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Location: Right behind you........
Posted:
Ok, everyones made mistakes, now time to share it with the world....
A cautionary tale....
Mine was when I was living with a couple of mates last summer. They had never seen poi before, so I was urged to show tham what the hell I was chatting about, which they thought was great. Once I had finished, I thought... time to go in for a beer.... NO..... They wanted to see fire breathing.
I bodged together a torch from an old sock and a metal rod, with wire twisted tight around the sock to hold it on. Fire breathing went great, until I went to put out the torch. I span it once, and the (still lit) sock went flying off into the night...
I shat myself and climbed onto the shed roof, looking to see where the F*?K it had gone. Two gardens down I could see a distinctive glow in a tree, and flames flickering in the night. I jumped off the roof onto the neighbours lawn, crossed the garden and jumped the next fence, only to look round to the whole family sitting down to dinner in the dining room. They haden't even noticed the small fire, or me!?!
I grabbed the sock, burning my hand, and smothered it with the damp towel, I had taken. The tree (A sort of palm-tree thing with VERY dry leaves) was still burning away quite happily. I then smothered this out, and crept back to the fence. getting back was harder. I couldn't climb the fence as it was too weak to take my weight, and had lost the adrenaline needed to jump it outwright. I had to do a forward somesault over the fence, landing on my back in a large rose bush
I crept over the neighbours lawn, via a quick dip in the pond and climbed over the wall to pick out the numerous thorns, stop the bleeding and apply savlon and some much needed TLC from my mates Girlfriend, who had seen me land in the rose-bush (while my mates were pissing themselves!)
So, no more bodge jobs for me, lesson learned the hard way.
Whats your biggest mistake.......?
p.s. sorry if that's a bit long...
Ok, everyones made mistakes, now time to share it with the world....
A cautionary tale....
Mine was when I was living with a couple of mates last summer. They had never seen poi before, so I was urged to show tham what the hell I was chatting about, which they thought was great. Once I had finished, I thought... time to go in for a beer.... NO..... They wanted to see fire breathing.
I bodged together a torch from an old sock and a metal rod, with wire twisted tight around the sock to hold it on. Fire breathing went great, until I went to put out the torch. I span it once, and the (still lit) sock went flying off into the night...
I shat myself and climbed onto the shed roof, looking to see where the F*?K it had gone. Two gardens down I could see a distinctive glow in a tree, and flames flickering in the night. I jumped off the roof onto the neighbours lawn, crossed the garden and jumped the next fence, only to look round to the whole family sitting down to dinner in the dining room. They haden't even noticed the small fire, or me!?!
I grabbed the sock, burning my hand, and smothered it with the damp towel, I had taken. The tree (A sort of palm-tree thing with VERY dry leaves) was still burning away quite happily. I then smothered this out, and crept back to the fence. getting back was harder. I couldn't climb the fence as it was too weak to take my weight, and had lost the adrenaline needed to jump it outwright. I had to do a forward somesault over the fence, landing on my back in a large rose bush
I crept over the neighbours lawn, via a quick dip in the pond and climbed over the wall to pick out the numerous thorns, stop the bleeding and apply savlon and some much needed TLC from my mates Girlfriend, who had seen me land in the rose-bush (while my mates were pissing themselves!)
So, no more bodge jobs for me, lesson learned the hard way.
Whats your biggest mistake.......?
p.s. sorry if that's a bit long...
TrickySmile at a stranger!
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Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
We've had a dozen (or more) of threads like this already dude. You should check out Kato's Unofficial Confession Box amongst others....
We've had a dozen (or more) of threads like this already dude. You should check out Kato's Unofficial Confession Box amongst others....
Meh
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877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted:
lol, great story. At least you didn't catch on fire.
*ponders back to his first time spinning fire*
lol, great story. At least you didn't catch on fire.
*ponders back to his first time spinning fire*
Oolering Man
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posted:
my amazing 'double wrist wrap' with firechains
my amazing 'double wrist wrap' with firechains
Froggie ... Ribbit !!!
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
Posted:
LOL , SPiral is that when you kinda do the butterfly and next thing you know you're handcuffed by two flaming poi ??? Happened to me in the beginning... Yikes
LOL , SPiral is that when you kinda do the butterfly and next thing you know you're handcuffed by two flaming poi ??? Happened to me in the beginning... Yikes
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Posted:
The flaming double wrist wrap trick must be so common, When I did it I ended up with some nice black cable lines running around my wrists and a distinct lack of hair on my forearms. Shaking the damn things off put a fair few kinks in my cables too.
I'm willing to bet that a fair number of people on this board have done it at least once.
The flaming double wrist wrap trick must be so common, When I did it I ended up with some nice black cable lines running around my wrists and a distinct lack of hair on my forearms. Shaking the damn things off put a fair few kinks in my cables too.
I'm willing to bet that a fair number of people on this board have done it at least once.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
heh tricky that's the funniest dodgy twirl story i heard in a long time, but i have to know, what did the neighbours do about it? how much did they know?
heh tricky that's the funniest dodgy twirl story i heard in a long time, but i have to know, what did the neighbours do about it? how much did they know?
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Oolering Man
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posted:
Exactly Cass! AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK!: the amazing flaming forearms of death!
Exactly Cass! AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK!: the amazing flaming forearms of death!
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33 posts
Location: Right behind you........
33 posts
Location: Right behind you........
Posted:
Bender_the_Offender,
The neighbours never knew. The ones directly next door didn't see anything as they weren't in, but they probably were a bit confused by the considerably flatter rose bush tho!, and the ones next to them, where the tree was burning never even noticed me or the fire, even though they were sitting just inside eating dinner! Amazing! I was wearing black at the time, so I was quite hard to see, but the fire wasn't...Lucky escape ha ha
Bender_the_Offender,
The neighbours never knew. The ones directly next door didn't see anything as they weren't in, but they probably were a bit confused by the considerably flatter rose bush tho!, and the ones next to them, where the tree was burning never even noticed me or the fire, even though they were sitting just inside eating dinner! Amazing! I was wearing black at the time, so I was quite hard to see, but the fire wasn't...Lucky escape ha ha
TrickySmile at a stranger!
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Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
I know it's not really a fire mistake, but you all have to hear this.
A freind of mine (who shall remain NAMELESS), fell off his unicycle once...
There were a number of contributing factors to this.
1st, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it.
2nd, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, IN THE RAIN!
3rd, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, IN THE DARK!
4th, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, in the dark, HOLDING A BAG OF KFC!
5th, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, in the dark, holding a bag of KFC AND TRYING TO EAT IT AT THE SAME TIME!
Personally, I'm amazed he managed to get as far as he did before falling off and scraping and grazing and bruising his whole ruddy body...
But I still like him (and KFC).
I know it's not really a fire mistake, but you all have to hear this.
A freind of mine (who shall remain NAMELESS), fell off his unicycle once...
There were a number of contributing factors to this.
1st, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it.
2nd, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, IN THE RAIN!
3rd, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, IN THE DARK!
4th, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, in the dark, HOLDING A BAG OF KFC!
5th, he was riding along the footpath and went over the curb without seeing it, in the rain, in the dark, holding a bag of KFC AND TRYING TO EAT IT AT THE SAME TIME!
Personally, I'm amazed he managed to get as far as he did before falling off and scraping and grazing and bruising his whole ruddy body...
But I still like him (and KFC).
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