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Onlooker Questions (and your Snappy Answers!)

lad - 29-3-2012 at 08:47 AM

In the spirit of MAD magazine, add your own amusing Qs and As about your sport with curious onlookers here!

Typical exchanges:
(Middle school boys running up, mistaking me for a paraplane pilot)

"Are you going to take off in that thing?"
"Not on purpose..."
"Where is the engine?"
"Right here..." (pointing at kite bag)
"Why'd you take it out?"
"Not enough fuel" (pointing in the air)

My favorite so far:
(Two MILFy types, #@%$#!tails in hand, approach me on the beach at Treasure Island, pointing at my Bigfoot XR and Phantom)

"...is that YOUR name...'PETER LYNN'?"

(I was tempted to say, "no that's my dad, I'm just testing his inventions!") :rolleyes:

bobalooie57 - 29-3-2012 at 08:57 AM

I have a PL windsock, and have had the same question asked of me, "are you Peter Lynn?" :dunno: I think I'd be pretty vain to have my name printed on a windsock, haha.(not that PL is vain, but as a company it's marketing) I just point at my buggy, and say he's an industry pioneer, then say, "You wanna learn to fly one of these? I have a trainer.." Don't often get a taker though.

Drewculous - 29-3-2012 at 09:00 AM

Onlooker - "is that thing going to pick you up?"

Me - thats the idea!

:lol:

said that many, many times


Onlooker - "whoa, thats really big"

Me - *wink

(gets the ladies to giggle once they get it)
AHAHAHAHAA!

Okay..I'll play.......

skimtwashington - 29-3-2012 at 10:01 AM

" That looks like fun...is it?
"Better than 'ex'...my ex."

"Are you going to fly in the air with that?"
"Yes-the buggy is just to haul it out to the beach."

"What do those cost?"
"Sometimes a relationship."

"What is that called -what you're doing?"
"Convectional Hitch-hikiing.
"Knots Sailing"
"Mary Poppin-ing"

"Is that hard to learn?"
You can have your first accident in less than a day if you pay attention."

"Where do you get those things?"
"All I know is there's not half a dozen in my car."

:moon::moon::moon::moon:

BeamerBob - 29-3-2012 at 10:05 AM

"How fast do you have to get the buggy to make the kite fly?"

that's a good one Bob..

skimtwashington - 29-3-2012 at 10:11 AM

Wondering if made up or actually occurred...still good either way!

:wee:

BeamerBob - 29-3-2012 at 10:14 AM

I borrowed that one from someone that got asked that. It's easy to understand the line of thinking if you think you always have to run backwards to make a kite fly.

pokitetrash - 29-3-2012 at 11:05 AM

No really related but I get this question at work alot when I ride my motorcycle in to work, walking into the office cube farm with my helmet in hand:

"Did you ride your motorcycle today?"
.."Nope. I was expecting turbulence in my truck... " I've actually said that several times and get a delayed "...Oh... Yea... HAHA."

rocfighter - 29-3-2012 at 12:10 PM

Some lady was curiously looking at my truck in a parking lot last week and as I was unlocking the door she asked "Are you Peter Lynn? "No I said he is a kite maker that also makes buggies"
her-What does that mean?
me- I show her the tailgate of my truck with a very clear picture of a rider in a buggy being pulled by a big damn kite.
her- do you pull it with a horse?
I started to chuckle because all I could think of was 80mph & 80miles!!!!

rocfighter - 29-3-2012 at 12:12 PM

Chris did you give them a sign to hold?

nocando - 29-3-2012 at 11:25 PM

I have a screw driver attached to fork leg of my bug
I often get asked what does it do.

My response is " its the gear shift"

Kamikuza - 30-3-2012 at 12:03 AM

Many lolz in here! :lol:

Quote:
Originally posted by pokitetrash
No really related but I get this question at work alot when I ride my motorcycle in to work, walking into the office cube farm with my helmet in hand:

"Did you ride your motorcycle today?"
.."Nope. I was expecting turbulence in my truck... " I've actually said that several times and get a delayed "...Oh... Yea... HAHA."

Oh yeah I get that too - pull into the parking lot on a 1,000cc V-twin with race pipes BOM-BOM-BOM-BOM-BOM-BOM! walk in the door 2 seconds later wearing a bike jacket with bike gloves and a helmet in one hand...
"Did you ride your bike?"
Seriously?!

WELDNGOD - 30-3-2012 at 06:32 AM

I had just landed and was wrapping up ,when a security gaurd rolls up in a golf cart and asks "Are you all right?" ( Yeah, I'm OK! ) "Did you just land here?" ( Yeah, I'm OK! ) :frog:

macboy - 30-3-2012 at 06:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rocfighter
Chris did you give them a sign to hold?


HEHEHE.......thanks for the reminder.....forgot all about the signs.


.................here's your sign.