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Surf Dance Chris

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Oct 11, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/11/99
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Can someone explain the full meaning behind this running joke?

"Surf Dance" Chris,
who will ride the Flip 'N' Out before any coaster!
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Christian Lucht

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Oct 11, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/11/99
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OK, here is the legend of Taer It Down!
A little over a year ago, some kid was complaining that coaster
enthusiasts were wasting money trying to restore Leap The Dips in
Altoona. Even though it was the oldest coaster in the world, he thought
the money would be better spent on a new B&M (like Lakemont would put a
B&M in!). Anyway, he went on to say that we should, "Taer it down!",
referring to Leap the Dips. And he spelled it that way! I thought it was
funny, so I started using it in response to any complaints about
coasters, no matter how minor (i.e. "I wish the train was a different
shade of blue." response: "Taer it Down!")

Chris.

P.S. Oh, and later on the same person posted that we should Taer Down
the Rebel Yell.

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BaSSiStiSt

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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Chris, that simple phrase ("T.I.D.") has been used multiple times at every park
I have visited since. And I know I am not the only one!

Mike Miller
Well, God said to Abraham "kill me a son"
Abe said "Man, you must be puttin me on"
God said "No", Abe said "What?"
God said "Abe you can do what ya want, man,
but the next time you see me comin' you better run!"

--Bob Dylan, "Highway 61"

Bill Buckley

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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>Anyway, he went on to say that we should, "Taer it down!",
>referring to Leap the Dips. And he spelled it that way! I thought it was
>funny, so I started using it in response to any complaints about
>coasters, no matter how minor


The Zebra gag was funny. The "taer it down" gag is, imho, just plain annoying.

Richard Bonner

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Christian Lucht wrote:

> <repost>
> OK, here is the legend of Taer It Down!
> A little over a year ago, some kid was complaining that coaster
> enthusiasts were wasting money trying to restore Leap The Dips in
> Altoona. Even though it was the oldest coaster in the world, he thought
> the money would be better spent on a new B&M (like Lakemont would put a

> B&M in!). Anyway, he went on to say that we should, "Taer it down!",


> referring to Leap the Dips. And he spelled it that way! I thought it was
> funny, so I started using it in response to any complaints about

> coasters, no matter how minor (i.e. "I wish the train was a different
> shade of blue." response: "Taer it Down!")
>
> Chris.

*** To make the catch phrase more like its incorrect spelling, pronounce
it as "TAY-er it down". (-:

Richard Bonner

Managing Director:
The Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada
www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/CEC/CEC.html


Chris Lucht

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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You must have been very stressed when I had the annoying lantern AND the
annoying shirt! :-D
Still no sign of Nancy Drew!

Chris.

Bill Buckley wrote:
>
> The Zebra gag was funny. The "taer it down" gag is, imho, just plain annoying.


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Chris Lucht

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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Ha Ha!! You got it Richard! A lot of us do say it that way!

Chris.

Richard Bonner wrote:
>
>
> *** To make the catch phrase more like its incorrect spelling, pronounce
> it as "TAY-er it down". (-:
>

upl...@my-deja.com

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.991012102811.22783A-
100...@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>,
ak...@chebucto.ns.ca wrote:

> *** To make the catch phrase more like its incorrect spelling,
pronounce
> it as "TAY-er it down". (-:
>

> Richard Bonner

Richard, we Texans have _ALWAYS_ said it that way ! :)


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Matthew Sullivan

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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BaSSiStiSt wrote:

> Chris, that simple phrase ("T.I.D.") has been used multiple times at every park
> I have visited since. And I know I am not the only one!
>
> Mike Miller
>

And as someone who has accompanied Mike to parks here in So Cal, I can tell you
hearing him say "TAER IT DOWN" is a refreshing change from all the OTHER things he
tends to repeat over and over and over and over and over.

Oh yeah, and over.

Matthew

Bruce Jensen

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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I'd like to suggest that, next time it is uttered aloud in a park or
other setting, it should be pronounced as if by a Scot. It sort of
looks Scottish anyway (TAER), and to holler 'TAER IT DOON!' with rolled
"R" would sound like the very spirit of the Archdruid casting a vengeful
curse across the ancient moors of Scotland.

...and if you're all in the mood, kilts are real comfy :-)

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Richard Bonner

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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 upl...@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.991012102811.22783A-
> 100...@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>,
> ak...@chebucto.ns.ca wrote:
>
> > *** To make the catch phrase more like its incorrect spelling,
> > pronounce it as "TAY-er it down". (-:
> >
> > Richard Bonner
>
> Richard, we Texans have _ALWAYS_ said it that way ! :)

*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova
Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:

Marcus Sheen

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Hi There,

> ...and if you're all in the mood, kilts are real comfy :-)

[user shakes head...]

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Marcus

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Matthew Sullivan

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Bruce Jensen wrote:

> I'd like to suggest that, next time it is uttered aloud in a park or
> other setting, it should be pronounced as if by a Scot. It sort of
> looks Scottish anyway (TAER), and to holler 'TAER IT DOON!' with rolled
> "R" would sound like the very spirit of the Archdruid casting a vengeful
> curse across the ancient moors of Scotland.
>

> ...and if you're all in the mood, kilts are real comfy :-)
>

So tell me, Bruce, do you fear an updraft when you wear your kilt??

Matthew


Bruce Jensen

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In article <3803AF2F...@etvnet.com>,
mpro...@gte.net wrote:

> So tell me, Bruce, do you fear an updraft when you wear your kilt??

Only in the front seat and on drop rides!

...and then, not so much the *fear* of exposure as the trepid excitement
of an act *forbidden* by the censors of polite society :-)

--
On a flight of fancy, not being a Scot myself,

Dave Althoff

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Justin K. (bgtg...@aol.comToTRules) wrote:
: >*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova

: >Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:

: And you make your smiley's backwards too! :)

He's just trying to make you think he's Australian.

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Justin K.

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>*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova
>Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:

And you make your smiley's backwards too! :)

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Justin K.

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>
>He's just trying to make you think he's Australian.
>
>--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Funny, I would have thought he was Chinese.

BaSSiStiSt

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>...and if you're all in the mood, kilts are real comfy :-)

But only if you go "natural". I used to wear them in high school marching
band...

Bruce Jensen

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In article <7u06dc$4va$1...@lure.pipex.net>,
"Marcus Sheen" <m.s...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Hi There,

>
> > ...and if you're all in the mood, kilts are real comfy :-)
>
> [user shakes head...]
>
> Regards,
> Marcus

Hey, Marcus - how are they on those Vekoma rides (such as Invertigos)
with the heavily contoured seats and big plastic knob that comes up
betwixt your legs?

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Richard Bonner

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On 13 Oct 1999, Justin K. wrote:

> >*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova
> >Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:
>
> And you make your smiley's backwards too! :)
>

> BGTG...@aol.com (remove "ToTRules" to reply)

*** Actually, I consider everyone else makes *their's* backwards. Mine
face the line that I intend to be funny. The way everyone else does it is
like telling a joke to someone while facing away from them.

Richard Bonner

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On 12 Oct 1999, Dave Althoff wrote:

> Justin K. (bgtg...@aol.comToTRules) wrote:
> : >*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova
> : >Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:
>
> : And you make your smiley's backwards too! :)
>

> He's just trying to make you think he's Australian.
>
> --Dave Althoff, Jr.

*** Well, not exac... Wait! Yeah, that's the ticket... This way, when I
make snide remarks to the Americans on this group, they'll think I'm too
far away to bother doing anything about it. Yeah, that's the ticket.

MPierpoint

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Richard Bonner <ak...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.991...@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca..
.

>
> On 13 Oct 1999, Justin K. wrote:
>
> > >*** Oh yeah... I never thought of that. Of course, I assume we Nova
> > >Scotians have just as strong an accent to your ears. (-:
> >
> > And you make your smiley's backwards too! :)
> >
> > BGTG...@aol.com (remove "ToTRules" to reply)
>
> *** Actually, I consider everyone else makes *their's* backwards. Mine
> face the line that I intend to be funny. The way everyone else does it is
> like telling a joke to someone while facing away from them.
>
> Richard Bonner
>
> Managing Director:
> The Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada
> www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/CEC/CEC.html
>
.\
D Nope, the smiley on the left is facing what I and typing. All of the
others are facing me like this one. :0D.
<

Rebel Transcanner

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Oct 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/13/99
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MPierpoint wrote:

> .\
> D Nope, the smiley on the left is facing what I and typing. All of the
> others are facing me like this one. :0D.
> <

That was incoherent, and made no sense.

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MPierpoint

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Rebel Transcanner <hend...@oxford.net> wrote in message
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Can't you see it? This is a profile view of a person.

. Eye
D Nose
< Mouth

Rebel Transcanner

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MPierpoint wrote:

> > That was incoherent, and made no sense.

> Can't you see it? This is a profile view of a person.


>
> . Eye
> D Nose
> < Mouth

That was incoherent, and made no sense, and I am not a pirate.

Marcus Sheen

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Bruce,

> Hey, Marcus - how are they on those Vekoma rides
> (such as Invertigos)
> with the heavily contoured seats and big plastic knob
> that comes up
> betwixt your legs?

Depends whether you're asking from the point of view of wearing anything
under the mentioned kilt. We all know, REAL Scots wear nothing underneath.
The "knob" covers up the worst of it though (at least this is what I
heard...).

MPierpoint

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Rebel Transcanner <hend...@oxford.net> wrote in message
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> MPierpoint wrote:
>
> > > That was incoherent, and made no sense.
>
> > Can't you see it? This is a profile view of a person.
> >
> > . Eye
> > D Nose
> > < Mouth
>
> That was incoherent, and made no sense, and I am not a pirate.
>
Okay, I don't understand what you are on about & you don't understand what I
am on about so lets leave it at that shall we.

Yours Confusedly

Michael

Justin K.

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>
>That was incoherent, and made no sense, and I am not a pirate.
>
> Iain

Arrr!!!

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Rebel Transcanner

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MPierpoint wrote:

> > That was incoherent, and made no sense, and I am not a pirate.

> Okay, I don't understand what you are on about & you don't understand what I


> am on about so lets leave it at that shall we.

I amn't pirate being fastly movable in the Canadian snow-winter with
the gladly-happable persons who do unquothed loopings.

BaSSiStiSt

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> I amn't pirate being fastly movable in the Canadian snow-winter with
>the gladly-happable persons who do unquothed loopings.

Damn silly Canadians. It must be all that beer and pork.

Rebel Transcanner

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BaSSiStiSt wrote:

> > I amn't pirate being fastly movable in the Canadian snow-winter with
> >the gladly-happable persons who do unquothed loopings.

> Damn silly Canadians. It must be all that beer and pork.

BACON!!!

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