I had a GREAT day today so I came out of the building skipping. There were 4 guys standing there and of course I got the weird looks. I stopped, laughed and said "what?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm skipping."
"Why?"
"Because I know how. I'm not so old that I have forgotten how"
So then there were all these protests that they knew how
"Prove it"
So one did. Or at least tried. He galloped. The others laughed at him so he told them that if they knew how, prove it.
They all galloped.

Is skipping a girl thing or just a child thing?
And I'm not asking if you knew how to skip when you were a kid, can you skip now?

I can skip, my friends and I hold hands as we skip through fields of summers flowers ;)

I can skip, my friends and I hold hands as we skip through fields of summers flowers ;)

Draqon is getting to you shich :D

I used to skip all the time as a kid, its still a great aerobic exercise. :D

Then there's phugdi

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I skipped when I was a kid, but that overcome by my biking hobby

Draqon is getting to you shich :D

There is nothing to get me to, I am already there

shichi, I don't believe you. I bet if you stand up right now, you gallop. Or do a really weird hopping shuffle like my husband did.
LMAO. oh, I wish I had a video camera.

I can skip a rock across water, I can skip classes at school but when it comes to just plain ol' skipping, I sure can try for sure. I never did before however so all I can do is try. :shrug: At my age, I'd be a wee concerned about tripping instead of skipping. ;)

shorty,
you have sons. Did you teach them to skip? I'm waiting for my son to get home so I can see if he knows how.
I don't think I taught him. :(

I can skip, my friends and I hold hands as we skip through fields of summers flowers ;)

while cirrus clouds float by and birds chirp ;)

I can skip a rock across water, I can skip classes at school but when it comes to just plain ol' skipping, I sure can try for sure. I never did before however so all I can do is try. :shrug: At my age, I'd be a wee concerned about tripping instead of skipping. ;)

did you used to know how?

I can skip a rock across water ;)

:eek: whaaa? you actually can't skip yourself across water? only rocks? :eek:

[QUOTE=S.A.M.;1739521]....I used to skip all the time as a kid, its still a great aerobic exercise. :D....[QUOTE]

but do you still know how?

:eek: whaaa? you actually can't skip yourself across water? only rocks? :eek:

Well, skipping myself across the water would be rather difficult for I'm neither flat nor easily self projected.:D

did you used to know how?

I never "skipped" as you are talking about. A few people did on my block though, mostly the girls. :p

shorty,
you have sons. Did you teach them to skip? I'm waiting for my son to get home so I can see if he knows how.
I don't think I taught him. :(

Never taught them, but they can. The 6 yr old can skip, do front flips, cartwheels you name it. (he taught himself) I want to put him in gymnastics but the place close to us is too packed.

Never taught them, but they can. The 6 yr old can skip, do front flips, cartwheels you name it. (he taught himself) I want to put him in gymnastics but the place close to us is too packed.

...ummm...what about the injuries he endured not long ago?

Oh so jealous. All my daughter can do is throw herself around the yard. I don't even think she can do a somersault.

...ummm...what about the injuries he endured not long ago?

When he cut his chin, he fell on the ice at school! They should have had it salted or sanded. He has never hurt himself doing any of those things. I can't stop him anyway. Sometimes he will do somer saults all the way down the hall to his room lol.

When he cut his chin, he fell on the ice at school! They should have had it salted or sanded. He has never hurt himself doing any of those things. I can't stop him anyway. Sometimes he will so summer saults all the way down the hall to his room lol.

well make sure he wear some sort of children protective wear...the sort bikers wear

shichi, I don't believe you. I bet if you stand up right now, you gallop. Or do a really weird hopping shuffle like my husband did.
LMAO. oh, I wish I had a video camera.

Why? Because I am a man I dont have tha ability to skip?

I can skip ;)

but do you still know how?

Sure still do it off and on. Could do 3X400 at a stretch but age has slowed me down. :p

well make sure he wear some sort of children protective wear...the sort bikers wear

He wears a helmet only on his bike or skateboarding. That's another thing doing flips on his skateboard or the older one rides his bike on one tire down the street.............Sometimes they make my heart sink!!

... Could do 3X400 at a stretch but age has slowed me down. :p

no idea what a 3X400 is :shrug:

Sure still do it off and on. Could do 3X400 at a stretch but age has slowed me down. :p

you got muscles girl :p

Yes, and I'm proud of it :D

no idea what a 3X400 is :shrug:

You do stretch, 400 at once, then cool down, stretch, next 400, cool down stretch, next 400,cool down stretch.

I'd be huffing at 100 now :roflmao:

oh, I see. I never counted. Just from home to school.


Enmos, did you getup and try?

Anyone here have to think about it first?

oh, I see. I never counted. Just from home to school.


Enmos, did you getup and try?

Anyone here have to think about it first?

No, I don't need to get up and try.. I know I can skip.

oh, I see. I never counted. Just from home to school.


Enmos, did you getup and try?

Anyone here have to think about it first?

We had competitions, girl!!!:eek:

ooo, ours involved running or bike riding.

well, I guess its neither a gender or childhood thing.
Maybe its an engineer thing.

Can skip, rope and freestyle, it's pretty damn easy.

i can... sometimes do it while running...

you skip while running?? Are you sure you know what skipping is?

I was not a very coordinated child. It took me about a year to get a bicycle to move forward before falling over. I was also not very energetic. (We lived in the frelling desert where it was above 90F=33C half the year and no place except stores had air conditioning.) So I never developed an interest in doing anything that required both coordination AND energy, like skipping.

But as I grew older I became more energetic and more coordinated. (This correlated suspiciously with the spread of air conditioning and my escape from Arizona.) Sometimes I find myself skipping. I certainly go dancing, something I never did when I was younger, and I'm not much of a dancer, I just jump around in a regular rhythm, which is nothing more than slightly complicated skipping without actually going anywhere.

I have a friend who's about 50 and she skips a lot. Sometimes just coming back to her office from a meeting. People stare at her. I asked her what she thinks about that and she said, "Screw 'em."

That's pretty good advice. :)

you skip while running?? Are you sure you know what skipping is?

hmm.. ok now i'm irritated (with the translation) is skipping the thing with the rope? how the hell do you "gallop" if you can't do it.. thats why i thougt is was something else... whatever... SAMs right it is good exercise... and still yes i can do it...

...I have a friend who's about 50 and she skips a lot. Sometimes just coming back to her office from a meeting. People stare at her. I asked her what she thinks about that and she said, "Screw 'em."

That's pretty good advice. :)

EXACTLY!!! :bravo:

hmm.. ok now i'm irritated (with the translation) is skipping the thing with the rope? how the hell do you "gallop" if you can't do it.. thats why i thougt is was something else... whatever... SAMs right it is good exercise... and still yes i can do it...Literally, "skip" is almost a synonym for "jump," but we don't use it that way. When we talk about "skipping" without a context, it means to run in an inefficient, asymmetrical rhythm. One foot is always in front, or at least never behind, the other. (Which foot is your choice, I suppose it's a function of being right- or left-handed.) So you lift off with one foot, then you lift off with the other foot too soon, putting both feet in the air. You hit the ground with your feet in the same position as when you rose, and you start over.

"Skipping rope" or "skip-rope" is a childhood game which we also call "jump-rope." In the simplest version you hold one end of the rope in each hand and twirl the body of it over your head. When it hits the ground you have to already have your feet off the ground so the rope can pass beneath you. Then your feet come back to ground, the rope goes over your head again, and you start over. There are a zillion versions of this, which can employ multiple children and multiple ropes, and each foot moving in a separate pattern. It is highly energetic so people do it for aerobic and weight-loss exercise, and athletes do it to improve their speed and coordination.

"Skip" has several other meanings. The one that springs to mind is perhaps the most common, meaning to pass by or overlook.

"Hey Frank, that was a bad earthquake, let's check all the neighbors's houses to make sure nobody was hurt."

"Okay, Consuela. But let's SKIP the Bin Laden family's house. I don't care if they got hurt."

I was and am really good at skipping, but then I'm still young. I still skip places.