#1 : Jump off the diving board or pool edge, then in mid air curl up with arms around folded legs thus hitting backside first. Mainly to ( early adolescent baboon-troop-like ) see if the gurls would notice.
#2 : Same launch, but in the air have your spine horizontal, arms vertical to elbows but forearms horizontal while thighs vertical but shins horizontal. Now just before impact one would thrust the pelvis down, adding significantly to the belly velocity at water contact. If timed to perfection then (a) it shouldn't hurt the tummy too much, (b) give a great 'gloop' sound due to a trapped pocket of air beneath the torso, (c) flick up a high spout of water ( see gurls a/a ) plus of course (d) not get you thrown out of the pool facility because "you are the same little shit I warned last time".
The first method was instinct driven. None of us could lucidly vocalise as to why. It just happened, as naturally expressed as burping/deflating loudly.
The second type was mainly to establish baboon rankings, typically via group acclamation. One summer we had a guy called David What'sIsBorough giving a softly spoken commentary from within a hide composed of beach towels. He went on about weird crap that he called 'primate rituals', 'peer rejection' and 'sexual selection mechanisms' etc. Someone said he was an anthro-apologist - whatever that is. He left after a couple of weeks.
What I think you're describing as 'belly flops' we would label as 'tummy whackers' : the sound, the pain and the red abdominal skin says it all really. There is a fine line b/w #2 a/a and a clear whacker. Practice, as ever, is the key to that millisecond finesse.
{ Obviously none of this Olympic Games nonsense about diving into a pool and not making any waves. That's just being lazy ..... if you wanna do flips and twists and poncy stuff then go to the trampoline. Or get a life. }
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Forgot to specify that #2 ought be done facing downwards. I suppose you could do it while looking skyward but now we are in a whole other topic : back whackers. I believe these are done in the first week of Navy Seal training, in order to weed out those with the weaker spleens.
( edit ) I recall that excellent #2's were sometimes referred to as 'Nelsons'. I don't especially remember why that name, but someone who consistently performed to Nelson grade was necessarily of Alpha Baboon status.
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I remember boys doing stuff like that. I don't know if having a twin made us more likely to be targeted - but we developed the quadruple tswonarmy in response - which tended to work quite well as long as we timed it right. Timing it wrong worked well too - but would look like we'd just blamed each other for the bombing.
MAGIC! It's you! :) The last time my other half lost his voice was following a session in a studio "doing" Led Zeppelin. The time before that was after a Sex Pistols Concert. I don't remember him mentioning screaming girls. I'll have to ask.
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We are a household preparing for our youngest's discharge from hospital tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. My dear wife has delegated sanitising the dog (to clinical standards of excellence) to oneself. He is proving a reluctant participant, and she a hard task-master - but it is worth it. ;-)
We are a household preparing for our youngest's discharge from hospital tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. My dear wife has delegated sanitising the dog (to clinical standards of excellence) to oneself. He is proving a reluctant participant, and she a hard task-master - but it is worth it. ;-)
I saw a trick last week...spread some peanut butter on the wall and the dog will stand there and lick the peanut butter while you do your thing, as long as there is peanut butter to lick they don't care. You can modify that to meet your own situation of course, peanut butter off a spoon, bowl or whatever.
CONGRATULATIONS on your daughter coming home!!! It must be sooo exciting!!!
We are a household preparing for our youngest's discharge from hospital tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. My dear wife has delegated sanitising the dog (to clinical standards of excellence) to oneself. He is proving a reluctant participant, and she a hard task-master - but it is worth it. ;-)
I saw a trick last week...spread some peanut butter on the wall and the dog will stand there and lick the peanut butter while you do your thing, as long as there is peanut butter to lick they don't care. You can modify that to meet your own situation of course, peanut butter off a spoon, bowl or whatever.
CONGRATULATIONS on your daughter coming home!!! It must be sooo exciting!!!
Oh my... what Mikey said!! :)
I'm now so excited toooooooooooooooooooooo, I might have to organise us a thread party!!!
We'll need balloons and cake and decorations and cake and peanut butter and oh... we mustn'tforget cake and...and EVERYTHING ELSE TOO!!! :)
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Oh. I meant for the dog, people - not, not erm... you so much.
Well now it's gone... I'll tell you why I got it should I? I imagined he'ld have got so over the moon with happiness he might need diverting into strategically placed patches of it dotted about the place - sort of like how humps in the road work as calming measures for overexcited vehicles.
But never mind...
Cake should be here soon! :) although I'm having decision difficulties so it won't, not until I haven't - but in the meantime...
I really do wish somebody out there... somewhere... *look accusingly at all the internet at once* had thought of putting this youtube as a soundtrack to one like this youtube ... because I haven't.
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We used to do 'bombs' as
We used to do 'bombs' as kids. Two variants.
#1 : Jump off the diving board or pool edge, then in mid air curl up with arms around folded legs thus hitting backside first. Mainly to ( early adolescent baboon-troop-like ) see if the gurls would notice.
#2 : Same launch, but in the air have your spine horizontal, arms vertical to elbows but forearms horizontal while thighs vertical but shins horizontal. Now just before impact one would thrust the pelvis down, adding significantly to the belly velocity at water contact. If timed to perfection then (a) it shouldn't hurt the tummy too much, (b) give a great 'gloop' sound due to a trapped pocket of air beneath the torso, (c) flick up a high spout of water ( see gurls a/a ) plus of course (d) not get you thrown out of the pool facility because "you are the same little shit I warned last time".
The first method was instinct driven. None of us could lucidly vocalise as to why. It just happened, as naturally expressed as burping/deflating loudly.
The second type was mainly to establish baboon rankings, typically via group acclamation. One summer we had a guy called David What'sIsBorough giving a softly spoken commentary from within a hide composed of beach towels. He went on about weird crap that he called 'primate rituals', 'peer rejection' and 'sexual selection mechanisms' etc. Someone said he was an anthro-apologist - whatever that is. He left after a couple of weeks.
What I think you're describing as 'belly flops' we would label as 'tummy whackers' : the sound, the pain and the red abdominal skin says it all really. There is a fine line b/w #2 a/a and a clear whacker. Practice, as ever, is the key to that millisecond finesse.
{ Obviously none of this Olympic Games nonsense about diving into a pool and not making any waves. That's just being lazy ..... if you wanna do flips and twists and poncy stuff then go to the trampoline. Or get a life. }
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Forgot to specify that #2 ought be done facing downwards. I suppose you could do it while looking skyward but now we are in a whole other topic : back whackers. I believe these are done in the first week of Navy Seal training, in order to weed out those with the weaker spleens.
( edit ) I recall that excellent #2's were sometimes referred to as 'Nelsons'. I don't especially remember why that name, but someone who consistently performed to Nelson grade was necessarily of Alpha Baboon status.
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#1 canon ball #2 ? #3 can
#1 canon ball
#2 ?
#3 can opener
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQFrdLdhMf0
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Communication Breakdown
Quite the wild crowd back then.......not even any screaming girls
The preying mantis
The preying mantis maybe...?
I remember boys doing stuff like that. I don't know if having a twin made us more likely to be targeted - but we developed the quadruple tswonarmy in response - which tended to work quite well as long as we timed it right. Timing it wrong worked well too - but would look like we'd just blamed each other for the bombing.
MAGIC! It's you! :) The last time my other half lost his voice was following a session in a studio "doing" Led Zeppelin. The time before that was after a Sex Pistols Concert. I don't remember him mentioning screaming girls. I'll have to ask.
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Knees indeed do not bend like
Knees indeed do not bend like that, Annie. ;-)
We are a household preparing for our youngest's discharge from hospital tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. My dear wife has delegated sanitising the dog (to clinical standards of excellence) to oneself. He is proving a reluctant participant, and she a hard task-master - but it is worth it. ;-)
Sir Rodney Ffing wrote:Knees
I saw a trick last week...spread some peanut butter on the wall and the dog will stand there and lick the peanut butter while you do your thing, as long as there is peanut butter to lick they don't care. You can modify that to meet your own situation of course, peanut butter off a spoon, bowl or whatever.
CONGRATULATIONS on your daughter coming home!!! It must be sooo exciting!!!
mikey wrote:Sir Rodney Ffing
Oh my... what Mikey said!! :)
I'm now so excited toooooooooooooooooooooo, I might have to organise us a thread party!!!
We'll need balloons and cake and decorations and cake and peanut butter and oh... we mustn't forget cake and...and EVERYTHING ELSE TOO!!! :)
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Party ? I have already made
Party ? I have already made up a banner :
FFING WELCOME HOME !!
{ THE DOG HAS MERELY HAD A BATH .... he's still the same one }
With Luv, Mike ;-))
( edit ) Actually I don't think the guy was an anthro-apologist but an arthro-apologist ie. he felt sorry for joints.
( edit ) Annie, you seem to have a human forearm growing out of your left ear. If you're cool with that then so am I. Just sayin ....
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*rustle rustle-rustle
*rustle rustle-rustle draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag puff-W-H-E-E-E-E-E-Z-E*
That's a most excellent banner, Mike. I like it rather a lot of lot.
*scrape... scrape-scrape-scrape*
It's kind of you to ask, thank you :)
There we are.
I got us a rainbow - for the party...
or a bit of one anyway...
won't be long ...
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Hopefully this has
Hopefully this
has arrived in time.
:)
Oh. I meant for the dog, people - not, not erm... you so much.
Well now it's gone... I'll tell you why I got it should I? I imagined he'ld have got so over the moon with happiness he might need diverting into strategically placed patches of it dotted about the place - sort of like how humps in the road work as calming measures for overexcited vehicles.
But never mind...
Cake should be here soon! :) although I'm having decision difficulties so it won't, not until I haven't - but in the meantime...
I really do wish somebody out there... somewhere... *look accusingly at all the internet at once* had thought of putting this youtube as a soundtrack to one like this youtube ... because I haven't.
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