What is the Playa Way????

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What is the Playa Way????

Post by flatlander13 » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:10 pm

A Barbarian on a different post stated, “This is not the playa way.â€

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Post by Token » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:22 pm

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Post by oneeyeddick » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:28 pm

I believe he meant "ePlaya way" but Barbarians are not good at spelling.
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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:34 pm

Its paved with mud cracks and doesn't bring you to OZ

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Post by marcgorcey » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:51 pm

It's EXACTLY like 'The Cowboy Way' starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland. That means there's no possible debate on what the playa way is, otherwise it wouldn't be its own universal.

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:59 pm

Shut up, you civilized morons.

Here, I will be merciful and save you the trouble of searching this site.

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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:14 pm

since when does a barbarian care about civic responsiblity?

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Post by fuck-head. » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:30 pm

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Post by justfred » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:33 pm

A MASTER was asked the question, "What is the Way?" by a curious
monk.

"It is right before your eyes," said the master.

"Why do I not see it for myself?"

"Because you are thinking of yourself."

"What about you: do you see it?"

"So long as you see double, saying I don't and you do, and so on,
your eyes are clouded," said the master.

"When there is neither 'I' nor 'You,' can one see it?"

"When there is neither 'I' nor 'You,' who is the one that wants to
see it?"
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Post by flatlander13 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:23 am

Yo Ugly.......how dare you call me civilized?

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:24 am

Apollonaris Zeus wrote:since when does a barbarian care about civic responsiblity?
I am only pretending to be a barbarian. :roll:
Geez, can't I be a regular burner with the rest of you guys, once in a while?????

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Post by Fire_Moose » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:42 am

You cant "pretend" to be a barbarian....barbarianism comes from the heart, you either are or are not
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Post by gyre » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:15 am

I think Billy Dee Williams set the pattern for the playa way.

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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:38 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:
Apollonaris Zeus wrote:since when does a barbarian care about civic responsiblity?
I am only pretending to be a barbarian. :roll:
Geez, can't I be a regular burner with the rest of you guys, once in a while?????
Sorry, you must create another sock for that?

A Barbarian must always be!

For that is the Playa Way!

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Post by fuck-head. » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:21 am

it's WAY way, fey ray.

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Post by theCryptofishist » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:04 am

It's one of the volumes of Marcel Proust's masterwork Remembrance of Things Past.
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Post by Ugly Dougly » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:54 am

flatlander13 wrote:I thought this was the playa way

http://burningscouts.spancer.com/handbook/index.html
I am sorry. I thought you had a serious question. Thanks for wasting my time.

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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:52 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
Apollonaris Zeus wrote:since when does a barbarian care about civic responsiblity?
I am only pretending to be a barbarian. :roll:
Geez, can't I be a regular burner with the rest of you guys, once in a while?????
Ugly Dougly, feeling like those cave men on TV. Here's a little something that says what you're going though;

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Post by MozyBonz » Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:22 pm

Howling ….you guys are pitiful. Can’t pick on the newbees?

Doug you know better than to throw chum in the water like that.
Theses guys are sharks looking for something to feed on.


Playa way….. there is no playa way.
There are 50,000+ people who have 50,000+ different perceptions of what the playa way means to them.
You all should be kicked in the nuts for this thread.

pitiful just fucking pitiful....

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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:45 pm

So if there is no *Playa Way*

Is there or is there not an *ePlaya Way*

Hey, does that get me a drink bartender or is this the Dry Camp?

You know the joke about the Rabbit and the wolf?

It alway's good for a free drink on the playa.

it starts with a rabbit running and singing throught the woods

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:45 am

MozyBonz wrote:Howling ….you guys are pitiful. Can’t pick on the newbees?

Doug you know better than to throw chum in the water like that.
Theses guys are sharks looking for something to feed on.

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Post by Monkeypoo » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:28 pm

What is the Playa Way?

His Holiness Larry Harvey, our Beloved Leader and God, is the Light and the Way. It says so in the Larry Bible.

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Post by Absolut Jeenyus » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:03 pm

-AJ )'(

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