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Location: in a void...?
i'm just wondering where/how to start... like, what cheap poi/glowstick item should i buy to start off with?
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6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hello and welcome to HoP.
I would suggest that your best way to start off is to get a pair of socks and put a tennis ball (or similar) in each. Cheap and effective!
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Location: in a void...?
i feel so dumb for having never thought of that, thanks ^_^
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Start with pumpkins but socks will do just as well.
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Sock poi are the best!!! You may want to put more weight in the tennis balls if they wont spin too well.
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Location: Copenhagen, DK, Denmark
Gnu, I don't understand....
Are you suggesting putting tennis balls into pumpkins or just putting some weight into the tennis balls (pumpkins maybe) ?
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5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
welcome
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
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Gnu, I don't understand....
Are you suggesting putting tennis balls into pumpkins or just putting some weight into the tennis balls (pumpkins maybe) ?
Im continuing with a pumpkin theme and suggesting to put weight into the balls. Perhaps not pumpkins as it might hurt the pumpkins. My teacher suggested old batteries. Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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584 posts
Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia
Hi and welcome!
When I started I just made my own. 2 tennis balls and drilled a hole through each, thread the string through, ta da! Still hurt a bit when I wacked myself!!!!!!!!
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Location: At the bottom of the garden with the fairies...
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a pair of long socks with 2 tennis balls in the ends and away you go!
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6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Or you could use juggling balls in the end, as i do?
do you like the colour pink?
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6 posts
Location: in a void...?
pink is awesome!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom
or do staff all you need then is a broom infact not even that a broom handle
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Location: in a void...?
I used to do staff stuff, I used a [object that i dont want you to know what it was...] that was unearthed and laying by some dumpsters that a friend of mine and I took. After cleaning it off, and making it nice and shiny
I had a modern-day kind of spear thingy that weighed a lot, and hurt if i messed up 
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Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Written by: Gnu
Sock poi are the best!!! You may want to put more weight in the tennis balls if they wont spin too well.
As a sidenote, stripy socks do things that plain socks can't- yes. it's an upgrade.
Hi and welcome Airc Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
tis true tis true - i was given some stripey socks recently and they are amazing
out of interest Airc - what is your picture of?
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Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
hi, welcome to HoP. yup, definitely go the stripy socks, by far superior than non stripy. in fact, stripy socks will increase your sexiness levels by up to 43%.
*[disclaimer, all figures given in this post are not based on scientific fact and should not be treated as such. sexiness levels may or may not increase due to use of stripy sock poi]
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