Uncommon Hobby

Trolldor

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I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
Most people give you a quizzical look and think "really?"
But hey, I get to have sword fights.

So, what unusual hobbies does the escapist have?


...or am I going to regret asking that question.
 

Altorin

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I rotoscope images by hand, pretty badly.

Note that these images are in the opposite order to the order I made them, so they get progressively worse and worse :p

 

gigastar

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My hands currently make the clicking sound thats the onset of arthritis.

Despite poeple telling me not to, ive honed them to the point of being able to do the yakety sax with one hand.
 

Altorin

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gigastar said:
My hands currently make the clicking sound thats the onset of arthritis.

Despite poeple telling me not to, ive honed them to the point of being able to do the yakety sax with one hand.
haha, that's not a hobby, that's talent!

you should go on some reality show
 

Vault101

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due to extreme boredom I made an NCR ranger out of a broken action man doll and junk from around the house, you wouldnt belive how creative I could get getting materials
 

Cheesus333

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I collect bottle caps. Not alcohol ones, just J2O and Coke.

You never know when. Never.
 

SckizoBoy

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I used to practise kenjutsu (not to be confused with kendo), considering picking it up again in the summer when I have a little more free time (wishful thinking, though).
 

GundamSentinel

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wc alligator said:
I am the founder and sole member of both a secret society and a fight club .
A one man society? How does that work?

Me, I creep into peoples' houses and steal their toilet paper. NO!

Okay, I collect Gundam models, but there's little special about that.
 

DefunctTheory

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Altorin said:
I rotoscope images by hand, pretty badly.

Note that these images are in the opposite order to the order I made them, so they get progressively worse and worse :p

That's actually not too bad.
 

Lieju

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Trolldor said:
I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
I fence too. Where do you live? Since it's relatively common, as far as combat sports go, here in Finland. Although it depends on what type of sword you use. I use Épée which was the most common in my old home city, but here in Helsinki apparently everyone uses Foil...
Épée is more fun, you can poke people everywhere on their body.

I also keep all kinds of invertebrates; spiders, scorpions, other arachnids, leeches, roaches, annelids... Study and collect them.

But I hang out with people who have the same kinds of hobbies.
 

Trolldor

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Lieju said:
Trolldor said:
I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
I fence too. Where do you live? Since it's relatively common, as far as combat sports go, here in Finland. Although it depends on what type of sword you use. I use Épée which was the most common in my old home city, but here in Helsinki apparently everyone uses Foil...
Épée is more fun, you can poke people everywhere on their body.

I also keep all kinds of invertebrates; spiders, scorpions, other arachnids, leeches, roaches, annelids... Study and collect them.

But I hang out with people who have the same kinds of hobbies.
The term antipodean reference means Australia.

I've just started, so I'm only using the foil for the time being.
We're going to have a go with the epee and the Saber (sabre) fairly soon though.
 

Metal Brother

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Trolldor said:
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
Most people give you a quizzical look and think "really?"
But hey, I get to have sword fights.
I also fence - primarily foil, but a little saber and epee as well. Great exercise, great sport, great stress relief...
 

Eisenfaust

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i've wanted to get into fencing for a while, but i'm always preoccupied when they meet locally