2024-10-01 by The Void Doctor M. Popular @docpop@mastodon.social @TheVoidTLMB unrelated: I wonder who coined the term "vertax" in terms of diabolo. 2024-10-01, 21:09 1 boosts 0 favorites @docpop You can stop wondering. Hi! 👋
@docpop Back in the mid/late 90s, Andy P was messing around with what folks were calling “horizontal diabolo”. Which annoyed me ‘cos… Reply
@docpop … the diabolo was clearly vertical. You could tell by the axle’s orientation. So I started telling people that it was called… Reply
@docpop … vert(ical)ax(le), Vertax. I worked in a juggling shop at the time, so people believed me, and pretty soon it was true! I’ve… Reply
@docpop Back in the mid/late 90s, Andy P was messing around with what folks were calling “horizontal diabolo”. Which annoyed me ‘cos…
@docpop … the diabolo was clearly vertical. You could tell by the axle’s orientation. So I started telling people that it was called…
@docpop … vert(ical)ax(le), Vertax. I worked in a juggling shop at the time, so people believed me, and pretty soon it was true! I’ve…
@docpop …never admitted this in public until… NOW! 🤟😃😈