Flutterbyes

[harry]

Someone asked me a question about butterfly loops on Saturday. Whether we should have more of them in the UK? I babbled a bit but what i meant was if just for the sake of having them then NO but if you need to split people or make the best of a teeny area then maybe. But generally going back to the same control 2 or more times will reduce the technicality of the course, regardless of from which direction, it may be more fun for the spectators but in my opinion "it's athletes games" and you've got to give us the best possible course. there are never normally many spectators at GB events anyway and the butterflies usually tend to be out in the forest so if it's just so a planner can say "people...there's going to be butterfly loops, aren't i radical" then that's silly.

ANYWAY
why is a butterfly called a butterfly? butter..eh? it occurred to me, a much better name would be a flutterby because that's what they do. flutter by.

[PeterG]

You've never had butter with butterflys stuck to the sides?

[Peter b ill @ home]

The impression I got was that it was because of the shape the course makes when in a 'butterfly' looks like 2 butterfly wings on a map

[samsonite]

harry. back in your box. go on.

[brooner]

The impression I got was that it was because of the shape the course makes when in a 'butterfly' looks like 2 butterfly wings on a map

stick, wrong end of.

she's quite happy with the naming of the butterfly loops but not the naming of butterflies.

[distracted]

http://www.aworldforbutterflies.com/etymology.htm

[eddie]

so that wraps that one up

[harry]

no i won't go back in my box meanie, i think we've all learnt something today, the origins had been lost in time but now we know.

thanks as well to peter b, that certainly was a teaser you cleared up

[mharky]

so that wraps that one up

but i thought all that guy could connclude is despite being a butterfly fana he doesnt know why they are called butterflies. thats not very good.

flutterby loops should be used to split people up, or for banter

[harry]

and flutterby sounds much cuter than bloodfly which he suggested. although maybe the flutterby loops at blodslitet could be called bloodfly loops as a special exception. i propose the outlawing of the name "butterfly" as false advertising. it's not like they are honey bees making butter. pish.

[rocky]

maybe there will be some flutterby loops at the nope birthday sprint challenge on saturday.

i say maybe because i havnt planned it yet!

[mharky]

so what about this wee beast...





it doesnt breathe fire, or guard gold, or eat knnights... boring.

[harry]

not all minibeast common names upset me,
fly... fair enough,
spider.. yeah ok,
woodlouse... no complaints there
dragonfly is admittedly stretching it but i'll let it go just because the dragonfly on fingermouse was quite cool.

butterfly has to go tho.
as do i but just waiting for the rush hour traffic to die down before i cycle off, weegie van drivers won't brake.

[eddie]

dragonflys look damn scary just like a dragon

if they go with a mass name change go for scaryfly

[Becks]

Can I have some of whatever's been in the water up there today?!