View Full Version : Alternatives to HYOH
Everybody seems to say it or hear/read somebody else say it at some point: "hike your own hike".
Anybody have any other candidates (e.g., "hike your own way") or is the cliche here to stay ?
Lion King
03-09-2010, 21:43
Byob
opp
doa
afu
I knew I shouldn't have opened this door...oh well...:rolleyes:
Mountain Wildman
03-09-2010, 21:47
"Go take a Hike"
"Just Hike"
"Hike, It does a body good"
JustaTouron
03-09-2010, 21:52
I like Mags HMHDI.....http://www.pmags.com/joomla/pdf/hike-my-hike-damn-it.pdf
klpicktown
03-09-2010, 21:53
TALWOASP
Take A Long Walk Off A Short Pier ??????????????????????
Hike someone else's hike . . . I suppose. :rolleyes:
I like Mags HMHDI.....http://www.pmags.com/joomla/pdf/hike-my-hike-damn-it.pdf
That's just hilarious...:p
Buzz_Lightfoot
03-10-2010, 13:50
Everybody seems to say it or hear/read somebody else say it at some point: "hike your own hike".
Anybody have any other candidates (e.g., "hike your own way") or is the cliche here to stay ?
HSOEH
"Hike Someone else's hike"
Old Hiker
03-10-2010, 14:19
TANSTAAFL
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
JustaTouron
03-10-2010, 14:23
WYOW (walk your own walk)
BYOB (bounce your own bounce)
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59344
Jester2000
03-10-2010, 14:33
WWJD: What Would Jester Do?
JustaTouron
03-10-2010, 14:36
When discussing the MST in PA, the expression YMMV is totally wrong....YKMV is correct.
Your Kilometers May Vary.
full conditions
03-10-2010, 14:40
RMWC
Regurgitate my wornout cliche.
WHWYCD?
Why Hike When You Can Drive?
I hear HYOH will appear on the next list of trite words published annually.
Jonnycat
03-11-2010, 11:47
DTTBOYOD
10 internets to whomever can de-acronyze this common saying
SouthMark
03-11-2010, 13:07
DWLWS
Do What Loan Wolf Says
beakerman
03-11-2010, 13:45
DIRBYOYO
do it right becasue you're on your own...
DIRBYOYO
do it right becasue you're on your own...
Unless you have SPOT? :D
beakerman
03-11-2010, 17:42
Unless you have SPOT? :D
gotta be a smart arse huh?
god I hate you first you post all those lovely photos of skiing and having fun in CO and now you're giving me a hard time...I hate you...you bum.
LIhikers
03-11-2010, 19:40
DWLWS
Do What Loan Wolf Says
That would be something like
IJW....It's Just Walking
beakerman
03-11-2010, 19:59
actually SPOT means:
super packer on trail...
beakerman
03-11-2010, 19:59
or stupid person on trail
Rockhound
03-11-2010, 20:06
Hillbilly Yokels Out Hiking.
Hang Your Own Hammock.
Hungover. Yeunglings....Overindulged......Hurling
I like to stick with the original acronym.
DTTBOYOD
10 internets to whomever can de-acronyze this common saying
Dance To The Beat Of Your Own Drum?
IJW gets my vote
Risking the ire of the forum, I think Hike You Own Hike is misleading. You hike the trails hike. I started out believing I'll get up in the morning, eat breakfast, hike some, stop for lunch, hike til I'm tired, eat, make camp. Ended up with it get dark and there's no place to camp, camping illegally, and running out of food. Had to learn to consult the trail. Trail says I have to climb this mountain today. Trails says I have a choice of 5 miles, 12 miles or 20 miles between camping spots. Trail says you got four days between resupplies. For me the long hike was not about being in charge but learning to let the trail be in charge.
gotta be a smart arse huh?
I'll take that.. most people call me a dumb arse...
superman
03-11-2010, 23:55
I'll take that.. most people call me a dumb arse...
Just the ones that know ya.:welcome
Rockhound
03-12-2010, 00:00
I've been called a smart ass and a dumb ass. Surely they both can't be right can they?
well atleast they can agree that your a ... um.. welll... yea
beakerman
03-12-2010, 00:32
I'll take that.. most people call me a dumb arse...
Ok I gotta do it.... sorry mags...
Ok mags you admit to being a smart arse right?
So tell me what's like to have ***** for brains?;)
Sorry been sitting on that one for a while....you set yourself up mags Iahd to do it.
So tell me what's like to have ***** for brains?;)
Explains a lot about me. Explains a lot.
(Online way too much today...but it was actually, shudder, productive work. :eek:)
Lion King
03-12-2010, 02:20
Loan Wolf
LOL:D:banana
Darwin again
03-12-2010, 16:52
Quick instructions for finding an alternate phrase to HYOH:
[verb] your own [noun].
Ex.: Poke Your Own Eye. etc.
I had a guy tell me to hike my own hike once.
It's a meaningless phrase.
How about "GET OFF MY LAWN!"?
Jester2000
03-12-2010, 17:12
The only time I have ever used "HYOH" in a post:
Most of us use "thru" instead of "through" because if you get rid of the "o," "g," and "h" your pack is lighter. Even if you decide you don't like "thru," I would at least recommend dropping the "g," as they are notoriously heavy. Everything you might use a "g" for (and I'm thinking pounding in tent stakes, or using a bandana over the hole to pre-filter water) can be accomplished with either the "o" or the "h." So it would be a throuh hike, unless you feel you can get by with just one "h." Experienced hikers can, but don't get yourself into trouble over a little bit of weight.
Now of course we're going to get into an argument with those who say that the "g" can do everything the "o" and the "h" can do, and so it would be better to thrug hike, but that sounds so ugly.
UL folks lately have been trug hiking, but they eventually annoy everyone around them by constantly asking to borrow other hikers' "h," and trust me, you don't want to be that kind of hiker.
So basically though, you know -- HYOH, unless you feel you can get by with a HYO attitude.
Jonnycat
03-13-2010, 09:05
Dance To The Beat Of Your Own Drum?
We have a winner!
http://i42.tinypic.com/fe4fvs.png
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 09:09
Hairy Young Obnoxious Hippies
Lion King
03-13-2010, 17:43
Horrid Yuppie Overnighting headaches
Lion King
03-13-2010, 17:43
have you ovulated here
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 17:50
Humility. You're only human.
StarLyte
03-13-2010, 17:53
I've used HYOH when describing Minnesota Smith's hike...affectionately.
I have one for you:
ITACOYB
(Is That a Cat On Your Backpack)
hi Geek !
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 17:55
Halitosis? Yuck! Oral Hygiene.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 17:59
Have you orgasmed honey?
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:00
Haven't yet orgasmed Hound.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:00
Hurry you old hag.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:01
Hag? You're older. Hippie
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:03
Having your own hallucinations.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:08
Hallucinations? You're outta here
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 18:13
Hand, You'll obviously help.
JustaTouron
03-13-2010, 19:34
Hobos: You're only hope.
JustaTouron
03-13-2010, 19:36
Hope you only hike.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 19:37
Hit? You're overdue. Hairnt.
JustaTouron
03-13-2010, 19:38
Hippopotamus yearlings often hydrate.
JustaTouron
03-13-2010, 19:40
Hungry: yearn oversized hamburgers.
JustaTouron
03-13-2010, 21:33
The most important advice for a good hiike is not HYOH but DPITW.
Rockhound
03-13-2010, 21:37
Don't piss in the wind.
Everybody seems to say it or hear/read somebody else say it at some point: "hike your own hike".
Anybody have any other candidates (e.g., "hike your own way") or is the cliche here to stay ? Hurry Your Only Here
"After Monday, even the calendar says '***'."
(May not be related, but I saw this somewhere recently - here maybe)?
Hey, sorry! I didn't realize that Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday would be deleted. :)
How about these excellent long-distance hiker quotations:http://www.americantrails.org/quotes2.html#Long
DTTBOYOD
10 internets to whomever can de-acronyze this common saying
We have a winner!
http://i42.tinypic.com/fe4fvs.png
Damn, shortchanged...
TIDE-HSV
03-16-2010, 19:28
It's never going away because it's a truism. Just looking within and not trying to live up to other folks opinions, prejudices, etc., is a lesson which is learned many thousands of times each year...