# The Man on the Flying Trapeze

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302 "2014-10-03T20:03:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Laplante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@Laplante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laplante)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/1 "2014-10-03T20:03:56Z")

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He flew through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the flying trapeze - His motions were graceful the girls got a fright - when his junk slipped out of his tights!  
-OR-  
She flew through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young girl on the flying  
trapeze - her motions were graceful, the boy’s were so pleased, when her tights slipped down to her knees!

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/2 "2014-10-03T20:04:49Z")

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I get that you’re unhappy with the moderators, but I’m not quite sure I follow the metaphor.

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**Author:** ![Laplante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@Laplante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laplante)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/3 "2014-10-03T20:05:35Z")

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> [@Laplante](#):
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> He flew through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the flying trapeze - His motions were graceful the girls got a fright - when his junk slipped out of his tights!  
> -OR-  
> She flew through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young girl on the flying  
> trapeze - her motions were graceful, the boy’s were so pleased, when her tights slipped down to her knees!

Just a little ditty!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/4 "2014-10-03T23:19:29Z")

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The thread was moved from ATMB to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/5 "2014-10-04T00:03:08Z")

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[I prefer this version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvZ8XQ-XzPk#t=02m20s)

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/6 "2014-10-05T17:12:33Z")

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[Nylons are free.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIUc25ItAKM)

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/7 "2014-10-05T18:32:47Z")

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> [@Laplante](#):
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> Just a little ditty!

About Jack and Diane?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302/8 "2014-10-06T05:00:47Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> About Jack and Diane?

Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue.