Talk:Pogo stick
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[edit] Name Origin Dispute
There are two versions of how this item was named in this article. Was it after the little German girl (unlikely) or the company (more likely)? Sailorknightwing 18:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spitzmesser's motorized pogo stick?
Any thoughts on the veracity of http://bpmlegal.com/wpogo.html ? If true it would be an amusing addition...
[edit] Links to patents are broken
The links to the pogo stick patents at the foot of this page result in the msg "No patents have matched your query"
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- 2793036 appears in about.com illustration as a 1957 patent, not 1919. Earlier than '57, pogo sticks usually had single vertical handles above a single spring in a cylinder. There is another patent for the pneumatic piston/cylinder spring type, which appeared on the market around 1957.
I have found Hansburg applied for a patent in 1919. He received a patent for an improved pogo stick design in 1955 {todayinsci.com/5/5_21.htm}.
[edit] System of a Down
OMG, the song is not literally about a pogo stick... it's a euphemism for a penis... --Mynabull 19:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah I was gonna say that too. According to this article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_%28dance%29 , the song is actually about group sex. Teh darkcloud 22:52, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Doesn't matter. It mentions a pogo stick, as a euphamism or not. Sailorknightwing 18:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup on Aisle 12!
Someone just killed the entire article for the pleasure of saying a few words with no meaning. Someone need to fix this up. ELV
[edit] William Heard
Appears to be a Wikipedia prank. No record of him as a pogo sticker outside of prank-style webpages and Wikipedia pages. -- 69.143.115.66 05:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
I can find no references to either this movie or either person listed. Unless some citations can be provided, I'm removing this section. --Visual77 00:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
I think that the article deserves a better picture. Moreover the guy in the picture is not actually using the pogo stick as claimed by the picture text, he only holds the pogo stick.
[edit] Los Gayos
Los Gaoyos are not the u.k band that recorded "late in the day". It was Supergrass. I doubt "los Gayos" is even a real band.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.154.92.13 (talk) 05:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
