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Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:29:39 pm
What does it mean? Grade very dependant on reach, was my guess, but not sure. If it is, is it only dictated by reach, or by any body dimension (stubby fingers, Large gut, forearms like plucked chicken breasts)?

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#1 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:34:31 pm
like you say, think its generally used to mean something thats goes from piss to desperate if you're the wrong body size/shape.

For reference, scouse is the wrong body size/shape by default. :wink:

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#2 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:35:59 pm
I reckon it can include height, span, finger/hand size (jams and pockets) foot/leg/elbow length(various bars). Morpho meaning shape, so any (usually unchangeable) shape related bias. Flexibility may be included if extra-normal (ie freakish)levels are required. Clak clak.

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#3 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:46:04 pm
Quote from: "Bonjoy"
Flexibility may be included if extra-normal (ie freakish)levels are required. Clak clak.


i think that's stretching it a bit (pun fully intended). but, 'morpho' is used 99.9% of the time to tell you that its piss if you're tall, i.e. why its used for most dynos.

to summarise; bonjoy is talking rubbish cos his apple isn't as good as my orange.

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#4 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:48:56 pm
But if you are tall (like me) then you hardly ever dyno and are therefore shit at it. And so on, and so forth.

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#5 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:55:58 pm
You'll be laughing on the other side of your face next time I take you out extreme weaseling and you're left dangling from a hole suspended by your oversized and inflexible hair.


 And by the way my apple is not only better, but as these pictures amply demontrates, it is also very much bigger than your orange :wink:
 

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#6 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 04:59:19 pm


sucks to be you lovejoy, sucks to be you.

(vitamin) C yer later. :8)

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#7 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 05:02:46 pm
They don't call it the big apple for nothing.....mate :wink:

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#8 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 07:13:30 pm
Morpho....not to be mistaken with Mo'fo - a expression used by climbers to imply that it doesn't matter what size/shape you are, the moves are still the living end!

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#9 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 09:36:33 pm
Quote from: "cofe"
i think that's stretching it a bit (pun fully intended). but, 'morpho' is used 99.9% of the time to tell you that its piss if you're tall, i.e. why its used for most dynos.


i must pick you up on that one. if you look at the 7+8 guide it generally doesn't say morpho for dynos, but for things where theres a very big french/jump start (aerodynamite) etc. OK some dynos are, like hale bopp, but most aren't.

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#10 Morpho?
September 27, 2004, 11:45:29 pm
Some problems are, dare I say it out loud, easier if your a stumpy.

e.g. sds to Northern Soul - I find this desperate, but well known weak boy, Mark Katz walks it. Surely that illustrates the point entirely... :up:

 

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