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tucsonalex
Feb 9, 2004, 6:56 PM
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This soon into the year it's hard to believe how many clueless gumby posts have been popping up. Let's hear your nominations for Gumby of the Year. I nominate rokshoxbkr19 for his contributions to the TR'ing isn't free climbing thread.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51049&postdays=0&postorder=asc&topic_view=&start=15
I was espicially fond of these little gems:
In reply to: DUDE, YOU HAVE NOT FREE CLIMBED A ROUTE IF YOU TOP ROPED IT. THAT CONTRADICTS THE ENTIRE DEFINTION OF FREEING A ROUTE. COME ONE!!!, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT STYLE, JUST TRUTH
In reply to: In reply to: Why isn't it freeing? Because your life ins't at risk That has absolutely NOTHING to do with "free climbing" as it has been defined for decades in the climbing community. When climbing you either: A) Use Free climbing techniques to climb the route. or B) Use direct aid techniques to get up the route. There is no third possibility. You can use free climbing technique on a top rope, when seconding a pitch, or when leading. In reply to: have you ever freed or lead a route??? Why, yes I have. Several thousand of them in fact--over the last 25 years. Thanks for playing, now run along. Curt |
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climbsomething
Feb 9, 2004, 7:06 PM
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Are you trying to ursurp Dr. Kodos, Alex?! :shock:
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climbsomething
Feb 9, 2004, 7:10 PM
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http://www.hillarydavis.com/...s/more/gumbyhand.jpg
The winner of the GotY award will receive a gold-plated Gumby figurine, with beautiful cubic-zirconia eyes and hs very own miniature chalk bag, secured to his person with 2 opposite and opposed full-strength locking biners!
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robgordon
Feb 9, 2004, 7:17 PM
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rockshokks wrote: In reply to: OH YEAH? WELL I HATE YOU AND I HATE YOUR ASS FACE!!!1
that thread was fun. hilarious.
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tucsonalex
Feb 9, 2004, 7:28 PM
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In reply to: Are you trying to ursurp Dr. Kodos, Alex?! :shock:
No, just poking fun at n00bs. I'm a jerk.
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kimmyt
Feb 9, 2004, 8:04 PM
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In reply to: http://www.hillarydavis.com/...s/more/gumbyhand.jpg The winner of the GotY award will receive a gold-plated Gumby figurine, with beautiful cubic-zirconia eyes and hs very own miniature chalk bag, secured to his person with 2 opposite and opposed full-strength locking biners!
*raises hand*
Oooh ooh, me me!!! Pick me!
K.
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tucsonalex
Feb 9, 2004, 8:11 PM
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In reply to: *raises hand* Oooh ooh, me me!!! Pick me! K.
First we need to see some credentials and then someone has to nominate you.
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calliope
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I don't know...my re-writing of the constitution was pretty scary in one of the political threads. I don't remember which one. It doesn't beat "I hate your a** face," though
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kimmyt
Feb 9, 2004, 8:17 PM
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boo. that's nonsense. I want a shiny gold gumby. I will wear it proudly on my never-used chalkbag and tell everyone i see at the climbing gym that i got it from RC.com.
Is that good enough?
:lol:
K.
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jt512
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In reply to: boo. that's nonsense. I want a shiny gold gumby. I will wear it proudly on my never-used chalkbag and tell everyone i see at the climbing gym that i got it from RC.com. Is that good enough? :lol: K.
Merchandising idea: T-shirts with the rc.com logo on the front and Gumby on the back.
-Jay
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climbsomething
Feb 9, 2004, 10:00 PM
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In reply to: boo. that's nonsense. I want a shiny gold gumby. I will wear it proudly on my never-used chalkbag and tell everyone i see at the climbing gym that i got it from RC.com. Is that good enough? :lol: K.
Jay- you're a genius, but you knew that, I am sure :roll: :P That might do even better than "I got banned at RC.com!" T-shirts!
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dirtineye
Feb 9, 2004, 10:06 PM
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Whoever thinks they can out do pipsqueekspire in
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=50811
As a candidate for GotY will have to really work hard at it.
For this award to have true gumby significance, it should be gold plated lead LOL.
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jt512
Feb 9, 2004, 10:19 PM
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In reply to: This soon into the year it's hard to believe how many clueless gumby posts have been popping up. Let's hear your nominations for Gumby of the Year.
I think there should be categories. Look at the Grammys, the Tonys, etc. They all have categories. We can't expect the Gumbys to be taken seriously unless they have categories, like those other awards do.
Possible categories might include (For consistency with other awards, the word "Category" should be included in the name of every category):
[*:239ee89ae8]Most Opinionated n00b Category*
[*:239ee89ae8]Most Incoherent Poster Category
[*:239ee89ae8]Most Tenacious Defense of an Incorrect Idea Category
[*:239ee89ae8]Most Dangerous Information Category
*We could consider awarding this posthumously to MHR2000, though some sort of Special Lifetime Achievement Award might be more fitting.
-Jay
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climbsomething
Feb 9, 2004, 10:23 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: This soon into the year it's hard to believe how many clueless gumby posts have been popping up. Let's hear your nominations for Gumby of the Year. I think there should be categories. Look at the Grammys, the Tonys, etc. They all have categories. We can't expect the Gumbys to be taken seriously unless they have categories, like those other awards do. Possible categories might include (For consistency with other awards, the word "Category" should be included in the name of every category):
[*:c991f16dab]Most Opinionated n00b Category*
[*:c991f16dab]Most Incoherent Poster Category
[*:c991f16dab]Most Tenacious Defense of an Incorrect Idea Category
[*:c991f16dab]Most Dangerous Information Category *We could consider awarding this posthumously to MHR2000, though some sort of Special Lifetime Achievement Award might be more fitting. -Jay
Some posts are just generally stupid though. Like the above quoted examples that Alex dug up- what category would that fall into?
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robgordon
Feb 9, 2004, 10:26 PM
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In reply to: Jay, you just made me "LOL" in the library!! Some posts are just generally stupid though. Like the above quoted examples that Alex dug up- what category would that fall into?
For conspicuous achievement in the area of "Talking out of your ass".
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climbsomething
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In reply to: In reply to: Jay, you just made me "LOL" in the library!! Some posts are just generally stupid though. Like the above quoted examples that Alex dug up- what category would that fall into? For conspicuous achievement in the area of "Talking out of your ass". |
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robgordon
Feb 9, 2004, 10:36 PM
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Yeah, interweb cheap shots - it's what I do best.
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b_fost
Feb 9, 2004, 10:42 PM
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some more wisdom from pipsqueekspire:
In reply to: All right fine... youre all smart butts...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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jt512
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: This soon into the year it's hard to believe how many clueless gumby posts have been popping up. Let's hear your nominations for Gumby of the Year. I think there should be categories. Look at the Grammys, the Tonys, etc. They all have categories. We can't expect the Gumbys to be taken seriously unless they have categories, like those other awards do. Possible categories might include (For consistency with other awards, the word "Category" should be included in the name of every category):
[*:847bcd4bd2]Most Opinionated n00b Category*
[*:847bcd4bd2]Most Incoherent Poster Category
[*:847bcd4bd2]Most Tenacious Defense of an Incorrect Idea Category
[*:847bcd4bd2]Most Dangerous Information Category *We could consider awarding this posthumously to MHR2000, though some sort of Special Lifetime Achievement Award might be more fitting. -Jay Jay, you just made me "LOL" in the library!! Some posts are just generally stupid though. Like the above quoted examples that Alex dug up- what category would that fall into?
We could have a Stupidest Question Category, but I'd be concerned that the number of nominations could exceed the number of judges available to vote. An alternative might be to have a Most Prolific Stupid Question Poser, er Poster, Category, although xcire would likely have a lock:
In the thread Quick Question xcire wrote:In reply to: Whats the c stand for in a route rating? I have no idea what to search fro or i would have. a1=aid some say c2 In reply to: All so i was bouldering yesterday when a family came up to play on top rope. he was using a figure8 and he pushed the rope through one hole like you would with an atc then clipped only the rope through the benier. Is the correct way? In reply to: ...what is the other end for? In reply to: why has my number under my user name stopped adding up? In reply to: In the route section on some people page there is 1,2, or 3 stars next to some ascents? what do they mean? In reply to: are these routes given the stars by the rc member than inputs them or do they copy the stars out of a guide book?
-Jay
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tucsonalex
Feb 9, 2004, 10:50 PM
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In reply to: Most Incoherent Poster Category
-Jay
Sucbasnyder will probably win this category in a landslide.
Here are a few scuba' classics
In reply to: is fred nichole from the us hes awsome
In reply to: A troll is a little creature with bright color hair you find when you reach the crux of a climb, it will most likely help you find your way.
And my favorite...
In reply to: release the dogs
posted to the R&I thread
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=606228&highlight=#606228
Can you say random???
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jt512
Feb 9, 2004, 11:20 PM
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And we need a Best Gumby Innovation Category, to which I nominate the following:
rap rings as atc substitute
-Jay
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curt
Feb 9, 2004, 11:47 PM
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So many Gumbys--so little time. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Curt
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coldclimb
Feb 10, 2004, 1:00 AM
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This is a hilarious thread! :lol: Keep it up guys. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Feb 10, 2004, 9:32 PM
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I know this one was last year, but it was mid December, so i think it counts... I would like to nominate Slobmonster for excellence in the category of
"personal inventions that might kill people"
In reply to: I've been using another technique to solve this problem, and it doesn't require an extra biner. However, it does require that you OPEN the gate of the locker attaching the GriGri to your harness, so if you're uncomfortable w/ this, find some other technique.
in the 'Piggy Back Gri Gri" thread
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46673
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tucsonalex
Feb 10, 2004, 9:40 PM
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In reply to: I know this one was last year, but it was mid December, so i think it counts... I would like to nominate Slobmonster for excellence in the category of "personal inventions that might kill people" In reply to: I've been using another technique to solve this problem, and it doesn't require an extra biner. However, it does require that you OPEN the gate of the locker attaching the GriGri to your harness, so if you're uncomfortable w/ this, find some other technique. in the 'Piggy Back Gri Gri" thread http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46673
I think that one would go in the same category as this nomination:
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