So.... I got on the lift yesterday with a dad and his son, both on snowblades.  I have no poles.  He starts talking to me about no poles.  Yadda yadda....  
Dad says:  So whats those are like snowblades, but bigger, right?
Me: Yeah, I guess so.
Dad: What are they called?
Me: Salomon guns.
Dad: I guess salomon makes all the weird stuff, right? (He is on the old school salomon snowblades, whatever they're called).
Me: Yeah they do.  Its a pretty progressive company.
Dad: So what's the difference between those and regular skis?
Me: These are twintippers.  
Dad: Oh, so you can go backwards on them?
Me: Yep.
Dad: Do you?
Me: Yep.
Dad: Yeah, with these things, you can just spin going down the hill.  You have to be going pretty fast though.  If you try it too slow, you dig in the tails and hit the back of your head.  It hurts.
By that point, I felt that I had humored the man and his son enough, and I stopped talking to him.