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Post by SP_Chloe on Aug 29, 2005 11:20:01 GMT -5
well watching is boring derr, its like watching someone hunt a dead goose sheesh
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Post by Beth on Aug 30, 2005 19:37:31 GMT -5
hahaha, or like snipe hunting?
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Post by SP_Chloe on Aug 31, 2005 10:46:24 GMT -5
yup! fun fun *saves the animals*
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Post by Beth on Aug 31, 2005 14:37:24 GMT -5
haha, does anyone even know what a snipe IS?
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Post by SP_Chloe on Aug 31, 2005 14:43:47 GMT -5
its a birdie
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Post by Beth on Aug 31, 2005 20:04:09 GMT -5
hahahahahah is it???
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Post by Beth on Aug 31, 2005 20:06:43 GMT -5
A snipe hunt is one of a class of practical jokes that involve experienced people making fun of newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task.
Inexperienced campers or hunters are told about a bird or animal called the snipe, as well as a (usually ridiculous) method of catching it - such as running around the woods carrying a bag, or making strange noises. Since the supposed snipe doesn't exist, the hunt never succeeds, no matter how foolishly the newcomer acts.
To extend the joke, there actually is a species of bird called a snipe. The success of the joke depends in part on the victim's ignorance of this, as the snipe is found primarily in wetlands and the joke is invariably played in wooded areas.
Another variation of this type of practical joke, called a fool's errand in the UK, involves sending newcomers on a work site to fetch nonexistent tools, such as a left-handed screwdriver, a can of striped paint or a tube of elbow grease.
In the Boy Scouts of America it is common for first-time attendees at a camporee (a large weekend event) to be sent after a "left-handed smoke-shifter," supposedly a branch with a fan on the end used to deflect smoke from a campfire. In the Air Force a variant involves new airmen being sent to the commissary to purchase a bottle of prop wash.
(I already knew this, but I thought I might enlighten some of y'all that had never been on a "snipe hunt" with a gunnysack before! lol)
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Post by SP_Chloe on Sept 1, 2005 12:24:35 GMT -5
ya i never heard of that but i knew a snipe was a wetland bird! ;D
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Post by moran on Sept 1, 2005 16:54:06 GMT -5
That is like SO goofy. Those hunter dudes are like SO wild and crazy.
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Post by Matt-man on Sept 4, 2005 17:49:34 GMT -5
There is also a baseball variation that calls on getting the key to the batters box and getting a box of knuckle balls and curve balls from the ball room.
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Post by SP_Chloe on Sept 4, 2005 20:23:16 GMT -5
that's retarded! LMAO
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Post by subhuman5 on Sept 6, 2005 19:15:00 GMT -5
almost as much as this conversation about hunting.
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Post by SP_Chloe on Sept 7, 2005 9:26:58 GMT -5
haha subby
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Post by Beth on Sept 7, 2005 20:51:55 GMT -5
Haha, don't blame me, I didn't start it. lol
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Post by moran on Sept 24, 2005 16:20:48 GMT -5
You know there is a sport called "hurling" here. Is like hockey mixed with baseball and lacrosse or something, I dun understand it.
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