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Different ritual behavior?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:25 pm
by alicia-w
My husband and I went to St Marks Mational Wildlife Refuge to take pics with his new 500mm lens. We walked down to an area of beach and sat a while. This younger guy, I'm guessing he was in his 20s or 30s, all dressed in white (linen pants, t-shirt) came down to the water, started splashing water on himself (it WAS hot) and then took a jar of molasses out of his pocket and started smearing it all over his clothes, his skin, his head. Wow. I was fascinated. I had never seen anything like that before. Can anyone tell me what the significance of it is? Thanks.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:35 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Sounds to me like he was on a suicide-by-bear mission.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:37 pm
by alicia-w
no bears there. but when we walked back to the car for water, he had taken those clothes off and put them in a black plastic garbage bag. I was just DYING to ask him what that was all about. but my husband said no, i just couldnt do that.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 4:46 pm
by kevin
Interesting!! Maybe he was just insane though
Re: Different ritual behavior?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:32 pm
by Cookiely
alicia-w wrote:My husband and I went to St Marks Mational Wildlife Refuge to take pics with his new 500mm lens. We walked down to an area of beach and sat a while. This younger guy, I'm guessing he was in his 20s or 30s, all dressed in white (linen pants, t-shirt) came down to the water, started splashing water on himself (it WAS hot) and then took a jar of molasses out of his pocket and started smearing it all over his clothes, his skin, his head. Wow. I was fascinated. I had never seen anything like that before. Can anyone tell me what the significance of it is? Thanks.
I used to see people covered in motor oil all the time at the psych unit. They told me it was to keep the aliens from finding them and taking them away. Perhaps he was trying to attract bees for some reason.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:39 pm
by southerngale
kevin wrote:Interesting!! Maybe he was just insane though
My thoughts exactly.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:37 pm
by coriolis
That's a new one. Molasses Arse!
Enjoy the 500mm. Is that 35mm, digital, or what?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:43 pm
by Yankeegirl
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 6:50 am
by alicia-w
coriolis wrote:That's a new one. Molasses Arse!
Enjoy the 500mm. Is that 35mm, digital, or what?
35mm. He cant quite get into digital yet. Nikon has a new one but there are some problems with it apparently. He uses mostly slide film.
After some hours of digging on the internet, I found a couple of references where some African -Americans smeared molasses (and other substances) on themselves to celebrate freedom from enslavement. There was only one reference and it was vague, at best.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 6:50 am
by alicia-w
I couldnt get myself to do that. (I did think about it though...)
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 7:00 am
by beenthru6
Very weird indeed. We have a guy here that paints his face black with shoe polish and walks all around town, and another guy that jogs in a pink tutu ( almost wrecked the truck the first time I saw that.) I am beginning to wonder if these two are having some kind of contest to see who can act the most bizzare.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:17 am
by GalvestonDuck
We have a guy here who rides around on his bike along the Seawall in nothing but a thong.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:41 am
by alicia-w
GalvestonDuck wrote:We have a guy here who rides around on his bike along the Seawall in nothing but a thong.
EEEEWWWWWWWW. That's gotta hurt.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:42 am
by coriolis
alicia-w wrote:coriolis wrote:That's a new one. Molasses Arse!
Enjoy the 500mm. Is that 35mm, digital, or what?
35mm. He cant quite get into digital yet. Nikon has a new one but there are some problems with it apparently. He uses mostly slide film.
It doesn't get any better than a good old 35mm with Kodachrome 25! I enjoy shooting pics too, but I'm equipment, time, and money poor. I have boxes of slides from years ago. I don't even know if you can still get Kodachrome.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:45 am
by isobar
GalvestonDuck wrote:We have a guy here who rides around on his bike along the Seawall in nothing but a thong.
Is his name Ed?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:46 am
by GalvestonDuck
isobar wrote:GalvestonDuck wrote:We have a guy here who rides around on his bike along the Seawall in nothing but a thong.
Is his name Ed?
I never stopped him to ask.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:52 am
by coriolis
Donna! Hows that for a how-do-you-do? I assure you that my skin-tight lycra bike shorts provide full coverage of all crucial elements. And I wear a Jersey too.
Anyone that wears a thong while biking is 1. not a serious biker, 2) is an exhibitionist, and 3) probably isn't that much to look at anyway.
Of course if it was a female, I might follow her a while to see if she's any good.
(Ed)
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:57 am
by isobar
Dear "Ed", Just thought you might as well be working on your tan at the same time. Ya know, kill two birds.
P.S. Lycra shorts look way better on guys anyway.