So last Friday I returned to Jacksonville, Fla to play at Battalion Airsoft Arena for the second time, which was just as good as the first time. Now the first time I was there didn't really have anyone particularly impressed by what I had brought, this time was a little different however. Namely the guys I was with and the owner himself had never seen a WE G39C gas-blowback rifle before, so they were quite fascinated with it, especially the owner. And there's the question, what do you own that has got the attention of people?
What do you Own That's Turned Heads?
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I have a pink Nintendo DS and 3DS systems. I also have one Kirby and pink Yoshi plushy.
A little backstory as to how these came into my possession:
When I visited my local Gamestop (please forgive this transgression upon the universe) about a year ago, I planned to buy a DS system to renew my interest for all things Pokemon. They had a relative few in stock, including a lone pink DS. My inner jokester pleaded with me to purchase the pink DS...so I did. Fast forward about a month later - I have friends invited down to my place for some gaming time, including two women. When I was knocked out of a Heroclix game early, I resorted to playing Pokemon Platinum on my DS.
The older of the two women gave me this funny look and asked me, "You're not gay, are you Captain?"
I reply, in a somewhat state of shocked confusion, "No. What makes you think that I am?"
She responded, "I think guys that like pink are gay."
Intrigued, my logic gears start cranking in my head. This particular friend of mine has two children. I use this knowledge to my utmost advantage in my retort, "Is that so? OK then, answer me this: you have children right?"
"Yes. Two boys." she replies.
"And you've slept with how many guys?" I ask.
She looks at me more cautiously than angry. Realizing I might have tread into unwanted territory, and knowing that she and I know that part of her history well, I add to the question in a cool manner, "Just a ballpark figure will do. No details or stories needed."
She relaxes and says "Roughly a dozen."
"All right, then. You realize, dear, that you just called every guy you've ever slept with plus the fathers of your two kids gay, right? Because guess what color they liked when they slept with you?"
The entire room breaks out in uncontrolled laughter. She even laughs at the realization of where my logic train went with the questioning. Then, I further realize another destination for this train of logic in exclaiming, "You also realize you called your own father a homosexual, right?"
She flips me the bird with a smile on her face. I've played my comedic part for the night.
Since then, anyone who has questioned my preference of color choice has gotten this same train of logic. Reactions have been mixed, of course, but I have never gotten a better reaction than that night. I've caught guys with that, too, replacing the first question with, "So, how many girls have you slept with?" and when an answer is given, I comeback with, "You realize for every girl you've slept with, you've called yourself gay, right?" I had one guy tell me he slept with over 200 women. So after he got the punchline, I added, "Shit, by that standard, you've called yourself gay enough times to make Andy Dick seem straight in comparison." He was none too pleased.
Moral of the story: I like pink and I'm not homosexual. My exes could tell you that. And Kirby rocks.
A little backstory as to how these came into my possession:
When I visited my local Gamestop (please forgive this transgression upon the universe) about a year ago, I planned to buy a DS system to renew my interest for all things Pokemon. They had a relative few in stock, including a lone pink DS. My inner jokester pleaded with me to purchase the pink DS...so I did. Fast forward about a month later - I have friends invited down to my place for some gaming time, including two women. When I was knocked out of a Heroclix game early, I resorted to playing Pokemon Platinum on my DS.
The older of the two women gave me this funny look and asked me, "You're not gay, are you Captain?"
I reply, in a somewhat state of shocked confusion, "No. What makes you think that I am?"
She responded, "I think guys that like pink are gay."
Intrigued, my logic gears start cranking in my head. This particular friend of mine has two children. I use this knowledge to my utmost advantage in my retort, "Is that so? OK then, answer me this: you have children right?"
"Yes. Two boys." she replies.
"And you've slept with how many guys?" I ask.
She looks at me more cautiously than angry. Realizing I might have tread into unwanted territory, and knowing that she and I know that part of her history well, I add to the question in a cool manner, "Just a ballpark figure will do. No details or stories needed."
She relaxes and says "Roughly a dozen."
"All right, then. You realize, dear, that you just called every guy you've ever slept with plus the fathers of your two kids gay, right? Because guess what color they liked when they slept with you?"
The entire room breaks out in uncontrolled laughter. She even laughs at the realization of where my logic train went with the questioning. Then, I further realize another destination for this train of logic in exclaiming, "You also realize you called your own father a homosexual, right?"
She flips me the bird with a smile on her face. I've played my comedic part for the night.
Since then, anyone who has questioned my preference of color choice has gotten this same train of logic. Reactions have been mixed, of course, but I have never gotten a better reaction than that night. I've caught guys with that, too, replacing the first question with, "So, how many girls have you slept with?" and when an answer is given, I comeback with, "You realize for every girl you've slept with, you've called yourself gay, right?" I had one guy tell me he slept with over 200 women. So after he got the punchline, I added, "Shit, by that standard, you've called yourself gay enough times to make Andy Dick seem straight in comparison." He was none too pleased.
Moral of the story: I like pink and I'm not homosexual. My exes could tell you that. And Kirby rocks.
- A fez and a sonic screwdriver, both part of my 11th Doctor costume.
- A Yautja helmet.
- Mass Effect N7 dogtags signed by Mark Meer (Commander Shepard's VA).
- A pair of sai and nunchaku, respectively, mounted on my wall.
- A viking sword and shield, the former modified and the latter made by me. Both used in actual combat by myself.
These are the items I can think of off the top of my head.
- A Yautja helmet.
- Mass Effect N7 dogtags signed by Mark Meer (Commander Shepard's VA).
- A pair of sai and nunchaku, respectively, mounted on my wall.
- A viking sword and shield, the former modified and the latter made by me. Both used in actual combat by myself.
These are the items I can think of off the top of my head.
Well taking my amp anywhere attracts attention(mainly due to it size).
Also I've had a conservative mother come up to me and give me an earful about this one shirt.
Also I've had a conservative mother come up to me and give me an earful about this one shirt.
My PC which is pretty beasty and my Ghibli plushies from the museum in Japan :3. I have a friend who lives in Tokyo.
That's sexy.
Also pink is my fave colour.
I have a gloss pink 3DS.
See I find men who like pink confident and willing to go against gender norms.CrazyCapnMorgan said:
That's sexy.
Also pink is my fave colour.
I have a gloss pink 3DS.
The inflatable Space Core [http://i.imgur.com/1YFtfmS.png] I bought in London attracted a fair amount of attention when I used it as part of my Chell cosplay, haha.
Outside of that, I'd have to say my Spirit Hood [http://i.imgur.com/b7DJyId.jpg]. It's pretty unusual, but a lot of people seem to like it. They also become quite envious during the colder months. (It's super snuggly and warm!)
Outside of that, I'd have to say my Spirit Hood [http://i.imgur.com/b7DJyId.jpg]. It's pretty unusual, but a lot of people seem to like it. They also become quite envious during the colder months. (It's super snuggly and warm!)
Well I've never really been one for pride and exhibitionism but one occaision seems to fit the bill; my friends and I went on holiday to Scotland. The weather was beautiful and we were by the beach, so we decided to hire some bikes and cycle around a bit. After a while we came to another stretch of beach and decided to have a swim.
I didn't have any swimming gear so just went in my boxers which had a tear in the arse and in the front. They left very little to the imagination and an elderly couple who were walking their dog looked quite shocked, but I was on holiday so fuck 'em.
I didn't have any swimming gear so just went in my boxers which had a tear in the arse and in the front. They left very little to the imagination and an elderly couple who were walking their dog looked quite shocked, but I was on holiday so fuck 'em.
Nothing particular interesting. I turned some heads when went into 6th form wearing a suit jacket for a leavers thing. It was mostly head turning because I usually don't dress up beyond wearing a button shirt when the weather permits, so coming in in something actually smart was a welcome change of pace. I might even add the jacket to my usual rotation.
The only other times I turn heads is on the airsoft field when people see that I use short-type STANAGs for my M4 as opposed to the standard type, my reasons being that I like the degree of movement I have with the short-types allow, I hate the mag that came with the gun due to it looking too long for such a short gun and I don't need as much ammo since I tend to pick shots and fire in short 2-5 round bursts or in semi-automatic.
The only other times I turn heads is on the airsoft field when people see that I use short-type STANAGs for my M4 as opposed to the standard type, my reasons being that I like the degree of movement I have with the short-types allow, I hate the mag that came with the gun due to it looking too long for such a short gun and I don't need as much ammo since I tend to pick shots and fire in short 2-5 round bursts or in semi-automatic.
Huh. I've got nothing like what some people here have got. My possessions only turn heads around people that aren't used to seeing such things. I have a replica sword from some movie in my room. It's an absolute piece of shit unsuitable for anything but display and I can't use it anyway, but it always gets a reaction from people who see it. I have a personal armoury of airsoft guns including an MP-5 aeg, Well MB-04 bolt action sniper rifle, a Ruger pistol (doesn't work) a cheap no-name revolver (doesn't work) and a G18C pistol which I use in game. Oh, and a throwing knife, but that's broken because I suck at using it. These things obviously attract no attention when I'm at airsoft, but when my friends or relative strangers see them I get all sorts of reactions, from unnecessary fear to attraction.
I've also got an old fedora which every time I wear on a night out, everyone wants to take a turn of it. I never have figured out what's so special about it.
I've also got an old fedora which every time I wear on a night out, everyone wants to take a turn of it. I never have figured out what's so special about it.
You've killed people with a sword?Sonicron said:
I can think of two things I own that have attracted attention.
Firstly a pair of latex leggings which are latex and legging-y. For some reason people thing that latex is exclusively worn in kinky sex dungeons by dominatrixes and gimps. I like wearing them underneath a skirt or shorts with some boots on when I'm in a metal kind of mood, no sexiness involved.
Secondly would be my bow. When I brought it to University everyone was in awe of it's splendor for a few minutes. Then it was just another bow. It still turned heads because noone expected a total nooblet like me to have such shiny equipment.
My old Game Boy Advance SP.
The thing played the first game ever to get me into gaming that much: pokemon ruby. But I've recently started playing it again due to my desire of finally completing the Hoenn pokedex. I often take it with me to school and play some during breaktime when my class buddies decide to not show up in class to entertain me. It also helps kill the long times I spend in the bus.
Now at my age (19) people tend to make remarks about the fact that I'm still playing on what they say is a kid's toy. Some people understand what draws me to it, they were kids too and played pokemon too when they were younger so they can see the appeal. Others just scratch their heads in confusion.
Now there was one occasion on the bus that comes to mind. It was a snowy day, in fact so snowy the bus took three hours to complete what is normally a one-hour trip. I sat on the bench in the back, to the left of me are two guys that kept getting calls from their mothers how they weren't in school yet and to the right sat a kid about 14 years old. That kid was texting his buddy to kill his time in the bus. Yes I was reading his texts along because he didn't really make it hard to make me not see it. I notice this busride is going to take forever so I decide on taking out the old game boy and finish capturing rayquaza for my pokedex. Then I suddenly realise the texting kid's next message to his friend as he was typing it: "Lol! There is this 27-ish guy playing pokemon on the bus!". Seizing the moment I tell the kid: "Ahum... 27? I'm just 19, if you are going to tell your friends about me then at least do it right." The expression on his face was priceless. He quickly corrected his text and sent it anyway.
Aaah good times.
The thing played the first game ever to get me into gaming that much: pokemon ruby. But I've recently started playing it again due to my desire of finally completing the Hoenn pokedex. I often take it with me to school and play some during breaktime when my class buddies decide to not show up in class to entertain me. It also helps kill the long times I spend in the bus.
Now at my age (19) people tend to make remarks about the fact that I'm still playing on what they say is a kid's toy. Some people understand what draws me to it, they were kids too and played pokemon too when they were younger so they can see the appeal. Others just scratch their heads in confusion.
Now there was one occasion on the bus that comes to mind. It was a snowy day, in fact so snowy the bus took three hours to complete what is normally a one-hour trip. I sat on the bench in the back, to the left of me are two guys that kept getting calls from their mothers how they weren't in school yet and to the right sat a kid about 14 years old. That kid was texting his buddy to kill his time in the bus. Yes I was reading his texts along because he didn't really make it hard to make me not see it. I notice this busride is going to take forever so I decide on taking out the old game boy and finish capturing rayquaza for my pokedex. Then I suddenly realise the texting kid's next message to his friend as he was typing it: "Lol! There is this 27-ish guy playing pokemon on the bus!". Seizing the moment I tell the kid: "Ahum... 27? I'm just 19, if you are going to tell your friends about me then at least do it right." The expression on his face was priceless. He quickly corrected his text and sent it anyway.
Aaah good times.
... Duh.CriticalMiss said:
I used to do swordfighting as a sport - you know, like re-enactment but with actual combat, not choreography. Obviously there are regulations for combat, such as the tip of a sword being rounded and the cutting edge at least 5mm thick (so it won't, you know, carve people up like Thanksgiving turkey).
That said, I did crack a couple of bones over the years, but that's just an occupational hazard of the sport.
A 117 years old bayonet originally from Chile, still in a perfectly usable condition.
An original piece of film from the reel of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I think my dad has a piece of the Berlin Wall in the attic as well.
An original piece of film from the reel of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I think my dad has a piece of the Berlin Wall in the attic as well.
My sweet, sweet booty.
On a serious note, most likely a Nazi SS cap from one of the Concentration camps that my Tank fixing, gin drinking cigar smoking granddad won in a bet from the bloke that shot him.
It's lead to many an awkward situation.
On a serious note, most likely a Nazi SS cap from one of the Concentration camps that my Tank fixing, gin drinking cigar smoking granddad won in a bet from the bloke that shot him.
It's lead to many an awkward situation.
Hmm, well I have a samurai sword umbrella, which is pretty cool People always ask about my 40k stuff too.
there's a few dresses and outfits I have that have turned heads before.
My Zero suit Samus costume got some attention too.
People always ask about my 40k stuff too.there's a few dresses and outfits I have that have turned heads before.
My Zero suit Samus costume got some attention too.
Well, I myself own a golden skull model that I keep on my drawers that wears a top hat and looks like Skulduggery Pleasant. That and the glass pig, a Guy Fawkes Mask I keep hanging above my bed (not creepy at all) and the paintball skull mask made out of fiberglass and poly-carbonate lenses (again creepy in the slightest). I am also planning on getting a poster that includes the moon on my avatar, which I'm sure some people would be weirded out by.
