Gaper Sightings

[billski]

OK, I'm getting the hang of finding gapers (other than myself) after reading "Gapers for Dummies" (or was it "dummies for gapers"???)

Anyway, here are my sightings for the holiday week:

1. Long coats (ankle-length). Formula for disaster - wish granted!
2. Tight leopard skin coat, long flowing hair, leggins. Easy on the eyes, difficult on the slopes.
3. Yellow skis with yellow jacket with yellow pants with yellow scarf with yellow knit hat. Um, yes, identical shades of yellow.
4. Budweiser jacket.
5. NASCAR jacket with all patches, jeans, no hat.
6. New England Patriots jersey (sighted in large quantities on 31 December)
7. Pink baseball cap, pink jacket, pink boots. Difficult to watch.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Jean Jacket
Suade Jacket
Faded one piece ski suit..two sizes to small..
Straight skis
ski pants tucked into boots
stretch pants on men
ear-muffs
Jester hat
big moustache like the dude from hall and Oates and a mullet
Carhart jacket
facemask no hat
swimming goggles
bicycle helmet
basketball jersey over ski jacket
neon

 

[frozencorn]

Aqua Miami Dolphins puffy Starter jacket, Stratton, Dec. 21.

Really.

 

[Grassi21]

Jean Jacket
Suade Jacket
Faded one piece ski suit..two sizes to small..
Straight skis
ski pants tucked into boots
stretch pants on men
ear-muffs
Jester hat
big moustache like the dude from hall and Oates and a mullet
Carhart jacket
facemask no hat
swimming goggles
bicycle helmet
basketball jersey over ski jacket
neon

One stipulation. Kids (I want to say 12 and under) can get away with the jester hat or other wacky hats. Makes them happy and easy to identify in a crowd.

 

[bvibert]

Matching white pants and jacket...
Guys using white girls poles from the 80s with neon pink on them

 

[Grassi21]

Matching white pants and jacket...

:lol:

or a dude using girly white poles with pink accents... ;-)

 

[severine]

Dress/skirt and tights.

I kid you not.

 

[severine]

:lol:

or a dude using girly white poles with pink accents... ;-)

You didn't!!!!!

 

[Grassi21]

no fair, the mean mod edited his post making my post not as funny. ;-)

 

[Grassi21]

You didn't!!!!!

i didn't. talk to you man. :lol:

 

[bvibert]

:lol:

or a dude using girly white poles with pink accents... ;-)

LOL I edited my post to include that while you were posting... :lol:

 

[severine]

i didn't. talk to you man. :lol:

I know it wasn't you; I begged him not to ever use those! :roll:uke:

 

[Grassi21]

LOL I edited my post to include that while you were posting... :lol:

great minds....

i saw a dude rocking the fake rasta hat/wig last year. he was a 30 something skier with no poles. speaks volumes...

 

[Greg]

The guy in the fire fighter outfit last night was a bit much. Of course, if he was an actual fire fighter, I guess he gets a pass...

My feeling is anyone that wears anything to assure they get noticed (adults in jester hats, funny wigs, etc.) are in the full-on gaper category. Some people are just innocently clueless so you just need to quietly observe and smile. I saw a guy with a mullet, jeans and snowblades thinking he was the shiznit on the Sundown bumps last week.

 

[Grassi21]

I know it wasn't you; I begged him not to ever use those! :roll:uke:

girly yes. good length for the big guy in the bumps, yes.

 

[bvibert]

i didn't. talk to you man. :lol:

Yeah, but I saw you eyeing them. I know you wanted to try them out...

I know it wasn't you; I begged him not to ever use those! :roll:uke:

:lol: Better get used to them...

 

[severine]

Ah, Brian, the way you keep abusing your current "regular" poles, they'll be shorter in no time anyway. No need for the neon bling.

 

[billski]

Full blown Cat-In-The-Hat suit - head to toe, including hat.
Followed later in the day by a fellow with a hat holding just the cat in the hat.
At Loon.

 

[Paul]

 

[Greg]

:lol: I almost posted the same thing... :razz: