Fight Club Smile

[Thinker]

Shoot, I'll be looking for you at the Hen tonight, Squid.

 

Your dentist was kind enough to forward a photo so we'll recognize you in your new form

 

[Squid]

Silly- I'll shave before Pub Club

[snugtop]

That is one of the freakiest things I have ever seen. Help, I can't stop looking at it !! Aaayeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Gary_Yngve]

That's actually a pretty bad photoshop job. A guy in our lab is working on much better results. For example,

 

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/assem/ed.png

[Gary_Yngve]

Ouch.

 

So how's the rope? Any sheath damage?

 

Well that should serve as a lesson to all, lips and tongue only, no biting down on the rope.

 

Especially not with braces.

[Gary_Yngve]

Sorry to hear about your teeth and your Euro trip plans.

[MrDoolittle]

My testicles are so far up into my abdomen that I don't think they'll ever come down!! Jesus Christ!! "I'll never bite the rope, I'll never bite the rope, I'll never bite the rope..."

[ken4ord]

Hey, you lost a tooth? That's Great! How many? Who made the rope?

 

What's that? Did I hear someone say "product liability"?

 

Now, the courts tell me that I can't promise you a big settlement, but between you and me, I promise you a (((big))) settlement!

 

Yeah that is right make rope prices more ridiculusly priced than they already are.

[Squid]

My testicles are so far up into my abdomen that I don't think they'll ever come down!!

 

I hear I have this effect on people.

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

1. This happened at the (old) PRG a while back, according to much-maligned Allman Bros. fan/former second-in-command Martin (since bound for Texas or something). Anyway, some new person (like, a "newbie" or how you say this) was maybe going to clip, and got the rope in their mouth, and maybe decided to make one more move or some such nonsense, and skittery-sketched right off the route, extracting sus dientes in the process. So it ain't unheard of.

 

2. How did you (Squidpersonage) normally clip without putting the rope in your toofuses? The clip-'em-up-minded Dr. Flash Amazing, while being clever to the point of painful geniusness, can't conceive of an equivalently convenient means of holding onto the rope while reeling in that extra bit of slack to clip. Hmmm?

[sk]

muffin on lead tends to hold rope briefly betwixt teeth and damn if I could figure out another way to do it

[lummox]

muffin on lead tends to hold rope briefly betwixt teeth and damn if I could figure out another way to do it

under your chin like a musician holds a violin.

[Squid]

Generally, the way I clip and (drumroll for ironic effect) the way I teach others is to try to clip when the bolt/piece is at yer waist- that way you don't feed extra slack into the system if you miss the clip. Clipping at the waist also obviates the necessity of rope-tasting.

 

Those who can, do. Those who can't, bite the rope.

[klenke]

So, who's going to invent the chin-mounted rope holder? Warning on package: if used incorrectly, this device can potentially break your neck.

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Generally, the way I clip and (drumroll for ironic effect) the way I teach others is to try to clip when the bolt/piece is at yer waist- that way you don't feed extra slack into the system if you miss the clip. Clipping at the waist also obviates the necessity of rope-tasting.

 

Those who can, do. Those who can't, bite the rope.

 

That IS a great way to teach people to clip, and it makes good sense. But it seems like lotsa times the bolts aren't placed in such a way as to be clipped from the waist. What to do, what to do?! Must bite, must bite.

 

Gnaw gnaw gnaw gnaw gnaw.