guys that have D's, I bet they suck. That's why they got D's, right?" -- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fudd 0 #55 March 13, 2003 I overheard my girlfriend replying to her sister about if she wasn't worried about me going to start skydiving. She said: "Not really, but when he learns to pack parachutes he got to get good at folding bedsheets..." I think I may have dissapointed her on that... There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #56 March 13, 2003 My favorite whuffo question is from whuffos who have just been introduced to me asking "Can you take me for a free skydive?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 0 #57 March 13, 2003 This has happened to me 2 or 3 times now: The skydivers that just landed walk to the van. We walk past some watching whuffo's. I am one of the last ones. I pass said whuffo's, with my canopy hanging over my shoulder, they go: Did YOU just jump outta a plane??!! Yeah so what, can't help that I'm a girl, and that I thereby offend some whuffo's sensibilities... ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tosca 0 #58 March 13, 2003 "If I want to start skydiving, isn´t it better to start practicing from lower altitudes. Like from a bridge or a small mountain." But I have realized that sometimes when I think a whuffo question is funny, it can be my interpretation of the question that is funny, not necessarily the question itself. When talking with people one doesn´t know well, maybe it´s better to presume that their questions are intelligent. And maybe find out that the question with an ”obvious” answer, actually might not be trivial at all.. Sometimes it can add an interesting aspect! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #59 March 13, 2003 It's a bit off the 'thread line' but... Have ya ever been told ALL ABOUT SKYDIVING by some whuffo that has never jumped?? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gale 0 #60 March 13, 2003 I seem to have this conversation with whuffo guys a lot: Me: I like to skydive. Him: Really? Me: Yes. Him: Really? Me: Yes, Him: Really? Me: YES! Him: REALLY? Me: Do you want to see the pictures???? I think that some people (mostly men) find it hard to beleive that a girl with pigtails and sparkles would do something they are way to terrified to even contemplate. GaleI'm drowning...so come inside Welcome to my...dirty mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frodo 0 #61 March 13, 2003 First, folks at home were frightened to learn that I have to jump out of airplanes, not buildings etc., or, in our terms, that BASE is safer than skydiving because the altitudes are smallerSecond, a TA (teaching assistant) in the geography course I'm taking, seriously asked "So do you use parachutes?" (No, not necessarily, I don't really need it muchThird, when my dad saw a photo (at webshots.com) of CRW, taken from above (so that you only see the canopies, but not jumpers) he asked, "Wow, that guy must be rich, he bought himself 3 parachutes!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #62 March 13, 2003 I've seen that smile before in response to skydiving issues being discussed. Just think of it as being similar to when a task freezes up on your computer and no other program responds or it goes to a "blue screen". You need to give them time to reboot their brains, after which they act like you didn't say what you said.| I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #63 March 13, 2003 I don't think I've seen this one mentioned: After talking to someone about how I like skydiving, they'll ask where I go, how many times, etc etc. After I tell them my jump numbers, I've heard this one a few times now: Can you pull for yourself now? Uhh...I guess they've never seen prices for tandems!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivegirl 0 #64 March 13, 2003 I overheard a tandem who (at around 7,000 agl) said 'stop! Lets just jump from here. This is high enough' As if you'd make a smaller splat from 7,000 than you would from 14,000 Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,120 #65 March 13, 2003 A couple of years ago I told an acquaintance that I'd made a skydive the previous weekend. He went on and on about life-affirming experiences, and how they were overrated, and how it was really up to me to decide how to live my life etc. etc. etc. So then I told him I'd made about 1100 before that. Pretty funny. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #66 March 13, 2003 Just ask him if he plays golf, skis, or bowls. Same thing, but at least as rewarding. It's your golf course in the sky and you get together a whatever-some (oops, -way) a few times a weekend whenever you have the chance. If you like the person tell to come with you sometime. The difference is that the instructor will tee him off. |I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #67 March 13, 2003 i've gotten the "Were those stickers on your jeep when you bought it?" and even after"how many times have you jumped?", i reply, and they still ask, "do you go by yourself?" and "do you pack your own parachute?" and "do you pull the chord yourself?" and one of my favorite sexist comments is "did your boyfriend get you started skydiving?" or "was he your instructor?" i wonder if some people ever realize how sexist or stupid they sound sometimes. peacehttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivegirl 0 #68 March 13, 2003 Quotei've gotten the "Were those stickers on your jeep when you bought it?" I've never heard that one but that's damn funny!Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #69 March 13, 2003 Quote do you pull the chord yourself One of my friends got really disappointed when I showed him my rig (he asked to see it), and he couldn't see a ripcord. (was looking for a metal handle and I have a reserve pad). He then thought I couldn't possibly have any way of opening my parachute ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpCrazy 0 #70 March 14, 2003 Another good one that I get a lot when I ask if a whuffo wants to make their first skydive (PFF): whuffo:"You mean I can't go by myself?" I've also seen students who want to wear a camera helmet on their first jump. then there is the classic ones where they ask if I can skysurf yet (at 13 jumps). When I got my new gear, a couple of my whuffo buddies wanted me to jump off of my house and use my chute. I tried and tried but I couldn't explain that a chute can take about 700ft to open. this list could go on and onFlying Hellfish #470 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
judyindeskys 0 #71 March 14, 2003 My Dad was in the final stages of colon cancer when my husband did his first tandem. Dad was heavily dosed with morphine when he watched the video. Don Kellner was on the load with my husband and when he opened the door and jumped before my husband, my Dad turned to us and very seriously asked "Was that the pilot?" It was one of the last truely great laughs we had with Dad before he died. judy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lauril 0 #72 March 14, 2003 Quote then there is the classic ones where they ask if I can skysurf yet (at 13 jumps). As I snowboard, friends keep asking that is skysurf my favourite discipline..Like it has something to do with snowboarding.. Quote When I got my new gear, a couple of my whuffo buddies wanted me to jump off of my house and use my chute... A friend just a while ago (he has about 3 s/l jumps) asked me to come to sweden climbing with him, and my answer was that if I'm taking a trip to sweden, it'll be the freefly festival, and he said, 'but you could take your rig with you and we can climb up and then you could jump down' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
btvr 0 #73 March 14, 2003 Not a question, but did you ever run into these people that always knew someone that does it? I've heard some off the wall shit, like: "My friend did it 10 times and is like an instructor now" Sure okay! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #74 March 14, 2003 I get this one all the time "dont you hit birds and get bugs in your teeth?" -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greig 0 #75 March 14, 2003 My DZO once told me of a call he got from someone asking about PFF. After he finished explaining it all to the guy the guy asked "So do you supply the snowboards, or do I have to bring my own?" I can't count the number of times people have asked me if I ever "strap a snowboard to my feet" when I jump!! Blue Skies!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
