# Juggling thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461 "2007-06-10T15:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/21 "2007-06-12T23:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] I’m impressed. I’ve seen the FKB a few times, I never imagined anybody actually _meeting_ them. And this from someone whose best 3-ball pattern is “the drop.” [/QUOTE] They’re awesome. Here is a pic with [me and members of FKB past and present.](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/IJADay6/opal_with_flying_karamazov_brothers) I’m only “buddy buddy” with two of the current FKBs. As in, when I went to see them a year or so ago at a show and went down to the stage after the show and got to the front of the line to people getting stuff autographed, all four smiled and waved in recognition, but two jumped off the stage to come hug me (“Pavel” and “Alexi” or Rod and Mark). I’m also pretty friendly with [Tim Furst](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/PeopleIJA2005/IJA7_039), who used to be a FKB but isn’t now. Tim and Mark are the only ones in my cell phone contact list. As you can imagine, immensely fun people to hang out with. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/22 "2007-06-13T01:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] Calling \*\*Doc Cathode \*\* ! [/QUOTE] Umm, I can’t juggle. I’ve got a friend who has offered to teach me. I’ve got a set of 3 bean bags, and a set of devil sticks. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to juggle. I may master the sticks. I have a unicycle and was making progress teaching myself to ride when the seat broke. Currently, I do have a juggling routine. It involves failing miserably at juggling. Then, I tearfully explain how the other clowns threw me out of the union in a ceremony where they cut the tips of my big, floppy shoes, took my red rubber nose and washed off my make up with seltzer and a giant hankie. This generally leads children to console me and to tell me that I’m a good clown after all. With any luck, one of the kids in the audience can actually juggle and will attempt to teach me, leading to further opportunities for comedy. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/23 "2007-06-13T01:43:52Z")
Visually appealing patterns: I’d add the Factory And Doc Cathode’s post reminded me: if you go to a juggling festival, do _not_ ask people if they are clowns or if they work at a circus. ---
**Author:** ![Draknek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Draknek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draknek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/24 "2007-06-13T10:14:51Z")
I’d add Burke’s Barrage and backcrosses. [QUOTE=Mach Tuck] - Multi-plexing [/QUOTE] What are some good 3 ball multiplex tricks? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/25 "2007-06-13T10:17:11Z")
Side note: Anyone else going to the IJA festival this year? end of July, Winston-Salem, NC? (Viktor Kee is going to be there!) We could have a mini juggling dopefest! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/26 "2007-06-13T12:40:32Z")
**Doc Cathode** , that’s a very interesting routine. It gets the kids involved, leads them to sympathize with you, and draws laughs from people who expect the normal clown schtick. Got any video of this routine? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/27 "2007-06-13T14:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Side note: Anyone else going to the IJA festival this year? end of July, Winston-Salem, NC? [/QUOTE] I wish I could, but I have prior commitments. Where/when is the 2008 event? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/28 "2007-06-13T16:16:09Z")
Hasn’t been announced yet. The past three years have been Buffalo, NY\*, Davenport, Iowa, and Portland, Oregon. \*that’s where I met my boyfriend…_gets all dreamy eyed_ ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/29 "2007-06-13T19:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=Draknek] What are some good 3 ball multiplex tricks? [/QUOTE] [Here’s one](http://www.kingscascade.com/3BallManghamsMangle.html) that looks interesting. Here’s another called [Olas](http://www.jongleringsoasen.se/aquarium/fvideos.html) (you’ll need to click on the letter “O” and then on one of the video formats under “Olas”). ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461/30 "2007-06-14T00:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Draknek] What are some good 3 ball multiplex tricks? [/QUOTE] There are a lot of nice combination moves. But one that always got a good reaction for me is a simple three-in-one-hand multiplex. It’s just like juggling two balls in one hand, except two are multiplexed. If you can do it with your arm extended a bit, and a quarter turn to the viewer it looks really nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-thread/407461.md?page=1)