I was at Menards yesterday, (those of you not in the country or not near a
Menards, bear with me.) and I saw THE UNI-CYCLING SANTA! (their name, I
guess they didn’t check out the spelling before they printed up the huge
boxes with large type:) This is the santa that unicycles around the x-mas
tree. It looks great, and for those of you looking to get one, Menards may
very well be the place. I would’ve bought one myself but being an
unemployed high school student the cost of $48 is a little out of hand. I
just thought I’d shout it to the list for anyone who cares. Happy
shopping, Karl.
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In a message dated 95-12-28 08:17:51 EST, Phillip Burgess wrote:
>My concern with these unicycling Santas, captains, etc., is that if the paper >is Installed The Way God Intented It To Be (dispensed out the front), the guy >on the unicycle back-pedals when the paper is pulled. (Maybe I’m just jealous, >as I can’t even ride forward yet.)
This is correct. I have two toilet paper dispensers, and one for paper towel.
They are just generic wooden “guys,” not Santa or a captain. If you turn the
toilet paper around to make him ride forward, it puts too much strain on the
mechanism and he will probably break eventually. It seems he is destined to ride
always backward.
If you want, you can add another wheel to the bottom of his unicycle, and then
your guy will pedal forward!
> I was at Menards yesterday, (those of you not in the country or not near > a Menards, bear with me.) and I saw THE UNI-CYCLING SANTA!
I saw a unicycling sailboat captain toilet roll holder thingy in a catalogue the
other day, it features a spring loaded ‘Captain Cod’ on a unicycle, which is
pressed onto the roll, so that as you pull the sheets out, he cycles along (real
moving legs!) - a cunning device to stop your roll unrolling itself while on the
ocean waves I guess. (cost was 14.99 UKP)
>In a message dated 95-12-28 08:17:51 EST, Phillip Burgess wrote: > >>My concern with these unicycling Santas, captains, etc., is that if the paper >>is Installed The Way God Intented It To Be (dispensed out the front), the guy >>on the unicycle back-pedals when the paper is pulled. (Maybe I’m just jealous, >>as I can’t even ride forward yet.) > > >This is correct. I have two toilet paper dispensers, and one for paper towel. >They are just generic wooden “guys,” not Santa or a captain. If you turn the >toilet paper around to make him ride forward, it puts too much strain on the >mechanism and he will probably break eventually. It seems he is destined to >ride always backward. > >If you want, you can add another wheel to the bottom of his unicycle, and then >your guy will pedal forward! > >John Foss, rolling the paper in style unicycle@aol.com
>unimail@njackn.com wrote: > >> I was at Menards yesterday, (those of you not in the country or not >> near a Menards, bear with me.) and I saw THE UNI-CYCLING SANTA! > >I saw a unicycling sailboat captain toilet roll holder thingy in a catalogue >the other day, it features a spring loaded ‘Captain Cod’ on a unicycle, which >is pressed onto the roll, so that as you pull the sheets out, he cycles along >(real moving legs!) - a cunning device to stop your roll unrolling itself while >on the ocean waves I guess. (cost was 14.99 UKP) > >]ain
I have been using one with great success for about three years!
The only disadvantage is that my daughter uses a huge amount of loo roll,
>> I saw a unicycling sailboat captain toilet roll holder thingy in a catalogue >> the other day … >I have been using one with great success for about three years! The only >disadvantage is that my daughter uses a huge amount of loo roll,
My concern with these unicycling Santas, captains, etc., is that if the paper is
Installed The Way God Intented It To Be (dispensed out the front), the guy on
the unicycle back-pedals when the paper is pulled. (Maybe I’m just jealous, as I
can’t even ride forward yet.)
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Phillip Burgess | “It’s a Cretaceous highway of information, all pburgess@netcom.com | written in s–t.” – R. Bakker, Raptor_Red
>pete@bram-sys.demon.co.uk (Pete Jones) writes: > >>> I saw a unicycling sailboat captain toilet roll holder thingy in a catalogue >>> the other day … >>I have been using one with great success for about three years! The only >>disadvantage is that my daughter uses a huge amount of loo roll, > >My concern with these unicycling Santas, captains, etc., is that if the paper >is Installed The Way God Intented It To Be (dispensed out the front), the guy >on the unicycle back-pedals when the paper is pulled. (Maybe I’m just jealous, >as I can’t even ride forward yet.) > >– > Phillip Burgess | "It’s a Cretaceous highway of information, all > pburgess@netcom.com | written in s–t." – R. Bakker, Raptor_Red
AAAHHHH!
You need to apply the much talked about bogrollinversion technique!