Dumb things other climbers have said

I work at a university gym so i hear my fair share of dumb comments. I'm not one to make fun of new guys but this guy was a jerk from the get go so I don't feel as bad. To set the scene he was a 30 year old grad student with a pony tail and goatee.

After lowering him from his second route he turns around stone serious and asks

"so have u guys had to knife anyone out yet?"

me "what do u mean by knife?"

"you know, like when someone gets caught up in the rope and you have to cut them out to save them"

me "no no we have a pretty safe gym haven't had to knife anyone this year"

I managed to stay serious to not make him feel bad but the girl next to me was almost in tears laughing

"There is no evolution fact God brie cheese sammich."

JML wrote:"There is no God" & "Evolution is fact"

The Earth is 6,000 years old.

JML wrote:"...I would not have shed a tear if Palin had become president. If you really look at what she has done and the type of person she is, she would have been a heap better than the knucklehead that is in there now. She isn't as dumb as her reputation."

You're probably right, Jody. In all likelihood, she's much dumber than her reputation suggests because her handlers have kept her dumbest ideas and statements out of the media. That's what they're paid to do.

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I guess I should add something climbing-related:

A few years ago, myself and a friend went sport climbing in Boulder Canyon with someone we'd never climbed with before. My friend put up some 5.11 and lowered off. Our new friend TR'd the route and pulled on most of the 'draws on her way up, but made it to the top.

On the way out she asks me, "So that last one was a 5.11?"

"Yep."

"So now I can say that I've climbed a 5.11?"

I honestly don't remember my answer.

--Marc

Who said the earth is 6000 years old? I never said that yet it appears you attributed that quote to me. :)

And the same goes for Obama's handlers...if it weren't for them we wouldn't even be talking about how dumb Palin is, she wouldn't be in the conversation with the stupidity exhibited by Obama.

JML wrote:Who said the earth is 6000 years old? I never said that yet it appears you attributed that quote to me. :)

There's a reason I didn't put the 6,000 y.o. comment in quotes. The comment was in response to your continued intolerance toward religious views other than your own. In this case it's Atheism; I've also seen you attack Islam several times.

JML wrote:..if it weren't for [Obama's handlers] we wouldn't even be talking about how dumb Palin is, she wouldn't be in the conversation with the stupidity exhibited by Obama.

I'm really not sure what you're trying to say here. The fact is people have been talking about how stupid and ignorant Palin is before Obama was elected president.

There's a big difference between stupidity/ignorance and disagreeing with others' opinions and/or courses of action. You disagree with Obama's courses on action on several issues, as do I. But to compare Obama's level of intelligence with Palin's is laughable.

--Marc

PS This is a fun thread and I'm not interested in turning it into another political debate. So say your peace if you'd like, Jody, but don't expect a response from me in this thread.

EvanH wrote:"Them rocks fall downwards."

Waz so dum bout that?
Truher words never spoken.

What would be even funnier would be to ignore the landowner's words of wizdoom only to be plunked on the head by loose choss.

Marc H wrote: PS This is a fun thread and I'm not interested in turning it into another political debate.

Bzzzzzzzzztttt
Unfortunately, looks like you already have Sr. Marc.

I would say that JML shot first, here. And, as usual, did so in a completely inappropriate context.

Trever W. wrote:"Can I get two girdles and a powder bag?" -at the local gym

Might have to start using this one...

Toby B wrote:I would say that JML shot first, here. And, as usual, did so in a completely inappropriate context.

How do you figure? The title of the thread said "Dumb things other climbers have said". I posted quotes from other climbers which I considered to be dumb. The posters AFTER me made it political.

Almost everything else in the thread is something to the effect of "wow, people are unsafe" or "gosh, people spray a lot."

Then you come in with "atheism and evolution are stupid."

I know you know that doesn't belong. You posted it to stir up precisely this kind of political talk, and pretending otherwise to try and shift the blame is insulting. Would you mind keeping your blatant trolling in its own threads like you used to? It wasn't quite so irritating then.

One time I went climbing with a guy doing a degree in outdoor leadership. Despite the fact that I already checked everything, he refused to start belaying until I recited verbatim the climbing commands. I complied, and when we finished the exchange he kindly informed me:
"If you want to be really cool, you can say 'rocking' instead of 'climbing', so I can reply 'rock on!'".

this thread is fun. let's keep it that way. please.

Climbing in Carhartts is about 4x as lame as climbing in man-pris.

Climbing related...

While buying only one #2 camalot at the REI in Denver, I was asked "what are you going to do with just one?" by the wise, old sage operating the register.

"If you don't lock your locking D, you can take them off belay much quicker."

My response: "You're absolutley right."

Hank Caylor wrote:Any idiot who says they're gonna' "kick the sh*t out of ANY dog" at the crag they ever see, ever, for any reason, ever, for no reason, and no they aren't just threatening on the internet, but for real, just try me, EVER!!!!

saw some dude kick a dog at the red last fall, he said that bringing a dog to a crag is the exact same as bringing a giraffe or a chimpanzee. weird thing was, the belayer/kicker was on the rope and draws of the dogs owner. I was kicked out of miguels that night when i heard the kicker talking shit about the guy and his dog. some fucking people

AndyMac wrote: You've met Ben Yunkers! You missed out on his flash send of "Ode to Modern Man" and when he beasted "the Big Worm". And I'd bet you didn't get to see him climb anything because it was; his rest day, he had west nile, he got in too late last night. He is truly an amazing person!

haha ive meet him in a gym in denver! third asecent of the game, right after he saw paul do it, and also he onsights 5.13s...with no ropes...in his barefeet!!! AMAZING!!! he is truly my hero

"I can't meet you at the gym, I'm watching "Glee" tonight."

I was at one of those Red Rock Rendevous clinics 5 years ago-Conrad Anker was the host of this particular one. He was talking about setting up anchors. Someone in the group inquires to Conrad:

"ya ever have one of those things blow?"

He just calmly said "no" and continued with the discussion.

That was funny (I thought)!