Here’s a mischievous question.
How do you pick a unicyclist out of a crowd? 
Christopher Grove
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He’s the one with his pant legs tucked into his socks, his shoelaces
double-knotted and a silly grin on his face.
Your turn!
Christopher
Christopher Grove wrote:
> Here’s a mischievous question.
>
> How do you pick a unicyclist out of a crowd?
He/She is the one on the unicycle! 
Don’t think this is obscene, it’s not meant to be.
When he trips and starts to fall, his hands automatically go for his
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“Christopher Grove” <c_r_grove@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Here’s a mischievous question.
>
> How do you pick a unicyclist out of a crowd?
>
> Christopher Grove
I’ve always double-knotted my shoes… until I started unicycling, and
since then have never double-knotted again.
My thought has been, if my shoelace gets tangled in the pedal, I have more
time to react while the lace unties.
I do believe, however, that I now tie my laces closer to the outside
of the shoe.
jeff lutkus
> He’s the one with his pant legs tucked into his socks, his shoelaces
> double-knotted and a silly grin on his face.
>
> Your turn!
>
> Christopher
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I tuck my shoelaces into my shoes. One time riding backwards with my shoestrings wrapped around the crank was enough to convince me.
The unicyclist is the only well-balanced individual in the crowd.
> Christopher Grove wrote:
>
>> Here’s a mischievous question.
>>
>> How do you pick a unicyclist out of a crowd?
>
>
> He/She is the one on the unicycle!
I was walking on campus from the gym to the ice rink (just a few hundred
feet, outside). Since there was pedestrian traffic, and I was feeling
lazy, I walked with my unicycle, rather than riding it.
Someone came up to me, and said “I don’t think you can ride that.” I
replied, “I’m pretty sure that I can.” “I don’t think so.” “I’m sorry to
hear that.”
I realize he expected I most certainly could ride, and just wanted to see
it. It’s a shame I was short on time, else I might have had a more
interesting conversation.
jeff
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The unicyclist is the only one who takes a step forward, a step backward, a step forward, and a step backward (idle) at a stop light.
-David Kaplan
jeff wrote:
>I walked with my unicycle, rather than riding it.
>
> Someone came up to me, and said “I don’t think you can ride that.” I
> replied, “I’m pretty sure that I can.” “I don’t think so.” "I’m sorry to
> hear that."
>
> I realize he expected I most certainly could ride, and just
> wanted to see
> it. It’s a shame I was short on time, else I might have had a more
> interesting conversation.
This is very familiar to me. The odd thing is that the person (small boy
in the neighborhood) said it to me when I WAS riding!
He went on “It’s impossible to ride on that thing” Of course I replied
“Can’t you see that I can?” His not very smart reply was still “No, it’s
impossible to ride that thing”
I wouldn’t like to see this boy, with his sense for proof and conclusion,
as a lawyer or a scientist.
Probably an adult had said something like “I would never be able to ride
that” or “look at that, it’s impossible!” when I rode past earlier…
// Staffan Palm, Sweden
I don’t like when parents teach their children that they won’t be able to
unicycle. Hopefully the kids will learn this just to defy their parents,
rather than not even trying because of it
He or She is the one with the worn area in the crotch of their
trousers (pants).
Innes Dunbar
On 27 Oct 2001 09:40:54 GMT, e00_spa@e.kth.se (Staffan Palm) wrote:
> jeff wrote:
>>I walked with my unicycle, rather than riding it.
>>
>> Someone came up to me, and said “I don’t think you can ride that.” I
>> replied, “I’m pretty sure that I can.” “I don’t think so.” "I’m sorry
>> to hear that."
>>
>> I realize he expected I most certainly could ride, and just
>> wanted to see
>> it. It’s a shame I was short on time, else I might have had a more
>> interesting conversation.
>
>This is very familiar to me. The odd thing is that the person (small boy
>in the neighborhood) said it to me when I WAS riding!
>
>He went on “It’s impossible to ride on that thing” Of course I replied
>“Can’t you see that I can?” His not very smart reply was still "No, it’s
>impossible to ride that thing"
>
I had also the same experience when I was riding. That was a teenage boy
and he repeated that statement as a matter of fact for several times.
Maybe his wires were tangled somehow.
Once I was coming slowly from under a bridge with the Coker, an incoming
pedestrian was staring to the wheel. She had an astonished expression in
her face and her eyebrows moved fast up and slowly down a couple of times.
I think she was looking very hard for an invisible front wheel.
harper wrote:
> The unicyclist is the only well-balanced individual in the crowd.
I like that one!
Christopher
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> He went on “It’s impossible to ride on that thing” Of course I replied
> “Can’t you see that I can?” His not very smart reply was still "No, it’s
> impossible to ride that
thing"
ROTFL! There was this one kid at a juggling class I was teaching. I was
demonstrating riding backwards on my unicycle. He goes, “Hey, can you ride
backwards on that thing?” I said, “Um…uh…no…” He sounds very
disappointed, and goes, “Oh…hey, wait a minute!”
Graham
If your shoes are like mine, by double-knotting the “loops and ends”
(sorry don’t know the English term here) have become so short that they
don’t reach the pedal axis, in which case the statement about “more time
to react” does not apply. Otherwise, you can also tuck your “loops and
ends” in between some of the lower lace parts.
Klaas Bil
On 26 Oct 2001 20:00:19 -0700, lutkus@unicyclist.com (Jeff Lutkus) wrote:
>I’ve always double-knotted my shoes… until I started unicycling, and
>since then have never double-knotted again.
>
>My thought has been, if my shoelace gets tangled in the pedal, I have
>more time to react while the lace unties.
>
>I do believe, however, that I now tie my laces closer to the outside of
>the shoe.
>
>jeff lutkus
>
>> He’s the one with his pant legs tucked into his socks, his shoelaces
>> double-knotted and a silly grin on his face.
>>
>> Your turn!
>>
>> Christopher
>
>
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>
>
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If your shoes are like mine, by double-knotting the “loops and ends”
(sorry don’t know the English term here) have become so short that they
don’t reach the pedal axis, in which case the statement about “more time
to react” does not apply. Otherwise, you can also tuck your “loops and
ends” in between some of the lower lace parts.
Klaas Bil
On 26 Oct 2001 20:00:19 -0700, lutkus@unicyclist.com (Jeff Lutkus) wrote:
>I’ve always double-knotted my shoes… until I started unicycling, and
>since then have never double-knotted again.
>
>My thought has been, if my shoelace gets tangled in the pedal, I have
>more time to react while the lace unties.
>
>I do believe, however, that I now tie my laces closer to the outside of
>the shoe.
>
>jeff lutkus
>
>> He’s the one with his pant legs tucked into his socks, his shoelaces
>> double-knotted and a silly grin on his face.
>>
>> Your turn!
>>
>> Christopher
>
>
>Sent via the Unicyclist Community - http://Unicyclist.com
>
>
–
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “North Korea, crack, Cuba”
My son wears a wide rubber lace-containing band around his shoe during
soccer games. The band says “Sweetspot” on it. I never thought about it
before but I would imagine it would work very nicely for unicycling.
Bruce
harper wrote:
>
> I tuck my shoelaces into my shoes. One time riding backwards with my
> shoestrings wrapped around the crank was enough to convince me.
>
> The unicyclist is the only well-balanced individual in the crowd.
>
> –
> harper Posted via the Unicyclist Community -
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I have to agree with the original (and obvious) answer I saw on this
thread: he/she’s the one on a unicycle.
If said unicyclist is not riding at the time, it would be more difficult,
and possibly involve closer inspection of knees, palms, shins, and calves
for marks of unicycle parts. Also examination of leg muscles for obvious
patterns of unicycling!
> I do believe, however, that I now tie my laces closer to the outside of
> the shoe.
Nobody likes getting their shoelaces caught. Making sure they are short
helps a lot. Most new shoes have way more lace than I need, and I often
replace the originals. Also I love my relatively new pair of Nike turf
shoes. They have laces and also a velcro strap across the top of the foot.
After tying, I lay the laces on the velcro before closing it. Viola! No
dangling laces!
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“Our time is a most precious commodity, but it’s how we spend it that
makes us rich.” - John Foss
> I had also the same experience when I was riding. That was a teenage boy
> and he repeated that statement as a matter of fact for several times.
> Maybe his wires were tangled somehow.
Don’t you guys remember when you were learning to ride? It sure was
impossible then.
JF
> Don’t you guys remember when you were learning to ride? It sure was
> impossible then.
I just realized this, but I’ve recently removed words like “impossible”
from my vocabularly (unless I’m telling a joke, or being sarcastic, etc.).
Unfortunately, I believe words such as “always” have dropped a bit in
frequency of use as well.
jl
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One thing that helped (slightly) when I was learning to ride was having
started to read a book about how the human memory works and how to improve
it. In a nutshell it stated that there was no such thing as “can’t”, only
that your brain hadn’t yet learned the key parts of any given task.
Given time and repeated practise the relevant parts of the brain
would learn.
I can remember the first week with my new wheel and “impossible” was often
used… along with a choice few other words not to be repeated here. In
moments of true frustration the words of the book would come back in to my
head to spur me on. Now, like Jeff, certain words appear far less often in
my vocabulary. I’m also far more confidant about taking on new challenges
that I might previously have said, “No chance. I can’t do that”.
Neil
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> >> Don’t you guys remember when you were learning to ride? It sure was
> >> impossible then.
>
> I just realized this, but I’ve recently removed words like
> “impossible” from my vocabularly (unless I’m telling a joke, or being
> sarcastic, etc.).
>
> Unfortunately, I believe words such as “always” have dropped a bit in
> frequency of use as well.
>
> jl
>
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>
>