Vertifly 0 #1 January 9, 2006 The other day, I talked about the sensation and the rewards of the sport with someone. Without even going into the specifics. Usually I don't, but I just decided to test it again. What did I get?...you know, the deer in headlights look. Uggh...regular people are sooooooo boring. And when you do talk about it, how far into it do you go? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #2 January 9, 2006 I would be interested to see how the answers to this poll divide up by number of years in the sport. I would guess that the longer someone is in the sport the less likely they are to even want to talk to a wuffo about skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #3 January 9, 2006 I'm kind of in the middle. Usually I don't mention it in casual conversations with people who don't already know I skydive. Wuffo: "So what did you do for the holidays?" Me: "Oh, I visited my family in Virginia for Christmas then I spent New Year's in Arizona. It was so nice to get some warm sun for a change!" Only if we then proceed to "So, what did you do in Arizona?" do I have to think about the "mention skydiving or not" issue. Usually I'll stay vague and redirect the conversation. With most people I know casually I just don't want to get into it."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #4 January 9, 2006 See, that is what I am saying. Are you tired of hearing the..."I always wanted to try that", "that is crazy", or "Why would you do that?" reaction. Someday, a Wuffo is going to say to me..."tell me why you think someone would do that?" And right there, they'll have earned my respect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NelKel 0 #5 January 9, 2006 If I am asked "What do you do for fun?" or something like it, then I'll say I jump. I usually don't offer it up though. Today I was sitting in an office with an insurrance guy. We were filling out an health insurance application. The fucking last question was do you particapite in diving, racing, parachuting etc..? The rest of the interview was like talking to a whuffo all over again. What is it like? How many jumps to you have? Where do you do it? Were you in the military? _________________________________________ Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artistcalledian 0 #6 January 9, 2006 i tell all the girls i'm a skydiver... gets them wetter than Niagra Falls... its PUSSY TIME ________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #7 January 9, 2006 Care to share your delivery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,485 #8 January 9, 2006 Quotei tell all the girls i'm a skydiver... gets them wetter than Niagra Falls... its PUSSY TIMEYeah, it's that way for me too Actually, I'm with NWFlyer; it just depends. But if I mention it, it's because I'm willing to talk about it. 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
Superman32 0 #9 January 9, 2006 Quotei tell all the girls i'm a skydiver... gets them wetter than Niagra Falls... its PUSSY TIME Inveniam Viam aut Faciam I'm back biatches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artistcalledian 0 #10 January 9, 2006 QuoteCare to share your delivery. *clicks fingers* hey bitch, i'm a skydiver *sound of gushing water* lets fuck *20 seconds later* wanna go again?________________________________________ drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #11 January 9, 2006 Quote*clicks fingers* hey bitch, i'm a skydiver *sound of gushing water* lets fuck *20 seconds later* wanna go again? smooooooooth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #12 January 9, 2006 I don't hide it, but I don't brag about it. Skydiving is just the same a ANY OTHER HOBBY. Most people who just started think theirs is the coolest and everyone wants to know about it. After a while you realize that hobbies are not what makes you and you could not give a shit that people know about it. I don't hide it. Such as when people ask what I did on my vacation, I tell them...Why lie?"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meistwer 0 #13 January 9, 2006 QuoteI would be interested to see how the answers to this poll divide up by number of years in the sport. I would guess that the longer someone is in the sport the less likely they are to even want to talk to a wuffo about skydiving. I've been only 1 year in sport and I don't go around saying it to everybody although for us newbies it's really exciting and like a new toy so I wouldn't find it wrong to share it with friends, and with the chicks in a bar .... I actually felt happier and prouder of myself when I got qualified than when I passed the driving licence test... Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites beowulf 1 #14 January 9, 2006 I wouldn't lie about it. I just don't have any interest in answering the same questions over and over again. Like "What happens if neither parachute opens?", hmm that's a tough one. Not sure if I could answer that correctly, buuut I would say high speed impact with mother earth is highly likely. If they came up with better questions I would much more enthusiastic with my answers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JeepDiver 0 #15 January 9, 2006 The owner of the company I work for was a colonel in the us army (airborne) during the korean war. He is sure that I am nuts for being involved with sport parachuting. He does have some interesting stories to tell though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Travman 6 #16 January 9, 2006 For me the conversation usually starts when someone says "What did you get up to on the weekend?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #17 January 9, 2006 ***"What happens if neither parachute opens?", I heard a great response to the above question. " I have about 30 seconds to learn how to fly & the rest of my life to think about it " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yamtx73 0 #18 January 9, 2006 If someone asks what I did over the weekend I'll tell them, otherwise I don't bother.The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nate_1979 9 #19 January 9, 2006 I try not to bring it up for the most part, unless I just have something incredible that I wanna share with the people who already know I do it, but not very often.. There are alot of times that I actually get annoyed when people bring it up with me, cuz it's the same questions and "i'm gonna go with you someday" every time I always tell them that I go every weekend, so just let me know when your really ready to have a great time FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 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 MB38 0 #20 January 9, 2006 I wait and I'll mention if asked. I'm not Brook The Skydiver, I'm Brook... who goes to school, works for a handful of jobs, golfs and skydives.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites julesshrew 0 #21 January 10, 2006 It depends what mood I'm in sometimes I just really cant be arsed to get into all the questioning guess it depends on who I'm talking to now too. Its odd I lost a few 'friends' when I started just over a year ago they asked loads of questions then said I didnt talk about anything else and was neglecting them by jumping and not going to football (soccer) I'm really quite wary of telling guys I lost the bf I was seeing when I started jumping for the above reasons (he then became very interested and wanted to see the dvd's of all my jumps) so maybe its just a protective thing. I'm quite tempted to try a speed dating thing as a laugh and keep a record of the questions I get asked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #22 January 10, 2006 I don't really think about this. If I am in the mood, I;ll talk about or mention skydiving...I don't care if people think I'm crazy, I love to jump Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BDashe 0 #23 January 10, 2006 Here is a classic story- So im in DC this summer cuz of an internship, out to the bars in G-town with a couple aquaintences who are dead set on getting laid. These two guys are like the dudes in "A Night at the Roxbury" Real over the top, sleazy Mofos. One of the guys is the biggest bullshitter ever, found out i jump through one of my friends and he is like "O yeah I skyboard!" Im like no shit man, im not good enough to even try that yet, how many jumps you got? "Uhhhh, 28." RIIIIIIIIGHT. So that's the kind of asshole this guy is. ANYWAY, back to the bar story, weeks later im out with these guys, just getting wasted, havin fun. Ive got a girlfriend so im not looking to get laid here. They send me to go talk to these girls, so im like aight, no shame. I chat it up with the girls, i guess the dudes wanted me to wave em over or soemthing, but they come up and start acting like it is a huge coincidence that we are in the same bar. "Brett!!! What's up! what the hell are you doing here?" I give them the blankest look, and i was like, "DRINKING WITH YOU GUYS! REMEMBER?" then they moved past the awkwardness of the comment, introduce them to the new lady friends. So then the guys go "Yo so you know he skydives?" "Yeah, he does it all the time!, crazy guy huh?" My jaw hits the floor, handnt mentioned skydiving. The girls look at me and are like, so these guys are with you huh. bout a minute later it was a sausage fest again. Ive never seen that approach in any context before, hit on a girl through someone else. i only had like 40 jumps, i barely have 70 now, im barely a skydiver. i wanted to smack em, not cuz the girls left, but cuz they were such pussies! That's an irritating way of someone bringing up skydiving if ive ever seen it! i agree with whoever said it isnt what you do, who you are earlier in the post. It just happens to be that the coolest MFs are skydivers! HA HA, and sorry, no gushing vajs and open flood gates this time...So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #24 January 10, 2006 i still dont tell people at all, unless i need ground crew. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #25 January 10, 2006 My cousins golf buddies talk about golf endlessly. If you don't do it, it just isn't that interesting. Same for skydiving. 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beowulf 1 #14 January 9, 2006 I wouldn't lie about it. I just don't have any interest in answering the same questions over and over again. Like "What happens if neither parachute opens?", hmm that's a tough one. Not sure if I could answer that correctly, buuut I would say high speed impact with mother earth is highly likely. If they came up with better questions I would much more enthusiastic with my answers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeepDiver 0 #15 January 9, 2006 The owner of the company I work for was a colonel in the us army (airborne) during the korean war. He is sure that I am nuts for being involved with sport parachuting. He does have some interesting stories to tell though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #16 January 9, 2006 For me the conversation usually starts when someone says "What did you get up to on the weekend?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #17 January 9, 2006 ***"What happens if neither parachute opens?", I heard a great response to the above question. " I have about 30 seconds to learn how to fly & the rest of my life to think about it " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #18 January 9, 2006 If someone asks what I did over the weekend I'll tell them, otherwise I don't bother.The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #19 January 9, 2006 I try not to bring it up for the most part, unless I just have something incredible that I wanna share with the people who already know I do it, but not very often.. There are alot of times that I actually get annoyed when people bring it up with me, cuz it's the same questions and "i'm gonna go with you someday" every time I always tell them that I go every weekend, so just let me know when your really ready to have a great time FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 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
MB38 0 #20 January 9, 2006 I wait and I'll mention if asked. I'm not Brook The Skydiver, I'm Brook... who goes to school, works for a handful of jobs, golfs and skydives.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
julesshrew 0 #21 January 10, 2006 It depends what mood I'm in sometimes I just really cant be arsed to get into all the questioning guess it depends on who I'm talking to now too. Its odd I lost a few 'friends' when I started just over a year ago they asked loads of questions then said I didnt talk about anything else and was neglecting them by jumping and not going to football (soccer) I'm really quite wary of telling guys I lost the bf I was seeing when I started jumping for the above reasons (he then became very interested and wanted to see the dvd's of all my jumps) so maybe its just a protective thing. I'm quite tempted to try a speed dating thing as a laugh and keep a record of the questions I get asked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #22 January 10, 2006 I don't really think about this. If I am in the mood, I;ll talk about or mention skydiving...I don't care if people think I'm crazy, I love to jump Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BDashe 0 #23 January 10, 2006 Here is a classic story- So im in DC this summer cuz of an internship, out to the bars in G-town with a couple aquaintences who are dead set on getting laid. These two guys are like the dudes in "A Night at the Roxbury" Real over the top, sleazy Mofos. One of the guys is the biggest bullshitter ever, found out i jump through one of my friends and he is like "O yeah I skyboard!" Im like no shit man, im not good enough to even try that yet, how many jumps you got? "Uhhhh, 28." RIIIIIIIIGHT. So that's the kind of asshole this guy is. ANYWAY, back to the bar story, weeks later im out with these guys, just getting wasted, havin fun. Ive got a girlfriend so im not looking to get laid here. They send me to go talk to these girls, so im like aight, no shame. I chat it up with the girls, i guess the dudes wanted me to wave em over or soemthing, but they come up and start acting like it is a huge coincidence that we are in the same bar. "Brett!!! What's up! what the hell are you doing here?" I give them the blankest look, and i was like, "DRINKING WITH YOU GUYS! REMEMBER?" then they moved past the awkwardness of the comment, introduce them to the new lady friends. So then the guys go "Yo so you know he skydives?" "Yeah, he does it all the time!, crazy guy huh?" My jaw hits the floor, handnt mentioned skydiving. The girls look at me and are like, so these guys are with you huh. bout a minute later it was a sausage fest again. Ive never seen that approach in any context before, hit on a girl through someone else. i only had like 40 jumps, i barely have 70 now, im barely a skydiver. i wanted to smack em, not cuz the girls left, but cuz they were such pussies! That's an irritating way of someone bringing up skydiving if ive ever seen it! i agree with whoever said it isnt what you do, who you are earlier in the post. It just happens to be that the coolest MFs are skydivers! HA HA, and sorry, no gushing vajs and open flood gates this time...So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #24 January 10, 2006 i still dont tell people at all, unless i need ground crew. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #25 January 10, 2006 My cousins golf buddies talk about golf endlessly. If you don't do it, it just isn't that interesting. Same for skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
