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  • WhiteBlaze Hat

    5 11.63%
  • WhiteBlaze Bandana

    1 2.33%
  • WhiteBlaze Patch

    3 6.98%
  • Forehead Tatto

    3 6.98%
  • White Ribbon on pole, pack, anywhere visible

    14 32.56%
  • Banana Dance

    3 6.98%
  • Mooning

    2 4.65%
  • Gang Style Hand Gesture

    3 6.98%
  • Ask passing hiker, "Did I hear some whining?" WB member answers, "No Sniveling!"

    5 11.63%
  • I'm just gonna run naked up the trail screaming, "I love WhiteBlaze. I love WhiteBlaze."

    4 9.30%
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Thread: WB Secret Sign?

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    None of the above. If it's a secret, you can't let anybody know.
    Remember this - - Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funerals.

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    Just pass gas as they are approaching or just passing. They will immediately realize you are a another WB member. (Completely full of hot air.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hammock Hanger View Post
    Just pass gas as they are approaching or just passing. They will immediately realize you are a another WB member. (Completely full of hot air.)
    HA HA

    Well if that's the case, we'd better keep it a secret!

    .....and if you passed gas when you passed us.....you better keep it a secret!

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    I think that a white ribbon would work but after some time on the tail I do not think that the white ribbon would be white anymore.

    What about painting a small spot on a trekking pole or a sticker? It would be pretty easy to spot.
    A good friend will bail you out of jail but a great friend will be sitting beside you saying "Man that was fun!"

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    I usaully mistake WBers as thru hikers, cuz they hike smarter (small packs, etc). Not that thru hikers are smart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creek Dancer View Post
    Our secret sign should be none other than doing the banana dance!
    My body suffers enough abuse on the trail without subjecting it to that!
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    But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute--and it's longer than any hour.
    That's relativity." --Albert Einstein--

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daddy Longlegs View Post
    after some time on the tail I do not think that the white ribbon would be white anymore.
    Yeah, after some time on the tail, that ribbon is definitely not going to be white.

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    How about when we approach another hiker, we stop and do our best neo pose. Everyone on WB should reconize that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hammock engineer View Post
    How about when we approach another hiker, we stop and do our best neo pose. Everyone on WB should reconize that.
    We could paint one of these on our cheek.

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    How about asking "Are you Minnesota Smith?"

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    Well we already have our signs all along the length of the trail. Talk about mass advertising. We didn't even have to put them up ourselves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT Rock View Post
    Well we already have our signs all along the length of the trail.
    82 thousand of them!
    Teej

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    Default WB Secret Sign?

    “How do we recognize one and other on the trail? ... We need something special. A handshake, code word, dance, eye twitch.”

    Why don’t we begin to wear clothes while hiking. Well, most of us anyway, most of the time.
    “The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to earth. ...
    Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Blazer View Post
    Yeah, after some time on the tail, that ribbon is definitely not going to be white.
    True, if the ribbon is cloth.

    We could use the white tape used in label makers. Easy to wipe off the dirt and U.V. resistant.
    Last edited by Skidsteer; 09-25-2006 at 18:02. Reason: kill the damn banana in GB's quote
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    Keep it simple. A white something somewhere. No dances, no gestures, no intentional farting, no tatoos. Heck if we're not careful we could end up with someone else's secret whatever and be mistaken for KKK or Trustifarians or whatnot.......

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    [quote=Tractor]Keep it simple. A white something somewhere. /quote]

    What about the hiker trailing TP stuck to the botton of their shoe?
    I would much rather be anywhere on a trail right now
    than just sitting in front of some computer reading about it.

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    Default Mooning the Cog?

    How 'bout we moon one another... That ought to be a dead giveaway for WBers, as it's about as civil as some of the threads on here..
    Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way, you're a mile away, and you've got his shoes.

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    Based on the interest this website has with MS, I suggest that when you spot another hiker you immediately take a whiz on the trail. The other hiker, if a WB member, will reply with a fart in your face. Conversation shall then begin.

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    I'll pass on that one.
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    putting a white strip on your pole sounds to be the best choice

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