# The Tale of Uni-el, Angel and Patron Saint of Unicycling

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**Created:** [January 11, 2000, 10:53am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/the-tale-of-uni-el-angel-and-patron-saint-of-unicycling/41780 "2000-01-11T10:53:00Z")\
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This story was recorded by Chris Grooms from an ancient monk who kept  
records at a monastic library in north wales, uk.

```
    The Angel Uni-el was once a man. He was a saint who carried food to
    starving children, whilst riding one footed seat in front on a coker and
    juggling. He died when running from the enemies of the Church of the
    Radiating Spokes of Holiness. He was fleeing their greedy hands by
    riding backwards down a rocky, icy, muddy slope ona twelve foot giraffe
    while doing mills mess with rotten tomatoes. The end came when he
    bounced over the slain body of a mountain biker and his cheaply made
    taiwanese seat gave way and he was impaled on his uni seat post. Hence
    the confusion of symbols.

             I -----I----- I I O This symbol, or ideograph, originally
             depicted a man riding his unicycle from in front or behind, his
             arms held out for support. Over the centuries the symbol
             changed and its meaning became blurred.

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-Danny Fletcher