POLL- MOONING The COG

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Whoops - typo in link.... my bad... fixed now

[Lone Wolf]

I think we should ask the thru hikers that got the hefty fines or an invite to appear in Federal Court to support your contention.

how much did those morons have to pay?

[EasyStrider]

Not to get into the discussion as to whether mooning the cog railway is politically correct or not, I thought I'd share some info. On my thru hike this past summer I had heard something on the AT grapevine a day before I arrived at Mt. Washington, about 2 thru hikers receiving $100.00+ citations by the resident NH State Trooper, for mooning the train. When I arrived at the summit in the morning and was having breakfast in the snack bar, I heard the cog engine whistle and lo' and behold the State Trooper approaches the window and starts scanning the tracks with a high powered pair of binoculars. Bottom line, before making that decision to moon, bear in mind big brother may be watching and may come and get ya.

On a lighter note I heard that after receiving their fines, one thru hiker stated "If I knew I'd be fined I never would have done it". The other thru hiker said "If I'd known I'd be fined, I would have got my money's worth"!

[Freeleo]

Go to a schoolyard and do some of the stuff seen on MTV.... make sure your bondsman's card is in your pocket......

go to the schoolyard to see kids doing things seen on MTV

[The Old Fhart]

Lone Wolf-"how much did those morons have to pay?"

Why are you asking me, I wasn't one of them!

I think it was something like $125, but it could be otherwise. For a thru hiker who complains about spending a dollar, that is a fortune.

[saimyoji]

Go to the schoolyard and see kids doing things they can't show on MTV.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

....thru hiker said "If I'd known I'd be fined, I would have got my money's worth"!

This is what I fear the fines will end up doing - making the display much more er... ah... displaying than they normally have been. I mean if you plan to do it and you are going to get busted for it, may as well make it something worthy of getting busted. While I don't think this way, I know some do.

Personally, I would think turning your back to the train, bending over and pointing to your fully-clad hinney would send a much more poignant message about what you think of the COG and would likely be legal.

[Alligator]

This is what I fear the fines will end up doing - making the display much more er... ah... displaying than they normally have been. I mean if you plan to do it and you are going to get busted for it, may as well make it something worthy of getting busted. While I don't think this way, I know some do.

Personally, I would think turning your back to the train, bending over and pointing to your fully-clad hinney would send a much more poignant message about what you think of the COG and would likely be legal.

I don't agree with that first part. I think it will simply make folks run a little faster.

[Hooch]

This is what I fear the fines will end up doing - making the display much more er... ah... displaying than they normally have been. I mean if you plan to do it and you are going to get busted for it, may as well make it something worthy of getting busted. While I don't think this way, I know some do.

Personally, I would think turning your back to the train, bending over and pointing to your fully-clad hinney would send a much more poignant message about what you think of the COG and would likely be legal.

I'm not sure what the NH law or the federal law is on public nudity, but obviously it's a fineable offense. I'd be willing to wager that if they started aresting a few of these knuckleheads and taking them to jail, the mooning would cut wayyyyyyy back. Others start seeing folks going to jail for mooning and they'll get the picture soon enough.

[Tin Man]

Hmmmm... aren't those who go along with the majority opinion

The term is used in a lot of different contexts. The context I was using is the people who follow along with the sillier and dumber traditions. But, you knew that.

[The Old Fhart]

Hooch-"...Others start seeing folks going to jail for mooning and they'll get the picture soon enough. "

Please don't send me a picture of people mooning!

[peanuts]

man, oh, man........
another freakin' moon the cog thread
when will it end.............

[Tin Man]

I know the moonies do not get it, but I would like to hear some thoughts on this scenario:

Boy Scout Leader: "OK, Troop we are going to hike the AT on MT. Washington!"

Concerned Parent: "Oh, I hear that hikers moon the cog railway. Will you be going on that part of the AT?"

[Tin Man]

man, oh, man........
another freakin' moon the cog thread
when will it end.............

When the mooning stops?

[Imager]

I don't get mooning at all. It seems as if the mooners think they're putting down the moonees in some way. (Is that correct mooners?) But in the animal kingdom (of which I think we're members) such behavior is a sign of submission, as in offering ones self for, well, you know.

[Lone Wolf]

man, oh, man........
another freakin' moon the cog thread
when will it end.............

Let's talk about fording the Kennebec. Something real men do. Girlie men moon families and ride in canoes

[The Old Fhart]

Tin Man-"I know the moonies do not get it, but I would like to hear some thoughts on this scenario:

Boy Scout Leader: "OK, Troop we are going to hike the AT on MT. Washington!"..."

Or a worse scenario:

Boy Scout Leader: "OK, Troop we are going to hike the AT on MT. Washington so you can get your mooning badges."

[Hooch]

man, oh, man........
another freakin' moon the cog thread
when will it end.............

Probably when the idiot with no better common sense stop mooning the f*&#$*g cog!

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Let's talk about fording the Kennebec. Something real men do. Girlie men moon families and ride in canoes

::: Dino dressed as fortune teller sees this thread ending up in Sensitive Trail Topics forum soon :::

[Tin Man]

Let's talk about fording the Kennebec. Something real men do. Girlie men moon families and ride in canoes

You forgot using Leki's, filtering water and sleeping in shelters.