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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 11, 2015 - 10:23am PT
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I'm seeing red!!!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:27am PT
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I love purple!
People....umm....notsomuch.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:29am PT
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dats raycis
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:42am PT
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I ate pupae
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 11, 2015 - 11:12am PT
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Not all pupae are created equal, but those look especially yummy!
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HermitMaster
Social climber
my abode
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Nov 11, 2015 - 11:15am PT
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Nov 11, 2015 - 11:42am PT
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Sorry your feeling so blue.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Nov 11, 2015 - 12:18pm PT
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People like purple.
It's a palette of passion,
preferable to puce.
The purple penumbra
of a midsummer's eve
places high in the scoring
whilst parsing your peeves.
Don't go green with envy
if purple's perceived.
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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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Nov 11, 2015 - 03:08pm PT
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I purple hate!!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 11, 2015 - 10:30pm PT
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That's a good one, Tami! You go, gurl.
Royal Blue, but Imperial Purple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple
Blame the scarcity of dibromindigo.
And everyone's Tyred out, too.
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Fish Finder
climber
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Nov 12, 2015 - 09:26am PT
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Purple People Eater
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2015 - 10:48am PT
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form a rachet government, make peace, and chill
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2015 - 11:13am PT
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FishFinder, I gotta tell ya, the image above of the purple torso?
It's a nearly-faithful reproduction of what I conceived of as THE SOUL, during my grammar school catechism lessons way back in the fifties.
The sparkliness was missing, it was gray, and it had the shortest imaginable stumps for legs and the shoulders had no arms at all, while the neckline was flush with the collarbones.
You look good in the first costume photo.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 12, 2015 - 11:29am PT
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I hated Deep Purple the first time I heard them, when I accidentally bought an audiocassette of their later stuff. But after a few years I listened to it and thought, hey this stuff isn't so bad! But this album is as good as it gets from them:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Ogden, Utah
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Nov 12, 2015 - 12:09pm PT
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One of my favorite colors, purple is the color of royalty.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
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http://indulgy.com/do/from/120068821771
I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
--Gelett Burgess' nonsense poem from the Gay Nineties
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Nov 12, 2015 - 03:14pm PT
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Funny how the esteemed Congress decided on Purple for this award.
I've got an amusing story behind this award:
On my last day in Vietnam, I got wounded for the 2nd time. I had already packed my footlocker with all my crap, since I was leaving the next morning.
The 1st Purple Heart award was in my footlocker, ready to go home with my belongings. After I got wounded the 2nd time, all my stuff was shipped home, but alas, when I got it unpacked many months later, the Purple Heart badge was missing.
I guess some GI, or someone in charge, thought this would be a nice keepsake from their tour. I've never bothered to apply for a new one. I hear the badge is worth about $50. bucks.
I have always liked the color Purple--long before Vietnam.
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