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August 6th, 2007

Off limits! Get your pogo out of the no-go!

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Posted by: Robert Basler

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Hey Blog Guy, I read that this dude set a new distance record for bouncing underwater on a pogo stick. Wow! Could that story get any better?

Maybe. Like if the man was also a dancer in a 1960s lounge, and if he came from Lome, in West Africa, and if he had his own distinctive little sketch to promote himself.

Why would that be better, Blog Guy?

Because then it would be about a guy who does pogo and dances go-go in Togo with his own logo. Here’s the video:

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August 6th, 2007 4:22 pm GMT	If this guy thinks he’s going to be Diddy’s next PA by doing this, he’s nuts. - Posted by John C Abell
August 6th, 2007 5:16 pm GMT	I can´t make too many rhymes as Mr. Basler on this ocasion, the dodo is looking at me as a dogo. - Posted by armstrong or Emilio F. Effe
August 6th, 2007 6:41 pm GMT	Great for the balance impaired pogo sticker. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:42 pm GMT	Anybody got a light? - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:43 pm GMT	Jumpin’ Jehophats! Oh. My bad. It’s just Hank. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:51 pm GMT	There’s never a 110 Volt cable handy when you really need it. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:51 pm GMT	So the salt water record is still up for grabs? - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:52 pm GMT	Kind of reminds me of It’s a Dead Man’s Party by that band - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:53 pm GMT	Where’d I leave my Big Wheel? - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:55 pm GMT	Sure, he broke the old record, but he didn’t exactly blow it out of the water. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 6:57 pm GMT	Do those Guiness guys have nothing better to do? Why don’t they just go down the hall for an Extra Stout. Wait. I think I get it now. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks
August 6th, 2007 7:45 pm GMT	Which song do you think was running through his head? 1) AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells 2) Norah Jones’s rendition of Crazy 3) Averill Levinge’s Skater Boy 4) I’m a Little Teapot, Short and Stout Yeah. Me too. - Posted by Shawn Hendricks

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