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  1. but no unicycles allowed because they are too dangerous!

    I went to the Renaissance Festival with the family today and
    thought "what a great place to get a little riding in!"
    Didn't work out exactly as planned. Apparently, swords,
    knives, bow and arrows, etc... are safe and acceptable,
    while unicycles are dangerous instruments of destruction.
    Lieutenant Nixon of the Atlanta Police Department who was
    hired as one of the part time cops to work the festival
    approached me while I was waiting in in line to buy tickets.

    Officer Nixon- "You don't plan on riding "That" in there are
    you?" Me- "Hadn't really decided." "I was going to wait and
    see if there was anywhere to ride. Mostly planned on riding
    from the car and to the car." Officer Nixon-"Well you can't
    ride it in there." Me- "Oh, is there a regulation that
    prohibits it? Because I am pretty sure I have seen a
    unicycle ridden in there before." "I'd be curious to read
    the rules that say unicycles are prohibited." Officer Nixon-
    " No there isn't, but you just can't ride it in there." Me-
    "So do you just randomely enforce non existant rules or was
    there something special about me that made you feel
    obligated to enforce this non existant rule?" Officer Nixon-
    "Well, you just can't ride it in there, it could be
    dangerous."

    I pretty much ended it there, because I didn't relly want
    to try to reason with him. He was going to force his will
    on me no matter what I said. So I rode off and put it back
    in the car.

    Later that day, sure as I had said, there was a performer on
    a unicycle. On a slack rope no less. It seemed dangerous.
    Maybe if I was wearing tights I would have gotten away with
    riding it in.😄

    Once again the "Man" is trying to beat down the unicyclists.

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  2. Stick it to the man! man.

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  3. i went to the festival when it came to maryland... didn't see any
    unicyclists tho 🙁

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  4. i went to the festival when it came to maryland... didn't see any
    unicyclists tho 🙁

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  5. The difference between you and the guy on the slackrope is
    probably that you stood in line to buy a ticket and he
    didn't. He may have even been paid to be in there. The makes
    a big difference! That guy is *supposed* to be there, but
    you are a total wildcard. A cop has no idea of your level of
    skill, and no idea of the safety level of a unicycle. Same
    as everybody else.

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    johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge

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    taste out of my mouth." -- Ryan Atkins to Kris Holm, on the way back
    from Moab after sampling some of my pork rinds. They grossed out the
    whole van!
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  6. I have disdain for police officers so I keep my distance.

    Recently, I was practicing riding backwards down a double
    yellow residential road. When I saw the cop coming, I just
    dismounted and put on my "random unicyclist standing on the
    street sweating look." The cop stopped anyway, and did the
    "typical unicycle" interview and drove off.

    Unfortunately, there is a new police station in the
    neighborhood. Fortunately, I haven't had any encounters. I
    don't want to have a cop tell me that I can't ride
    backwards, or not ride on the street, or not ride on the
    sidewalk. Oh, and I am pretty sure it's illegal to ride on
    the railroad (that goes past the sherrif's/constable
    building and the police station).

    Imagine having one cop in the neighborhood limit me to
    sidewalks, and another to the street - and the 3rd element,
    me, continuing to ride using myself to govern safety.

    My policy with police is to avoid them like I am already
    a criminal.

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