Poster: A snowHead
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Pretty sure the first pic in the first link is Shane McConkey...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DaveC, oh dear, the Photoshop'ing of a bottle of booze in the left hand not going to impress then!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bode Swiller, No photoshopping involved - JD is a fundamental part of the Saucerboy character.
I was going the point that out originally as simply lazy subbing but as the author comes across as a spoilt little something with an unhealthy interest in sauna etiquette then I'm not sure it was written with a Pullitzer Prize in mind.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I am surprised we have not had a relative or teenage acolyte posting yet to tell us how misunderstood the author is, and how we are not worthy to criticise eminient ski journalists...
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I would like to complain about the Scottish.
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thebrownslug, what about us?
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just general ski racism
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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I'm not keen on Downhill.
I much prefer Slalom or GS.
Is this ski racism?
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I am Outraged that they would use Saucer Boy when belting drunk Russians!! Didnt even read the article I was so angry! I would use him to mock the ESF or those few tools who bought 50,000 Euro skis or skis balancing wood from different hemispheres!!
Photoshop... how dare you.. that's all JD baby (or at least ginger beer in a JD bottle)
maggi, N'ah not racism that's fear and i'm on your team.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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maggi, surely that's ski race-ism.
And what about fat skiers - they take up too much room, displace too much snow when they turn (but at least are soft to land on which is important because they can't get out of the way). And we shouldn't ignore that other vile ethnic group. You know, those who sit lined-up in the middle of the piste (just over the crest) with their funny baggy gear and tongue studs... and their boards. I quite like the way the Iranians do skiing with segregated male and female pistes and, of course, no gays. People who wear Fat Face gear in the evenings... I hate them too. People who say they are "stoked" need shooting on sight and why not line up low-cost airline freaks who still complain about extras. We're all different eh?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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maggi,
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i just learned a whole load of stuff i never knew about sauna etiquette
otherwise that article was risible. it would have come across as a terrible piece of writing if someone had posted it in the Apres zone on here
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You know it makes sense.
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That's an awful article - was it written by the Daily Mail?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Well, I e-mailed this chap and told him I wasn't impressed with his verbiage, and I also got a reply. Here's my e-mail:
"That has to be one of the most ridiculous pieces of tosh I’ve had the misfortune to read in a long time. A few of my ‘encounters with the easterners’:
- couple from Moscow buying lift tickets, thanked me for speaking English (more than any of my British customers ever do)
- two Russian blokes speaking neither French nor English, fits of laughter all round as we tried to mime the concept of ‘insurance’ to them
- man with son of about 10, boy speaking perfect French, very polite and full of please and thank-you
- jolly chap in silly hat, also grateful for information in English
This sort of rubbish is all very well if it’s witty and tongue in cheek, but your piece was merely the rather turgid rant of a grumpy bigot. Given the behaviour of a substantial number of Brits in resort, you might wish to attend to the beam in your own eye before getting all snotty about the mote in your neighbour’s."
And here is his reply:
"Thanks for this and we will surprise u by printing this. Can we have an address pse.? And u are right about one thing - it should have been more tongue in cheek, but it was given to a very serious reporter todo."
Literate, hey? What sort of serious journalist replies to his e-mails in text-speak? I won't start on the rather pathetic excuse.
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Poster: A snowHead
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"turgid rant of a grumpy bigot" love it!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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firebug, or "rancid turd of grumpy bigot" ?
Lizzard, nice one!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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At least he's printing it. It's about all we could expect. A grovelling apology was never likely!
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