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Long long time ago I was sitting at my desk at work. I wasn’t doing anything interesting just the usual updating data bases and filing letters. Now at work there was a small mother a child group holding one of their special days for the kids. Up the stairs walked a man called Luke. He carried all of these strange things, said he came for the circus skills workshop day we were holding and asked for a helping hand. So I helped him to set things up.

We did a bit of juggling with balls and scarves. Balanced peacock feathers on our faces and we were really having fun. Then out of his bag he pulled some balls on string. One of the other mum’s faces lit up ran over and grabbed them with this huge smile on her face. As she went outside we all followed curious to what these things were. Before we knew what was truly going on we were mesmerized. The balls on string had what appeared to have streamers on the ends which made a gentle noise and the most amazing patterns I have ever seen. And all this from balls on string so I just had to have a go. I tried my best and my goodness was it harder than it looked.

As soon as I got home the internet was switched on before the kettle. I had to find out what they were called. So I googled “Spinning balls on strings”

The first site I came to was called Home Of Poi so I double clicked to see what it was all about. I first read the history and then thought would go and have a look in the gallery. Talk about shocked…. It could be done with Fire!!! And there was a huge community dedicated to it… and not just one online community but loads all over he world. Why had I never heard of this before? How do I make them? And where could I learn just how to do it? So I searched the forum, read loads of posts and then Huzahhh I found the free online Poi lessons. Straight upstairs I ran to get the longest pair of socks I could find then ran back down again trying to find matching balls or just something to put in the bottom ad tied a knot at the top. Next step was to click on the first lesson…..





And that’s the day I got hooked to Poi.



Since then I have been to quite a few meets and have started our own which has infected lots more people in our town to learn to spin.

I do more now than just Poi and for the first time in my life have a whole bunch of fantastic friends who I feel I can turn to for anything life throws at me.



Who am I? Well………………….



Name: Gothfrogette, Froggy or Mal



Location: In the Midlands (the middle bit of the UK)



Hometown: Nuneaton... made famous by George Eliot, Larry Grayson, and The Aqua Car, having a ring road that runs through the town centre and home to the countries first Justice centre



Age: nearly 32!



Sex: i'm a big girly girl



Occupation(s): Full time Mum, Performer and business owner to be



Favourite Food(s): Peas



Favourite Color(s): Red and Black (together) but I also like Pink and Purple



Toys: Poi, Staff including doubles, CJ, Juggling, Unicycle, spinney plates, devil Stick and Hula hoop



Hobbies other than the obvious: Making toys, clothes, costumes, and anything I can think of



Favourite Book(s): I actually don’t have any



Favourite Movie(s): Same with this one… I don’t have any



Favourite TV show(s): TV is BORING so the only time is on is to watch kids programs Or films. Yup that’s right kids I don’t watch TV!!!!!



Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) why do I have to Grow up? To finish DBT and to start up my own business.



Favourite Music Artists/Composers: NIN, and lots and lots of others



Favourite ice cream flavour(s): Chocolate



Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? I actually like both Marmite and Nutella but my face would have to be the Marmite

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Lillie Frog

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Hey! I made a corset earlier this year!

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Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.

Gidg

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!

Written by: Skulduggery

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I would need to put the poi into the corset as padding to get any clevage

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Gidg

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Poi in a corset ... that has some interesting possibilities.

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Lillie Frog

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And me, when (if ever) I get a digi camera.

Poi in a corset!

Mine is a lot like six sheeps, but black and lacing up the front, and without the v shape at the bottom front so much.

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.

Gidg

do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!



if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!



smile! :grin: it confuses people!

Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu

Written by: Gnor

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Laughed myself silly reading about kids and weight and corsets.....
..have had simialar experiences with all of then. Except the size 10 bit. Havent done that since I was 10.

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: gita

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hi there!

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Sir_Sheep

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Six Sheeps?

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Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road

Written by: Lillie Frog

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Written by: Sir_Sheep

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Six Sheeps?

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Doh!

I meant Sir Sheep's (I think)
How is your red corset boned? I'm curious. Iused straight steel, but I've wondered if the spiral would have been easier to wear.

And I'm glad Gnor found our conversation so funny, we should start a double act, Frogette & Frog. Where we do a sort of comedy thing where we moan about kids and men and all that, and everyone laughs. (or not, I suppose)

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: brodieman

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***knock knock** can i come in??
.....do corsets count as kinky.......
women in corsets hmmmmmmmmmm :)

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Lillie Frog

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So, this boneing on a roll.

Is it metal?
Or plastic?
Is it that rigilene stuff? I've tried that and never had any luck with it.


And corsets are kinky, esspecially when they are laced up very, very tight.

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Lillie Frog

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Same here.
I got a couple of the spiral one, just to see what they were like. They are very bendy, unlike the straight steel.

And leather, yum.

Where you getting it from?

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Meh

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian