Stupid. Part Another

Pole Perpendicular is one of the stupidest tricks known to man. Unfortunately like many cool things, it also looks exceedingly cool. My friend Andrew King is a pole-artist par-excellence, and you can see him performing this magic trick at the top of this article. Apologies for the quality.

My first foray into “poling” was an exercise in pain. Andrew and I had decided to try it out in New York City’s Union Square, on some scaffolding poles that had been erected in front of a Macdonalds Restaurant. With a few hundred people looking on, he demonstrated to me the art of “PP” and I duly tried to copy him.

Instead of resting my weight on the substantial bulk of my hip, however, I managed to rest it (through my arm and elbow) onto a single rib in my chest. Lifting myself up was no problem – but a single rib cannot support a man’s weight. I felt a “POP” and collapsed onto the ground. I had broken a rib, through idiocy. AGAIN.