Original Unicyclist

[CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER]

Is there an original source of unicycling?

The art of juggling is supposed to hae some basis in the French "Joungleers"
(forgive the incorrect spelling) but I have no idea where the first single wheel
idea came from.

Email appreciated, Grant

[Ken Iwasa]

In article <1995Oct11.012609.41061@waikato.ac.nz>, CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
<floyd1@waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
>Is there an original source of unicycling?
>
>The art of juggling is supposed to hae some basis in the French "Joungleers"
>(forgive the incorrect spelling) but I have no idea where the first single
>wheel idea came from.

I imagine that soon after the wheel was invented, cavemen needed a fast means of
transportation to get away from dinosaurs. Or at least that's what a portion of
the colorful part of the Sunday paper tells me.

>
>Email appreciated, Grant

Ken

[The Neuromancer]

In message <1DC60F84479@ollamh.ucd.ie>you write:

>> what a portion of the colorful part of the Sunday paper tells me.
>I think you are right. Some years ago there was a computer game (for commedore
>64) where a caveman ride on a unicycle through a landscape. But I've forgotten
>the name.

I blieve that was the game loosely associated with the sunday comics' very own
B.C. I think the name of the game was B.C.'s quest for tires.

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[Jimmy Brokaw]

In article <199510151650.MAA05223@duncan.cs.utk.edu> kenigson@cs.utk.edu "The
Neuromancer" writes:

> I blieve that was the game loosely associated with the sunday comics' very ow
> B.C. I think the name of the game was B.C.'s quest for tires.

I can confirm that, except I have a copy for the Apple ][.

It wasn't all that fun, really. :)

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