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Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
I was researching an essay on vaudeville (19th century music-hall variety stuff) and found this clip...
Arabian Gun-Twirling
He even does a little bit of contact, and does some pretty cool propellers... They are guides. They are teachers. They are like Yoda, only smaller and on strings.
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It kinda looks like he blew himself up at the end there, lol.
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Im moving this to videos, as thats what this thread is about.
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there's been a thread on this
thanks for the link..
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Whoops, WTG being un-n00by...
Wouldn't it be SO much cooler if Buckingham Palace guards did that all day, rather than just standing there...
They are guides. They are teachers. They are like Yoda, only smaller and on strings.
--Meenik on poi
Tosser
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Thanks for the link Ravenhill- this clip was featured in one of MCP's Stolen Spinning videos. I always though it was pretty funny- like he only had the one 'good' move, the contact propellers, and the rest was a sort of manic 'chuck it about' to give him some variety
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Really though... You gotta think. Hes spinning a rifle, not a staff. Rifles are pretty heavy and oddly weighted even today let alone back then.
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Tosser
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This is true. I still stand by my above statement
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Brilliant! Thanks for the link!Why can so many good inventions be always traced back to the damn military .. ?
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Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
Because governments since time immemorial spend so much time, money and intelligence on the fine art of slaughtering other people.
cretins.
You're all very welcome guys
They are guides. They are teachers. They are like Yoda, only smaller and on strings.
--Meenik on poi
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and this guy instead of taking part of the slaughters thought of some other use for the rifle...
wish all soldiers would come up with such ideas
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Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
Haha, yeah... each war would just be a skills showdown. They'd all line up with their rifles (burning at each end, of course) and spin until everyone fell down exhausted.
Why doesn't HoP rule the world?
They are guides. They are teachers. They are like Yoda, only smaller and on strings.
--Meenik on poi
Fool
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Location: Cornwall, UK
*bump* I like this. It makes me larf.
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