{"id":335,"date":"2018-01-20T01:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2018-01-20T01:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:05:03","slug":"balancing-lawn-mower-chin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/balancing-lawn-mower-chin\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing a lawn mower on the chin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently did a few shows where I did the old balancing a lawnmower on the chin routine.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure who was first to do this trick, \u00a0but I do know of several people that have done it. \u00a0As you can imagine having that much weight on the chin, with the vibrating of the engine, can be quite difficult!<\/p>\n<p>The trick involves having an electric lawnmower started and balanced on the chin, then someone throws something into the spinning blades while the mower is balanced. \u00a0I used to use lettuce, but in more recent years I&#8217;ve preferred to use a confetti bag. \u00a0I&#8217;ve also seen toilet paper used.<\/p>\n<p>There is just something awesome about seeing a running lawnmower balanced on someones chin.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of me doing the trick at the 2017 Hub City Tattoo Expo. \u00a0Link to their site at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hubcitytattooexpo.com\">https:\/\/www.hubcitytattooexpo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-youtu-be-kfi_-g6ctcc wc-rv-post-335 wc-rv-ratio-16-9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lawnmower on chin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KfI_-G6ctCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Why an electric lawnmower?<\/h2>\n<p>When asked why use an electric mower the answer is actually quite simple. \u00a0Gas mowers don&#8217;t 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