Bungee Jumping in Mexico         April 5, 1998

Just a few short years ago, I would seriously consider 
doing some bungee jumping just for the thrill of it.  Currently, 
however, dangling and bouncing at the end of a thin rope 
somehow doesn't have any appeal.  I wonder why.  Gosh, 
I must be aging or something.... 

LadyHawke
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"Bungee Jumping in Mexico"

Eke and Zeb decided to build a bungee jumping tower in 
Cabo San Lucas, to make a little money.  They pooled their 
money and bought everything they'd need - a tower, an elastic 
cord, insurance, etc.  They traveled to Mexico and begun to 
set up on the square.  As they are constructing the tower, 
a crowd begins to assemble.  After they got it set up, they 
noticed that the crowds gather, but nobody buys tickets....

Zeke tells Zeb, "Maybe we should demonstrate it, so they'll 
get the idea."

After Zeb is strapped in, he jumps, falling almost all they way 
to the ground before springing back.

As Zeb came back up, Zeke noticed that his clothes were all 
torn and wondered what this is was all about.

Zeb went down again, bouncing as jumping this way does, 
and this time when he came back, up Zeke noticed that Zeb 
was bleeding!

Zeke thought, "Wow... what's going on here? Is the cord 
too short?  Is he touching ground?"

Zeb went back down for a third time, and this time when 
he sprung back up Zeke noticed that he had blood, 
contusions, and cuts all over his body. "Huh?"

Zeke pulled Zeb in and said, "Zeb, what happened?"

Zeb, totally dazed, groaned out in obvious pain, 

"I don't know...  but what's a piñata?"
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NOTE:  Piñata is a decorated pottery jar filled with candies, 
fruits, and gifts and hung from the ceiling to be broken as 
a part of Mexican Christmas festivities.  Lately, it is made from 
papier-mâché, is often used during birthday celebrations, and 
is usually broken with wooden sticks.  (Ouch, Zeb!)