# my new trick

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**Created:** [November 13, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506 "2001-11-13T03:59:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/1 "2001-11-13T03:59:51Z")

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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  
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/2 "2001-11-13T09:26:58Z")

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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.

thanks, Jeff Lutkus

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:31am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/3 "2001-11-13T10:31:40Z")

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I think in the past edition of “on one wheel” there is an article on a uni  
fest in germany where they did that.

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Lutkus  
[["]mailto:lutkus@unicyclist.com]](mailto:lutkus@unicyclist.com) Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:27 PM  
To: [rsu@unicycling.org](mailto:rsu@unicycling.org) Subject: my new trick

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.

thanks, Jeff Lutkus

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/4 "2001-11-13T14:25:09Z")

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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

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/5 "2001-11-13T15:12:57Z")

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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.

–  
Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( [http://www.juggler.net/danny](http://www.juggler.net/danny) )  
Recumbent bikes page: [http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/](http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/) “Make  
it idiot-proof and someone will build a better idiot.”

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/6 "2001-11-14T17:23:46Z")

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:12:57 -0000, “Danny Colyer”  
\<danny@jugglersafety.net\> wrote:

\>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](http://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”

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/7 "2001-11-14T17:23:46Z")

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:12:57 -0000, “Danny Colyer”  
\<danny@jugglersafety.net\> wrote:

\>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](http://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”

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/8 "2001-11-15T12:40:22Z")

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Klaas Bil wrote:  
\> The Deja archives were sold to [www.google.com](http://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](http://www.deja.com/) redirects to Google Groups, so it still works, and  
it’s quick to type, so I don’t care 😛

–  
Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( [http://www.juggler.net/danny](http://www.juggler.net/danny) )  
Recumbent bikes page: [http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/](http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/) “Make  
it idiot-proof and someone will build a better idiot.”

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/9 "2001-11-15T13:56:09Z")

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On 15/11/01 8:40 pm, Danny Colyer posted:

\>  
\> 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.)

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/10 "2001-11-17T06:56:37Z")

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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.

–  
Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( [http://www.juggler.net/danny](http://www.juggler.net/danny) )  
Recumbent bikes page: [http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/](http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/) “Make  
it idiot-proof and someone will build a better idiot.”

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**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/my-new-trick/46506/11 "2001-11-19T14:28:52Z")

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On 17/11/01 2:56 pm, Danny Colyer posted:

\> 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.)
