The Zorba thread.
 

Since my rather unusual "nighttime profession", mode of dress, and other eccentricities have generated considerable - and totally understandable - interest here: I felt it best to create a thread for the purpose of Q&A, general WTFing, and poking fun.

This will hopefully help keep my other threads/questions more on topic, particularly Odd markings inside grip. If a moderator wants to move the relevant portions of that thread here, feel free!

So bring on the questions/comments/concerns/fun poking - I have a thick skin and am hard to offend! :cheers:

You do seem to weather the slings and arrows well.
dju

I am curious as to your avatar...Why do you have a marmoset on your head??? :confused:




























OK, I'm done! :D

Its just a rather large (silk) hairflower. That picture was taken on "formal nite" on a cruise my wife and I were on.

Unless, of course, you were joking me about my hair!:bigbye:

Here I thought people were wondering why Zorba was Greek when actually the movie was filmed on Crete and never call a Cretan a Greek............................

Zormpas, personally I would like to say "welcome aboard", you are obviously a person that is not easily offended and doesn't seem to have an elevated opinion of yourself, traits that I admire in a person. very commendable. :cheers:
Lon

It's not that we dislike you, I find the posts amusing. Just try to understand a Luger toting male belly dancer is hard for some of us older guys to comprehend.

Yes. Many years ago, Johnny Carson [rip] did The Tonight Show, and regularly had an animal handler/zoologist (?) from the LA Zoo on...One night they had a marmoset, which got scared & skittery and ended up clinging to Johnny's head...There is probably a pic on the Net somewhere, it was quite funny...That is what I thought of when I first saw your avatar... :roflmao:

Oh, I *TOTALLY* get that (!!), that's why I figured it'd be a good thing (tm) to start a thread like this. I find the various posts amusing myself, but thinking it might be better to separate this subject from "Luger grips".

Nuts, most people have problems understanding a male Belly Dancer in the first place! I'll never forget the time I was performing in a student troupe - everyone else were gals, of course. Afterwards, a member of the local C&W "HillBilly" band who was up on stage after us came over and asked "Did you lose a bet?". My first thought was "Oh God, I hope my dancing was better than *that*" - but I'd seen them in the audience during our performance, it was fairly obvious what they were talking about!

Thank you for your kind words - My #1 rule is "If you're gonna be weird, you need to have a sense of humor!".

Crete is just about my most favorite place in the world.

Zorba,

I think you just enjoy your body, and the attention...

I'm also glad you're interested in collecting Luger...

If I were in good enough shape to belly dance, I'd probably enjoy it too!

Marc

You are throwing that "we" around quite freely, I think....

You're supposed to say "Who's this 'we', paleface?". :roflmao:

I concur 200%....................food, History, temps and people are great. Found nothing wrong with the place. I had hopes to retire there but things didn't work out. Bluest and crystal clear water I had ever seen anywhere.

So what is your "daytime" profession?

Electronics technician/computer geek.

Ok, NOW I'm starting to wonder about you!!

:roflmao:

Yeah, the night job is unusual. But that also reveals guns in general, and Lugers in particular, have very broad social base in the U.S.

I know how he feels, I moonlighted as a Chippendale at night and a Drill Sergeant during the day. Long hours but the rewards were the best!!!! :thumbsup:

I was surprised at the comments you recieved when you first joined... Which from my perception (yours might have seen a different view), was little to no comments. Made me proud of the membership. I took it that folks figured you were here, asking real questions and shared a love of the Luger. :)

Welcome to the Forum and Collecting!
Sorry if I contributed to wandering off the topic on you grip thread.

All the best.

Can we add that to the "acronyms" thread?
Marc

Pretty much - I had the occasional comment or question - and several PMs - but it really started getting interesting in the grip thread, so I thought it was a good idea to start this thread just to satisfy people's curiosity. When a weird guy like me comes onto a firearms forum - there's gonna be some surprise! :cheers::roflmao:

Its all good - I'm just very gratified at the wealth of knowledge found here - and the depth of consensus. Which is what prompted me to immediately become a patron - something I don't usually do, but this forum deserves it.

If you wanna see a flamewar, try one of the Piano boards sometime - nobody can agree on anything, and it turns into a pitched battle with fixed bayonets more often than not. None of that here!

NO worries - it just pointed out the need for this one!

Zormpas,

When you first told us of your avocation my first thought was that you've got a bigger set of jones than I've got. :thumbup:

I then I got on with the forum...

All the best!

Gunny John

PS. If any doofus ever gives you any real poop, give me a shout; I got yer back. GJ

I think we need a "WTF" smilie!

I've always been partial to a 'puking' smiley myself. :thumbup:

Laughter is the best medicine.:thumbup:

Welcome to zormpas!:cheers:

Had to look for Johnny Carson and the marmoset. This link has Carson and the marmoset, at about 1:30 in, after Carson and McMahon mugging and having fun.

Seems like the link is like TV in that it keeps playing. After Carson and the marmoset, there's a memorial to Gregory Peck with scenes from To Kill A Mockingbird, then an old ad for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and that's as far as I went.

Carson and marmoset made me laugh!

http://www.liketelevision.com/likete...ie&theme=guide

And Doug criticized me for using the term "we" freely!:roflmao:

Sorry, I like to use "we" extensively in my posts as well. Give myself a feeling that I am not alone. Feel better that way. Actually, 80% of time, "we" really means "I" in my posts :) Just realized that.

Return to the original topic, Zorba's career is exciting. I dreamed I could do some unusual thing when I was a kid, but I could never break conventional lifestyle in decades. Feel boring on myself.

I can't speak for the forum Marines, 'we' soldiers don't go there, at least not while I was in, well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did. :thumbsup:

This is way cool! I have always been kind of a "bohemian" myself, and I admire those who have the balls to do what they enjoy without worrying about what the society dictates. My question would be: How in the world did you get started with something like this?

Sonny..well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did.
The 101st never burnt down any PX's either! The 173rd has that honor.. We weren't banned from every R&R post in Viet Nam for wearing silk panties! Didn't the 101 go leg?

Zorba, Post a link to your web site..I found the FAQ quite interesting reading!

Nope, they got tired of humping chutes so they decided to jump from rotor winged aircraft without them. :thumbup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6oto9nzYc4

I'm starting to take it all as a badge of honor. After all, I'm betting those C-96 weenies on the other forums don't have their own male belly-dancer...
dju

C96 weenies are all busy on relining bores :) Everyone has the same question "how to contact Broomhandle Closet, what's the cost, how is the quality, etc". Each C&R has each C&R's feature story. Not many Lugers have that type of bore.

I like his threads!
 

I wish I could just dance! I went into a home depot and bought a few sheets of plywood.. when the cashier was looking for the UPC symbols.. I couldn't help her lift the plywood.. I told her I suffered from ABNB, and was not alone in this world.. She said, I'm so sorry, and, she asked what is that??
I replied, "All Belly & No Butt! My pants fall down if I bend over!! :):):).. I think we have a great forum and all the members are a very diverse lot... except for those paratroopers... :)....( Jerry & Ed) With whom I'm also very close!!! Best to all, til...lat'r....GT:cheers:

OH but I'm wasn't a paratrooper...........only birdschitt and fools fall out of the sky, I used a good rope to get to the ground. :thumbup:

and all my jumps were from well under 800 feet---better known as
 

"pop and drop"...........