Not always an option!
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On my last ride… “I supposed you save on tyres with that”. Loved it, new and clever.
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I had a police officer stop his car on the side of the road asking me if someone had stolen my other wheel this morning.
Not the most original joke, but the novelty of a police officer asking me tickled me.
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You should have told him you wanted to file a police report and get it back.
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Recently an old man in a wheelchair told me that he wished he could still ride his unicycle.
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I was chatting with a cyclist who rode alongside me for a while this morning and just as he left he said “Maybe if you’re a good boy you’ll get the other wheel for Christmas”. I thought that was a great comment and one of the best I’ve had in a while.
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Almost every unicyclist would like to get another wheel (as you never can enough unicyles).
But I guess the comment was meant to mean something different.
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Yes unicycle love but it’s enough I think for me. If Eleven unis, it’s hard to find the best and two of them are awarded. I hope the people have fun with it.
Here’s a few from last few weeks -
Walking my 36" up a local road, I had a pickup driver slow down and ask if I was ok. I said I was fine - but not that good and still learning. He said that I picked a hard hill to start on, and we went good naturedly back and forth a bit, until he realized, “oh, you only have one wheel!”
While riding, I heard a sudden exclamation of “unicycle!” from behind me and then a school bus of elementary aged kids passed by. Lots of shouts from the bus of “you’re awesome”, to which I returned in kind. I also got a thumbs up from the bus driver.
I’ve been riding almost every weekend in the neighborhood, but still get a lot of surprised smiles and waves. However, during a lunchtime walk, a car slowed down and the driver express concern that I had been out a bit past dark the last time the saw me. So, I think my reputation has gone up from local oddity status. Someone actually cares 
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Today I had an UPD on an uphill on a little rough surface.
A man passing by asked:
“Ist dir der Sprit ausgegangen?” (Have you run out of gas?)
Actually he was right because I couldn’t go any further.
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Last weekend I went riding in the forest which I hadn’t done in nearly a year. There were 5 people who asked me if I had lost the other half of my bike. How cliché can they be. One even dared to ask if I work in a circus. I told him unicycling is a sport.
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The tragedy is they all think they’re being original and funny 
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That would truly be a nightmare, ending up in a wheel chair and not being able to ride uni. When I don’t ride for a month, I start dreaming about it. On the other hand, in my dreams there is no fear and I can do all the things that I can’t in real life.
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I try to practice patience/pity for the many who cannot ride or even imagine a unicycle.
The one’s who are the loudest, feel mocked or inferior, as we display our super powers.
Then the one’s with electronics, enjoy the little wheel and standing pedals.
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It’s easy to take for granted when you have spent so long immersed in it. I have a memory from when I was about 18 (so 25ish years ago) when someone offhandedly told me they saw a person unicycling down the street. “Just… rolling along?? Like, fast?!” I guess up to that point I assumed you could only kind of wobble around or idle while juggling. It opened a portal for me…
The other morning at 5.30, as I cycled past a guy on a shared pathway he shouted out “ I got two of those!” My delayed reply, You only need one!
I actually feel ok when I get comments, it’s all in jest and a humorous interaction for all.
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Maybe he was actually a unicyclist with two in the shed at home…
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Yeah, I did think about that and thought later my answer covered both scenarios… Although having more than one is nice. This rainy morning I went to the local skate park with the KH29 and an umbrella. Had the park to myself for idling and backward riding.
I was riding my 26x4 “fatty”
Lady: “wow! that requires a lot of balance!”
little girl: “No it’s easy with such a big wheel!” 
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