skybozo

I've seen them made out of silver and out of gold. Anyone seen one made out of platinum?

Air Trash or Sky Trash I hear "suicidal maniac" from my whuffo friends.

What did Helen Keller do during her first skydive? ...Screamed her hands off.

And how about the reputation of the dropzone? I can't imagine any dropzone wants to be known as a place where loose and dangerous shit happens. The rep gets even worse if someone gets hurt or goes in. And how about the reputation of skydiving in general? It attracts more people to the sport if it can be shown to be performed safely, and more participants helps to support the various skydiving businesses, especially dropzones. It's also a lot easier to get approval for the wild and crazy shit we'd like to do if we can show that we do it in a safe and survivable manner. Not to mention the possibility of "help" from the FAA if they decide that skydiving is getting unsafe. The skydiving community has worked very hard for a lot of years to keep skydiving a self-policing activity. Which, in turn, makes skydiving more economical for all involved. What would a jump ticket cost if the FAA were actually running the drop zones? Actions are optional; consequences are not.

Just remember: the beans go UNDER the frank.

Send 'em all to the dropzone. Let God sort them out Seriously, I haven't turned anyone away from the sport, but I have explained in great detail the risks and the mitigations, and I stress repeatedly that only they can decide if the risk is acceptable to them or not. I will not twist anyone's arm to make a skydive because accepting the risk is such a personal decision. After that, an instructor is probably a better judge of their potential than I am. Eventually time will tell. I take this approach because I have seen a lot of people that I never would have expected become very good skydivers, and I have seen the opposite as well.

Actually, it's worse than I thought. They've been genetically modified! http://www.improb.com/projects/mingo/flamingo-protest.html

Found 'em, Tink! They're extinct! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingo Google can find anything

I had that same dream, except I pulled every one of my handles and none of them worked. I was really getting frantic, then the next thing I know I'm picking myself up off the ground. Everyone saw me go in, and they were laughing hysterically. I was so embarrassed!

Now, when they all fart, it sounds like a round of applause.