More evidence that jugglers are crazy
Scott Kurland
Updated: 24 Jan, 20:11 (GMT+1)
[ http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=477516 ]
A mentally disturbed man has finally been taken of the streets of Bergen
[Norway] after he dropped a club and then tossed it into a passing woman's
head. Authorities finally put a stop to the juggler's reign of fear,
newspaper Bergens Tidende reports.
"He lost one of the clubs as we walked past. It seemed that he came out of a
trance. First he spat at us, then he threw the club," the 56-year-old woman
said.
The attack came without warning and nearly dropped the woman to the
pavement.
"He threw as hard as he could. Afterwards he just stood there calmly, giving
me a dirty look," the target said.
The woman needed medical attention and decided to notify police. She then
learned that she was not the first person to experience the juggler's wrath.
"There have been several episodes since the man arrived before Christmas,"
said watchmaker Robert Antonissen. His shop is near the juggler's regular
pitch, and he has witnessed several random assaults on passersby.
"An older man had a club thrown at him. It grazed his hat brim but luckily
didn't hit him. The juggler has spit at people many times," Antonissen told
Bergens Tidende, and admitted he did not dare to ask the man to move along.
On Thursday the Czech juggler was arrested and charged with assault, and the
true extent of his psychological problems became clear.
In the course of police interrogation, it became clear that the 21-year-old
juggler was delusional, believing, among other things, that his hands were
under the control of masked men. The Czech had been living in a tent since
being released from a Norwegian psychiatric institution.
Police remanded the man in custody and hoped to turn him over for medical
examination on Friday.
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--Lloyd Conant
juggler133
> "He lost one of the clubs as we walked past. It seemed that he came out of a
> trance. First he spat at us, then he threw the club," the 56-year-old woman
> said.
Clearly this story is a haux! When was the last time you hit someone in
the face with a club and in their police report they actually referred to
it as a club and not a bowling pin.
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jeanette
but, oddly enough, i did have a run-in with some cops this past weekend
while staying at a hotel in cincinnati. their drug-sniffing dog falsely
accused me, which is in fact has happened to me before, so either drug
dogs have something against me or i hang out with the wrong people. or
maybe the police just saw the indiana license plate, juggling equipment,
vegetarian bumper sticker, and fuzzy purple steering wheel cover and
thought, "let's pick on the out-of-state hippie."
all conjecture aside, after they sniffed out my car (as well as others
who, they said, actually did contain narcotics) they came up and banged on
my door, thus waking up and freaking out me and my roomie, and asked to
search my car. not really sure if they should be able to do that, but not
wanting more trouble, i let them. i happened to have two boxes full of
beanbags i use to teach workshops, and concerned they might suspect them
of containing illegal substances and cut a couple open, i mentioned they
were for juggling. one of them said, "are you a juggler? we noticed the
clubs in your back seat."
fortunately they left my car and my equipment intact, conceded that i
didn't have anything i shouldn't, and let me go back to sleep. it made
for a good story, but not an altogether fun experience. in any case, it
goes to show that, though most people don't call juggling clubs juggling
clubs, you never know.
--jeanette
Hustler
We all KNOW we are!
Hal
"Scott Kurland" <skur...@juggler.net> wrote in message
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Itsik Orr
> juggler133 wrote:
> >
> > Clearly this story is a haux! When was the last time you hit someone in
> > the face with a club and in their police report they actually referred
to
> > it as a club and not a bowling pin.
> though most people don't call juggling clubs juggling
> clubs, you never know.
I think policeman, of all people, can be trusted to call a club a club.
Experience does count here: policemen juggle clubs all the time, even if
their patterns include only siteswap 0s and, in case of approaching
conflict, 1s (and no juggler I've seen knows how to head-bounce a club like
a skilled police officer).
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Itsik Orr - http://www.juggler.net/orr
(club passing, simulators and Israeli convention)
sweavo
"Itsik Orr" <o...@juggler.net> wrote in message
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> I think policeman, of all people, can be trusted to call a club a club.
New Henry's Nightsticks! They're a bit longer and heavier than Beard
Truncheons.
Little Paul
I was considering buying a renegade cosh. But which handle style should
I go for? Wrapped or unwrapped?
-Paul
Naomi
"Little Paul" <l...@juggler.net> wrote in message
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> I was considering buying a renegade cosh. But which handle style should
> I go for? Wrapped or unwrapped?
I wouldn't even think of those. Having the handle in such an odd place
makes for very very difficult catches. And I have seen disturbing evidence
that their use by professionals only results in a slap on the wrist when
used seriously. They draw little in the way of a captive audience who
largely seem unaffected by the whole performance, and very few of them pay
at the end.
Naomi
J Craggs
<Naomi_Sajer...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Little Paul" <l...@juggler.net> wrote in message
>news:3E3F949F...@juggler.net...
>
>> I was considering buying a renegade cosh. But which handle style should
>> I go for? Wrapped or unwrapped?
Wrapped - to blur the prints ;-)
>
>I wouldn't even think of those. Having the handle in such an odd place
>makes for very very difficult catches. And I have seen disturbing evidence
>that their use by professionals only results in a slap on the wrist when
>used seriously. They draw little in the way of a captive audience who
>largely seem unaffected by the whole performance, and very few of them pay
>at the end.
>Naomi
But a trained assistant could follow the
wealthier-looking non-payers down a suitable alleyway
for a more traditional 'performance'... Quite good for
those 'behind the back' moves ;-)
Gyppo - who can't seriously reccomend being on
either end of a 'cosh', wrapped or un-wrapped.
John Craggs - Writer - Adult Tutor - Storyteller
and All-Round Rogue
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Scott Kurland
> either end of a 'cosh', wrapped or un-wrapped.
Though if you have to pick one....