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And in other news, a tightrope-walker is a funambulist.
Apparently, he had a groove carved into the end of a peg leg so he’d actually have two limbs to walk on (i.e. he didn’t have to hop.) And he was carrying a heavy iron stove on his back when he slipped from two stories up and was crushed and he died from the injuries.
Leroy almost 5 years ago
He was warned about the unicycle up there.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
Lo and behold, the rope walker is on Find A Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18616194/rope-walker
Bilan almost 5 years ago
I can understand that the female got hair in her gum, but part of her eye?
But seriously, I though blue eyes didn’t develop until much later in history.
jennifer.usher almost 5 years ago
Calculus is from the Latin word for stones, or pebbles. I have joked that is because anyone who willing takes calculus must have rocks in their head.
Zykoic almost 5 years ago
Did the gum chewer have a twin?
Zykoic almost 5 years ago
Walker’s wake at IHOP.
Zykoic almost 5 years ago
Gent almost 5 years ago
And on the next episode of Ancient Aliens, the story of ancient extraterrestrials giving the ancient humans some chewing gum!
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
One-legged tightrope walker? So, is that how the poor fellow died?
SharkNose almost 5 years ago
The stones in my kidney are called renal calculus…
danholt almost 5 years ago
‘One legged tightrope’, huh?
J Short almost 5 years ago
Probably more of a tightrope bouncer.
kucpa Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That last one just isn’t adding up for me…
TMR almost 5 years ago
Did they find her chewing gum on her bedpost and did it lose its flavour overnight? So many questions are still unanswered!
Under Dog Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Shouldn’t his stone have said “Rope Hopper”?
oakie817 almost 5 years ago
one-legged tightrope walker on his first attempt?
poppacapsmokeblower almost 5 years ago
One legged tightrope WALKER? Don’t you mean tightrope HOPPER?
stamps almost 5 years ago
Where’d they find that gum?" On the bedpost?
BiathlonNut almost 5 years ago
“Have gun, will travel. – Wire Paladin, San Francisco”
So was his given name “Wire?”
the humorist formerly known as Hotshot1984 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I thought that gum belonged to bratty, prize winning gum chewer Violet Beauregarde, guess I was wrong.
ekke almost 5 years ago
Yes, but the question is, did Rope Walker die of a career-related injury?
ekke almost 5 years ago
I knew a family named Walker who considered, for brief time, naming their firstborn son “Forrest.”
prabbit237 almost 5 years ago
And in other news, a tightrope-walker is a funambulist.
Apparently, he had a groove carved into the end of a peg leg so he’d actually have two limbs to walk on (i.e. he didn’t have to hop.) And he was carrying a heavy iron stove on his back when he slipped from two stories up and was crushed and he died from the injuries.
https://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/history/the-rope-walker-of-corsicana
Dean almost 5 years ago
♫Hey Joe! … Where are you going with that gum in your hair?♫
yangeldf almost 5 years ago
from what I understand blue eyes are very rare in dark skinned populations, that’s pretty cool.
Grumpy Old Guy almost 5 years ago
I wonder if that one-legged tight rope walker was the same guy that was always in a one-legged a$$ kicking contest……
Thorby almost 5 years ago
“The Afghan Girl” from National Geographic!
pbr50138 almost 5 years ago
I live in Corsicana and wish I knew where “Rope Walker” is buried!
mitchkeos Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“Calculus” – Latin for little stone or pebble used in “calculations” – hence the dual paths of meaning.