It's the thread for all your hula hoop needs.

Do you have one?

Did you used to have one?

Did they make you use them at school?

Are you any good with one?

Could you spin more than one at a time?

Could you make them spin in different directions at the same time?

Does using a hula hoop make you feel like a scale model of Saturn?

Here's where you can say so.

That is genuinely impressive.

Being able to boast that you're the World Champion hula hooper must be the greatest ever thing to be able to boast.

"I am a nanny, full-time, and I'm trying to pursue a career in hula hooping."

You can have a career hula hooping?

Why did no one tell me when I was at school?

If I'd known, I wouldn't have done it with a frown on my face and my arms folded, like this .

That could be your shtick. Wendi the Frowning Obstinate Hula Hooper.

We had hula hoops at school. We used to use them for that thing where you hold them vertically, then throw them forwards while giving them loads of backspin, so that when they land, they lunge dangerously back towards you and your fellow children.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

24-Year-Old Girl Is A World Record Hula Hooper.

Must resist urge to read the comments…

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

It's the thread for all your hula hoop needs.

Do you have one?

Did you used to have one?

Did they make you use them at school?

Are you any good with one?

Could you spin more than one at a time?

Could you make them spin in different directions at the same time?

Does using a hula hoop make you feel like a scale model of Saturn?

Here's where you can say so.

No

Yes

Yes

No

no

no

of course.

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

24-Year-Old Girl Is A World Record Hula Hooper.

Must resist urge to read the comments…

The comments are not exactly awesome.

I am cautiously optimistic this may be THE thread the internet was made for.

24-year-old girl?

I never had a hula hoop. They were seen as a girls toy so I daren't ask for one.

It's never too late.

I had one. I never learned how to use it properly.

stedorlordendel wrote:

I never had a hula hoop. They were seen as a girls toy so I daren't ask for one.

How very odd.

I suppose in a way it is training for sex, but there’s no reason boys can’t learn that as a transferable skill too - the ones who go round and round are so much better than the ones who stick to in and out.

Similarly, ice lollies, as an adult I’ve realised they are basically training for oral. I’ve been told I eat lollies in a very erotic way. I favour a reasonably tight suction because I can’t bear the sound of a sloppy lip grip.