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1. 
   calvin | May 24, 2003 03:36pm | #1

   What the heck Joe, you got a job as a flag man in Death Valley coming up?

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   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

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   mitch | May 24, 2003 04:51pm | #2

   i would have killed for one of those back in my roofing days.    then again, it would have interfered with my quest for the perfect tan.  ah, the summer priorities of a young man...  also, the cost would have cut into my beer and skirtchasing budget.

   m

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   joeh | May 24, 2003 06:00pm | #4

   Mitch, my corpse with a perfect tan is not a critical issue any more, and alas,  the beer budget has lost it's spot at the top of the list.

   Joe H

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   mitch | May 24, 2003 06:07pm | #5

   funny how one's priorities change between high school/college and 40-something, married, mortgage, business, etc...  as they say, "ain't wrong, just different"

   m

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   joeh | May 24, 2003 05:58pm | #3

   Cal, I used to have a flagwavers license for Nevada, but didn't meet any women doing that so I gave it up.

   Joe H

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   Gunner | May 24, 2003 06:29pm | #6

   You've got to be licensed to do that?Who Dares Wins.

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   Sancho | May 24, 2003 06:42pm | #7

   sure could use one of thse around late august... 

   Darkworks:  Its all 'bout da squilla

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   joeh | May 24, 2003 06:47pm | #8

   Yup, have to take a test & they give you a wallet size card that sez you are a certified State of Nevada Flagman. That was 20 years ago, probably more complicated now, and it wouldn't be a FlagMAN either?

   Joe H

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   Gunner | May 24, 2003 06:51pm | #9

   I did it once to help a guy out. I don't care to ever do it again. Who Dares Wins.

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   calvin | May 24, 2003 09:42pm | #10

   Joe, did you ever have to fwaaaaaaaaaaap that flag on anyones windshield?__________________________________________

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

3. 
   GoldenWreckedAngle | May 30, 2003 01:20am | #11

   fwaaaaaaaaaaap - COOL WORD!Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   caseyr | May 30, 2003 05:24am | #12

   I also put in one day as a flagman.  Not within view of anyone - one car came by in a 10 hr day.  Nearly drove me nuts...

   I don't know about a constant 59 degrees - my old back muscles would probably shatter the first time I tried to use them at that temperature...

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   calvin | May 30, 2003 05:37am | #13

   Cool sound a wood handled flag makes on a caddy windshield a block from the police station................fwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!

   Unlucky guy in the caddy pulls in to the cop station to report vandalism upon his vehicle by some young hippie.

   Squad car dispatched to investigate.

   Caddy boy now notices Great Seal of the City of Solon on the flaggers road work truck.

   Caddy boy watches patrolman write him up for a couple of violations re: unsafe operation in a work zone....................

   Hipster has big laugh on fate of caddy boy.

   Kevin, we took some pride in our summer job.  Tried to act like we were really working for the city, not merely finding a way to look busy while actually doing nothing.  Some kind of work ethic our parents instilled in us at an early age............you know, that depression thing.  We had training on how to do it safely, courtesy, and the usual let the big rigs through, hold the cars, be fair.  Flagman Ahead protocol.  Added a little flambouyance to it and it was fun. 

   The dip #### just had to go through.  The dip #### almost ran over my toes.  The dip #### got his windshield fwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap'd.

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   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

6. 
   GoldenWreckedAngle | May 30, 2003 05:40pm | #14

   Great story! I'm sold - picking up a fwaaapper this afternoon to stash under my desk for the unsuspecting stupid question. This out to be fun!

   Fwaaap!

   Fwaaap!

   Fwaaap!

   Cool word man... cool word.Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   calvin | May 31, 2003 02:04am | #15

   Kevin, that's ####.  You just love the word cuz you can use it to rhyme with the rest of your arsenal.  I've got a bunch more I've brutalized that you can have.  Lemme know.__________________________________________

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

8. 
   IMERC | May 31, 2003 02:33am | #16

   Could Fwaaap be subsituted for dopeslap or "THE SIGN"?

   You did what? ...Fwaaap! Instead of handing some one a sign.. Fwaaap 'em instead. For that, now hold still, you have a Fwaaap on it's way. Oh the possibilities.

   Fwaaap is definitly a cool word.

   Edited 5/30/2003 7:35:39 PM ET by IMERC

9. 
   calvin | May 31, 2003 03:00am | #17

   Proper spelling requires some more a's.

   Otherwise you're not really fwaaaaaaaaaap-ing!__________________________________________

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

10. 
    IMERC | May 31, 2003 03:10am | #18

    Got it... Pronounceation is important too.

    I've been FWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP-ed. Better than a sign.

    [FAHWUHWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP-ed

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    calvin | May 31, 2003 04:48am | #19

    past tense.

    you are pure genius.  (smiley face thing)__________________________________________

    Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

    http://www.quittintime.com/

12. 
    IMERC | May 31, 2003 05:27am | #20

    Hand me a pan will you please.

    Edited 5/30/2003 10:33:37 PM ET by IMERC

13. 
    xMikeSmith | Jun 01, 2003 06:45pm | #23

    in Massachusetts  that fwaaaaaap would be an ice cream soda..... same as a Cabinet in Rhode IslandMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

14. 
    IMERC | Jun 01, 2003 08:39pm | #24

    Wow we can eat our Fwaaaps. Might as well add a mirrang to the face.

15. 
    GoldenWreckedAngle | May 31, 2003 08:41pm | #21

    Could Fwaaap be substituted for dopeslap

    No! The term for that would be "dopefwaaaaapped" but at any rate it's a completely different technique.

    The importance of physical contact with the opened hand cannot be overstated in the proper administration of a dopeslap resulting in more of a "pop" sound. On the other hand, to administer a proper dopefwaaaaap you would either have to smack the offending idiot with a flag or be wearing a really floppy cuffed shirt to get the right sound.

    Chances are, if you are wearing a sufficiently floppy cuffed shirt to administer a dopefwaaaaap with your bare hands someone will probably dopeslap you before you can find anyone worthy of a dopefwaaaaap.

    Clear enough? Good, now I wonder who is going to be the first to feel the sting of this big orange flag I've got stashed under my desk now. I'm telling you man... there are a few folks in my office just asking for a good fwaaaaapping.

    S'cuse me a minute, here comes one now...Kevin Halliburton

    "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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    IMERC | May 31, 2003 11:10pm | #22

    Got it!!!

    LMAO!!!