Comments on: Why Don’t Human Cannonballs Die?

By: KevinS

KevinS — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:07 +0000

Jim, when I saw the headline I thought of opening riffs of Human Cannonball! Going to put Hybrid Vigor in the cd player on the way home from work today. Interesting article!

“When I go, least I know, I’ll go with a bang!”

Work Hard,
Rock Hard,
Eat Hard,
Sleep Hard,
Grow Big,
Wear Glasses If You Need ‘Em…

-The Webb Wilder Credo

By: airship

airship — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:50:03 +0000

I wish amusement parks had a ride where you could get shot out of a cannon. The line would be a mile long!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:23:59 +0000

@h – mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16543

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:26:46 +0000

The last time I attended a circus was three or four years ago. It was a sad little circus. The grand finale was a human cannonball, a short Eastern European girl who was introduced as an Olympic medalist in gymnastics. I was touched by the dearth of job opportunities for someone who spent their childhood training to win a medal.

By: h

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:59:07 +0000

off topic:
i’m not sure if this is being done purposefully, but all mental_floss articles have only provided a snippet in the RSS feed instead of the entire post. it’s been this way for only the past few days, and it now requires you to click through to the actual website if you want to read the entire post.

By: Jim Dunn

Jim Dunn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:11:03 +0000

Oh come on! No love for the inimitable Webb Wilder’s “Human Cannonball”? (Search Youtube for it.)

By the way, Webb takes issue with your description of the job. He says the pay is okay, and the benefits are great. He gets to shoot the bull with the world’s smartest ape.