“He was hanging in mid air nay a care
Just a thin rope holding him high!
He was a trapeze artist of great repute!
With every jump he tries to reach the sky!”
How do you feel when someone calls you a retard? Well, of course angry but still it is really great that you understand the meaning of retard so that actually makes you not one! Now that is not a justification of calling or getting called a retard!
Now, do you know a similar sounding word called Leotard?
Read on!
Well, it has nothing to do with retard and was in fact quite an intelligent work and is in fact named after its inventor who not only was intelligent but also has a song inspired by him!
So the story goes that Jules was born in France and was a good student! But he wanted to fly! That is good you may ponder but in his case, he literally wanted to fly!
So while he was on track to become a Liar…I mean, Lawyer; he began to experiment with trapeze bars, ropes and rings!
Of course the apple didn’t fall far from the tree since he was actually trained by his father who taught gymnastics and managed a swimming pool!
Remember those famous acts of Trapeze artists where they balance on top of a rope! Well, Jules would practice his trapeze stunts suspended over the pool!
Falling would make him only wet and a little upset!
The one thing Jules was annoyed with was the fact that there were no tight dresses which could fit him in one piece without any flying over or over hang!
In the movie incredibles, the official superhero cloth designer always used to say that a super hero must not have a cape! Simply because it will get stuck somewhere and that does happen to the supervillain so that is that!
So the mother which was necessity in this case and not his own mother (though she might have done the stitching for all we know!); made him design a skin-tight, knitted one-piece he invented to allow him total freedom and aerodynamics!
Because it was so form fitting, there was no danger of any fabric catching or flapping as he performed!
Also you must understand that unlike the puny skinny kids like me at that age, Jules was a well built man so he had no qualm of showing of his tight corners or masculinity on full display much to the apparent delight (I am assuming!) of ladies and gents alike!
With his slim fitting Superhero single fit outfit Jules was unstoppable!
In 1859, Jules invented the flying trapeze act!
He became the first person to complete a somersault in mid-air and the first to jump from one trapeze to the next!
Now you will scream (like a retard!) that you have seen this often so what is so great about it?!
Well, Jules was the first one to do these stunts high up in the sky for the FIRST time WITHOUT any safety net!
As far as the song is concerned, the song: “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” by George Leybourne was inspired by him! And no! I am yet to listen to the song but I am sure it will be a high flying one!
Anyway, Jules sported his skin-tight uniform for the rest of his career. And sixteen years after his death, the name “leotard” caught on! (Maybe that is why it is called Sweet sixteen!; Now that is definitely a retarded joke!).
Paris ballet schools were the first non-circus performers to adopt the leotard. And over a century later, leotards are still sold and used at dance and gymnastics schools to this day or night for that matter!
All because a masculine man who wanted to be a Lawyer decided to wear a tight dress and fly! Masculine roles with a sensitive touch reminds me of birthday celebrity P. Samuthirakani!
Now wear your two piece night dress and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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