It is a very cool and exciting skill, to be able to hop sideways up stairs on a unicycle. Really. Cool and exciting and not at all goofy. I bet Daniel Craig does it all the time, just because he can.
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Okay, a couple of things-
Number One- the front of a unicycle saddle has a handle on it for when you have to hop, or steady the thing, or hold onto it while not riding. I know SOMEONE is going to make a rude comment anyhow. Go ahead, but I’ve already told you. That’s where they put the handle, there wasn’t anywhere else to put it. Unicycle, dude.
Number Two- I don’t actually know if this cartoon is funny. It happened in real life. It happened to me. I was hopping around and riding in the park, and was given a nice compliment. I think the lady was being courteous and complimentary. I also know that us older folks tend to think of ourselves in our younger states, still capable and fit. But having this older lady in the park insist that what I was doing was impressive because she couldn’t do it seemed a little… I dunno… funny to me. Was it also impressive that I could still wear shoes that had laces, while she needed loafers? I bet not. Like I said, I don’ t know. It just seemed… odd.
For that matter, though, I’ve had people tell me that my cartooning amazes them because they themselves couldn’t have done it. They don’t say anything about the style or the humor- just that it’s me doing it and they couldn’t have. Maybe I don’t give off the proper air of confidence… and they assume they SHOULD be able to do anything someone as feeblewitted as I seem to be can do.
I just don’t know.
Oh, and I almost forgot… unicycling really isn’t that tricky. If you have enough sense of balance to walk, then you can probably manage it. If you also have the sense of balance to ride a bike, you’ll do great. The skill sets are pretty much the same- Hold your body upright, lean forward slightly, peddle, propel yourself forward in a continuous suspended fall. There you go.
