| Listen, tennis balls ain't for juggling. They're great for | | | | What is a newly trained juggler to do? OK, I'll give you |
| tennis, obviously, but they just don't cut it in a juggler's | | | | the secret, but it will cost you. |
| hands. Have you just learned to juggle? Are you | | | | Just take your change jar (that's what it'll cost you), the |
| looking for cheap juggling props? You've probably | | | | tennis balls, and a utility knife and you're in business. Do |
| been tempted to pick up a tube of tennis balls. Don't do | | | | you see where I'm going? You're going to cut a small |
| it. | | | | hole in the tennis ball and slip in a few coins. Please be |
| But, you say that for less than three bucks you're | | | | careful with the knife. If it can cut a tennis ball, it can |
| ready to join the circus. Hold on, clown! There are | | | | certainly cut you. So don't let it. |
| juggling balls that go for over $50 each. Now that's an | | | | Anyway, after you put a few coins in the tennis ball |
| expensive juggle. The "hey, these are nice!" balls go for | | | | you really don't have to do anything to the cut. It'll stay |
| around $15 apiece. So for $45 you can have a real | | | | together well enough by itself. But you want to try to |
| nice juggle. | | | | keep the balls at the same weight, so put a few coins |
| "Egads!" as Veronica's father would say. (Remember | | | | in one, then the next, then the next, until you feel each |
| Archie comics?) "$45 dollars to juggle? That's too | | | | ball "weighing" in your hand. Start slow and add a few |
| much!" Maybe he's right. So go ahead and get that | | | | coins at a time to each ball. Sure, they'll rattle, but you'll |
| tube of green fuzzy cheapness. Then open the | | | | still be able to juggle them. Just like you can juggle a |
| package and start to juggle. You'll soon realize that | | | | set of keys. And don't tell me you haven't tried that |
| something is missing. Yep, I told you. That something is | | | | already. |
| heft. | | | | So maybe tennis balls will work for juggling. For a little |
| Tennis ball just don't weigh enough. They don't hit your | | | | coin, you can have a passable juggling prop. Juggling |
| hand with enough force to make your hands close | | | | balls don't have to be expensive. After all, you're just |
| around them. Sure, you can get a few tosses in, but | | | | throwing them and, hopefully, catching them. If you're |
| before long the balls are going to bounce out of your | | | | just starting out, you're mostly dropping them. So, yeah, |
| hand before you even know they hit you. | | | | go the cheap route. Then, save your pennies and soon |
| It's not you. Trust me. It's the prop. | | | | you'll be ready for the real stuff. |
| So you've got a problem. No cash and no juggling prop. | | | | |