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..Some have greatness thrust upon them.

And yet others become great because of fudge:

stone skimming record (http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7020000/newsid_7021900/7021962.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=52)

"There was an (stone skimming) event in town and my wife said I should sign up and give it a go. I didn't really want to and said, 'no' but she said, 'You can win fudge!' so I said, 'Sign me up!'"

Heh.:p

That is a ludicrous amount of skims(or skips) though.

That is a ludicrous amount of skims(or skips) though.
fersure. My record is 11 and I felt rather proud of myself when I did that many.
Not any more:(

Skipping stones is hard...I never figured out how to do it

:(:(

Maybe 4 is the best for me but then the stones get aren't exactly flat either.

fersure. My record is 11 and I felt rather proud of myself when I did that many.
Not any more:(

I've been far less successful in my stone-skimming years.
Maybe 6 maximum.

How is 51 even possible... was the water frozen??

I thought this thread was about the giant baby born in Russia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7015841.stm).

I've been far less successful in my stone-skimming years.
Maybe 6 maximum.

How is 51 even possible... was the water frozen??
yes, well. While I state my record is 11 I feel obliged to add that my average is a lot lower - prob 2.3 or something pitifully meagre.

I've no idea how anyone could do 51 skips. It looked like it was on a very shallow river. Maybe that's got something to do with it.

I've no idea how anyone could do 51 skips. It looked like it was on a very shallow river. Maybe that's got something to do with it.

Maybe the river was frozen, or made of Jell-O.

I thought this thread was about the giant baby born in Russia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7015841.stm).
I saw that the other day. I challenge anyone to look at the size of that behemoth, think about the birthing process and NOT wince.

Maybe the river was frozen, or made of Jell-O.

Perhaps essence of Jello Biafra.

I saw that the other day. I challenge anyone to look at the size of that behemoth, think about the birthing process and NOT wince.

Thats why it was a Caesar-Slice.. or whatever. That is when the baby is surgically extracted right? Not that it wouldn't make me wince, just that it isn't the normal birth route.

It must be almost as painful as the birth of LG.... Almost :p

Well he couldn't very well just leave all his tacos, mud and brightly coloured wigs in there now, could he?

I saw that the other day. I challenge anyone to look at the size of that behemoth, think about the birthing process and NOT wince.

It must be almost as painful as the birth of LG.... Almost :p

Ah, that's 'Merican..."yeah, some people have technique, I just use a bigger stone and huck it harder..."

Thats why it was a Caesar-Slice.. or whatever. That is when the baby is surgically extracted right? Not that it wouldn't make me wince, just that it isn't the normal birth route.

CAESAR SLICE?! I'm simultaneously shocked, horrified, and greatly amused.

It's actually called a Caesarean section, though it's occasionally spelled Cesarean.

I remember being happy about reaching double figures. Bah humbug.

I used to be pretty damn good at stone-skipping - obviously 51 is pretty good given it's a world record but I could certainly get past 20.

Spinning it effectively is the first hurdle but the angle of hitting the water is the real key - too steep and it bounces up too high, too flat and it quickly fizzles out.

I should add this to my resume.

I should add this to my resume.
Also add that you were Time's person of the Year in 2006.

Also add that you were Time's person of the Year in 2006.

As I should be every year :mad:

Pffft, I could do that.


I just don't want to.

Also add that you were Time's person of the Year in 2006.

Hey, wasn't that Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert? o.0

It must be almost as painful as the birth of LG.... Almost :p

Actually, she seemed to be relieved to get me out of there. I'm a bit... rowdy in enclosed places. :)

Hey, wasn't that Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert? o.0

Nah, remember the computer picture with the fancy mirror effect.

It was YOU - or at least everyone who touched a computer that year.

Nah, remember the computer picture with the fancy mirror effect.

It was YOU - or at least everyone who touched a computer that year.

It's not funny if you have to explain the ....
besides, it didn't work for me. I kept smacking my beak into the cover until it was completely besmirched with my facial oil.

It's not funny if you have to explain the ....
besides, it didn't work for me. I kept smacking my beak into the cover until it was completely besmirched with my facial oil.

I, on the other hand, photoshopped my girlfriend's picture in, edited some of the script and framed it, thereby creating a cheap present for no particular reason other than to gain enormous brownie points, points I soon spent.

Girlfriend brownie points are like air miles, you spend a lot of time earning them but when converted, they don't take you as far as you'd expect.

I, on the other hand, photoshopped my girlfriend's picture in, edited some of the script and framed it, thereby creating a cheap present for no particular reason other than to gain enormous brownie points, points I soon spent.
Spent, eh? Reminds me of my earlier conversation.

Girlfriend brownie points are like air miles, you spend a lot of time earning them but when converted, they don't take you as far as you'd expect.

Boy, howdy. *nods solemnly*

..Some have greatness thrust upon them.

And yet others become great because of fudge:

stone skimming record (http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7020000/newsid_7021900/7021962.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=52)

"There was an (stone skimming) event in town and my wife said I should sign up and give it a go. I didn't really want to and said, 'no' but she said, 'You can win fudge!' so I said, 'Sign me up!'"

PROOF: Everyone can be a hero for one day.

no one is born great. some ARE born into MUCH more encouraging, inspiring, and or otherwise bennificial personal environments then others however. orders of magnitude more and less. nor of course, does inspiration and influence end at the cradle.

not that this has much to do with stone skipping. which isn't exatly the most cerebral of exercises, for all that it does involve requisite skill and the development thereof. along with a certain noncheallaunce as to a small numeber of micro-environmental consiquences. (well you COULD accidentally hit a fish or a frog. and a lot of people doing so could have a negative impact on say a small retention resovoir or some micro-hydro project, impact a species or whole eco-system by disrupting their access to their watering hole, et cetera and et cetera. not to mentioned hazardous garbage to often left behind by thoughtless young humans, or even more so adult ones.)

oh for pete's sake. i'm not telling anyone not to go do so, for crying out loud. just suggesting that people pay a little more attention to what they are doing and the possible effects of HOW they do it.

compared to a lot of things people do in their homes and in there lives, without ever seeing or learning how to see anything real in nature, if skipping stones was the most dire act they engauged in, we'd all be innocent as babes

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