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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:49 pm
by der uber
- Using chalk and/or special shoes made for climbing
- Eating anything that contains "organic" or "soy"
- Namedropping while using the person's rrc.com username (n/a for Andrew and the like)
- wearing an airbrushed tshirt
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:05 pm
by rhunt
because it would be a waste of bandwidth to start a new thread with a poll. How many posters here regularly wear a helmet while sport climbing? **Note you must have less than one gumby point to answer this question**
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:58 am
by 512OW
rhunt wrote:you know you're a gumby when:
~you wear socks with your climbing shoes
~you never take your shoes off the entire day at the cliff
~you just saw and learned to stick clip last weekend
~you wear shorts over long pants
~you have your "belay card" attached to your harness
~you clip your calk bag to your harness
~you wear a helmet sport climbing
~you mostly sport climb and don't know how to use a gri gri
~you bring your crash pad to the cliff
~you rap more often than lower off sport climbs
~you make cleaning the draws off a overhanging climb look harder than climbing.
I am sure there are more, feel free to add to the list.
I still wear socks on 5.12 offwidths.
I'm still learning how to stick clip properly.
I only recently learned how to use a gri gri....
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:30 am
by rhunt
lol well then you are slowly making your way out of gumbyism...give it time
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:37 am
by ecp88
My experience has been that gumbies travel in groups. What do you call them? A gaggle? A horde? They all seem to have crooked helmet straps and jansport book bags.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:41 am
by bcombs
I think "a murder" would be appropriate since they are trying to kill each other. I'm not sure why they call crows a murder. Do they kill each other?
edit: Good old Google....
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/crowfaq.htm#murder
What is a group of crows called (as in "a gaggle of geese")?
The poetic term for a bunch of crows is a "murder." No scientist calls them that, only poets. Scientists would call it a flock.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:45 am
by rhunt
I am not sure what your call those groups, I just know to run away when I see them.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:49 am
by Toad
How about a "Pokey" of Gumbies?
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:12 am
by Myke Dronez
A 'drove' of gumbies like a drove of asses....
or a 'troop'- with all the helmets and sticks it looks like they're ready to fight.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:59 pm
by Cleveland
How bout a School of gumbies?
Myke, maybe you should starting making clay gumby dronez
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