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- From: jtyl@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (BJ)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Re: Skiing Safety OOCY stories
- Message-ID: <C1J190.LGy@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:11:00 GMT
- References: <C1Fppv.2n6C@austin.ibm.com> <1k3k6sINN3d5@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> <1993Jan26.232650.10435@newshost.lanl.gov> <1993Jan27.154556.13919@gandalf.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan27.154556.13919@gandalf.ca>, edlee@gandalf.ca (Ed Lee) writes...
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- >These patrollers also have a nickname for those really bad
- >skiers who cause all kinds of problems (nothing to do with
- >their skiing ability that is): SPORE - Stupid People On
- >Rented Equipment, or SPOTOE - Stupid People On Their Own
- >Equipment.
-
- Here is a SPORE story:
-
- Two SPOREs were following each other down a hill. SPORE #1 spots a little
- rise next to a lift tower, decides that he is going to get real close to
- the pylon and get some air. He did get a little air, but one of his skis
- caught a bit of the concrete foundation. SPORE #1 came down spinning,
- one ski flying in the air, and splattered himself all over the hill.
- SPORE #2, watching his friend performing his cool acrobatics, decided
- that he was going to one-up his pal. SPORE #2 follows SPORE #1,
- except that he was going to get even closer to the pylon. Both of
- SPORE #2's skis hit the cement foundation. SPORE #2 flew through the
- air, leaving both skis resting next to the lift tower, did a face plant,
- and slid on his nose until he rammed SPORE #1. Fortunately (or
- unfortunately) both were unhurt. They sat up laughing.
-
- Honestly, the cement foundation could not have been more than 3 inches
- wider than the tower itself. You have to try really hard to hit
- the cement without hitting the tower!
-
- I am not making this up! ..... SPORES !!! ....
-
- Here's the rest of the story: they got their tickets yanked. The
- SPORES happened to have done this right next to a group of not less
- than half a dozen patrollers.
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