 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm talking about beautiful people, not ugly people.
They put these grey opaque plastic goldfish bowls on their heads and then they all look the same. Half the time you can't even make out if they're male or female, or something in-between.
People used to look really nice in knitted woolly ski hats, with a generous bobble on the top. It added to the festive enjoyment of joining a group of people on the slopes. People could express their characters with their headwear, instead of cloning themselves into legoHeads.
Call me old-fashioned, but I know what I like. I don't want to ski around with a bunch of robo-cops who should be on building sites.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 2-12-09 12:40; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Perhaps that's why Natasha Richardson didn't wear 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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I thought we hadn't had a helmet thread for a bit 
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Half the time you can't even make out if they're male or female, or something in-between.
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Adds to the excitement when chatting them up though 
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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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Bobbles are strictly pre-school. They only work with a pair of mittens on a bit of elastic going through the back of your jacket.
I suppose you have a dayglo eisbar hat, and a ceerraaaazy fleecy jester one as well?
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Cunners, I agree, bobbles are out.
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It is true that I have never pulled while wearing my ski helmet
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But has The Abominable snowHead, ever pulled while wearing his bobble hat?
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A few decades ago I tried skiing wearing an old, red bobble hat from when I was younger. A girl said "That hat has a wally factor of 15, and the scale only goes to 10." I haven't worn it since. 
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| The Abominable snowHead wrote: |
| They put these grey opaque plastic goldfish bowls on their heads and then they all look the same. |
Which is why lots of famous people can ski incognito. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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The other thing about bobble hats is that people are lulled into a false sense of warmth by them. You see these idiots out on the pistes in nothing but their boots, scuddies and a hat, acting like it's going to project some giant warmth forcefield that will stop their cods freezing off. Have you seen the figures for people getting frost bitten fingers in ski resorts whilst wearing hats? It's damn near 100%. False sense of security! Conspiriacy! 2 shillings and six etc
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| The Abominable snowHead wrote: |
| I'm talking about beautiful people, not ugly people. |
I'll just amend that, slightly. Ugly people certainly look even uglier in ski helmets. They might think it's a form of plastic surgery, but unfortunately it isn't.
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You know it makes sense.
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The Abominable snowHead,?????knitted wooly ski hats.....wait for it..........WITH BOBBLES???????........... twoot twoot...............gaper alert gaper alert...................i bet you wear spyder gear too dont you?..............
okbye
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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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To be a goldfish you need a goldfish bowl on your head
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Poster: A snowHead
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Half the time you can't even make out if they're male or female, or something in-between.
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Unless you're intent on copulation, does it matter?
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has The Abominable snowHead, ever pulled while wearing his bobble hat?
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Shimmy Alcott,
In fact, what he's saying, is not that people look ugly, but that you can't tell whether they're ugly or beautiful. Sounds ideal.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| pam w wrote: |
In fact, what he's saying, is not that people look ugly, but that you can't tell whether they're ugly or beautiful. Sounds ideal. |
Yeah, no need for beer goggles, hence less alcohol intake, hence fewer accidents on the slope...see, another safety benefit of helmets
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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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I agree. It's best to make purchase decisions on the basis of people you've heard of.
I bought a George Foreman grill because I'd heard of George Foreman.
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The Abominable snowHead,
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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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| snowball wrote: |
| A few decades ago I tried skiing wearing an old, red bobble hat from when I was younger. A girl said "That hat has a wally factor of 15, and the scale only goes to 10." I haven't worn it since. |
I have got a quite literally amazing red bobble hat. My wally factor is even higher.
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| The Abominable snowHead wrote: |
| I agree. |
I was agreeing with a posting which has now vanished. All part of the madness, but it makes me look like a total idiot.
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The Abominable snowHead[/b], I saw it
"so stupid buying a helmet because an actress I'd never even heard of died while not wearing one"
(there now you can post your George Foreman gag again and it will all make sense)[/b]
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Shimmy Alcott, thanks for that, but I hasten to add that I certainly wouldn't buy a George Foreman ski helmet.
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What about a Natasha Richardson Grill?
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No to bobbles...yes to hats...Helmets definately have a place (i think you have to make an educated decission about when is wise to use one)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I must admit I'm not a huge fan of the bobble hat look, somehow the cool thing that skiing is doesn't seem reflected in the average woolly hat. Now a really cool looking helmet (somethng I still aspire to own) with trendy goggles or sunnies and I think you are onto something.
N.B. It's something I've never seen in a SH raffle - why don't we get offers of helmets donated as prizes? They are a nice medium value item of ski kit
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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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I find that I am am to discern whether a person is beautiful or not by looking at their face. Strange but true.
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You know it makes sense.
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Does the bobble serve any purpose?
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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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| DB wrote: |
| Does the bobble serve any purpose? |
Sensor for an anemometer? Attached to a 30m cord concealed withing the helmet and releasable in case of avy? Could be anything
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Poster: A snowHead
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I made a bobble recently, using little circles of cardboard, like you used to do in primary school, to sew onto a hat of ours that didn't have one.
That's how much I dig bobbles.
This is actually true.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I like my bobble hat although I usually prefer not to wear a hat skiing as I get too hot. Never worn a helmet and don't intend to.
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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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In the end though, the bobble I made was far too tightly-wound, and really heavy, so we didn't use it 
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| DB wrote: |
| Does the bobble serve any purpose? |
Yes, it makes that thing (that I wouldn't want to be seen dead in, inside a nuclear bunker) look slightly human.
I think you'd look fantastic in it, DB
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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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In all fairness, ski clothing in general is not really the most flattering, but does cover a multitude of sins. Who actually pulls on the piste anyway?
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paulio, for goodness' sake! Your're not going to give up after just one attempt, are you? That's not the attitude that built the Empire.
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The Abominable snowHead,
In the appearance stakes I don't lose out anything by wearing a helmet as I look ugly without the helmet anyway.
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I wear a crash helmet on courses or when free skiing.
Few months ago in Hinterux, took a spill and bam.
For those it's not happened to - you are cruising along and then you know your going to fall. Almost instantly, you hear the aftermath of a bell ring. Imagine putting your head in a large bell and someone hitting it. You don't hear to actually impact (of the hammer on the bell) but rather the tone that comes just after this. So what you hear is a sort loud clanging sound that just goes on and on.
If you’re not wearing a helmet though, don't worry though as most people won't need to describe the sound to someone else, as it will normally be the last thing you hear. I was lucky, only I did the unconscious cart wheeling down the hill then bouncing then more cartwheels. Until I woke up somewhere downwards. Woke up as I was wearing a helmet – only a few MRI scans later, on ripped out tendons in shoulder, and hey presto back on the slopes for me.
Top Tip - wear a helmet.
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Yeah, that's all well and good but you haven't addressed the crucial bobble issue.
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