freeflir29 0 #1 October 8, 2006 Do you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 October 8, 2006 just you clayYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #3 October 8, 2006 I was paying attention; I just had no clue how close the circus was to real life. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #4 October 8, 2006 No...clowns skeer me, so I stay far, far away from them..although clowns do chase me with their horns and noisemakers to get my attention for some reason. I've never been a fan of the circus or its character acts...just like I never liked Wizard of OZ either...damn flying monkeys _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #5 October 8, 2006 I've personally helped cart no fewer than 3 people off to the ER or the Pysch Ward for mental problems, mostly, though not entirely LSD related. Had a few of my own, thank God for Lexipro. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #6 October 8, 2006 Once again Clay, you do not offer the option of none. I don't know any truly insane people, unless they're really good at keeping secrets. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 October 8, 2006 As I have said before, I used to think that my friends were crazy. I found out two things: It turned out that it isn't only my friends that are crazy, I just know them well enough to see it. Second, my friends are a little more honest about their interests. That places them outside the "normal" range. Others are the same, they just won't admit it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #8 October 8, 2006 I keep all the insane people I've met in life in a jar in my bedroom... er... I mean... nevermind... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 October 8, 2006 I know plenty of truly disturbed people. PLENTY. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apollard24 0 #10 October 8, 2006 I voted for 3...One is the ring leader of the circus, the other two are the clowns in the funny carBreathe out so I can breathe you in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
udder 0 #11 October 8, 2006 One of my best friends in high school had plans to kill everyone at school. I checked out his drawing cause he likes to draw alot and said it was really cool. Would've worked a treat. 8 ampho bombs in different bags and in planter boxes around the edges of the hall during an assembly, outsides lined with 2 layers of ball bearings and a layer of nails. And then an AK47 with a 200 round box mag to clean up survivors. AK's arent hard to get in South Africa. All this at the tender age of 13. He didn't have any plans to carry it out but he told one kid he was going kill him and everyone, and this kid went to the principle. End school career in that state. I left the country that same year and when I saw him 4 years later he was truly nuts. Even his friends admit to having beaten him unconscious numerous times when he's been drunk cause he's out of control. Nearly got me killed twice. In 4 days. Still love the nutter, just need to keep him away from money and brandy."In one way or the other, I'm a bad brother. Word to the motherf**ker." Eazy-E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #12 October 8, 2006 QuoteAs I have said before, I used to think that my friends were crazy. I found out one thing... I was the one who was crazy _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #13 October 8, 2006 3 insane friends immediately come to mind. Me, Myself, and I. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dharma1976 0 #14 October 8, 2006 well see my definition of insane is crackhead assasins in guatemala or tunnel rats that served like 7 tours... so yes I collect them Davehttp://www.skyjunky.com CSpenceFLY - I can't believe the number of people willing to bet their life on someone else doing the right thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #15 October 8, 2006 Yep, I knew a guy like that. He wasn't all that bad in high school, but was on the fringes though, and he did wear a trench coat. He was also deaf, like me. Then we went to the same college and once there, he spiralled out of control. It was sooo bad that some of our friends banded together and conspired to get him in enough trouble to get him kicked out. He was going to get expelled sooner or later on his own, we just wanted to speed up the process because he was driving us all nuts. I made a lengthy post in the "best practical jokes" thread about 3 or 4 pranks we did on him. See if I can find the link to it... yep, here it is: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2457433;search_string=pranks%20;guest=28801161#2457433"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
warpedskydiver 0 #16 October 8, 2006 QuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? You mean other than the three of me? or were you just referring to the other MPD cases around the DZ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallfreak 0 #17 October 8, 2006 Seriously?? Only one... Jack House...we all knew he was a little bit "slow" but didn't think he was crazy...that is, until he murdered two small boys with his bare hands in a drunken frenzy, in Hotlanta back in about 1970-71. He is now, and has been, on Death Row in Jackson, Ga since 1971-72 but they won't execute him...you have to be sane to be executed and he pretends/plays to commit suicide each time his execution date rolls around and they pack him off to a hospital and delay his execution. I'd pull the trigger on him myself if I ever got the chance for what he did, but unfortunately, that will never happen. TripleF "Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amibovered 0 #18 October 8, 2006 Wibble !If theirs a hell bellow, We're all gonna go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #19 October 8, 2006 QuoteI voted for 3...One is the ring leader of the circus, the other two are the clowns in the funny car I was just trying to remember who was driving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antifnsocial 0 #20 October 8, 2006 QuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention?Cupcake I RUN the circus. Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #21 October 8, 2006 QuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? When the WFFC comes to town, the numbers increase significantly..... Man I love this job!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #22 October 8, 2006 QuoteQuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? When the WFFC comes to town, the numbers increase significantly..... Man I love this job!I know how you feel. One night, I was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to go to this pizza place in Champaign."No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #23 October 8, 2006 QuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? What's the matter, you wake up and realize that those clown shoes under your bed belong to you? HAHA In all seriousness, I used to work with the mentally ill back in the day at an institution. I have seen my fair share of real "crazy people", but in comparison I have met and know more people who are truly mentally ill or damaged in skydiving than I ever did working at the institution. The only difference is that they aren't locked up or on their meds. If you ask me, the real crazy people aren't the ones locked up."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #24 October 8, 2006 Scott, Have you ever noticed that the ones who should be on meds aren't; and the ones that are on meds are only on them because they live with the ones who aren't? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #25 October 8, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteDo you ever feel like someone kidnapped you to the circus while you weren't paying attention? When the WFFC comes to town, the numbers increase significantly..... Man I love this job!I know how you feel. One night, I was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to go to this pizza place in Champaign. And you didn't take ME??!! Well, actually, from the time it starts until it ends, I HATE leaving the WFFC for any reason, so it really would take a gun to get me to go with you. Although we went to dinner one night years ago and Andy Anderson had this great story about a tandem, a buddy of his breaking his leg, a bunch of snakes and a forest fire. My sides still hurt thinking of him telling it in the middle of a restaurant. I have NEVER laughed so hard. Oh yea, and we got to the restaurant by stolen vehicle. Great night!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
