I met Dr. Popular at the Maker’s faire a while back, at the time I thought he was just a guy selling yoyos, I talked to him for a short while and then had to run off.
Last week I learned that he was coming to lunch at work, and I thought it might be fun so I came along.
When I got there I found Doc & a friend doing some mind bending things with Yoyos. They showed me the basics of how to throw one and get it to come back (the ones they had are “Zero Response” which means they don’t come back unless you bind which is a little more involved than just pulling back on the string).
So while these guys where doing some amazing tricks I was standing next to them trying to get a yoyo to just come back 
Later on, Doc, his friend and the guy who invited them sat down and compared their Yoyo collections, showed each other early prototypes of yoyos from various European countries and talked about the upsides and downsides of Lathing vs Milling.
I just sat there and tried not to bring attention to myself as someone who barely new how to get a toy yoyo to come back.
Talk about being the odd man out…
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