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#167407 - 24/06/2003 15:24 Hand Eye Cordination
cookie_77
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Are you this quick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://s89.tku.edu.tw/~489192053/kusos.com.12.22.mpeg

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#167408 - 24/06/2003 15:26 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: cookie_77]
loren
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my god. if that time was spent on an actual piano... sheesh.
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#167409 - 24/06/2003 18:58 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: loren]
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I have a feeling that it might have been. His hand position and action is similar to what he'd use on a real piano, albeit more coarse.
There are several composers rolling in thier graves.
How about the cup stacking champion?
at least its productive. apparently she can set tables at a restaurant with lightning speed too.
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#167410 - 25/06/2003 06:21 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: muzza]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
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Cup stacking? Pffft. Has anyone ever seen this chick perform live?



Here's a description of it for those who haven't ever seen it:

"The "unicycle bowl flip," demonstrated by Nancy, at right and below, demands the mastery of several skills at once: riding a unicycle with one foot, balancing an ever-taller, increasingly-wobbly stack of bowls on her head, and kicking and catching on her head several bowls at a time. Each successive flip is done with a greater number of bowls--and the bowls already caught are stacked high upon her head. As the stack of bowls on her head grows taller (and thus less stable), Nancy must exercise greater care to keep them from falling. At a certain point, she must catch the flipped bowls blind, since she cannot look up without dropping those already perched on her head. Nancy holds the world record for this trick, and her feat was broadcast on the Guinness World Records television show in 1999."

I saw her do that live at the halftime of a Sixers game one time and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Now, the obvious question is "why, God, why?" But hey, her name is in the Guiness Book of World Records, and mine isn't, so who am I to judge.
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#167411 - 25/06/2003 06:26 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: tonyc]
Dignan
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Nancy? Full name?
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#167412 - 25/06/2003 06:30 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: Dignan]
tonyc
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A little more Googling found me this article which tells us her name is Nancy Huey.

Why do you ask? Plan on hiring her?
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#167413 - 25/06/2003 06:35 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: Dignan]
tonyc
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BTW, I got that picture and the supporting text from this page which shows some other crazy acrobatic and contortionist acts.
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#167414 - 25/06/2003 07:39 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: tonyc]
Dignan
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Nah, I just wanted to check out more. Looks pretty cool. I'll try to find a video of her doing her thing.
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#167415 - 25/06/2003 08:04 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: Dignan]
tonyc
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Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
At first I thought there wouldn't be one, but the Internet never ceases to amaze me...

http://www.lmnotv.com/new/shows/gbr/eg/206/206.htm#
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#167416 - 25/06/2003 08:09 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: tonyc]
loren
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That girl needs to start a cult because i think she's got some sorta hoodoo floating through her. unreal.
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#167417 - 25/06/2003 08:28 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: loren]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
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Yeah, I saw it live from the front row of a 76ers game, and it's even more amazing when you see it in person. There were no tricks, no strings, no special bowls used or anything... It's just all coordination and a ridiculous amount of concentration.
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#167418 - 25/06/2003 08:34 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: tonyc]
Dignan
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Loc: Sterling, VA


just
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#167419 - 25/06/2003 09:35 Re: Hand Eye Cordination [Re: Dignan]
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OMG
I must second that
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