Friday, June 7, 2013

How to Walk on Water, 1649


"How to walke on the Water. For to doe this, take two little Timbrels, and binde them under the soles of thy feete, and at a staves end fasten another; and with these you may walke on the water, unto the wonder of all such as shall see the same: if so be you often exercise the same with a certaine boldnesse and lightnesse of the body." 
Thomas Hill, Naturall and Artificiall Conclusions (1649)
Good news: all it takes to walk on water is a couple of tambourines and a quick step! I'm off to practice this unto the wonder of all such as shall be swimming laps at the gym. 

4 comments:

  1. I trust that using timbrels to walk on water is one of the artificiall conclusions.

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  2. I think they tried this on mythbusters in the ninja episode

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  3. May I ask what it means by "unto the wonder of all such as shall see the same"?

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    1. I think that's 17th-century for "You'll go viral on YouTube."

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