And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Find a cannonball, smash it against a rock ten times.
Long time ago I knew a circus juggler who juggled cannonballs, just like that one.
Previously in his act he'd juggled knives, and batons, and eggs; he would bounce an egg on his head, gasp! But it was hard-boiled, and then he'd eat it.
Finally he'd finish his act by juggling two plastic fake cannonballs and one real one; he'd already dropped the real one on the stage or a wooden platform so everyone knew it was real, and heavy, and solid, so everyone thought all three were real.
Then he'd say he was going to bounce a cannonball off his head just like the egg- and then he'd actually DO IT! One of the fakes, of course- but some folks fainted, thinking it was real!
And yes, he had arms like a man who juggled cannonballs. His name: Reg Bolton, with the Suitcase Circus. He reckoned the hard part was making the fake cannonballs look like they weighed 6 pounds each, like the real ones did!
And hope there's nothing explosive inside.
ReplyDeleteLong time ago I knew a circus juggler who juggled cannonballs, just like that one.
ReplyDeletePreviously in his act he'd juggled knives, and batons, and eggs; he would bounce an egg on his head, gasp! But it was hard-boiled, and then he'd eat it.
Finally he'd finish his act by juggling two plastic fake cannonballs and one real one; he'd already dropped the real one on the stage or a wooden platform so everyone knew it was real, and heavy, and solid, so everyone thought all three were real.
Then he'd say he was going to bounce a cannonball off his head just like the egg- and then he'd actually DO IT! One of the fakes, of course- but some folks fainted, thinking it was real!
And yes, he had arms like a man who juggled cannonballs. His name: Reg Bolton, with the Suitcase Circus. He reckoned the hard part was making the fake cannonballs look like they weighed 6 pounds each, like the real ones did!