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slothrop @lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Halfway across a hemp rope 160 feet above the Niagara Gorge, he stopped, lit a fire on a 55-pound iron stove, cooked an omelette, and lowered it to the steamer below. Charles Blondin, 1859.

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Halfway across a hemp rope 160 feet above the Niagara Gorge, he stopped, lit a fire on a 55-pound iron stove, cooked an omelette, and lowered it to the steamer below. Charles Blondin, 1859.

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slothrop @lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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    16 hours ago

    Wouldn’t the stove be hot after cooking eggs on it?

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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      13 hours ago

      Maybe they were sunny side up.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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        13 hours ago

        How do you cook an omelet sunny side up?

        • slothrop @lemmy.caOP
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          13 hours ago

          Here ya go:
          Sunny Side Up Omelet

          yer welcome.

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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            13 hours ago

            I’m going to add that to my reasons why I hate Canada.

        • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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          Ah. Sorry. Missed the omelette part.

  • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    In case anyone was wondering if he crossed the U.S./Canada border performing this feat, he didn’t. The Niagara gorge makes a big U on the Canadian side so he didn’t enter any countries illegally.

    • Widdershins@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Is that where the whirlpool and cable car are?

      • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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        13 hours ago

        Yes

    • jdr@lemmy.ml
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      Imagine getting ICEd in the middle of all that

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