Why it isn't a good idea to fire twirl a uke

Because they usually break...

For a little bit of backstory: I grabbed my Uke and started spinning it around like a staff and then dropped it - snapping the neck. Now I guess it has some kind of permanent damage.

Has anyone else spun inanimate objects only to have them break? I'd be happy to be not the only idiot here

I wounder if spinning printers could work.. Only one way to find out.. (next time at work)

despite the vast amount of objects i have inappropriately spun, i cant think of a single one thats broke

I've spun a goodly number of shopping bags to have them tear.

I have no idea how many umbrella I've broken the last 10 years or so... Both the little ones with the cord handle, and the big ones without.

But it's fun while it lasts...

I've done a couple of shopping bags before, and a plank of wood, wasn't the best ratio of success, as in none. Anyone actually light something on fire that wasn't ment to be lit?

I spun babies until I broke one. Now the courts say I'm not allowed to babysit anymore...

I've tried contact juggling with soda cans, but I dropped one too many times on a hard surface and it... sprayed.

i spun two sets of keys on lanyards and my USB stick (with many many college essays!!) fell off and was lost into the oblivion of a random black hole. or something.