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Onlooker Questions (and your Snappy Answers!)
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!")  |
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bobalooie57
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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.
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Onlooker - "is that thing going to pick you up?"
Me - thats the idea!
said that many, many times
Onlooker - "whoa, thats really big"
Me - *wink
(gets the ladies to giggle once they get it)
AHAHAHAHAA!
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Okay..I'll play.......
" 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:
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"How fast do you have to get the buggy to make the kite fly?"
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skimtwashington
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that's a good one Bob..
Wondering if made up or actually occurred...still good either way!
:wee:
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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.
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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."
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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!!!!
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Chris did you give them a sign to hold?
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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"
Experience is something you get, just after you need it!
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Many lolz in here!
| 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."
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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?!
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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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:
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| 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.
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