Lethal Dose

I love the Whip! now, now, i know what you’re thinking. and even though i love the sound of a cracking whip (there’s just something about it!), it’s not that kind of whip i’m talking about. i’m talking about THIS:

whipped fatty?

oh yes, you remember them alright … and only a company named “Mengels” could invent them because that’s pretty much what happened to your neck after you rode one. these sadists started off with a kiddie version, to get you acclimated to being whipped around frantically and react with joy:

if you google it you can find lots of nice photos and a bit of history. they’ve been around for ages, so whatever genius came up with the thought of spinning people around a track at a fast speed so their necks snap like a whip while their stomach lurches had the right idea! and so a generation of pepto-bismol slugging future masochists begins.