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Re: another burning question
Posted By: Sam, on host 209.245.100.129
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at 05:41:38
In Reply To: another burning question posted by Howard on Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at 05:24:24:

> Why, I've often wondered, do people hold their hands over their head when riding a roller coaster?

If you don't hold them over your head, you're most likely instinctively using them to brace yourself; roller coaster purists believe bracing yourself lessens the fun. famous tried to get us to do that when we visited New Hampshire's local teeny weeny roller coasters at Canobie Lake Park. I'm undecided about whether it made a difference or not, but the wind felt good, so I kept doing it anyway.

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