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Am I an Alien?
I had to attend an all day meeting today at work with people I didn't know (lots of em).. it was one of those deals where you stand up and say 'Hi my name is Biz. One interesting thing about me is that I have climbed and backpacked all over the Grand Canyon..'

People looked at me like I was an alien. Am I? Everybody else said 'I golf.'
Biz
10:23:17 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Yes, you are an alien.

No, you are not alone.
sklukaz
10:25:32 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
They golf all over the Grand Canyon?! Wow, I'm impressed!
Gear Slut
10:26:12 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
golfing the grand canyon would be harder than JUST walking. i mean, they CAN'T be using GOLF CARTS!
radagast
10:33:25 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Alien HO!
Temprat
10:35:00 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Welcome to Planet TT Biz.
walkindude
10:41:33 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Buddur
10:41:56 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Read "Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens," by John E. Mack, M.D. (1994).

Several "human" abductees are really aliens and don't know it. You may be one.
steve hiker
11:02:15 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Steve has mentioned aliens before. It really explains a lot, when ya think about it!
lizs
11:14:36 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Yikes! Stevie's an ET, not a TT!!!!
dunadan
11:17:56 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
OK...Stevie

AS IF WE DIDN'T ALREADY THINK YOU'RE A FREAK!

anybody else believe in aliens? cough. I mean alien abductions?
Temprat
11:25:17 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Some abductees discover not only that they have an alien identity, but that they have an alien spouse and are producing human-alien hybrids. This came as quite a shock to Peter:

"He saw three beings [on the UFO]. One, directly in front of him, had 'a really big forehead' and seemed older than the other two. The one on the left was an alien female. The third being was an alien as well."

"Peter was there to 'learn about the future,' he said. The alien with the large forehead 'is the same one that oversaw all the operations ... I feel like he's smarter, I mean he's definitely the boss.' The female being was to be his teacher. 'She's going to be my guardian, or something. She's gonna watch for me. She's, there's something that's going to transpire. Oh, God, we're ... we're gonna have sex.'"

"This was becoming 'too much' for Peter. Despite his distress at all this, Peter looked upon this process as a project to which he had agreed, perhaps 10 lifetimes ago. 'The first step,' said Peter, 'is simply the creation of the hybrids, the zygotes, the infants.' With the advent of the destruction of the earth as we know it, he said, 'these will be the children that will 'repopulate' the planet. They are like 'poppy seeds, pods' ... that will be 'scattered around the earth.'"

From "Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens," pp. 314-15.
steve hiker
11:45:30 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Anybody know how to bow a handsaw?
Tilt
11:49:40 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
I read the book by John Mack too. It was a lot of fun.

What was that song the aliens sang about him:

Johny, Johny, oh Johny Mack, when are you coming back?
Johny, Johny, oh Johny Mack, when are you coming back?
My arms are missing you, my lips feel the same way too
I tried so hard to be true, like I promised I'd do
But this boy keeps coming around, he's trying to wear my resistance down
Chorus:
Hey Johny, Johny, oh Johny Mack, when are you coming back
Johny, Johny, oh Johny Mack, when are you coming back
He calls me on the phone, about three times a day
Now my heart's just listening to what he has to say
But this loneliness that I have within keeps reaching out to be his friend
chorus
Need your loving, need your loving
(Instrumental break)
I wanna say, I'm not getting any stronger, I can't hold out very much longer
Trying hard to be true, but Johny, he talks just as sweet as you
chorus
Need your loving, need your loving
Need your loving, need your loving...
(Johny, Johny, oh Johny Mack, when are you coming back) (repeats out)...
PedXing
11:58:42 PM
10/08/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Shoot: Make that John E., John E., oh John E. Mack....
PedXing
12:00:30 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
moooooooo. mooooo. mooooooooooooooo. moo.
Tilt
12:02:04 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Nah Biz, they are just thinking you weren't born in the States.
BTW, I got one of those Alien tools for my mountain bike...very practical.
stanlee
12:02:08 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Biz, you must accept Allah, and jion the mighty jihad.
O. Bin Laden
7:23:49 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Biz, non bp'ers really don't get it. My co-workers ask the wildest questions. My boss asked me how I carried a weeks worth of soda, seriously. They couldn't understand why I drove 750 miles and paid $50 for a shuttle ride just to sleep in the dirt and hike back to my truck, and then drive 750 miles home. Go figure!
Le Subtil
8:21:25 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
The're just jealous cuz you can carry a weeks worth of soda
stix4legs
8:27:41 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Yes biz, you are an alien.. everybody knows it.

The girl's body you abducted years ago is enjoying the exercise and views tho.
TownDawg
8:55:09 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
A week's worth of soda for ME is easy.........it don't weigh nuttin'!

Biz-
Most of those golfin' clowns couldn't climb three flights of stairs without having a fatal heart attack.
With all that hikin' and climbin' you probably have a body that looks "alien" compared to those dough-boys!~@%^>

Tom Terrific
8:55:59 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
lol LeSubtil

O. Bin Laden- JIHAD THIS (obscene jesture)
Biz
9:08:48 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
lol Biz, was that an alien obscene gesture, or an earthling obscene gesture?
Buddha Bear
9:15:03 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
I know that backpacking is considered unusual in my area, but I would have thought that it was much more common in AZ. There is so much to see in the four corners region. Maybe the dryness holds people back...Golf and tennis are really big in my family. But I found that I enjoyed the walk and the scenery more than the actual game of hitting the ball with the right club and right swing. BTW I don't think non-backpackers really grasp how physically demanding backpacking is.
LyndyS
9:18:24 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
It's amazing to me how many people who participate in 'sports' really associate their participation with a chance to get out and drink with the guyz..
TownDawg
9:45:01 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Thats what we do on backpacking trips!
Joy
9:51:20 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Participate in a game or attend a game? I thought the drinking was for the audience.
LyndyS
9:52:27 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
I was referring to the guyz I have ever played golf with.. that getting a CART, and puting the cooler in it was the most important part of the afternoon.

(I only play golf if I am forced to)
TownDawg
9:55:27 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
No, my relatives are much too serious about golfing to drink alchohol during the game. Afterwards, yes, but not during their quest for their lowest score ever.
LyndyS
10:00:46 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
And most guys I know who fish.. it's all about the beer.. and a lot of the duck hunters I know its all about the breakfast..

hHhmmMmm.. deep thoughts.
TownDawg
10:04:03 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Playing Golf in the Grand Canyon seems prety easy, I mean come on it's only 1 hole and pretty hard not to miss.

I cant understand how people can go to tournaments and watch golf it???!!!
Let me walk through a leech infested swamp anytime.
Bunyip
10:06:59 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
"Golf is a good walk ruined"

Mark Twain
Joy
10:10:00 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Golf is as physical as you want to make it. there is everything from a beer filled cart to speed golfing where you run from hole to hole and play for score AND time. I like walking more than carting it. The walk gives me time to cool down from getting so pissed on the last hole.
Nigal
10:23:52 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
LOL, Nigal, you sound just like my husband.
LyndyS
10:32:36 AM
10/09/01

Biz?
Violin
11:57:27 AM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Nigal-
Are you pissed because you missed when you tried to piss in the hole?

Golf is not an easy game.
I played a few times before many here were born.

It IS fun to make fun of golf.

Tom Terrific
12:00:50 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Pasture pool can be fun if you don't take it too seriously.
sklukaz
12:14:15 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
"Golf courses and cemetaries are the two major wastes of prime real estate in the western hemisphere."

Rodney Dangerfield
Caddyshack



"Golf Nuts? GOLF NUTS?!? Lemme tell ya about Golf Nuts..."

Me
Augusta, Ga.
Tilt
12:27:06 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Golf may not be easy, but I dont think its fun in any way. I almost have respct for golfers. Im not talented enough to get a dumb little ball in a dumb little hole, but then why would I even want to try?

Yes Biz we are aliens. every sigle one of us. It takes a strange breed to be backpackers, but i wouldnt change it for the world.

Its fun to see the look on peoples ace when you tell them about backpacking.
adventuregirl
12:28:36 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Biz, if you're are an alien, they did a good job of replication. ;-)
Le Subtil
12:57:15 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
We are definitely aliens.. when you tell people about how you lost your boot, or got lost or feel in the creek and are laughing about it.

:)
TownDawg
1:00:20 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Naa Noo Naa Noo!
Buddur
1:00:43 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Have you seen pictures?
Tom Terrific
1:01:17 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Montana has a lot of aliens. Missoula and Bozeman are hotbeds for "Alien Activity". The joke around Bozeman is that you have to be heavily into some outdoor activity (hike, climb, ski, kayak) to earn your "Bozeman Merit Badge". That UFO you see up here might be someone doing some sort of inverted aerial.
Aero
1:32:34 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Newgirl was an alien!
TownDawg
2:01:44 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
no. you aren't. get over it.
radagast
4:20:46 PM
10/09/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
I was an alien once, but I got better.
Bunyip
12:04:03 PM
10/11/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Golf and naps are synonymous.
roseymonster
12:48:35 PM
10/11/01

RE: Am I an Alien?
Yes you are.

Revel in it. Take it as a compliment; that always pisses off the halfwits.
Tilt
1:59:41 PM
10/11/01

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