Actually, last winter i was jumpin about on the sand/ice build up on the
side of the road, holding my seat like usual, and some college kids drove
by and called me a queer. knowing it was likely college kids I didnt
really care much. (I live almost right next to the University of
Minnesota). mostly from skateboarders I either hear “that’s cool, sweet,
tight, pick you own word”, or “you suck, that’s easy, wussie”. the second
option is alot less common though. Max Dingemans
uni-man-dan wrote:
> now, would you do this in front of viewers, i mean, common, you cant > really do it in the park. i think if you did it without shoes that would > work better, and if you did it with some a those adidas botten up the > side pants. you could rip then off. OO OOOOO have you seen "the full > monty"?? you could do that while unicycling. also not fit for the park > > – > uni-man-dan Posted via the Unicyclist Community - > http://unicyclist.com/forums > ___________________________________________________________________- > ________ > rec.sport.unicycling mailing list - > www.unicycling.org/mailman/listinfo/rsu
I recently was struck with an idea for a new trick (probably best I don’t
ponder why): taking my pants off without dismounting the unicycle. I could
use some advice getting it to work, though. (I’d also be curious to see if
anyone else has worked this out already.)
Currently, I hop seat-in-front, and pull the pants down to my ankles.
Then, I sit back on the seat, and attempt to pull my legs out, by idling
one-footed, one side at a time.
The first part is easy. The second part becomes a bit of a challenge
– the pants often get caught up in the wheel, removing any slack I
might have had.
I haven’t really tried much of this, but I wonder if any seat-in-back, or
seat-on-side stuff might be more useful than the seat-in-front that I’ve
been starting with. One-footed idling is the only way I can think for the
final step, but I’ve been konwn to miss things before.
I recently was struck with an idea for a new trick (probably best I don’t
ponder why): taking my pants off without dismounting the unicycle. I could
use some advice getting it to work, though. (I’d also be curious to see if
anyone else has worked this out already.)
Currently, I hop seat-in-front, and pull the pants down to my ankles.
Then, I sit back on the seat, and attempt to pull my legs out, by idling
one-footed, one side at a time.
The first part is easy. The second part becomes a bit of a challenge –
the pants often get caught up in the wheel, removing any slack I
might have had.
I haven’t really tried much of this, but I wonder if any seat-in-back, or
seat-on-side stuff might be more useful than the seat-in-front that I’ve
been starting with. One-footed idling is the only way I can think for the
final step, but I’ve been konwn to miss things before.
now, would you do this in front of viewers, i mean, common, you cant really do it in the park. i think if you did it without shoes that would work better, and if you did it with some a those adidas botten up the side pants. you could rip then off. OO OOOOO have you seen “the full monty”?? you could do that while unicycling. also not fit for the park
uni-man-dan asked: > now, would you do this in front of viewers
Why not? I’ve done it on the Renegade stage.
(OK, I’ve never actually removed my trousers on stage, I don’t think I’ve
ever managed to completely remove my trousers while riding, the problem
being pedalling one-footed while barefoot, but the finale to my act at the
96 Crawley Renegade show was unicycle mooning).
There was a post on rec.juggling a few years ago about a stripper who did
her act on a unicycle (also juggled fruit ISTR). Hmm, I wonder if I can
find that on deja.
No I can’t, it only goes back to 95 and I know it was earlier than that.
Can’t find it on the JIS archives either. Oh well.
>There was a post on rec.juggling a few years ago about a stripper who did >her act on a unicycle (also juggled fruit ISTR). Hmm, I wonder if I can >find that on deja.
The Deja archives were sold to www.google.com, use the “groups” tab. It
goes back to 1995. Google rules.
Klaas
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Mohamed Atta, Carla del Ponte, espionage”
>There was a post on rec.juggling a few years ago about a stripper who did >her act on a unicycle (also juggled fruit ISTR). Hmm, I wonder if I can >find that on deja.
The Deja archives were sold to www.google.com, use the “groups” tab. It
goes back to 1995. Google rules.
Klaas
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Mohamed Atta, Carla del Ponte, espionage”
Klaas Bil wrote: > The Deja archives were sold to www.google.com, use the “groups” tab. It > goes back to 1995. Google rules.
I know, I’m just the sort of old fashioned stick-in-the-mud that still
calls it Deja (I still call Marathons Marathons about 15 years after the
name changed too, but then I don’t know anyone in the UK who’s ever learnt
to call them Snickers).
Anyway, www.deja.com redirects to Google Groups, so it still works, and
it’s quick to type, so I don’t care
> > I know, I’m just the sort of old fashioned stick-in-the-mud that still > calls it Deja (I still call Marathons Marathons about 15 years after the > name changed too, but then I don’t know anyone in the UK who’s ever > learnt to call them Snickers). >
I do! But I haven’t started using “Starburst” for Opal Fruits yet…
–
Trevor Coultart
“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)
Trevor Coultart wrote: > But I haven’t started using “Starburst” for Opal Fruits yet…
But the marketing men keep doing it. Why change “Oil of Ulay” to “Oil of
Olay”? And I can’t see myself ever calling the post office “Consignia”.
Still, at least when they changed “Coco Pops” to “Choco Krispies”, sales
plummeted and they had to change the name back again.
But my favourite is Jif, which recently changed its name in the UK to Cif.
Apparently it’s always been called Cif on the continent, but when it was
introduced after WW2 the marketing men decided the name wouldn’t work in
the UK because it’s pronunciation was the same as the abbreviation for a
certain disease.
Now that syphilis is much rarer and less talked about, they decided they
could change the name. But having read that little gem of information, I
can’t see a bottle of the stuff without thinking of VD.
> Trevor Coultart wrote: >> But I haven’t started using “Starburst” for Opal Fruits yet… > > But the marketing men keep doing it. Why change “Oil of Ulay” to "Oil > of Olay"? >
I was sad enough to email them and ask about that one! Same reasoning as
Jif/Cif - to match us up with the continent. Apparently Ulay had several
names worldwide (Ulay/Olay/Olaf…) and for globalization’s sake they
opted for the version from the largest market. My wife and I still use
“Ulay”, whatever it says on the bottle!
–
Trevor Coultart
“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)
