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   Margueritem said, 8 months ago

   What, no pay?!? I’m with you, Hobbes.

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   pouncingtiger said, 8 months ago

   What’s the point of being paid, if you’re not alive to enjoy it?

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   attyush said, 8 months ago

   I don’t even enjoy seeing people on those magic mountain rides.

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   4deerinmyyard said, 8 months ago

   bmonk said: …@4deerinmyyard, what can I say? I’ve been in a monastery. Literally. :-)…

   Wow, cool. You must be having fun exploring the world. (And all I intended by my remark was to introduce you to the weird, wonderful world of SF cons, if you haven’t already hooked up with them: http://www.locusmag.com/Conventions.html )

   bmonk also said: …I remembered “grok”, but I also remembered “Grooks”, pithy poems with associated drawings by the Dane Piet Hein….

   and grazer said: …Once again I learned something useful from reading the comics…..

   I had to look up “Grooks” and Piet Hein, which led me to superellipses. Purty! I keep trying to stop reading the comments because I don’t really have the computer-time to spare, but I can’t quit because y’all keep directing me to little goodies like this. Never let anybody tell you that comics ain’t ejumakayshonabobbel.

   Burgundy said: …I was easily as shy as you in my youth (still am….

   There’s hope. Several years ago I achieved an insight into exactly why I couldn’t bear to be stared at (it wasn’t intrinsic to me at all; I was carrying somebody else’s neurosis); and after walking around stunned for three days I came out of it rarin’ for an audience. I now enjoy public speaking, though I don’t get many opportunities.

   Aargh. Either I gotta stop commenting, or I gotta keep up daily.

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   Yukoner said, 8 months ago

   Yes Calvin I remember the thrill of suicide gulch.

   When I was a kid there was a steep, narrow gully about a kilometer from where we lived. Half way down there was a 45 degree turn that you had to make or hit a large tree. Sometimes we made it, sometimes we bailed, sometimes we hit. No one ever got hurt too bad.

   The last time I was back there I was disappointed. Someone had built the Olympic Stadium over the top of our best sledding spot.

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   Leonardeuler said, 8 months ago

   What the heck do you mean Calvin with a breakneck speed ? How many miles an hour ? Or do you mean sledding at Mach one ?

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   hcaulfield said, 8 months ago

   That’s a bad incentive structure

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   ceravi said, 8 months ago

   Calvin is quoting George Mallory.

   From Wikipedia:
   Mallory is famously said to have replied to the question “why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?” with the retort: “because it is there”, which has been called “the most famous four words in mountaineering”

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   Doctor Toon said, 8 months ago

   The thrill of victory!
   The agony of defeat!

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    Carmy said, 8 months ago

    Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

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    bald 716 said, 8 months ago

    if this one doesn’t work, look for the saucer sled in the garage , they steer even less on a decent downhill run

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    cleokaya said, 8 months ago

    Calvin, future X gamer and extreme sports participant and base jumping into suicide gulch.

    doctortoon, your kitty avatar this week has been visiting the kibble bowl a wee bit to often. LOL

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    pookid54 said, 8 months ago

    I’m with Hobbes

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    Doctor Toon said, 8 months ago

    cleokaya says:

    doctortoon, your kitty avatar this week has been visiting the kibble bowl a wee bit to often. LOL

    Nah, he’s just big boned.

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    cruncher3 said, 8 months ago

    than how come his head isn’t big too

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    Dry said, 8 months ago

    doctortoon, yeah, I was going to mention your cat’s “largess”, as well! I’ve got one working her way there, too!

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    skiwoods said, 8 months ago

    Sir Edmund Hillary, why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?

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    hawgdancer1 said, 8 months ago

    SLED? How about a tobaggan!

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    grammahotsho said, 8 months ago

    I see an OOPS coming!

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    baslim_the_begger said, 8 months ago

    Actually, Calvin I can say it in two words… adrenalin rush

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    Radical-Knight said, 8 months ago

    @Doctortoon - Every time I hear that “…thrill of victory and the agony of defeat..” I can still see the skier crashing through the large billboard next to the ski jump on The Wide World of Sports.

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    PaulAtreides said, 8 months ago

    lol ive personally been down suicide gulch myself on one of those ‘ripskik’ skateboards. & i have the scars to prove it too. i sped down the road and slammed into a concrete curb. first time i did two consecutive frontflips before hitting the ground. i still go down sometimes though.

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    Dry said, 8 months ago

    RadicalKnight, Man you just dated yourself “Wide World of Sports”??!! Don’t worry, I remember that show, also, fondly!

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    Tabby Lynn said, 8 months ago

    it would be me to do this. lol i want to do this before i get married and have kids. (not anytime soon)

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    Ivy0730 said, 8 months ago

    ceravi says:
    Calvin is quoting George Mallory.
    From Wikipedia:
    Mallory is famously said to have replied to the question “why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?” with the retort: “because it is there”, which has been called “the most famous four words in mountaineering”

    Thanks for the info. ceravi!!!

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    Jen said, 8 months ago

    YEAH, live life like it’s an adventure! I felt exactly this way when I agreed to do the rope course with my good friend Patti! Because it’s there! You might not have another chance to check it out next time. :-D