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I've been trying to think of some playa proverbs and have come up with the following. Any other suggestions?
Rebar and spikes may break my bikes but dust will never hurt me
Give a Burner duct tape and zip ties and he can build a shelter. Give him friends and he can build BM
Gray water can still put out a fire
In for an AAA battery, in a for a D battery
Dust storm before seven, partying my eleven
Some men have only one tutu in them, others a whole wardrobe.
The best Burn never was the present Burn
There's many a good time had by an old Burner
You can't get blood out of rebar
Two sparks do not a Burning Man make
The early Burner catches the water truck
The early Burner gets the bacon sarnie
Participation speaks louder than words
Build your camp while the sun does not shine
Only mad dogs and Brit Campers wear fake fur in the midday sun
Do not party until the dust storm passes
Never judge a Burner by their costume
MOOP not dropped never has to be picked up
Ice today water tomorrow
Every Playa has it's wet patch
Many a good gift is given without intention
A searched for porta-potty is never found
1-ply folded is the same as 2-ply
A pill in the mouth is worth two in the dealer's pocket
Rebar and spikes may break my bikes but dust will never hurt me
Give a Burner duct tape and zip ties and he can build a shelter. Give him friends and he can build BM
Gray water can still put out a fire
In for an AAA battery, in a for a D battery
Dust storm before seven, partying my eleven
Some men have only one tutu in them, others a whole wardrobe.
The best Burn never was the present Burn
There's many a good time had by an old Burner
You can't get blood out of rebar
Two sparks do not a Burning Man make
The early Burner catches the water truck
The early Burner gets the bacon sarnie
Participation speaks louder than words
Build your camp while the sun does not shine
Only mad dogs and Brit Campers wear fake fur in the midday sun
Do not party until the dust storm passes
Never judge a Burner by their costume
MOOP not dropped never has to be picked up
Ice today water tomorrow
Every Playa has it's wet patch
Many a good gift is given without intention
A searched for porta-potty is never found
1-ply folded is the same as 2-ply
A pill in the mouth is worth two in the dealer's pocket
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, January 28, 2007 - 12:39 PMYou can get the man off the playa, but you can't get the playa off the man.
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Mon, January 29, 2007 - 9:49 AMBM...
here today... gone tomorrow.
You can take the Burner off the playa... but you can't get the playa off any of your shit.
Everything tastes better when you're hungry or on the playa.
You can sleep when you get home.
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Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:43 AMA fool and his bicycle are soon parted.
A friend in need is a hippie indeed.
A woman's costume is never done.
Absinthe makes the heart go yonder.
After a dust storm comes the calm.
A shade structure is no stronger than its weakest link.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 12:51 PM"Absinthe makes the heart go yonder. "
I always thought it was "Absinthe makes the heart grow fondle."
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:48 AMNever judge another participant, until you've walked a mile with his playa foot?
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:58 AMBurn as I say, and burn as I do.
Give unto others as you would like them to give unto you.
Don't count your bacon before it is cooked.
Don't cut off your clown nose to spite your face.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 11:02 AMLOL
Fucking Neon.
You made my day!!
KK
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Re: Playa Proverbs
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 11:05 AMactions speak louder than words...especially in the middle of some psytrance/breakbeats/techno/rave in the middle of the playa night.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 12:21 PMWhat happens on the playa stays on the playa...
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 12:27 PMI'd love to see a contest.
Top five.
Although, it's not much of a contest to me.
ALL of Neon's have me rolling on the floor!
Good Thread.
Anybody want to talk about the lawsuit, workers 'rights', or what happened on the Playa 10 years ago?
Didn't think so!
KK
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 7, 2007 - 8:46 PMFirst lesson I learned at Burning Man!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 12:25 PMA beer in the hand is worth 2 in the camp.
oh yeah, and dont fuck with death guild on thunderdome.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 1:43 PM• A gallon of water a day keeps the doctor away
• Look before you trip on rebar
• Make camp while the sun shines.
• A fool and his ticket are soon parted.
• Don't put all your eggs in one cooler
• It never rains, but it pours.
• All we are is just dust in the wind.
• Look after number two (I think that's a reference to the potties)
• A stitch in time saves nine hundred.
• One man's loss is another man's MOOP
• Spank the other cheek
• All roads lead to center camp.
• Where there's a will there's a disclaimer
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 2:02 PMIf it came out of the toilet it doesn't belong in your body.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 5:59 PM<<A friend in need is a hippie indeed.>>
I'm quoting myself and disagreeing...I hope I don't start a 1-person flame war!
I think this one would be better and more accurate as:
A burner in need is a hippie indeed.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:45 PMNo dogs on playa... this sucks!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, January 30, 2007 - 2:08 PMHeeBeeGeeBees Scream
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 16, 2007 - 1:53 PMDoesn't this belong in the haiku thread? :P
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:52 PMAir in the tire , beer in the can,croozing the playa in seach of the man, fun with ur friends,with fur or skin hope ping you will find them, ahhhh fuck it ! ..................."hey man got any "E".." -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, January 30, 2007 - 1:22 AMLet burners be burners.
Let sleeping burners lie.
Live and burn.
Burn and let burn.
Then, of course: Live and let burn.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, January 30, 2007 - 4:33 AMInto every life a little dust must fall.
The dust is always lighter on the other camp.
There is more than one way to spank a virgin.
United we burn, divided we fall.
You can't tell a burner by their costume.
You can't have your bacon and eat it too... unless you share with the blue naked guy who just rolled up on a motorized bunny and offered you an egg salad sandwich.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, January 30, 2007 - 4:53 AM>There is more than one way to spank a virgin. <
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, January 30, 2007 - 3:49 PMThanks Lily :) Now I'm considering making stickers and handing them out to the greeters!
Oh wait, greeters aren't supposed to be spanking people anymore... you won't tell on me, will you? ;)
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 9, 2007 - 9:39 AM<<You can't have your bacon and eat it too... unless you share with the blue naked guy who just rolled up on a motorized bunny and offered you an egg salad sandwich. >>
OMG, guesswho....you just made my day and made me spit iced tea out of my nose onto my keyboard. :)
i love it! i am a virgin for BM 2007...i can't wait!!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 11, 2007 - 10:29 AM>Let sleeping burners lie. <
Cause they're only going to be there an hour anyway...
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Tue, January 30, 2007 - 10:48 PMIt's all fun and games until you can't find your car keys. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 17, 2007 - 10:19 PM'it'sall fun and games till you can't find your..CAR!!!"
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 18, 2007 - 4:04 AMit's all fun and games till someone loses their bike!
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Fri, February 2, 2007 - 5:56 PMA watched thread gathers no posts. -
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Trey Harvey:
Fri, February 2, 2007 - 6:22 PM"Bringing your girlfriend to Burning Man is like bringing sand to the beach."
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 3, 2007 - 8:16 PMA woman's costume is never done
A woman's place is in the (thunder) dome
A burner and his girlfriend are soon Poly
All that glitters is not glitter
As ye sew, so shall ye reap playa-fabulousness
Burners of a feather MOOP together
Late to bed and early to rise, makes a burner happy, loopy and fried
Larry helps those who create themselves
Good bacon makes good neighbors
It is no use crying over spilled E
Never look a gift art car under the hood
Old Burners never die, they simply complain away
One burner's loss is another burner's ground score
Those who live in glass art cars should not drive stoned
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Sat, February 3, 2007 - 11:58 PMI thought it was:
• "Boa's" of a feather MOOP together
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 1:31 AMNo, it's Burners don't use feathers, but they foaux together. -
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Sun, February 4, 2007 - 1:32 AMmake that" faux"
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 3:08 AMFantastic guys! Roamer and I were struggling after the few that we (ok, mainly he) came up with. Keep them coming! And as Neon says, A watched thread gathers no posts! -
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Great thread Roamer and Jo!
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 7:18 AM
The lights are always blinkier on the other side of the spoke.
Into every coctail, a little playa dust must fall.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 8:37 AMsighted as a felt tip marker grafitti
on a portapotty, BM 2005
"DYSLEXICS UNTIE"
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Thu, February 8, 2007 - 12:45 PMA burner and his girlfriend are soon Poly ----
LOVED IT!
HEHE, How bout
a burner's girlfriend soon finds him bi.
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Sun, February 4, 2007 - 12:38 PMIf at first you don't suck seed,
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 4:04 PMFirst come, first spanked
Or is it the other way around?
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Sun, February 4, 2007 - 4:38 PMLast year being my first at BRC, I've gotta say:
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 4:56 PMMy Favorite (a bumper sticker given out by a Greeter friend a few years ago):
"My Inner Child is an Honor Student at Black Rock City High!"
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Sun, February 4, 2007 - 5:10 PM"Be what you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"---Dr. Seuss
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 6:25 PMFriends don't let friends walk dark.
Just say no to bugs.
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Tue, February 6, 2007 - 7:23 PM"to air is human,
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Tue, February 6, 2007 - 7:54 PMPriceless jameseye!
Furry Pink Jacket: $150
Pee funnel: $2.00
Mirrored Goggles: $25
Ticket to Burningman (TM): $300
A week in the desert that you will NEVER forget (or truly remember for that matter): $477
(or whatever, priceless!)
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 6, 2007 - 9:31 PMBloody Mary's are thicker than water.
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Wed, February 7, 2007 - 6:29 AMI don't care about my shoes
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Wed, February 7, 2007 - 2:42 PMA couple necking at 3:00 o clock is an orgy when the word reaches 9 o'clock. -
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Wed, February 7, 2007 - 9:14 PM<<A couple necking at 3:00 o clock is an orgy when the word reaches 9 o'clock.>>
ohhhhh, that is GREAT!
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Ha ha ha...
Thu, February 8, 2007 - 10:37 AM→ What happened?
• Someone set us up DaBomb
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• All your camps are belong to us
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• You are on the way to destruction [this is a new street name]
→ What you say?
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AYB 2.0
Thu, February 8, 2007 - 10:49 AM• you have no chance to survive make your time
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• Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 9, 2007 - 6:58 AMThanks everyone.
I did a search for "Playa Proverbs" expecting to get lots of hits but returned none to speak of.
One of my gifts this year is gonna be personalised fortune cookies for my nearest and dearest, but I will also be making up a batch with general playa proverbs inside to give to whatever crosses my path.
My personal favourites are:-
After a dust storm comes the calm
All roads lead to center camp
If in doubt, Safety Third!
A burner in need is a hippie indeed
Let sleeping burners lie
Into every life a little dust must fall
United we burn, divided we fall
There is more than one way to spank a virgin
All that glitters is not glitter
The lights are always blinkier on the other side of the spoke
Friends don't let friends walk dark
Wouldn't it be good if Burners started using these in apt moments.
For the past few years, I've had an interest in the cultural differences and similarities of proverbs from around the world www.cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/.../index.html
This all stemmed from an initial interest in African proverbs www.princetonol.com/groups/iad...af-prov.htm
In many African countries a good knowledge of proverbs and the good use of them is greatly respected.
Special thanks to the one woman proverb machine that is Neon.
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 10:02 AM<<Wouldn't it be good if Burners started using these in apt moments. >>
<<Special thanks to the one woman proverb machine that is Neon.>>
Awww....thanks....now I can stay off the Attention Whore thread for another day!
My camp is planning a Moop Awareness Kiosk and we are going to use moop related proverbs from this thread, like
One burner's loss is another burner's moop.
P.S. [disco music] Yah, I'm just a proverb machine, and I don't work for no-body but you...
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 9, 2007 - 9:26 AMIf you're tired enough, you can sleep ANYWHERE.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 9, 2007 - 10:06 AMBurning man sucks, don't go.
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 10:13 AMOnce a shirt-cocker, always a shirt-cocker.
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 5:42 PMOkay, this is serious folks...I just did a google fight between Proverbs and Reality. Reality won by a landslide. We're in trouble now...unless someone has aproverb that can pull us out of this mess.
www.googlefight.com/
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 11, 2007 - 10:46 AMThat's neat.
I did a fight between Fear and Hope.
Hope whooped Fear's ass and then shit in his ear.
Also Neon kicked my ass by a multiple of 51, give or take a few thousand....
*bows* At your service, Lady
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 16, 2007 - 1:40 PMLove kicked sex's ass, which actually sorta disappoints me. Was the internet created for Al Gore to watch porn, or wasn't it?
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 7:04 PMEverything I really need to know I learned at Black Rock City. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 10, 2007 - 5:42 PMyou can lead a burner to urine,
but you can't make him blink.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 11, 2007 - 11:03 AMGiven enough fireworks, you can light anything on fire.
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Sun, February 11, 2007 - 2:01 PMFrom one DPW Hot Chick sharing with another my first year.
"If you Pee in the cracks, it doesn't splash so much."
Right up there with
"Do NOT drink the yellow Gatorade!"
Took me awhile to figure that one out, but I'm not too bright...
KK
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, February 12, 2007 - 1:02 PMHere's my original conributions, and if not.. like wow.. the serendipity!
* No matter how far a Burner may roam, BRC is always their place called home.
* One week to live there, Fifty-one weeks to prepare.
* Be it whatever so stumble, there is no place like the playa to roam.
* At Burning Man, we do "more" before 5am than most people do all day. (From an ARMY slogan)
* If at first you don't succeed, "Ask before touching" should've been your creed. (in reference to B.E.D.)
* Burner's prayer: "Our father who art in heaven, please let this be a clean port-o-john."
* Seek bacon and ye shall find.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, February 12, 2007 - 2:14 PMDon't eat the Yellow playa -- NO Wait - it's Yellow SNOW you are supposed to avoid.
Apple Pie fumes must be getting to me -- again...LOL.
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Mon, February 12, 2007 - 2:19 PM<<Don't eat the Yellow playa -- NO Wait - it's Yellow SNOW you are supposed to avoid. >>
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Tue, February 13, 2007 - 2:53 PM"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. -Carl Jung"
"I am not here to save the world, I'm here to decorate it!"
Bump!
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Wed, February 14, 2007 - 5:48 AM"Apple Pie fumes must be getting to me -- again...LOL."
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 16, 2007 - 1:02 PMApple pie fumes are thicker than water.
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Fri, February 16, 2007 - 12:36 PM
a "real world" friend helps you move.
a playa friend helps you move bodies.
hee hee hee
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Fri, February 16, 2007 - 12:51 PM
bacon is thicker than water
The flaming cannonball falls far from the trebuchet
Honesty is the best policy...unless your significant other is on a paranoid head trip
Pain shared with a drum circle is diminished...Joy shared with a drum circle is increased
Burners in faux fur flock together
Any tent in a dust storm
Don't put off until the playa EL work you can do today
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Fri, February 16, 2007 - 12:53 PMThere are five different ways to do anything.
The person who steps up and starts one of them is in charge!
KK
DPW 'Gettin er Done!!!'
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Fri, February 16, 2007 - 1:56 PM- the early burner gets the hot bi babe
- better die getting run over by an art car than live without ever fucking on the open playa
- boys will do boys - it ain't gay on the playa
- cleanliness is next to impossible
- crime does not pay. business does not pay. the entreprenurial spirit is fucking dead man, unless you need a little something for that E.
- don't count your drugs before you take them. a lot can happen between tent and mouth.
- don't wash your dirty linen in the gray water.
- easier said than done. [That one sure doesn't need any modification.]
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Sat, February 17, 2007 - 7:57 PMBuild a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a night.
Light a man on fire and you keep him warm the rest of his life.
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Wed, February 21, 2007 - 2:55 PMDamn, Ray!!
I was getting so excited reading this far down into this thread and thinking "oh my God I'm so lucky!! I'm coming into this thread late and it looks like I can bust out one of my favorite lines!"
But then you went and posted it.
But that's OK, 'cause my next best line is yours:
The Sane Burner's motto*:
*or, how to participate in group projects without exercising your guilty concience...
Always-- Underpromise and Overdeliver.
Not exactly a proverb, but good words to keep in mind...
XOXO!
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Mon, February 19, 2007 - 7:16 AMLive to burn, burn to live
You can wander far or near, as long as you piss clear
duck, duck, duck, TAPE!
it's all fun and games, until you wake up the next morning
You never forget your first burn
Nero fiddles while the Man burns
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Mon, February 19, 2007 - 9:44 AMA family that camps together burns together.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 10:16 AM
These are all great, funny, and TRUE!
My question is what do we do with these assembled pearls of wisdom? Does anyone know how to make fortune cookies? I would love to make some with playa proverbs and hand them out.
Or maybe have a Big Book of Proverbs for people to read (and add others to) -- I wonder if it's too late to ask for an art grant?
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 10:33 AM
I consolidated all the proverbs so far into a single list to share with my friends (who aren't on tribe).
Rebar and spikes may break my bikes but dust will never hurt me
Give a Burner duct tape and zip ties and he can build a shelter. Give him friends and he can build BM
Gray water can still put out a fire
In for an AAA battery, in a for a D battery
Dust storm before seven, partying my eleven
Some men have only one tutu in them, others a whole wardrobe.
The best Burn never was the present Burn
There's many a good time had by an old Burner
You can't get blood out of rebar
Two sparks do not a Burning Man make
The early Burner catches the water truck
The early Burner gets the bacon sarnie
Participation speaks louder than words
Build your camp while the sun does not shine
Only mad dogs and Brit Campers wear fake fur in the midday sun
Do not party until the dust storm passes
Never judge a Burner by their costume
MOOP not dropped never has to be picked up
Ice today water tomorrow
Every Playa has it's wet patch
Many a good gift is given without intention
A searched for porta-potty is never found
1-ply folded is the same as 2-ply
A pill in the mouth is worth two in the dealer's pocket
You can get the man off the playa, but you can't get the playa off the man.
BM...here today... gone tomorrow.
You can take the Burner off the playa... but you can't get the playa off any of your shit.
Everything tastes better when you're hungry or on the playa.
You can sleep when you get home.
A fool and his bicycle are soon parted.
A friend in need is a hippie indeed.
A woman's costume is never done.
Absinthe makes the heart go yonder.
After a dust storm comes the calm.
A shade structure is no stronger than its weakest link.
Never judge another participant, until you've walked a mile with his playa foot?
Burn as I say, and burn as I do.
Give unto others as you would like them to give unto you.
Don't count your bacon before it is cooked.
Don't cut off your clown nose to spite your face.
a friend in need is a burner indeed, hehe
actions speak louder than words...especially in the middle of some psytrance/breakbeats/techno/rave in the middle of the playa night.
though words may speak louder than actions...in the middle of a dust storm
What happens on the playa stays on the playa...
A beer in the hand is worth 2 in the camp.
dont fuck with death guild on thunderdome.
A gallon of water a day keeps the doctor away
Look before you trip on rebar
Make camp while the sun shines.
A fool and his ticket are soon parted.
Don't put all your eggs in one cooler
It never rains, but it pours.
All we are is just dust in the wind.
Look after number two (I think that's a reference to the potties)
A stitch in time saves nine hundred.
One man's loss is another man's MOOP
Spank the other cheek
All roads lead to center camp.
Where there's a will there's a disclaimer
Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for one day it may become a dragon.
If it came out of the toilet it doesn't belong in your body.
If in doubt, Safety Third!
A burner in need is a hippie indeed.
Air in the tire , beer in the can,croozing the playa in seach of the man, fun with ur friends,with fur or skin hope ping you will find them, ahhhh fuck it ! ..................."hey man got any "E".."
Let burners be burners.
Let sleeping burners lie.
Live and burn.
Burn and let burn.
Then, of course: Live and let burn.
Into every life a little dust must fall.
The dust is always lighter on the other camp.
There is more than one way to spank a virgin.
United we burn, divided we fall.
You can't tell a burner by their costume.
You can't have your bacon and eat it too... unless you share with the blue naked guy who just rolled up on a motorized bunny and offered you an egg salad sandwich.
It's all fun and games until you can't find your car keys.
'it'sall fun and games till you can't find your..CAR!!!"
it's all fun and games till someone loses their bike!
A watched thread gathers no posts.
"Bringing your girlfriend to Burning Man is like bringing sand to the beach."
A woman's costume is never done
A woman's place is in the (thunder) dome
A burner and his girlfriend are soon Poly
All that glitters is not glitter
As ye sew, so shall ye reap playa-fabulousness
Burners of a feather MOOP together
Late to bed and early to rise, makes a burner happy, loopy and fried
Larry helps those who create themselves
Good bacon makes good neighbors
It is no use crying over spilled E
Never look a gift art car under the hood
Old Burners never die, they simply complain away
One burner's loss is another burner's ground score
Those who live in glass art cars should not drive stoned
United we burn, divided we freak
No, it's Burners don't use feathers, but they foaux together.
The lights are always blinkier on the other side of the spoke.
Into every coctail, a little playa dust must fall.
A burner and his girlfriend are soon Poly ----
a burner's girlfriend soon finds him bi.
If at first you don't suck seed, Let me take you over to Jiffy Lube.
First come, first spanked
Or is it the other way around?
One good burn deserves another.
"My Inner Child is an Honor Student at Black Rock City High!"
"Be what you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"---Dr. Seuss
Friends don't let friends walk dark.
Just say no to bugs.
"Last year was always better" - Reuben
"to air is human, to burn is devine."
Furry Pink Jacket: $150
Pee funnel: $2.00
Mirrored Goggles: $25
Ticket to Burningman (TM): $300
A week in the desert that you will NEVER forget (or truly remember for that matter): Priceless
Bloody Mary's are thicker than water.
Got Fire?
I don't care about my shoes
A couple necking at 3:00 o clock is an orgy when the word reaches 9 o'clock.
All your camps are belong to us
you have no chance to survive make your time
After a dust storm comes the calm
All roads lead to center camp
If in doubt, Safety Third!
A burner in need is a hippie indeed
Let sleeping burners lie
Into every life a little dust must fall
United we burn, divided we fall
There is more than one way to spank a virgin
All that glitters is not glitter
The lights are always blinkier on the other side of the spoke
Friends don't let friends walk dark
If you're tired enough, you can sleep ANYWHERE.
Safety Third!
Once a shirt-cocker, always a shirt-cocker.
Everything I really need to know I learned at Black Rock City.
If you remember the Burn... you weren't there.
you can lead a burner to urine, but you can't make him blink.
"Before you go to Burning Man, you must first burn The Man within yourself"
Given enough fireworks, you can light anything on fire.
Given enough PBR, DPW can build a city.
At Night All Cats Are Grey.
"If you Pee in the cracks, it doesn't splash so much."
"Do NOT drink the yellow Gatorade!"
No matter how far a Burner may roam, BRC is always their place called home.
One week to live there, Fifty-one weeks to prepare.
Be it whatever so stumble, there is no place like the playa to roam.
At Burning Man, we do "more" before 5am than most people do all day. (From an ARMY slogan)
If at first you don't succeed, "Ask before touching" should've been your creed. (in reference to B.E.D.)
Burner's prayer: "Our father who art in heaven, please let this be a clean port-o-john."
Seek bacon and ye shall find.
Don't eat the Yellow playa -- NO Wait - it's Yellow SNOW you are supposed to avoid.
"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. -Carl Jung"
"I am not here to save the world, I'm here to decorate it!"
a "real world" friend helps you move; a playa friend helps you move bodies.
bacon is thicker than water
The flaming cannonball falls far from the trebuchet
Honesty is the best policy...unless your significant other is on a paranoid head trip
Pain shared with a drum circle is diminished...Joy shared with a drum circle is increased
Burners in faux fur flock together
Any tent in a dust storm
Don't put off until the playa EL work you can do today
People who live in wooden waffles shouldn't light matches
There are five different ways to do anything.
The person who steps up and starts one of them is in charge!
the early burner gets the hot bi babe
better die getting run over by an art car than live without ever fucking on the open playa
boys will do boys - it ain't gay on the playa
cleanliness is next to impossible
crime does not pay. business does not pay. the entreprenurial spirit is fucking dead man, unless you need a little something for that E.
don't count your drugs before you take them. a lot can happen between tent and mouth.
don't wash your dirty linen in the gray water.
easier said than done. [That one sure doesn't need any modification.]
every man is his own worst enemy, except in the Thunderdome where they won't put your other personality in its own harness, the rigid fucking bastards.
Build a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a night.
Light a man on fire and you keep him warm the rest of his life.
It was better next year.
Live to burn, burn to live
You can wander far or near, as long as you piss clear
duck, duck, duck, TAPE!
it's all fun and games, until you wake up the next morning
You never forget your first burn
Nero fiddles while the Man burns
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 11:01 AMThanks Terry! Excellent compilation!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 10:38 AMSome truly excellent proverbs young burners...
They would make amazing playa fortune cookies! Good one Terry.
Here's my single cent;
"You ain't got shade, You ain't got shit!"
Or simply
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 10:39 AMWell done Terry!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 1:20 PMMake it happen.
There is no TEAM in FUCK YOU.
It's only kinky the first time.
He who hesitates returns to a pile of ashes. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 1:50 PMI was going to post, but then I realized that I was Following PUMA again.
KK
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 1:52 PMGreat job, Terry.
This list is a Keeper!!
Please include 'There is no TEAM in FUCK YOU!"
I was there when (I believe Mayfield) first said it on the Ranch.
KK
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 21, 2007 - 2:57 PMI'd say "believe it or not", but in this day and age my best advice is to simultaneously believe everything and nothing...
BUT-
If you google it, you can find places that will make custom fortune cookies.
Believe me
or Not
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 24, 2007 - 11:37 AMyup- you can buy the little round pastry forms- you fold them loosely in half and then fold them again fold side down over the side of the bowl... i am on board if'n you'd like.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 21, 2007 - 9:42 AMDon't eat a dead glowstick.
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 21, 2007 - 9:53 AMBurn something once, why burn it again?
All that glitters doesn't dance
Fourteen ounces of bacon saves a pound of pork
A stittch in neon saves fire
A waterbottle a day keeps the elves at bay
It's a good day to burn. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 21, 2007 - 9:55 AM<<A stittch in neon saves fire>>
OUCH! Get that needle away from me!
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Wed, February 21, 2007 - 2:58 PM"Shit in one porta-potty and wish in another and see which one fills up first"
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Fri, February 23, 2007 - 1:19 PM
I like! but I think I'd go with
A waterbottle a day keeps the dry heaves at bay
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 24, 2007 - 10:57 AMRed sky at night, Burner's delight. Red sky in morning, Burners are snoring. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 24, 2007 - 11:23 AMMy bf just got in on this...here he goes:
There's more than one way to light a hat.
The first step is the dustiest.
Silence is golden, but playa din rules.
Old watermelon rinds die hard.
Nothing is certain but fire and ashes.
Platina is the mother of invention. -
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 24, 2007 - 4:05 PMThere is no hug, like a playa hug
Your first burn is the cheapest
On a cold night, your best friends are the furriest ones
Seek your inner dust
Where there is smoke, your fires not hot enough
Burn, Burner, Burniest
There's beautiful, and then there's playa beautiful
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sat, February 24, 2007 - 7:33 PMBeware the Dark Playa.
Deathguild is the great leveler.
Great minds burn alike
Every Burner loves to see himself blink
All's well that burns well
They that dance must find the fiddler
Cleanliness is next to impossible
You can't take it with you when you die, but that's the only excuse on the playa I'll except, LNT
A rolling art car gathers no hippies
Playa-tan is only skin deep
Tent walls have ears
Gifting begins in camp
A fool and his car keys are soon parted
Two is company, three's a theme camp
Variety is the spice of Burning Man
Discretion is the better part of Burner
Money is the root of getting your ass to Burning Man
There's no fool like a Burner fool
One good burn deserves another
There's no burn without fire
Better to dance alone than in bad sound camps
Never too late to burn
And...
There's no place like Home
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Re: Playa Proverbs
Sun, February 25, 2007 - 1:13 PMoooh i want to click my heels! There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home! -
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Sun, February 25, 2007 - 2:49 PMA couple doses a day keeps the fatigue away.
As you come on, so shall you come off.
Ask no directions and find no last chance lap dancecamp......
As you make your camp so must you party in it.
Afternoon showers brings muck.
As soon as burner is born he begins to get high.
Curiosity killed the smuck who rides without a light.
Do not fry out your welcome.
Optimism is next to sanity.
Never mix your designer drugs.
Look before you sell narcotics to an informer.
Marriages are made and broken on the playa.
Many hands make a dialed camp.
Height is tite.
Resourcefulness has its own reward.
5 is company, 10 is a full blown orgy.
Two thongs do not make hot booty pants.
Taste hot, want not.
When in doubt EAT fresh Koochie!(Ok that one was a little crass LOL)
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