What do wuffos think your closing pin necklace is?

[ltdiver 3]

I have a ball with wearing my closing pin necklace outside of the DZ. Wuffos come up with all kinds of crazy explanations on what they think it really is.

This week, for example, I got some interesting ones.

--a fertility symbol
--a symbol for 'woman'
--an indian symbol
--a bottle opener?

What have you had wuffos guess about your skydiving ware?

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Kerozene 0]

A sect symbol.

Very funny indeed...

"That makes me angry, and when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset....people DIE!!!"

[Gawain 0]

Of course, what I really want to know is what their reaction was once you told them what it was. I'm betting it was typical whuffo, "Oh."

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[ltdiver 3]

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A sect symbol.

Very funny indeed...

Oh, but we -are- a cult, aren't we?

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Lee03 0]

They have no idea what it is so they don't ask! Hadn't had anyone ask me yet. i'm sure some wuffo will ask one day, and when I tell them they will probably freak! Oh well, thus is life I guess.

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To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

--Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

[ltdiver 3]

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Of course, what I really want to know is what their reaction was once you told them what it was. I'm betting it was typical whuffo, "Oh."

Well, these were people are my work who came up with the examples above. I've never worn my closing pin necklace there before, so they were all coming up to me and asking about it (curious buggers, aren't they! ).

They're a very cool bunch, though, so when they ran out of guesses I told them. They were like, "Cool! How does it work? What is it made out of?". A couple of them have already done a tandem, so they were the ones who wished I'd brought my rig so they could uinderstand better.

Did I mention that I love my job?

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Kat1221 0]

The only one that guessed said "some kind of torture device?". Don't know how he came up with that....
lol... most don't bother to guess.

[ripper0289 0]

I can't wait to find out~I ordered a necklace from preyorpins and am eagerly awaiting the day of arrival.

[Casch 0]

I've had someone call it a "Metallic banana schlong thing", before they asked what it really was.

I've tried to tell people that its the pin that holds my parachute in the bag until I pull it, but they don't understand. They're like, "You pull that tiny little pin? It it were me, I'd have a huge pin that I could get a good grip on"

So now I just say "It's a sign of my devotion to the dark lord"

...and hopefully they have a sense of humor

[kansasskydiver 0]

To me my pin is my life as a skydiver, it represents my dreams and achievments. It's symbolic only int he sense that only my family and skydivers know what it truely means to be a skydiving. that's what i tell whuffos. I gave my pin away as a christmas gift last year to someone, I need to get a new pin now though as it's been passed one and shares two skydivers lives now. I need one that represents me now and not then. I'm gonna put spikes around it! with letters that spell out FODA SE

<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist!

[FeetFlyer 0]

My girlfriend first thought it was a sperm

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[MochaSkyChick 0]

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They have no idea what it is so they don't ask! Hadn't had anyone ask me yet. i'm sure some wuffo will ask one day, and when I tell them they will probably freak! Oh well, thus is life I guess.

I had a girl at work ask what it was and when I explained it to her she gasped, "Oh My God Sharon, you're obsessed with skydiving!"

I replied...."and your point is????"

PMS #62
Zarza R[red

[akarunway 1]

My last boss asked if it was some sort of funky coke spoon

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[PLFKING 4]

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I've tried to tell people that its the pin that holds my parachute in the bag until I pull it,

Me too. The most memorable reply was "So you have to take it off and move it around to your back while you're falling ? Isn't that hard to do ?"

Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[vonSanta 0]

A can opener (coz I'm a bachelor and known for my rather primitive culinary taste).

An eye-poker (coz I'm known for not being particularly particular with regards to sharp shiny things).

And a fighting-device-knuckle-iron addition (coz I'd need any help I couuld get should I get into a fight).

That's all so far. And I haven't even worn one; just shown pics of one.

Santa Von GrossenArsch
I only come in one flavour
ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

[alanab 0]

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My girlfriend first thought it was a sperm

thats what most people think it is when they see mine. damn, wuffos... why the hell would i walk around every day with a sperm hanging from my neck?

[skydiverchick 0]

I have a closing pin tattoo and some people come to me and say "oh I just love your tatoo."

to which I reply "do you know what it is?"

"No...is it a sperm or a spoon of some type?"

CRAZY WUFFOS

Mother Hen

[nightjumps 1]

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A sect symbol.

I have an SCR Silver medallion that I wear... that gets the sect/cult comments.

[FeetFlyer 0]

maybe they think that all of us with closingpin-necklaces are pornstars and instead of tatooing the sperm on our faces that we wear the symbol round our necks.

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[happythoughts 0]

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My girlfriend first thought it was a sperm

thats what most people think it is when they see mine. damn, wuffos... why the hell would i walk around every day with a sperm hanging from my neck?

The song "pearl necklace" comes to mind.

[Chute 0]

I have heard that one freeflyer.

I also have been asked if it is some kind of gothic symbol for a hard .....um.......penis.


hahhhahhhaahhhh.........I said penis

Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies!

* Brother_Brian *
D.S.W.F.S.B. #2

[Jayruss 0]

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I have a ball with wearing my closing pin necklace outside of the DZ. Wuffos come up with all kinds of crazy explanations on what they think it really is.

This week, for example, I got some interesting ones.

--a fertility symbol
--a symbol for 'woman'
--an indian symbol
--a bottle opener?

What have you had wuffos guess about your skydiving ware?

ltdiver

Tell them its what they pulled out of our head after your accident, that would be cool.

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

[Nightingale 0]

I work for the fire department...

and I was surprised how many of the guys there actually know what it is!

[turtlespeed 221]

Just tell them it is a souvenir from your abduction surgery.

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

[Dagny 0]

I had a friend ask if it was fishing lure. I couldn't say anything in return because I was laughing so hard!

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
-Salvador Dali