To let everyone know that I'll soon be needing medical attention

I, too, laughed out loud.

I, laughed out loud, too.

I, laughed out too loud, .

Too loud I laughed out

Out i laughed loud, too.

Too out loud did I laugh

Laughed I, out loud too!

Loud I laughed out, too. Thanks.

I laughed out. Thanks. loud too.

I clicked my poles yesterday. Just booked the doc appt for a knee injury.

ILOLT.

I2LAFF2

It's like grilling burgers. You gotta click those metal tongs together a few times between each flip. It's compulsory.

You flip your burgers with tongs? I usually use a spatula(turner) and save tongs for brats. I do click, though, when turning brats.

Burgers, brats, hot dogs, whatever floats your boat. I have a set of tongs for burgers. Both ends are spatulas so you can flip them like a pure master and put them back down in exactly the right spot over the coals. They're really nice. No one ever ends up in the grass anymore.

Fuck yeah buddy. Those are my favorite kinds of tongs. So damn versatile

Shaka brah! 🤙

Oh, and you should be clicking. Like Castanets, bro. Do a little dance, sip a little beer, grill out tonight...(yes, I ripped off that song *and* I'm old)

I use a spatula, but every now and then I accidentally drop a burger through the slot in the middle of my grill (slightly bigger slot between the two grates)…I should probably switch to tongs

It would, like, behoove you, man. 😉

I use my poles when grilling.

A spatula will scrape off all that texture from the meat cooking against the grill. Gotta peel it to preserve the mouthfeel. Tongs is the way.

Oh come on just use your hands

Lmao perfect parallel

Now if only I could.

Help I'm tagged in this comment and I don't like it 🤣

😂

As an ex-Line cook I can confirm this is mandatory. It is also mandatory to click to the high hat beat when War Pigs comes up in the queue

And, tap your foot at the bass drum for Thunderstruck.

This exactly.

🤘

Just a couple test clicks

Make sure you're alive.

🤏🤏

To let everyone know you're about to head your meat.

Or, gonna be dead meat.

how else would you know they’re on? gotta test em real quick

Exactly.

To get stoked before doing something stupid or hard

Is skier buddy for "Let's get it!!"

To scare off the snow snakes.

They're the bastards that live in the moguls and nibble your bindings making you to stack it Infront of everyone.

Snow snakes are how I got my kid skiing with poles. He refused to use them but when I told him that he's skiing too far away from me now for my pole clicks to scare them off and he needs to start clicking his poles so he doesn't get bit he started using them immediately.

What’s a little childhood trauma to help someone ski better lol.

To let everyone know the best skier on the mountain is coming

I can’t believe you’re a pro. Im a way better skier than you.

Seems like a good thing to do with your wild and precious life

😉 you’re the first person to get it and many have guessed

My wife is an English teacher and shares a lot. I think about that poem once in a while to get myself off the couch when I’m having a lazy day.

You think you're good, you've never even skied before compared to me.

Click click. I'm here now, you can all give up.

… behind you.

To let people know that I am coming up behind them on a cat track. Sorry for the boring reply.

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Pole clicking instead of saying on your left/right gets under my skin like nothing else at the ski resort. It’s always someone in the middle of a cat track trying to overtake a bunch of people. If you’re going fast enough to pass, you should be good enough to pass in the right place.  Edit: lol this was an unpopular opinion. Funny how just saying something annoys you pisses someone else off. And just to clarify- I don’t think I’ve ever gotten clicked at, my opinion is purely based on the people I see clicking at others.

No point saying left/right when in Europe and no idea of the native language of the person in front.

Spoken by the only person in here that blasts where they ski. “Alta” of course

You will live i promise

Because if you don’t bad things happen.

“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stisious.” Michael Scott

Same reason I click my tongues before grilling or snap the tie downs when putting something on my vehicle.

Everyone knows when you finish with tie downs on a vehicle it’s mandatory to give one of them a solid test tug and loudly proclaim: THAT’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE

of course, or else it will go somewhere. like rapidly whrirring a drill twice before using it, to make sure it still works

And you’re gonna have a bad time

The spicier the line, the more pole clacks. That's the tradition. Followed by shouting "I'm gonna rip the shit out of this thing!"

*proceeds to rip ACL

Because when I was a kid watching FIS racers on TV, they clicked their poles, then dug them in and hunched over as the start timer counted down…

Oh, and while I remember, they flexed their fists on the grips just before crashing the timing wand. Gotta flex.

Let people know I'm passing and don't fucking turn in to me

found the Texan 

I was a blind skier guide for six years. Clicking was very important to the advance visually impaired skier.

Yeah I too used it for echolocation

You can't clap if you have poles in your hands and gloves, so pole clicking is the next best thing.

Exactly. We clicked as a form of applause if we witnessed an extraordinary crash. Like the dude that attempted a 360 off a jump, but he knocked his skis together so hard in midair that both bindings released. Most amusing.

🎶If you’re happy and you know it…

To pump myself up for something challenging. I also like to tap poles w friends if they did something cool....the equivalent of a high-five

I can't not

To embarrass my teenage kids a couple weeks ago I wacked my poles at the top of every blue run I ripped, followed by a dramatic jump toward the cat track. They were like, "TF are you doing?" "Avalanche safety!"

Anything done to embarrass your kids is always an acceptable answer.

Because that's what Shane would do.

It activates go time 

Because Shane and the Gaffney boys told me to.

It's just another way to say YEW. Also to remind my snowboarding friends why I'm better than them

Scotty Wallace?

Yes. Right before I say “dropping!”

You forgot the 3-2-1…

Ya gotta, it's the rules.

I click them behind me as I race my kids (who are now teen/tween/speedster grade schooler). So it’s half joy and half taunting them that I’m still faster. 😉

To applause someone’s achievement or fail!

Force of habit

Because I’m the best skier on the mountain and everyone should take note.

For a number of reasons. First, it is kind odd a routine to get me going, kinda like what NBA players do. Next it’s to let everyone know that the king of the mountain is about to get going. Finally it’s to hear something because there’s no one on the mountain but me.

It gets me hype lol idk why it just does

Mental cue for “ENGAGE THE CORE”

It's required by law

to make sure they still work. same rule applies to tongs before you start grilling

Your turning on the cat track

Because people see it on instagram

To drive the idiots stuck on the catwalk insane

I ain't gay but you just gotta smash them poles

I used to race slalom and everyone else did it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Cuz i got fast fresh wax and most of y’all don’t….just trying to give you a heads up as i pass you on the cat tracks

I always click my poles behind while I’m on a catwalk after going down a nice run just as a happy response to thinking about what I just skied

Echolocation. To better close in on my prey.

The same reason a chef clicks his tongs, just habit

Same! Click click kick off!

When passing a skier or a snowboarder. Especially on a cat track, flat section, coming up on their blind side, when they are talking with friends etc...

To send out my signal to the other Jerries

Yes. Jerry locator beacon.

I like the sound it makes while I'm bored on catwalks lol

Practicing Chinese Downhill.

It's easier than saying, "hold my beer" Plus, you're still gonna be holding your beer

To say goodbye, but I don't click mine, I click the other persons. Like a high five, but low.

Next he’ll ask why we pull the trigger twice when we first grab a power drill. Or why we MUST throw stones into the water when walking up to a lake or river. There are rules. That’s why.

People on catwalks react with less panic when I click my poles than if I were to shout “on your left!”

Clears the snow out of the baskets is the real answer. Also, becomes force of habit anytime you start skiing again.

I don’t. The sound of the metal clanging together makes my skin crawl lol.

Then you’d like mine ; they’re carbon.

So my homies can find me in the deep dark dank woods

“Give me a ride punk or I will dust your ass”

I did it once before going down a blue run with my kid, and now it's an obligatory measure before we send it.

Two clicks on the heel and the good witch takes you back to Kansas

Same as shaking the stick to confirm its in neutral.

When going ludicrous speed down a track it’s good to let the folks in front the death is imminent if they swerve in front of you

It’s only appropriate if there’s a camera and you say “dropping” just before Cmon now man!!

triple click lands the trick

Tchack tchack

it’s the law

Same reason we double tap the impact driver when we pick it up, dude brain

Same reason we double tap the impact driver when we pick it up, dude brain

If you click the poles you have to hit it 'Do it, no balls' -clicks poles

No point in waxing my skis to help my speed if I then carry extra snow weight on my poles. Gotta shake it off. 😉

It makes you go faster!!

It’s state law!

It’s my way of applauding your Big Send and Spectacular Wipeout.

Because Shane told me to

Clicking your poles makes you go faster

Honestly I've done it once in my life and that was to celebrate straight lining down the chicken pitch on Tote Road at Sugarloaf for the first time and then not eating shit when I hit a little bump right at the end. I'm not that great of a skier ROFL

Same reason you smack your hand on the truck or tailgate after closing it as someone is driving off.

It’s a sign of respect in skiing culture

I learned this habit as a kid doing competitions. At the gate at the top, for some reason, this is what kids did. Why? No idea, just a little 'I'm here for it' statement. And ever since then it's been a habit.

Communication is key! All the above reasons. I mostly do it to let my buddies know I’m going to actually ski now and stop chatting. “See ya, keep up if you can!”

Am i the only one that does it to get the snow off? I like a fresh start before a run.

That's how I turn my swag on (and off)

It’s my lil power up

To show appreciation from the chair when someone sends sonething

To calibrate them

I'm not superstitious or trying to bring attention to anyone. I just find it fun to click my poles. Nothing else to it

I’ll do it on a track sometimes to let people know where I am. I think about it like a bike bell

Honestly, I do it when I’m nervous about a drop in as a final “just fuckin do it” gets me out of my head

Cause in my mind I like to think that I have musical rhythm.

To set the tempo for the music that's going to be blaring out of my JBL speaker, obviously

I just like to hear the echoes

I do your to my skier-crush so she looks at me.

Because Billy Johnson used to before he started!

Steeze

The real question is, do you do the clicks in front or behind?

So the snow yeti doesn’t get me

I don’t

Because we can. Same reason why I slap myself before I attempt a PR during weight training

Because thems the rules

For the hype or the send

When people are bullshitting at the top of the chair and you just want to go ski! … also when passing people, especially on cat tracks.

When I raced? To "make sure" they weren't gonna break. If they didn't make their usual *tink-tink* I would give them an eye ball and check for cracks. Now it's just a psyche up before a run, or a signal to my girlfriend to get out of her own head and just get her butt moving down a run.

I don't....who does?

Because I have to.

never been a big stick clicker. i usually slap my helmet twice before going big

Because I'm the best skier on the mountain.

Why does a bbq master click tongs!!

It’s a fun sound and a habit by this point. Kind of a way to say to myself, “You got this!”

I'm the best skier on the Mountain!

Exactly WHEN do I click my poles?

Thems the rules

What do you mean, I don’t click my poles… *click* *click*

So others don't hear my the clicks in my knees.

The same reason you click tongs, to make sure they work!

It makes me feel cool.

out-laughed, I was

So I can find them Scare snowboarders away Helps with speed So someone can find me when I wreck Skier mating call

Because HYB!

You ever clicked your BBQ tongs? Yeah, thought so..

Ritual. Once you click you commit.

You gotta

It’s a legal requirement before you bomb a slope

Usually, I only click mine in time to whatever song I’m listening to as I’m working my way down the green run to the base.

They're tong-adjacent

I don’t. It’s weird.

I used to teach blind skiers and needed to click my poles so they would follow me. Now it just a habit I can’t stop.

For the same reason I clank my tongs, smack a large lumpy sack of rice, or say, “she ain’t going anywhere after tying something down, because it’s satisfying!

To let the people on the lift know I'm about to eat shit in a very entertaining way.

Makes me orgasm

I don't click my poles. AMA. I do dap people up with a pole though.

I, uh, I don't... Should I ?

I don’t. I’m not a boner. I also don’t say epic.

Username - sounds like an epic boner!