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Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:30 pm
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Joined: 18 Aug 2006
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Location: chicago an somtimes okc with my mom
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| who else loves the reactions you get when you start to heel? this one lady in the airport came up and asked me how they worked. |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:40 pm
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Team Heelys - Midwest
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| I get asked many questions like "wheres the button that puts the wheel in roll?" or "how do you strt walking?" even "did your front wheel break?" |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:40 pm
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Museum Curator
Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 1474
Location: Central North Dakota, aka The Middle of Nowhere
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| Quote: | | "wheres the button that puts the wheel in roll?" |
Wait, do they seriously think there's some sort of brake on them or have they just confused real Heelys with the retractable crap?
| Quote: | | "how do you strt walking?" |
"With my feet?"
| Quote: | | "did your front wheel break?" |
I have only once been asked how I was rolling, because someone thought I was doing the impossible.
I think it's the television advertising. I haven't watched TV myself in years but I'm fairly sure the ads are what lets people know what they are. Combined with word-of-mouth, I'm fairly sure everyone in this city has at least some idea of what Heelys are.
Shame, really- I was hoping one of the more religious types would accuse me of dark sorcery... |
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a finger on the monkey's paw curls: we get them, and they're hideous |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:11 pm
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Team Heelys - Midwest
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:45 pm
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Joined: 10 Dec 2006
Posts: 45
Location: ~*~ Some where in Fuedul Japan with my heelys!~*~
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:40 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
Joined: 26 Dec 2006
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| I've been asked how the wheels move. Everything else is just the usual, "How do you do that?". |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:52 pm
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Museum Curator
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Location: Central North Dakota, aka The Middle of Nowhere
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| Quote: | | I've been asked how the wheels move. |
That.. that is gold. How do the wheels move? How do the wheels move? I suppose the real answer lies in explaining what these things called axles and bearings are, but seriously, didn't we invent the basic concept like, well, five thousand years ago? Unless the asker is wearing leather hides and carrying around a bone club, my answer would be shocked silence until I found enough monosyllabic words to speak to the moron in terms he could understand.
It'd end up being along the lines of me lifting up my foot and saying "It spins. See? Spiiiins. Goes round and round. There's sweet stuff off that cliff. Go get it." |
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a finger on the monkey's paw curls: we get them, and they're hideous |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:01 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
Joined: 26 Dec 2006
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| Slicer wrote: |
That.. that is gold. How do the wheels move? How do the wheels move? I suppose the real answer lies in explaining what these things called axles and bearings are, but seriously, didn't we invent the basic concept like, well, five thousand years ago? Unless the asker is wearing leather hides and carrying around a bone club, my answer would be shocked silence until I found enough monosyllabic words to speak to the moron in terms he could understand.
It'd end up being along the lines of me lifting up my foot and saying "It spins. See? Spiiiins. Goes round and round. There's sweet stuff off that cliff. Go get it." |
Yeah. I kinda stood there for about thirty seconds and processed the fact that they actually asked it. Then I lifted up my foot and spun the wheel and told them "It stays in the shoe and spins on the axle." And they went on to tell me how amazing and cool it was. *sigH* |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:51 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
Joined: 15 Dec 2006
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I live in NY - nothing surprises anyone.
We have this guy called the "naked cowboy" that walks around Times Square in his only underwear (covered by his guitar).
Try competing with that for attention. |
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:41 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
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| merlyn_DHC wrote: | I live in NY - nothing surprises anyone.
We have this guy called the "naked cowboy" that walks around Times Square in his only underwear (covered by his guitar).
Try competing with that for attention. |
Eh, there's a guy at a park near my house who likes to run around in his birthday suit... |
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Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes
seth1230™: we be on our hoes all day.
seth1230™: i mean shoes.
DeezUU: I keep my shoes in check on the daily
DeezUU: gotta keep your gimphand strong!!
seth1230™: im on a boat and
HannahHeelz: it's going fast and
heelingforlyfe™: i've got a nautical themed, pashmina afghan
SEBASS IZ MAH BESFRANNNN. |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:41 pm
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Heelys Encyclopedia
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Location: Representing SouthEast
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| merlyn_DHC wrote: | I live in NY - nothing surprises anyone.
We have this guy called the "naked cowboy" that walks around Times Square in his only underwear (covered by his guitar).
Try competing with that for attention. |
I SAW HIM LAST YEAR!
My mom tryed distracting me from him by telling me we were going into that big toys r us place.
'Hey seth look theres the toys r us' 'Mom theres a naked cowboy walking this way''Maybe we can get you a nice video game''Nevermind he's in his underwear and his guitar makes him look naked''YES SETH THERE IS A NAKED COWBOY THERE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ABOUT''I want his autograph'
I never got the autograph or the video game  but i did get to ride the ferris wheel in the toys r us  |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:46 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
Joined: 15 Dec 2006
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I've riden the ferris wheel too!!
That's cool - I used to skate past there everyday when I was working at 4 Times Square!
MDHZ |
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:53 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
Joined: 26 Dec 2006
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| seth1230 wrote: | | 'Hey seth look theres the toys r us' 'Mom theres a naked cowboy walking this way''Maybe we can get you a nice video game''Nevermind he's in his underwear and his guitar makes him look naked''YES SETH THERE IS A NAKED COWBOY THERE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ABOUT''I want his autograph' |
Haha. Nice. |
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Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes
seth1230™: we be on our hoes all day.
seth1230™: i mean shoes.
DeezUU: I keep my shoes in check on the daily
DeezUU: gotta keep your gimphand strong!!
seth1230™: im on a boat and
HannahHeelz: it's going fast and
heelingforlyfe™: i've got a nautical themed, pashmina afghan
SEBASS IZ MAH BESFRANNNN. |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:54 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
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| But you get my point, right? Hard to make anyone blink when there's that (and much more) running around the city. |
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:59 pm
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Team Heelys - SoCal
Joined: 26 Dec 2006
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| merlyn_DHC wrote: | | But you get my point, right? Hard to make anyone blink when there's that (and much more) running around the city. |
Oh, yeah, it's lovely.  |
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Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes
seth1230™: we be on our hoes all day.
seth1230™: i mean shoes.
DeezUU: I keep my shoes in check on the daily
DeezUU: gotta keep your gimphand strong!!
seth1230™: im on a boat and
HannahHeelz: it's going fast and
heelingforlyfe™: i've got a nautical themed, pashmina afghan
SEBASS IZ MAH BESFRANNNN. |
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