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Originally Posted by slider 

 I'm not believing any ski pics on this site from now on.

I wouldn't either, Slider!

Here ya go, BoredatBMBW--

Phil of Liberty:

Best regards,

Bob

Bob, read your pm's.

Here's our very own t-shirt with the definition.

I think we  could do better though with Gaper Boy.

http://www.zazzle.com/custom_urban_dictionary_tshirt_light_front-235105286323075506

 

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Phil is the walrus.  There's a rumor that he's dead.
 

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Originally Posted by Posaune 

Phil is the walrus.  There's a rumor that he's dead.
 

 

Rumor confirmed

Bring me the coveted Rossignol skis of RossiSmash, and then I shall grant your wish.

I think we need a sticky with a template of the "gaper-phil" image that can be downloaded. Any user can than load Gaper-Phil onto any photo. This way, we can have living thread of Gaper-phil in peoples family pictures, weddings, beach scenes, kids parties and such. I think it has potential!

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Originally Posted by MidwestPete 

Bring me the coveted Rossignol skis of RossiSmash, and then I shall grant your wish.

 

You're not in Kansas anymore!
 

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Originally Posted by Finndog 

I think we need a sticky with a template of the "gaper-phil" image that can be downloaded. Any user can than load Gaper-Phil onto any photo. This way, we can have living thread of Gaper-phil in peoples family pictures, weddings, beach scenes, kids parties and such. I think it has potential!

 

 

Phil should have trademarked himself.  It's not too late Phil(TM) !

LOL....hilarious...good stuff

Is it too late to point out that Phil's Texas Suitcase is defective?  You're supposed to also put the opposite pole ends and baskets through the pole straps in addition to the skis. 

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Originally Posted by Richie-Rich 

LOL....hilarious...good stuff

I don't know what Bob Barne's excuse is, but I'm a little twisted from reading all of those MAD magazines as a kid.
 

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Is it too late to point out that Phil's Texas Suitcase is defective?  You're supposed to also put the opposite pole ends and baskets through the pole straps in addition to the skis. 

That's true, isn't it, crgldart? He's setting a bad example for gapers everywhere.

I think Phil is an imposter. Not a true gaper. Phil, you've been outed!

Alas....

Best regards,

Bob

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Originally Posted by Bob Barnes 

That's true, isn't it, crgldart? He's setting a bad example for gapers everywhere.

 

I think Phil is an imposter. Not a true gaper. Phil, you've been outed!

 

Alas....

 

Best regards,

Bob

Maybe he could be prosecuted for pushing "knock off" Texas Suitcases (TM) and Houston Handbags(TM)

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Originally Posted by crgildart 

Is it too late to point out that Phil's Texas Suitcase is defective?  You're supposed to also put the opposite pole ends and baskets through the pole straps in addition to the skis. 

 

Dude! That's so page 2.

http://www.snorgtees.com/all-shirts

Watch the video!

 

Originally Posted by Tog 

 

Originally Posted by telerod15 

For God's sake, tuck the baskets into the pole straps! You can carry your skis and poles easily in one hand once you learn how. You are on the right track, very close to getting it right. Keep trying! Is this your fist time skiing?

 

And get some gaiters! Rookie!

 

Really Phil! Get it together. Two hands required for the Texas Suitcase??? That qualifies as a meta-gaper.

 ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puj_wYyDzBk

video by TetonVillageSports

 

When I was in college the dean of the fine arts dept was trying to convince me to change majors from pre-med to be an artist.   He took me on an exclusive tour to a few locations in NYC, including some Artists Society Club, Marvel Comics and Mad magazine, where I met the chief editor/creator William Gaines.   The office was even crazier than the magazine.   Ancient, and a total mess with crumpled paper on the floor, books and magazines everywhere....and small/cramped.    Additionally as a little boy, one of the creators of Mad (may have been Gaines) had spotted me in NYC and asked my parents if he could photograph me.  They agreed and he gave them a huge poster of me.....end jack'ing.
 

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Originally Posted by MidwestPete 

 

I don't know what Bob Barne's excuse is, but I'm a little twisted from reading all of those MAD magazines as a kid.
 

 

I take it you didn't go the artist route since you are "Richie-Rich" (I read those before MAD). 

Actually, my ski buddy from the 80s (when I was young and single) went to a comic book art school in New Jersey.

Now back to "Picking on Phil", err I mean "Where's Phil".

 

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Originally Posted by Richie-Rich 

When I was in college the dean of the fine arts dept was trying to convince me to change majors from pre-med to be an artist.   He took me on an exclusive tour to a few locations in NYC, including some Artists Society Club, Marvel Comics and Mad magazine, where I met the chief editor/creator William Gaines.   The office was even crazier than the magazine.   Ancient, and a total mess with crumpled paper on the floor, books and magazines everywhere....and small/cramped.    Additionally as a little boy, one of the creators of Mad (may have been Gaines) had spotted me in NYC and asked my parents if he could photograph me.  They agreed and he gave them a huge poster of me.....end jack'ing.
 

 

Yes, let's get back to it shall we?

http://www.snorgtees.com/beardheads-by-beardhead

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Here's a few in romper suits:

http://www.snowboardingforum.com/snowboarding-general-chat/10434-gaper-hunt-3.html

http://www.snowboardingforum.com/snowboarding-general-chat/10434-gaper-hunt-7.html

This is a really funny thread.

That's just awesome... a bottom gap gaper.  Is the lower helmet part actually over his eyes or just above them?
 

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Originally Posted by RootDKJ 

This is a really funny thread.

 

Hmmm Tog, I don't know if I can give you full  "gaper" status --  girls can get away with more than guys without looking dopey.

I'm sorry about your Big Sky friend below and his serious looking neck injury.

Originally Posted by Tog 

 

Yes, let's get back to it shall we?

 

 

 

 

 

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Three weeks ago I had a student show up with their helmet on backwards.  It kept falling down and covering her face.  I managed a straight face and told her that it would fit better if she turned it around.  Straight outta Texas.

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Originally Posted by MidwestPete 

 

Hmmm Tog, I don't know if I can give you full  "gaper" status --  girls can get away with more than guys without looking dopey.

 

I'm sorry about your Big Sky friend below and his serious looking neck injury.
 

 

Thanks for your concern Pete! That's not me though but the girl who wrote the article with no name I could find.

Look, Gapers can fly...

ABasin Gaper Day 2011:

Video by PointBlankP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Jge5MWsP4&feature=related

Originally Posted by daysailer1 

Three weeks ago I had a student show up with their helmet on backwards.  It kept falling down and covering her face.  I managed a straight face and told her that it would fit better if she turned it around.  Straight outta Texas.

 

Like that^?

(Who knows what the source of that photo is, it's all over the place.)

All right, one more, with due credit to crgildart for the text::

(Background image from Wikimedia Commons, by Derek Jensen, released to the public domain.)

It's a magnificent sculpture, isn't it? Takes my breath away, brings tears to my eyes....

Best regards,

Bob

^^^^Much better than the Las Vegas version!

Best one yet. 

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Originally Posted by Bob Barnes 

All right, one more, with due credit to crgildart for the text::

 

(Background image from Wikimedia Commons, by Derek Jensen, released to the public domain.)

 

It's a magnificent sculpture, isn't it? Takes my breath away, brings tears to my eyes....

 

Best regards,

Bob

Nice cell phone tower!

Maybe you could sell it to AT&T. Their network could use all the help it can get.

"We fix networks the old fashioned way. We buy them."
 

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Originally Posted by crgildart 

^^^^Much better than the Las Vegas version!

 

Gaper version of the Statue of Liberty. ^^

(Shouldn't someone be fired? Maybe the stamp itself?)
 

April 25, 2011

Hi Bears:

Enjoyed this thread immensely.  However, I really have to "question" the priority of Bears who are more eager spotting  Texas Suitcase "gapers" than spotting hot skiers nicely filling out a pair of tight ski pants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puj_wYyDzBk  (compliments of TOG and TVS)

Think snow,

CP

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Originally Posted by Tog 

 

Dude! That's so page 2.

 

http://www.snorgtees.com/all-shirts

 

Watch the video!

 

Fill in the blank for Phil...

Phil: "I'm going to be Bronzed and put on the fountain!"

(The rest of us)

Francis Bacon. Head VI. 1949

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bacon/