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344 posts
Location: Midlands - nr cov, United Kingdom
Sock poi in the living room; broke the last lightbulb in the ceiling light. (there were 3 when i moved in, but they've been dying one by one). Luckily for me as they were so dim anyway, I've been using freestanding floor lights which are brighter.
So what has anyone else broken?
Lynne
"But what would you do with a brain if you had one?"
Dorothy Gale
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
he he!! the wows of the indoor poi ist
(ashamed look at the floor shuffling of feet) *cough* erm
I thing I have to admit I'm exactly the same. The magical light bulb thief has run amuck in my uni halls again.
Te he he
Long live the indoor POI before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
A perth girl gone walkabout...
396 posts
Location: Back home in Perth WA, Australia
I was using my housemates staff, and broke the glass lampshade of a light in our rental house - it was one of 8 matching light shades - oops - That was the end of my staff career - Back to poi for me
I smile because i have no idea whats going on!!
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
I broke the lampshade in the living room, it was a set of 3 and i broke one. We had to replace the whole set again
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Has anyone learnt yet, not to spin inside?
Oh, and I havent broken anything, coz i dont spin inside.
245 posts
Location: At the beach.
Not only did the light bulb go, but the shade covering it and the cover connecting it the the ceiling, Only 2 wires hanging down now.
Luckly it's in the spare bedroom so not much of a problem.
If everything seems under control, your not going fast enough!
It's not the size of the wave, it's the length of the ride!
505 posts
Location: cambs england
ive bruised people, but not things
in state of metamorphosis
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
I've knocked the speakers off my shelf and i've pulled the blinds off their runners!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
In my nunchuck phase whilst living in a small room I took out about twenty bulbs in a couple of months.
I'd start off ultra aware of the bulb, then gradually get deeper into the flow of the moves till there's be an explosion and everything went black.
When I moved into my new flat I was mainly doing poi, which tends not to break the bulb but makes it dodgy- it either goes brighter or dimmer.
My solution was to get some card, push the flex up and staple gun the card over so the bulb is as high to the ceiling as it can go.
Impacts are very rare now.
To this day though, I always buy my bulbs in six packs and ensure that I've always got half a dozen in the house.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I knocked over a table lamp. No damage (amazingly).
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Mushroom Fueled Frenzy
139 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 of the 3 lights are out of my ceiling fan.. the fan is off balance now and makes "nock nock nock nock nock" noises on any setting higher than low . Yeah I also have about 6 extra light bulbs around just in case. My land lord is going to be angry when he sees that the fan is off balance =) Im just thinking about removing it all together...
::::does a little monkey man dance::::
You'll understand when you see his dancing feet
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344 posts
Location: Midlands - nr cov, United Kingdom
Because he won't notice it's gone?
"But what would you do with a brain if you had one?"
Dorothy Gale
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Not broken anything but gave my fish a fright when I koshed the tank.
Outside rules now.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
Beach bum
162 posts
Location: Singapore
broke the clip on dad's ipod. Thank God for super glue!
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
-Franklin P. Jones
sleeping with angels
508 posts
Location: anaheim CA usa
i broke my roomates nose!!!
i was inside practicing a new move. when he burst threw the front door. in reaction i threw my staff at the incoming stranger. and accidently broke my roomates nose!! oops!!!
SLEEP WITH ANGELS muckieha
505 posts
Location: cambs england
but also 
in state of metamorphosis
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344 posts
Location: Midlands - nr cov, United Kingdom
You people are dangerous! At least i've only bruised myself!
"But what would you do with a brain if you had one?"
Dorothy Gale
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Native.... your dangerous man, does your roommate still live with you?
Neo - Hippie
358 posts
Location: Sala, Slovakia
lol long live thin ceiling lamps and high ceilings as in my room which I specifically designed and refurnished for inside spinning..: o) so Im no lightbulb murderer yet...
Smile.. It confuses people..:)
Wonders never cease as long as you never cease to wonder.
147 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ok perfect example of not twirling when ur drunk
i was at my mates 18th and i was under the influence of good old jimmy bean
long story short i was useing my poi inside (unlit) and i hit his dads antique light hanning fron the celling, now if it wasnt there i wouldnt have hit anything cos the celling was high enough but it was there and i hit it........... thus far never done poi drunk again
i hope my mates dad enjoyed the 500 bucks compo i gave him cos i didnt enjoy it :S
remains to date the stupidest thing i have ever done
yay up to 5 beat weave only 4 more to get to 9 :P
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
i won't even begin to think about the amount of lightbulbs i've broken, but like OWD, i now buy in bulk, so i've always plenty of spares
when i first started poi, the lampshade was blasted into smithereens within a week. i replaced it with a paper shade, which needless to say lasted no time at all.
i now have a disco ball in the middle of the ceiling. i usually practice indoors with my tennis balls, so they don't do too much damage to it, but every time i take out the electro-glos i'm losing more and more of the little mirrors
i've broken some of my eggs (don't ask), glasses, cups, plants, a mirror (don't believe in that 7 years bad luck malarky) one of the hands from one of my statuettes of the Argonath from Lord of the Rings
, i've cracked the glass in a fairly pricey lead & glass table lamp, hmmm..... anything else......? and of course there are the countless numbers of marks & dents in the ceiling from when i try straight arm moves......
all of the furniture is constantly pushed over to one side of the room
but you know what...... i wouldn't have it any other way
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely 
spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
native, you broke his nose!? poor guy
ah, yes, i broke two lightbulbs in my room, the didnt shatter, thank good, just went out,i keep wacking the chandelies/lightfixture in my living room, but nothing to bad has happen yet
my dad actually raised the light fixtures in the front and living rooms in our house to a more "poi friendly " height, yay!!!!!!!
i hit my cat pretty hard one time, he kinda snarled, but i didnt break anything(i dont think)
if you think that our kiss was all in the lips, come on you got it all wrong man, and if you think that our dance was all in the hips then, oh well, do the twist -The White Stripes
old hand
717 posts
Location: Bristol, England
hmm...
Having just spread tiny little bits of glass all over my floor I thought I'd add to this thread.
Also don't practice poi when there's a glass of red wine by your bed..
Or a ashtray nearby.
Or you by a plasma screen TV (I haven't but I'd be scared to cause of this. Normal TV take poi quite well)
Or practice throws in the fron room while the windows is open.
Or when your mates little girl is runnig around. Cost me an Ice cream but then she kept trying to run into my poi to get more ice creams! Kids!
Ah Poi stupidity. I'll learn one day!
"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx
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344 posts
Location: Midlands - nr cov, United Kingdom
Written by: garthy
Or when your mates little girl is runnig around. Cost me an Ice cream but then she kept trying to run into my poi to get more ice creams! Kids!
"But what would you do with a brain if you had one?"
Dorothy Gale
artisan
1,576 posts
Location: Berkshire, UK
Well living in the rainy UK, poi indorrs can be the only option.... hmmm I keep hitting the light fixture but thankfully I aint broke owt yet...
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