Whats your weird hobby?

Gavinrad · 20-10-06 15:10:33

Right, so whats your hobby that you don't think many other people do?

I make Wine!

Will · 20-10-06 15:27:29

I play the Didgeridoo.

Seriously.

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The_Elfman · 20-10-06 18:09:41

I act.

Burlesque · 20-10-06 19:17:48

What's a digeridoo?

Burlesque.

Gavinrad · 20-10-06 19:26:28

A didgeridoo (sp?) is an aussie wind instrument that makes rather charming sounds. When I still played alot of World of Warcraft, a guy in my guild would frequently play one for a little bit over the ventrilo server, it was hilarious.

Burlesque · 20-10-06 19:29:45

Oh, that! I think I know what it is now. I've heard and seen it, and I've heard the name, but I have never connected the two. It's about time I start linking all those randomly firing synapses in my brain. Thanks, Gavinrad.

My weirdest hobby is harassing The Elf. Periodically it could qualify as a full time job.

Burlesque.

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drinksun · 20-10-06 21:01:10

Obsessive use of Limewire.

dyslexius · 20-10-06 22:11:06

Didgeridoo...

Here's one, in full multi-colored glory:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo

Oh, and, my weird hobby is spending too much time on the web.

--dyslexius

Burlesque · 20-10-06 23:07:54

That's a very nice didgeridoo indeed.

But I'm afraid your weird hobby doesn't count, Dyslexius. Gavinrad stated at the outset that it has to be something that you don't think a lot of people do! I harass and annoy the Elf, whereas most people are very nice to him, since he's a very kind, pleasant fellow who doesn't deserve to be harassed. Ergo, he's hiding something, which forces me to persecute him mercilessly.

Spending too much time on the Web ... well, millions do that. If you had said that you spend a lot of time manfully staying away from the Web, now that would have been weird. Not much of a hobby, perhaps, but ever so weird.

Burlesque.

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Will · 20-10-06 23:31:21

And this one would be mine:

And it's the genuine article. Not some cheap Indonesian fake for sale in a Sydney tourist shop.

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Burlesque · 20-10-06 23:33:27

That's a ... big one. Looks very cool. Curious question, Will: wouldn't a Scotsman be more expected to take up the, say, bagpipes? How did this didgeridoo business come about?

Burlesque.

Will · 20-10-06 23:35:05

I bought it when I was in Australia, and I've been playing since it was delivered back to Scotland in August.

And I'm getting quite good, if I do say so myself.

The bagpipes are great to listen to, but I wouldn't really fancy learning them. I'm more interested in learning jazz piano (hopefully someday).

Burlesque · 20-10-06 23:37:03

That is a very unusual hobby, Will. I like that. I wish there was something special about me (this Elf-tormenting business has brought new life to these weary bones, though, I must say).

Burlesque.

dyslexius · 21-10-06 01:21:17

Burlesque wrote:

...I'm afraid your weird hobby doesn't count, Dyslexius. Gavinrad stated at the outset that it has to be something that you don't think a lot of people do! ...Spending too much time on the Web ... well, millions do that. If you had said that you spend a lot of time manfully staying away from the Web, now that would have been weird. Not much of a hobby, perhaps, but ever so weird.

Ya know, I've just never been very good at following rules. ...'sides, I don't have hobbies. I have pursuits. :--)

--dysle

Hey, wait a minute! - - "...manfully staying away from the web..." (?)
Am I supposed to...?
Was that a gauntlet I just heard?
...settling to the floor?

-xius

The_Elfman · 21-10-06 01:26:10

Burlesque wrote:

That is a very unusual hobby, Will. I like that. I wish there was something special about me (this Elf-tormenting business has brought new life to these weary bones, though, I must say).

Yes but you are slowly driving me insane

Burlesque · 21-10-06 01:38:24

The_Elfman wrote:

Yes but you are slowly driving me insane

That was the general idea, yes. Glad to see it's working.

See, Dyslexius, how much fun this forum gets when one does not use smileys anymore? Was I joking? Was I perhaps insulting you? Did I perhaps even issue a challenge? This is great. I'll never use another smile anywhere!

Burlesque.

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gala · 21-10-06 03:14:41

sweet didgeridoo.

ainslee · 21-10-06 15:20:10

i dunno if it classifies as a hobby, more of an addiction but mine owuld have to be snus. argh horrible stuff, do you reckon you can get a snus patch? haha

Burlesque · 21-10-06 15:36:50

Snus? In Brisbane? Out of the three criteria ("hobby", "uncommon" and "weird"), this satisfies at least the last two. Is this something you picked up in Sweden? Where do you get your snus, you peculiar woman you?

Burlesque.

Will · 21-10-06 16:23:03

Snus???

Burlesque · 21-10-06 16:36:36

Snus is ground tobacco, put under one's lip to achieve a nicotine kick through the thin tissue of the gum. I's a filthy habit, nothing like the clean, pure pleasure of smoking.

Burlesque.

Nowaysis · 21-10-06 17:10:20

Dangerous and irregular stuff that. First time i tried it - nothing. Second time - instant nauseau and an urgent need to leave the night club and find myself a quiet little corner of the nearby parkinglot to engage in some very physical and visual communication with my lunch, ingested several hours earlier.

Burlesque · 21-10-06 17:14:21

I've never really tried it. I have put it under my lip to "taste it" and see what it's like, but I didn't keep it in there long enough to feel any effect. It is practical, though, considering that there are fewer and fewer places where one is allowed to smoke.

Burlesque.

nihpuad · 21-10-06 18:16:12

Wow! I was just yesterday thinking I would start a hobbies thread here. Great minds think alike, I guess!

First, my own geeky hobby confession: I fly model rockets. Here's a picture of one of mine:

That one is actually a commercial plastic model converted to fly, which is atypical: More often, I build my own models, either from scratch, or from kits that still require a high degree of parts fabrication, using balsa wood, light plywood, Kraft paper tubes, lightweight fiberglas, etc. BTW, the hobby includes rockets much bigger than the Estes kits you can buy at Wal-Mart (or your local equivalent)... but I usually don't build the crazy-big stuff that some do:

Will wrote:

I play the Didgeridoo.

I've always wanted to try the didgeridoo, because it just sounds so fvckin' cool! But when I finally got around to Googling to see what it would take to acquire one, what I found was a lot of fairly heated debate over whether that was an acceptable thing to do: The gist was that, in addition to b eing a musical instrument, the didge is a deeply significant religious artifact to Australia's indigenous people (is "Aborigines" an acceptable term?), and that it would be an insulting act of cultural imperialism for a "whitefella" to get a real one. Of course, one of the drawbacks of "the internets" (as our benighted President calls it) is that you're never quite sure whether what you're ready is worthwhile, or just (like many of my own postings ) crackpot whooey. Will, any thoughts on the sacredness of the didge, or the worthiness of owning one "merely" to make music? Enquiring minds want to know.

In addition, I'd still be interested learning how to play one, if it's possible to do so in a socially acceptable way. Someone mentioned "cheap imitations," which sounds like it might actually be the right thing for someone just casually curious, as I am. Any word on how I might score an inexpensive didge suitable for a learner/dabbler?

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nihpuad · 21-10-06 18:34:11

Burlesque wrote:

Snus is ground tobacco, put under one's lip to achieve a nicotine kick through the thin tissue of the gum.

Sounds like what Americans call "snuff" (even though it's very different from real snuff, which is powdered and sniffed). The two biggest brands here are Copenhagen and Skoal, so I guess it wouldn't be too surprising to learn that its origins are Scandinavian/Northern European.

There was a brief fad for the stuff among my set in high school, so I tried it then, but (thank G*d) never developed the habit. At least it's not quite as nasty as chewing tobacco!

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