new rocket saying requested...

I was just reading that Ed Headrick, the guy who patented the grooves around the top of a Fisbee, died. Anyway, he related in an interview how his group of 60' Frisbee-throwing hippies, the Frisbyterians, had a saying: "When we die, we don't go to purgatory. We just land up on the roof and lay there."

I got a chuckle, and of course, began wondering about the rocket equivalent. I offer my cuts at such a saying, and await other proposals.

"We rocketeers don't every die, we just get stuck in a tree and hang there."

Hmmm, tooo much the same, one more...

"We rocketeers can't go to Hades, the AP in our blood would burn too hot."

"We rocketeers don't go to purgatory, we go to a work shop and build rockets forever."

Oh well, not the same chuckle-appeal here....someone help me!

hahaha...good ones Dick...I like the second one best...

Here is my try:

Rocketeers Hades: Every kit in the world to build...and no epoxy!

Rocket Heaven: Firing off all the "R" loads you want, without an LEUP

Rocketeers Purgatory: Building with no Paint...or Launching with no ignitors

Phil's Hades: Surounded by "Buba" Bull and the boys, with no exit...

Sorry Phil...had to be done bro!

Carl, you got me laughing my you-know-what off

Rocket Hades..... Can we say Dust Storm!



In rocket hell........
-The only meathod of talking rockets will be RMR.
-You are sensitized to epoxy
-electronics disarm themselves at liftoff.
-cows grow sharp teeth and develop a taste for human blood.
-mailing tubes become replaced by "tri tube" mailers NOOOOOOOOOO!
-Copperheads are the only ignitors available
-You are chasing after a landed rocket, being dragged by the wind inches from your grasp the whole way.
-you have a 3 engine cluster rocket but no more than 2 of the same engine that will fit it.



-Brian Barney

ROTFLOL!!! Hey, what do you mean? Cows do have sharp teeth and have a taste for Phil, er, I mean, human blood.

All of these make me pee in my pants but the one that busted my hernia:

Rocketeers Hades: Every kit in the world to build...and no epoxy!

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Originally posted by Brian Barney


-mailing tubes become replaced by "tri tube" mailers NOOOOOOOOOO!

-Brian Barney

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[gear grinding noise]hmmm....that almost sounds like fun...anyone got a tri-tube mailer? Minimum diameter...motor mount flush with the flats...TTW fins at the corners. [/gear grind]

"Rocketeers never die-we just vaporize off the pad"

Rocket Hell:

L2 rocket ready to go with nothing but spongy J350s in sight.

Rocket Heaven:

ATF agent trying for L2 with nothing but spongy J350s in sight.

Originally posted by KermieD


[gear grinding noise]hmmm....that almost sounds like fun...anyone got a tri-tube mailer? Minimum diameter...motor mount flush with the flats...TTW fins at the corners. [/gear grind]

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Funny you should bring that up. It's going to be my next thread in the Scratch Built forum.

To keep it on topic, how about
"Old rocketeers don't die, they just get launched and never recovered"

- You have a LOC Viper 4, but Estes D12s are only sold in packs of three.
- There's no combination of tube diameters available on the market that you can build a scale model of a transitioning rocket.
- Blackhawk R&D goes Enron
- Instead of deploying the main parachute, your Pratt Hobbies R/C pops open the trunk of your car
- Nobody brought a 1/4 rod to the launch [had this happen]
- You left all your damn ignitors at home [done this!]
- G40s and G80s are de-certified by NAR and TRA
- The RC airplane flyers in the next field have fully functional model guns on their planes...and have been drinking
- The entire RMR community enjoys a hearty potluck dinner -- oh, sorry, that's when hell freezes over.
- LDRS is taking place within 30 minutes of your house, but you promised your wife you'd help around the house.
- the biggest field in the area is a mile from the end of a runway at Hartsfield Airport.
- the biggest field in the area is a frozen lake...and its 50 degrees out.
- John Glenn tells you your rocket stories are boring.
- The circular tape that comes with reload kits won't stick to the forward closure, and you end up spilling black powder all over your jeans [done this!]
- Farmer Johnson will only let you recover your rocket if you help him herd some cattle.

...more as I think of them. I'm on a roll, but I have to get something to eat.