Nubcake, if Leo has all the slack, who is the mall-rider who was told to stop? I’m pretty sure the mall rider is Leo and you are still talking about him like he did something wrong. He didn’t bend over and take what he was unfairly given- he complied with humour. That clever-witted behaviour went over the head of the authority figure and the joke was lost on him, but not the second officer. It makes me annoyed that you can only be sympathetic with the pathetic security gaurd (should be called insecurity guard) and not the unicyclist.
Make up your mind. There was a clear-cut ruling which Leo told the police about. Your advice contradicts itself.
When did clowns come into the discussion? Was that an attempt to insult Leo? Don’t use the word clown in a derogatory way! It only shows your prejudice.
It would have serious implications if a unicycle was treated as a vehicle, luckily it is not. I’d say in most places that it legally is a vehicle they would be a bit lenient as to how many vehicle laws a unicycle must follow. There would have to be a good reason for it’s status to shift i.e. many reported incidents/accidents.
That is quite terrible advice. If a Police officer is wrong, you may want to temporarily obey him/her until you can get support from a higher authority, but don’t just obey unquestioningly. Unicycles don’t have gas tanks, but metaphorically by issuing a citation the officer was pouring sugar in Leo’s gastank.
if leo is the mall-rider (as i previously said it was late and i was tired, and don’t care enough to go back and troll the thread for hard-cold facts for my super important case here) then cool. i DO have a great issue with his actions.
but all in all rowan i have one piece of advice for you : put the unicycle away and get a degree in law. you would do well. seriously, not giving you shit.
to all : if common-sense advises you that what leo did was right, then good luck in your endeavours. if you think it’s cool, then it is. me, well i think it’s about as cool as living nextdoor to someone who blasts their music all day and night every day and night… but i guess as long as it’s whatever you would classify as good music then it’s all ok, right, and i should think the same?
i’m done with this thread. it bores me. i’m moving-along, and moving-on. enjoy y’all.
Well, the mall booked me and paid my wage to ride my unicycle there.
I treated all the police officers exactly like they treated me, so I’m not surprised I frustraded someone here or there.
If they fuck up with me doing my job for no reason, I’m allowed to fuck up with them for a good reason.
In general do respect police, a lot, by default, though not dangerously unconditional. I’ve seen a few regimes (like the 2 or 3 vans full of soldiers in China, who pointed machine guns on us, and demanding us to stop unicycling).
There is a significant difference between demanding or deserving respect.
He’s another of the same (old story). The Dutch national government booked me on a international event that would have become “the The Hague protocol”, but the US didn’t cooperate, and so it became “the Kyoto Protocol”. There I ran into a Indian officer/chief of the United Nations police force on international area, and knew and witnessed the man got clear instructions which he ignored multiple times. I seldom saw someone with so many decoration on his chest initiating a violent fight with a defenseless small girl (my collegue), who he smashed to the ground for no reason. So no, I don’t respect police unconditionally.
I also seldom saw someone who’s claiming authority almost exploding like he did, when I repetively answered a calm waving reply to anything he said or shouted.
Anyway, at the end of that day Blair (UK) and Schroder (Germany) came towards me (in stead of opposit) and asked me to pour in coffee while unicycling for them. At least they appreciated my unicycling
If you haven’t seen Leo do his act with the coffee pouring, this might go past you. He is a waiter and the coffee pot is strapped to his head and he serves customers (volunteers) at a table on the stage. Leo, that is so cool famous politicians like that enjoyed your act.
There are lots of stories of people in power being bad here but oftentimes they are great. Leaving Vietnam, after checking my bags in at the airport, an armed, uniformed guy came up to me and whisked me through a funny invisible door to a small and scary room. Language was a problem and I couldn’t figure out what they were on about. It sounded like they were saying my pack had an axe in it. Finally it turned out they meant EGGS. The scanner showed up my juggling balls (7 soft yellow DXs). They made me demonstrate and you should’ve seen their faces light up. They called in more people and I had to do it again. After initially seeming scary and very gruff, they turned out to be awesome. Had the same experience in Mexico, juggling for the customs guys. I’ve had a cop follow me on my 36er and yell encouragement out the window, amazed at the speed. At Critical Mass one time I unicycled through a red light riding next to a naked guy on a bike. Right next to us was our escort, a motorcycle cop.
