Flying ??? ??? ??? [Archive]

CFLarsen

18th December 2004, 12:02 AM

Originally posted by jambo372
FLYING !!!

Is flying a suitable ability to be tested in the challenge.
Not flying as in levitating in a stationary position - flying as in flying like a bird.

I don't see why not. Know anyone who can? No?

jambo372

18th December 2004, 08:05 AM

A relative of mine went with a guy who said he could fly ...
on the way home one night he offered to take her to the top of the flats to fly off with him ...
she was overtly sceptical and spoiled the potential fun by refusing to go up on the roof of the tower block with him.

Donks

18th December 2004, 08:09 AM

Originally posted by jambo372
A relative of mine went with a guy who said he could fly ...
on the way home one night he offered to take her to the top of the flats to fly off with him ...
she was overtly sceptical and spoiled the potential fun by refusing to go up on the roof of the tower block with him.
Overly sceptical? Because she wouldn't jump off the roof of a building? Wow.

Mojo

18th December 2004, 08:16 AM

jambo372

18th December 2004, 10:26 AM

I should have said flying like a bird but using a different method.

CFLarsen

18th December 2004, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by jambo372
I should have said flying like a bird but using a different method.

Know anyone who can? No?

jambo372

18th December 2004, 10:39 AM

Read up the thread.

An ex-lover of one of my relatives, when dating her, asked her to climb up onto the roof of the flats with him and he would fly off and take her with him.

Unfortunately she missed out on his performance because of her refusal.

CFLarsen

18th December 2004, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by jambo372
Read up the thread.

An ex-lover of one of my relatives, when dating her, asked her to climb up onto the roof of the flats with him and he would fly off and take her with him.

Unfortunately she missed out on his performance because of her refusal.

So, you don't know if anyone can. You just heard someone say they can.

Gotcha.

LTC8K6

18th December 2004, 11:50 AM

She missed out on broken bones, head injuries, and months of rehab?

Poor girl......well, if she'd been killed she'd have missed out on all that too.

jambo372

18th December 2004, 01:35 PM

If she doubted his capabilities she could always have asked him to fly alone first.

CFLarsen

18th December 2004, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by jambo372
If she doubted his capabilities she could always have asked him to fly alone first.

But that's just the point, isn't it? He refused, unless she joined him in his folly. And then, he claims victory, because she refuses?

Don't you realize what a scumbag this guy is?? The onus is on him, not her. It's not her fault, it's his.

B.S

18th December 2004, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by CFLarsen

Don't you realize what a scumbag this guy is??

He'll never understand ... never ... its like a nightmare ... never ending ...

Tricky

18th December 2004, 03:58 PM

Actually, I know of a situation similar to what Jambo describes, except that on top of the rooftop was a little bar and the man was trying to pick up a woman in the bar with the " can fly" line. She was "overly skeptical" and asked him to demonstrate, so he did, jumping off the building and then flying back up and landing on the edge.

Her skepticism assuaged, she went to the side of the building and jumped with him, but sadly, she couldn't fly and was spattered on the pavement below. The bartender looked over at the man and said, "Superman, you are a mean drunk."

jambo372

18th December 2004, 04:11 PM

He didn't refuse to do it alone - he wasn't asked to do it alone.

When she refused to go with him and told him not to do it he just changed the subject. I think he had planned for both of them to fly to be romantic.

Did I mention he was stoned ?

SUPER JUNKIE

SRW

18th December 2004, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by Tricky
Actually, I know of a situation similar to what Jambo describes, except that on top of the rooftop was a little bar and the man was trying to pick up a woman in the bar with the " can fly" line. She was "overly skeptical" and asked him to demonstrate, so he did, jumping off the building and then flying back up and landing on the edge.

Her skepticism assuaged, she went to the side of the building and jumped with him, but sadly, she couldn't fly and was spattered on the pavement below. The bartender looked over at the man and said, "Superman, you are a mean drunk."

Damm Beat me to it.

Oh well I did have a friend who though he could fly. LSD + mental problems = early grave.

CptColumbo

18th December 2004, 09:14 PM

According to the Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy the secret to flying is to throw yourself at the ground...and miss.

The Central Scrutinizer

18th December 2004, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by jambo372
If she doubted his capabilities she could always have asked him to fly alone first.

That's what I would have done. Because I'm a skeptical person.

The Central Scrutinizer

18th December 2004, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by jambo372
He didn't refuse to do it alone - he wasn't asked to do it alone.

When she refused to go with him and told him not to do it he just changed the subject. I think he had planned for both of them to fly to be romantic.

Did I mention he was stoned ?

SUPER JUNKIE

Do you know if he drinks milk?

nbenami

18th December 2004, 10:08 PM

I'm not 100% sure but I'm fairly certain that this is the dumbest thread I've ever seen on the JREF forum.

Congratulations.

Major Billy

19th December 2004, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by jambo372
I should have said flying like a bird but using a different method.

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(His rates are reasonable, too!)

richardm

20th December 2004, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by jambo372
An ex-lover of one of my relatives, when dating her, asked her to climb up onto the roof of the flats with him and he would fly off and take her with him.

If he could really fly, he would have been able to do this from ground level. What he was offering was a demonstration of a technique known as "falling".

MRC_Hans

20th December 2004, 04:21 AM

May I remind anyone who needs it that flying is the art of making your number of landings equal your number of take-offs?

Hans

CFLarsen

20th December 2004, 04:24 AM

Originally posted by MRC_Hans
May I remind anyone who needs it that flying is the art of making your number of landings equal your number of take-offs?

Oh, I can do that.

Once.

MRC_Hans

20th December 2004, 04:28 AM

Good landings, that is. And a good landing is defined as one you can walk away from.

Hans

CFLarsen

20th December 2004, 04:44 AM

Originally posted by MRC_Hans
Good landings, that is. And a good landing is defined as one you can walk away from.

Moving the goalposts! :p

MRC_Hans

20th December 2004, 04:47 AM

Nahh, just describing how I prefer to fly. You can fly anyway you like.

Hans

Earthborn

20th December 2004, 05:59 AM

Why is it that people who claim to be able to fly 'like a bird' always want to start their flight from the top of a high building? If you can fly like a bird, just take off from the ground! Should be about as easy, and your skeptical loved ones don't have to fear that you are going to crash.

MRC_Hans

20th December 2004, 06:10 AM

Yeah, or from a chair. After all, a flight at two ft altitude will be entirely as impressive as one at a hundred. ... And much less messy.

Hans

Ashles

20th December 2004, 08:44 AM

Having read the entire thread I think I can offer this helpul summary:

Is flying a suitable ability to be tested in the challenge.
Not flying as in levitating in a stationary position - flying as in flying like a bird.

Jambo hello, thank you for the question.
Flying using paranormal means would certainly be eligible for the challenge.

He didn't refuse to do it alone - he wasn't asked to do it alone.
When she refused to go with him and told him not to do it he just changed the subject. I think he had planned for both of them to fly to be romantic.
Did I mention he was stoned ?

Believing you can fly because you are stoned breaks several of the rules guidlines.
This would not be eligible.

This is a joke thread and not a serious question by jambo.

Jambo may have been stoned when he wrote it.

Let us all now put this ludicrous thread behind is and face the future, together, renewed, a little older, a little sadder, but perhaps a little wiser and with a bright new dawn of potential and opportunity ahead of us.

Psiload

20th December 2004, 08:49 AM

Originally posted by jambo372

Did I mention he was stoned ?

Uhhh... we kinda took that as a given.

Upchurch

12th January 2005, 08:15 AM

I can actually fly for short periods of time, both with successful take offs and (usually) successful landings. I use my legs to propel me up into the air, I travel a short distance, and then I land (usually) on my feet. So far, I've walked away from them all.

Beady

12th January 2005, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Upchurch
I can actually fly for short periods of time, both with successful take offs and (usually) successful landings. I use my legs to propel me up into the air, I travel a short distance, and then I land (usually) on my feet. So far, I've walked away from them all.

I think there's a bit of a difference between "flying" and a ballistic trajectory.

IXP

12th January 2005, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by MRC_Hans
May I remind anyone who needs it that flying is the art of making your number of landings equal your number of take-offs?

Hans

I have landed in airplanes several times fewer than I have taken off in them. Does that make me an incompetent flier?

Auntbeast

12th January 2005, 10:41 PM

I'd say if you jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, yeah, that in my book makes you an incompetent flier.

Unless you are still up there floating around, I am going to guess that you landed (in some fashion) each time.

Upchurch

13th January 2005, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by Beady
I think there's a bit of a difference between "flying" and a ballistic trajectory. Redefining terms is at the heart of the paranormal. I stand by my assertion.

Beady

13th January 2005, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by Upchurch
Redefining terms is at the heart of the paranormal. I stand by my assertion.

Well if that's how you want to do it, I did a hell of a lot of flying (floating, actually) in the '70s without ever leaving the ground.

kookbreaker

13th January 2005, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by CFLarsen
Oh, I can do that.

Once.

"Notice that Larsen does not so much fly, as 'e does plummet"

*splat*

Zep

13th January 2005, 01:57 PM

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The blowfly

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c4ts

13th January 2005, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by Auntbeast
I'd say if you jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, yeah, that in my book makes you an incompetent flier.

Unless you are still up there floating around, I am going to guess that you landed (in some fashion) each time.

It's not a landing if it leaves a small impact crater and a bloody mess!